David Bowie

Young Americans (1975)

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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.





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Analyzed: David Bowie / Young Americans

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DR         Peak         RMS     Duration Track

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DR13      -0.70 dB   -16.90 dB      5:11 01-Young Americans

DR12      -2.52 dB   -17.42 dB      4:47 02-Win

DR13      -1.60 dB   -17.51 dB      5:45 03-Fascination

DR13      -3.04 dB   -18.57 dB      4:15 04-Right

DR12      -1.28 dB   -15.82 dB      6:33 05-Somebody Up There Likes Me

DR13      -0.70 dB   -16.28 dB      4:31 06-Across The Universe

DR12      -2.38 dB   -16.82 dB      5:05 07-Can You Hear Me

DR15      -2.66 dB   -20.30 dB      4:18 08-Fame



Number of tracks:  8

Official DR value: DR13



Samplerate:        96000 Hz

Channels:          2

Bits per sample:   24

Bitrate:           2686 kbps

Codec:             FLAC











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