{"product_id":"young-americans-2025-reissue-by-david-bowie","title":"Young Americans (2025 Reissue), By:  David Bowie","description":"\u003cp\u003eDESCRIPTION David Bowie had dropped hints during the Diamond Dogs tour that he was moving toward R\u0026amp;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 flavour, 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. CD\u003cbr\u003e\nYoung Americans\u003cbr\u003e\nWin\u003cbr\u003e\nFascination\u003cbr\u003e\nRight\u003cbr\u003e\nSomebody Up There Likes Me\u003cbr\u003e\nAcross The Universe\u003cbr\u003e\nCan You Hear Me\u003cbr\u003e\nFame\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WARNER","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50418239996097,"sku":"2173285331","price":24.98,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/6482\/1953\/files\/464340-Product-0-I-638981159402407671.jpg?v=1784439394","url":"https:\/\/techsupplyshed.co.nz\/products\/young-americans-2025-reissue-by-david-bowie","provider":"TECH SUPPLY SHED","version":"1.0","type":"link"}