David Bowie - Young Americans [CD/DVD]

Title: Young Americans [CD/DVD] Artist: David Bowie Release Date: 1975 Re-Released On: 6/5/2007 Label: EMI Music Distribution, Virgin UPCs: 094635126020, 0094635125825, 094636951126, 009463512582 Genre: Rock Styles: Soul, Contemporary Pop/Rock, Blue-Eyed Soul, Album Rock, Dance-Rock Moods: Brooding, Clinical, Eccentric, Eerie, Stylish, Bravado, Cerebral, Complex, Detached, Dramatic, Elegant, Enigmatic, Exciting, Literate, Lush, Nocturnal, Playful, Provocative, Quirky, Rebellious, Sophisticated, Swaggering, Tense/Anxious, Theatrical, Urgent, Wry, Campy, Hypnotic, Intense, Ironic, Sexy, Yearning, Outrageous, Austere, Elaborate, Refined/Mannered Total Copies: 0 Members Wishing: 3 Number of Discs/SwapaCD Credits: 2

1. Young Americans
2. Win
3. Fascination
4. Right
5. Somebody Up There Likes Me
6. Across the Universe
7. Can You Hear Me
8. Fame
9. John, I'm Only Dancing (Again)
10. Who Can I Be Now?
11. It's Gonna Be Me [With Strings]

1. Young Americans [DVD]
2. Win [DVD]
3. Fascination [DVD]
4. Right [DVD]
5. Somebody Up There Likes Me [DVD]
6. Across the Universe [DVD]
7. Can You Hear Me [DVD]
8. Fame [DVD]
9. John, I'm Only Dancing (Again) [DVD]
10. Who Can I Be Now? [DVD]
11. It's Gonna Be Me [DVD][Version]
12. 1984 (Live on the Dick Cavett Show) [DVD]
13. Young Americans [DVD]
14. Dick Cavett Interviews David Bowie [DVD]

Year Type Label Catalog # 2007 CD EMI Music Distribution 3695112 2007 CD Virgin 51260 2007 CD EMI Music Distribution 3512582

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David Bowie had dropped hints during the Diamond Dogs tour that he was moving toward r&b, but the full-blown blue-eyed soul of Young Americans came as a shock. Surrounding himself with first-rate sessionmen, Bowie comes up with a set of songs that approximate the sound of philly soul and disco, yet remain detached from their inspirations; even at his most passionate, Bowie sounds like a commentator, as if the entire album was a genre exercise. Nevertheless, the distance doesn't hurt the album -- it gives the record its own distinctive flavor, and its plastic, robotic soul helped inform generations of synthetic British soul. What does hurt the record is a lack of strong songwriting. "Young Americans" is a masterpiece, and "Fame" has a beat funky enough that James Brown ripped it off, but only a handful of cuts ("Win," "Fascination," "Somebody up There Likes Me") comes close to matching their quality. As a result, Young Americans is more enjoyable as a stylistic adventure than as a substantive record. [In 2007, Young Americans joined the pack of EMI's expanded double-disc reissues of classic Bowie albums. Here, the first disc is devoted to a slightly expanded CD of the original album, while the second is a DVD with bonus video material and surround mixes of the album. Music-wise, there aren't many bonus tracks -- just three, two of them previously released ("John, I'm Only Dancing [Again]," the legendary disco re-recording of the glam classic "Who Can I Be Now?") and a previously unreleased version of "It's Gonna Be Me" containing strings. The DVD contains Bowie's legendary appearance on The Dick Cavett Show from December 1974, containing his interview with Cavett plus performances of "Young Americans" and "1984."] ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide

Name Credits Andy Newmark Drums Anthony Hinton Vocals (Background) Ava Cherry Vocals (Background) Carlos Alomar Guitar Darren Evans Design David Bowie Vocal Arrangement, Mixing, Keyboards, Guitar, Author, Producer, Vocals (Background) David Buckley Sleeve Notes, Liner Notes David Sanborn Saxophone Dennis Davis Drums Diane Sumler Vocals (Background) Earl Slick Guitar Eric Stephen Jacobs Cover Photo Harry Maslin Mixing, Producer Henry Wrenn Meleck Project Coordinator Jean Millington Vocals (Background) Jeanie Fineberg Vocals (Background) Jo Brooks Project Coordinator John Lennon Guitar, Vocals (Background) Kevin Cann Sequencing Luther Vandross Vocals (Background), Vocal Arrangement Michael Carson Keyboards Nigel Reeve Digital Remastering, Remastering, Project Coordinator Pablo Rosario Percussion Peter Mew Digital Remastering, Remastering Ralph McDonald Percussion Robin Clark Vocals (Background) Steve Schapiro Photography Tony Visconti Mixing, Surround Mix, Producer, Liner Notes, String Arrangements Willie Weeks Bass