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DAVID BOWIE "young americans" cd 1975

career stats:
studio albums...............27
singles........................121

this album...................#2 UK...#9 AU...#3 NZ...#9 US
singles:
"young americans"......#18 UK...#27 AU...#28 US
"fame"......................#17 UK...................#1 US

"the thin white duke's" tenth studio set...
this time he delves back to the sound of Philly Soul....
a very funky album....
if you like the two singles, then youll like the album as the other tracks
sound and eel like those two...
well, except for the cover of the Beatles "across the universe"...sorry Mr.Bowie,
but no one could ever match the sound that was achieved with the original recording, not even
with John Lennon helping out on it....!
yes, Lennon helps put on this album, some backing vocals here and there, some piano and guitar work also...
even though Lennon doesn't get writing credits for "fame"(the song), according to Bowie, in an interview I saw on YT
after his death, he credits his friend John Lennon for coming up with the title, the melody and the main hook in the song...
that track cam about (according to Bowie) from a conversation they were having about crooked managers and accountants
and that both had had their share of them previously, in other words theyre just out for the money and the 'fame'...
a good album , nowhere near his best, but also, nowhere near his worst neither.

I LIKE THIS ALBUM

worst track: across the universe
best track: young americans

[video=youtube;ydLcs4VrjZQ]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydLcs4VrjZQ[/video]

tracks:

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 ***

3s=2
2s=5
1s=1

rating: 2.1