{"product_id":"david-bowie-young-americans","title":"David Bowie - Young Americans","description":"\u003cp\u003eDavid 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"PARLOPHONE","offers":[{"title":"Vinyl LP","offer_id":53201927471431,"sku":"TRI-11841","price":49.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"CD","offer_id":53207213703495,"sku":"TRI-66348","price":14.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0931\/9779\/5655\/files\/8a2175ba03ace588bdbff2791204cec2_816cc5f3-9762-481f-9e3f-80f62febb07f.webp?v=1769379489","url":"https:\/\/towerrecords.ie\/products\/david-bowie-young-americans","provider":"Tower Records Dublin Ireland","version":"1.0","type":"link"}