Young Americans

Not horrible, just boring as hell

Yes it's very good. The spotify album has lost access to two tracks, which is a shame.

Cannot quite make mind up about the across the universe cover - feels a bit out of place on the album and borderline Bowie parody. Love the title track - rest of album (apart from Fame) not quite as good.

Im a Bowie fan, but sometimes the shapeshifting isnt 100% successful. This album had some obvious classics, but the rest of the album doesnt really stand out.

Funky/jazzy Bowie isn't the best Bowie (for the record, that's Labyrinth Bowie), but it's still pretty great

Killer saxophone Full bodied, artsy pop rock Elevates your mood

Some great tunes, but the abomination that was his Beatles cover definitely takes it down a notch. A solid 3.5, rounded up cause it's Bowie

Really good! I like this much better than his later works.

First listen. Really enjoyed this one. A little bit different than the other albums I’ve listened to from him.

Good album, Bowie is such a great artist.

Young Americans ok muzika, taka chill za neki kafič in ima dobre back vokale. Across the universe ga kr slappa samo ni neki presežek. 5/10 album, nič posebnega, kar bi si moral zapomnit ali da bi se mi vtisnilo v spomin

perfeito

probably good if you like the genre but I don't

This album drips with a cosy, warm style and it builds this theme until its pinnacle: Fame.

Not a big Bowie fan but appreciate his immense contribution to modern music. This is a good example of why I don’t go overboard on Bowie. Not one song on here which I like. That includes the couple of big hit singles. Would like to hear where big Bowie fans would place this album on their all time list. I suspect it won’t be anywhere near the top. Certainly lacks a lot for me. 2/5 4/12/24

Bowie is always at least interesting and you'll always find something you'll like on his records, not the first one I'd grab but I'm not turning it off if it comes on.

Rapidly oscillates between incredible and meh

Fascination is a dope track Right intro is really good I dont like fame as much as i thought i would

It was incredible!

Not this bloody guy again. It’s been far too soon since the last instalment of Britain’s most overhyped performer.

Bookended by two massive hits, the rest of this album meanders through just-okay to better-than-okay soulful soft pop sounds of the decade. The weight of the bookends alone can't drag it up to a 4, but it's a solid 3+ overall.

Young Amaricans and Fame are hits. The rest sounds like Pink Floyd backed by the SNL house band. Not in a good way.

7.5/10. I like the instrumentation as a whole and the vibe of the album. Fame is the obvious standout but Young Americans is very catchy as well. Lags a little at the end before Fame but overall a solid album

5 out of 5. A top Bowie album for me, easily.

Fame is fantastic, but the rest of the album is just okay.

Like me some Bowie.

Im not normally a die hard bowie fan but this rips

Good album. Not one of his best, but, good, nevertheless.

This album includes the song Fame, which is my favorite Bowie song. However, it also contains a very undeniable cover of across the universe. David Bowie did not need to be doing covers. Some early disco tunes that sound a bit dated now but were surely ahead of their time in release. But Young Americans itself is a great song. Probably a 3.5 but I’m going to round up,

These reads so smooth. Ends on a high note with Fame but other tracks like Fascination are great too.

Young Americans is a decent album, though I feel like the only reason it was included is because it's Bowie doing soul & funk. It's neither groundbreaking for the genre nor particularly outstanding for Bowie. I do like Bowie though, so I enjoyed this album, although I wasn't blown away by it. Fame, Young Americans, Win and Fascination are the standout tracks, the rest is okay, but I wouldn't return to the album as a whole. 3.5 stars

This album is the beginning of the Thin White Duke Bowie, which means he’s trying to reinvent himself as an artist has a weird mashup of styles-pop, rock, disco- and performers, including a then unknown, Luther Vandross and post-Beatles John Lennon, who helped collaborate on both the cover of Across the Universe and Fame, which was always a favorite song of mine. Overall, this album is a good one, but it’s not his best. For Bowie aficionados it’s a must as a significant part of this journey, but for fair-weather fans you are allowed to skip this.

I listened to this one on and off for the last 2 weeks. It wasn't the easiest to just plow through in one listen and required more in-depth attention. This is totally Bowie's Beatles album. The tracks that that were my favorites all had some connection to the Beatles: - Young Americans has the "I read the the news today" line - Across the Universe is a Beatles cover. An absolutely excellent one too! - Fame has John Lennon on vocals. Although I have a hard time discerning his voice on the track. The other tracks kind of passed me by, except for "Fascination". Still, Bowie the chameleon can do American R&B and a Beatles inspired album at the same time! Genius. Final note: I really listened and read the "Young Americans" lyrics closely. That is not what I thought the song was about at all. It is way darker and depressing than I ever knew. Dang.

Great album

very 70's

Aaah de wonderlijke transitie van glam Bowie naar coked out, soul Bowie. Dit album lijkt altijd out of place in zijn discografie tot 1980, waar je toch vooral denkt aan zijn buitenaardse glam werk en eigenzinnige art/krautrock (Berlin bowie). Maar dit was naast een afscheid van zijn spacey alter ego Ziggy ook een waar charme offensief om de harten in de USA te veroveren. Plastic soul noemde hij het zelf, en met die zelfspot moet je ook naar dit album luisteren denk ik. Je kunt het niet echt een serieuze poging noemen de legacy van Motown te herschrijven, al hoor je wel overal elementen die rechtstreeks uit Marvin Gaye's, Stevie Wonder's en Isaac Hayes' werk lijken te komen. Maar ja, de (plastic) soul is er misschien, maar je mist wel een beetje heart. Met name in die cover van 'Across the Universe', die hij in zijn 'serieuze' Ziggy-jaren fantastisch had kunnen brengen. Sterker nog, het is een song die op zijn lijf geschreven was. Nu, in zijn drugged-out staat, is het een volledig misplaatste song. Wat een misbaksel. Maar er zijn - ondanks dat ik het album gewoon niet al te serieus neem - ook wel echt wat vintage David Bowie songs te vinden. De afsluiter en vooral de opener zijn ware earworms. De achtergrondzang op 'Young Americans' laat het wel degelijk soulful klinken, en de subtiele funk in 'Fame' is niet over de top. Het middenstuk is ook nog wel te pruimen, met de goeie R&B jam 'Right' en de saxofoonballad 'Somebody Up There Likes Me'. Die tweede gaat wel een minuut of 2 te lang door. Al met al best een geinige plaat en sfeermaker voor de feestdagen, bijvoorbeeld, maar nauwelijks echt serieus te nemen in de monumentale discografie van de beste man. 6/10 Highlights: Young Americans Fame Right

Een Bowie album waar het niet zo vaak over gaat, en die ik volgens mij ook vaak in de LP-bakken laat liggen. Ik was me er niet zo van bewust dat deze plaat zo'n andere sound heeft. Volledig de soul-koers opgegaan, en dat is eigenlijk best geinig en natuurlijk classic-Bowie reinventing himself. Dat hij dit kan en doet, ver voorlopend op de jaren 80 valt hem de prijzen. Ik vraag me wel af of het ook béter is dan de echte soul en funk artiesten. Daarvoor zou ik nog wat dieper in deze plaat moeten duiken. Daarom blijf ik voor nu wat op de vlakte. 7/10 Highlights Right Fame

A uniquely memorable turn from Bowie that's one of my absolute favorites of his.

Bowie takes a break from art rock to focus on his version of soul. This album is totally listenable. His cover of Across the Universe feels… off, to put it lightly. Young Americans, Somebody Up There Likes Me and Fame are the stand outs.

It sounds fine, but it isn't my thing. 2/5

I cannot really get away with this. It doesn’t sound like the Bowie I love, perhaps this reinvention of himself isnt quite for me. There are plenty of times I thought ‘this is good’, but there’s just something missing. Something not quite there. Undeniably a decent record, but it aint Bowie for me

Didn't like this Bowie album much, thought the general sound was a bit more pedestrian for his usual weird standards. Fame might have been the best song and I didn't like it all that much. The rest of them weren't terrible but didn't really go anywhere interesting. Not awful but not for me.

Super jazzy and listenable. Best songs are front-loaded - Young Americans, and Fascination. I recognised Fame too. Better than I expected.

Pretty amazing how many different styles he went for isn't it. Generally did them very well too. Probably didn't enjoy this as much as the more "classic" Bowie albums we've had, but I was surprised as to how good it still was as an album. Only knew young Americans and fame. 3.5 I think

The Duke had arrived. Which artists today could go from an album like Diamond Dogs only to one year later make a totally different album like Young Americans. Two incredible but two very different albums. Young Americans is an incredibly solid album and one I've listened many times. Come on generator you've been suggesting great albums but all too familiar softballs. Challenge me.

An absolute creamer

Another great Bowie record - not much to add to that.

This is good, I like mr bowie Will I listen to again: 50%

Relaxed, easy to listen to, lots of sax. The best track saved for last, the middle of the album went by without much fanfare.

Buen disco de David Bowie, distinto de los anteriores; más soul y con buenas canciones. No obstante tiene varios mejores.

- This goes hard in the Barnes & Noble. No seriously, I'm being deadass. The old Barnes & Noble I used to go to would play David Bowie constantly, but then they went out of businesses and got replaced by some bullshit. I Miss it. - When people talk about Bowie being a legend, as someone that hasn't gotten around to flipping through his entire discography, I listen to an album like this and I get it. - First half was stronger than the second.

Fav song: Young Americans I love the singles on this album! I just wish Bowie would have stayed away from the saxophones again on this one, they tend to cheese up anything they touch where Bowie’s involved. That Beatles cover is also properly terrible. Still a fantastic album regardless though!

There is a lot to like on this record, as with many of Bowie's. It's got all those stylish idiosyncrasies that make his records unmistakable. Singing style, musical drama, quality of songs, production (including the slightly emphasized mids that sometimes make it challenging to sit through a full record). The issue with this one simply is that it feels like an imitation of a style. Bowie and Soul are not a natural fit, rather it is soul looked through the Bowie lens. Despite all its good songs and the great musicianship, it tends to be a bit of a unsatisfying listen. Do I want more Bowie, do I want more Soul? No idea, but potentially more Bowie.

I had this album fairly high in my Bowie ranking when I initially did the dive of his discography. After relistening a few times since then, I've softened on it a bit. Blue-eyed soul Bowie is not my favorite Bowie, and although I like "Win", "Fascination", and "Somebody Up There Likes Me", I find I need to be in the right mood for them. Additionally, his atrociously oversung "Across the Universe" cover is good for at least a half-star reduction. However, the two best-known tracks deserve all the praise they receive. The title track is an absolutely perfect album opener, and "Fame" continues to rise up my list of favorite all-time songs. Lennon's backing vocals are a trip, Alomar and Slick are totally locked in with each other, and Dennis Davis lays down - for my money - the deepest, dirtiest pocket ever recorded. All in all, it's somewhat of a mixed bag, but I also don't dislike anything other than the Beatles cover, so I'll settle on a high 3.5. 3.5/5

Read some criticism of this album that it fails in its attempt of soul, Bowie himself calls it "Plastic Soul". I'm not sure it needs to be reviewed from that lens. If you accept that this isn't a "true" soul album and just take it for what it is, track by track, then it's a cracker (pun unintended). Aside from his incredible creativity and reinvention, there are simply some fantastic tunes here like Right and Fame. Somehow Bowie manages to dodge being totally cheesy and lame, which really this album would be in lesser hands. This is exemplified in the opening track with that sitcom sax, I mean my god that should have flopped the whole record but it's just really fun and there's a cheeky irony in the lyricism and vocals which elevates it all.

Never heard this, I still don’t know early Bowie. Mindful of the fact that this is his 9th LP ! Lots of jazzy wind instruments on this, it sounds fresh, rich, warm & alive, upbeat, no 70s weed smoking paranoia here, it’s actually quite 80s although released in 1975. Soulful backing singing. Funky bass too, this is really interesting. Reminds me of the Let’s Dance LP which I love. Gospel & Prince at times. Bowie’s uses his voice sparingly & is quite low in the mix, almost incidental like a composer, he lets the music & backing singers do the talking. Described as a transitional LP when looking back, this is an interesting study for that reason. Fame is in a league of its own, never knew John Lennon was involved. Can only imagine how this sounded in 1975.

only bowie can make me appreciate a lennon track

Maybe I just don't like David Bowie? I only know him from 'Life on Mars' and 'Under Pressure'. This was alright.

Only giving it a 4, as there's some spectacular songs and a few shit ones.

Day311 - this is another great bowie album other than the across the universe cover that i didn’t care for

Not one of my top Bowie albums but still pretty good.

Fame is amazing

that's exactly what I like, my first 5/5 here

Holy shit, what an amazing album. This was one of the few Bowie albums I wasn't familiar with; in my mind I think I'd dismissed it as a 'lesser' album between two great periods, and it was definitely under-represented on my 3-disc Greatest Hits collection I had growing up. Bowie is soulful and in fine form. The band is on point, the saxophone is borderline poronographic. 'Young Americans' is a bonafide banger and amazing way to open. 'Fame', 'Fascination', and 'Somebody...' are all funk masterpieces. The rest of the album is very, very strong and 'Across the Universe', for all its 70s excess, absolutely works for me. There's nothing artificial here, it still might not be my favourite Bowie album, but on its own merits, an easy 5/5 and one of the funnest ways to spend 40 minutes.

4/5

A solid Bowie album, meaning it’s really good and better than the best record from most artists. For Bowie I’d rank it somewhere in the middle of his discography: it’s a good album start to end, but he certainly has several albums with higher highs. I highly doubt he was sober for the making of this record, this is David Bowie in 1975, but it is the most sober sounding of his albums from the 70’s in my opinion. This isn’t necessarily a bad thing, but it also subdues this from standing out from others like Ziggy Stardust, Station to Station, or Low. The opening title track is great, as is Fame of course. In between are solid songs, none of which are particular highlights.

Wow. Not even a full year in and I've gotten all of Bowie's albums that are on the list. I understand some people's complaints that people shouldn't need more than 3 or so albums on the list. But honestly I think Bowie really is the GOAT and I'm happy he has as many albums on the list as he does. He's my favourite of all time. I'd be fine if he had more. He had an incredible range. Experimented a lot. He's totally deserving. As for this album, it's kind of underrated and overlooked. Some of the best vocals in his career. Just great stuff. Love this album. Love Bowie.

Even as a big Bowie fan, this one’s a mixed bag. Bookended with some amazing tracks, but nothing else stands out. Happy it paved the way for Station to Station, though.

Actually so bizarre... of the three Bowie albums that have come up, I've enjoyed this the most, musically... obviously took note of the funk and soul elements he meshes with his sound here, and he collaborated with some icons of the genre/scene (including Luther Van Dross, goat!!), but reading up on this, confounded by and unsure of what to make of him specifically calling this "plastic soul" aka a pale imitation and appropriation by a white musician (a "limey" to use his words). Also the multiple Beatles homages, including a full cover of Across the Universe? Weird, weird album... enjoyed it though.

Enjoyed this a lot more than Aladdin Sane. Beatles songs and references can stay home tho

album sucks

A couple of good songs

Another perfect albumm loved it all Best song: young Americans

Really liked a few of the singles. A pretty odd album overall, funky Bowie

Definitely a 3 star album for me, some of these tracks I've never heard before. Fame and Young American's really carry this album and I love a lot of David Bowie.

It opens with the title track, which is good, but not my favorite of his. the rest of the album is strongly competent music that isn't particularly interesting or memorable. Until the closing track: Fame. That song is one of my favorite Bowie tunes. The cover of Across The Universe is bizarre; not a fan. I love the original. This turns it into a mid-tempo snoozer. 3 stars, just because of Young Americans and Fame.

Good album

Very funky, 70s vibe and just great. Also John Lennon helped.

A transitional album for Bowie, and yet he still managed to influence a whole movement of established artists performing soul tracks. 3.5

8/10. Альбом-праздник. Искрящийся камерный концерт, уютное шоу в люксовом клубе с восхитительными музыкантами, не стесняющимися выходить на передний план бэк-вокалистами и виновником торжества в виде Дэвида Роберта Джеймса. Без капли лишней театральности. Чувствуются прежде всего люди, погруженные в музыку и получающие максимальное удовольствие от исполнения, причём удовольствие крайне заразительное для слушателя. Во второй половине альбома со мной произошла типичная для меня история с Боуи - я потерял концентрацию и упустил нить повествования, отчего пришлось возвращаться и искать её утраченный край. Но отдельным фрагментам этой истории, а в частности великолепной композиции "Win" удалось закрепить за этим альбомом мои воспоминания. Дэвид здесь необычайно понятен, выверен и, как ни странно прозвучит в контексте его творчества - зрел. На этой пластинке я услышал того Боуи, на которого ссылаются в своём творчестве нещадно цитирующие его Arctic Monkeys и иже с ними. Подытожив, могу сказать, что если ранее мостиками в творчество сей легенды для меня были отдельные песни, то сейчас уверенным мостом стал этот альбом, к которому я однозначно буду возвращаться не раз.

I listened to this on Friday and forgot to take any notes. I remember liking this one. I remember the funkiness and the sax. This is also a side of Bowie I'm not super familiar with but I'm digging it.

Brilliant album! I love all the different instruments, I love the social commentary. I love how Bowie is just going for it with every song. I love how homages The Beatles not once but twice, including a full on cover of Across the Universe. (which is incredible.) He kind of lives in this post motown sound with this record. It feels very "Bowie" but also sounds like the Jackson Five, which is a fun dichotomy for an album that kind of pokes fun and winks at American culture. (Which he is very much aware that he is living in and benefitting from). It's unarguably the most "American" sounding record of his career. I had a blast with this one.

Not a favourite Bowie album but a couple of good songs

Probably THE ALBUM that I fell in love with Bowie listening to. 5 stars

Albums like this are the reasons why I decided to do this project. I should have listened to this a long time ago. It is great. David Bowie is a legend.

I enjoy David Bowie but found this album a bit hit and miss; I really liked some tracks but actively disliked others. Rating: 3

It’s alright. 8 or 9 Bowie albums on here, this is one of the ones I’d get rid of. I’d rather just listen to Sly and the Family Stone.

é melhor do que o outro álbum do bowie que brotou por aqui, mas ainda assim, é mediano. acho que eu só não curto as música do homi mesmo.

acho esse divertido! tem umas pedrada, mas não é dos melhores da década de 70 dele não.

Eerste en laatste nummer echt briljant. Toch wederom niet echt een favoriet van mij. Vind Bowie echt een briljante artiest, al helemaal voor zijn tijd, maar vind veel van z'n werk ook saai en echt hetzelfde.

I really don't know whether it's the familiarity factor, but the first and last tracks, being the title track and 'Fame'. Are the best bits about this album. And to be honest I am more of an early Bowie fan. Sorry, but it's a very low 3, only just scrapes in. Nearly gave it a 2.

For a Bowie album, it’s pretty good.

Finally a David Bowie album I enjoyed listening to all the way through. I don't know why, maybe because of his change in direction to a soul inspired album, or because it had no amazing highs and crappy lows like the albums I've had to listen to so far. DB has never been a go to artist for me and he never will, but it was good enough for 3 stars.

Definitely not my favorite Bowie album

Ziggy Stardust forever <3

Didn't love it, didn't hate it. Bowie is fun and still has a unique sound even by modern tastes. Fav Track: Young Americans

This was really nice to listen to on a sunny Friday afternoon. I think some Bowie albums definitely have the potential to be a 5 for me but this one falls just short.

I never liked the song "Young Americans". "Fame" is the only real standout on this album. I also like "Win" quite a bit. While the other songs weren't bad, they were pretty bland and forgettable. I'm really not sure why, of all his albums, this one made the list.

Much better than the other Bowie albums on here

David Bowie might have the widdest range of good to bad music. His hits are HITS, but every other song is absolute garbage

4.5/5

Bowie is very beloved, but he's also just weird and experimental and that's sometimes good and sometimes bad. This album for me is alright but doesn't really hit anything super special Standouts Young Americans Fame 3/5

Great album filled with hits.

Definitely a classic, that has paved the way for modern campy, interesting and conceptual music.

Best songs are the classic Fame and Young Americans. Everything else was okay. I didn't hate it but it has a very dated sound now.

So far in this project I've rated David Bowie 4, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 4, 4. Did I need yet another Bowie album? Sure! I don't mind! This one isn't overall the best or most influential or most interesting, but it is more of those things than many other artists on this list. Fame is worth its own star. Also notable Fascination and Bowie covering the Beatles.

holy mackerel

Not my thing

A pleasant enough listen, but each of these tracks are really quite repetitive, more jam tracks than anything. I enjoyed my time with it but I won't go back.

Good pop rock

This is an album that I’ve previously skipped on Bowie’s journey from Aladdin Sane to the Thin White Duke. It’s R&B/funk aimed with laser sharp cynical precision at the American market, and on reflection it’s pretty darned good and sounds better than the R&B that Bowie release in the 80s. The highlight is probably a spectacular cover of Across the Universe but the bitter and angry Fame written with John Lennon is good too, and also foreshadows 80s Bowie too

I'm less of a fan of the R'n'B phase of Bowie. The album is good nonetheless and the most knows tracks are real bangers (Young Americans, Across the Universe, Fame).

Blue-eyed soul from the White Duke. Some of this feels overwrought, but some of it is really interesting.

For all the absolute genius sprinkled through it, it has to be said that there are quite large chunks of the Bowie catalogue that aren’t much cop, actually. Exhibit A…

Quintessential David Bowie. Fantastic.

Saved Prior: Fame Off Rip: Fascination Cutting Edge: None Overall Notes: White people be like my favorite soul album is by David Bowie. I can believe that Brits didn't know better but the fact that this has such a hold on Americans is a sin and a shame. Nothing wrong with the fact that Bowie made this btw it's clearly coming from a place of admiration and love and it's not bad it just shouldn't have even sniffed this list.

Not his best work, in my opinion. A couple of real good songs though

I’v

2.5☆/5 10.16.2024

Definitely the least interesting Bowie album I've heard so far... Feels more generic that a lot of his other stuff. The two hits off this album, fame and young americans, I do think are the best two songs and probably the only ones I would come back to. The rest of it was just meh

Not my favorite Bowie, but it’s still pretty great. Not my favorite Across the Universe cover but I enjoy it well enough. 3.9 stars

Didn’t really capture my attention, and Across the Universe was just bad. Overall pleasant, but not my favorite by Bowie.

David Bowie leaves behind Ziggy and becomes the great white duke. The shitty cover of across the universe non withstanding still a stellar album!

Not a whole lot of memorable songs, outside Fame of course :)

Bowie does funk. He called it “plastic soul” but I still dig it. I only knew Fame from the Pretty Woman soundtrack & Across The Universe. Fascination is a jam even if the lyrics are “opaque”.

My favorite bowie album remains in a vast minority. 1. Outside is the tops. This album is really good though. David Bowie always comes in eras. This era is simply not my favorite. I don't care for the Disco swing of it all, the mix feels muddy, and the lyrics feel despondently cynical and clever but just not as pointed as other albums. It's not for me but it's a great album!

Young Americans and Fame rock. And while I understand the significance of Bowies popularity and evolutions and use of "black music", I just cant help being bored or uninterested in most of his music.

10/10/24 Average listen.

I know this wasn’t Bowie’s personal favorite, but I really like it! Excellent proto-disco funky guitar work, and not quite as much pretentious posing as much of his other work. It feels like he threw himself into it without doing too much thinking, and sometimes that type of plan yields interesting results.

David Bowie slaps

David Bowie is consistently the most overrated musician (and person) to ever walk this planet. The best album he made was an Iggy pop album and the veneration he receives as a legend of music seemingly untarnished by his frankly unacceptable behavior puzzles me. In this phase takes huge inspiration from the American soul explosion at the time and manages to water it down to a thin white sound. Even if you are fan of Bowie I can't imagine enjoying this album outside of a misguided tribalism.

tolles album von david bowie, stellenweise dann aber wirklich „clean“, technisch perfekt und fast emotionslos. ob es am remaster liegt?

David Bowie war noch nie mein Favorit und mit diesem Album bestätigt er wieso. Zu Funky, zu wenig hörbar. Erstes Lied kennt man und geht noch, Rest gar nicht.

I didn’t really like this one compared to the other albums of his we’ve had do far.

While I recognize David Bowie's status as an icon in pop-rock history, not only via his music but via representation of the androgynous and queer community, his music isn't always up my alley. There was however a fair bit of this album that impressed me. While I knew of the hit "Fame" and its funky sound, there were multiple songs on this record that mirrored that style that were great. Some of the slower tracks did seem to drag to me, and made me almost want to skip and move on to the next. The fusion of styles in a lot of this album and songwriting were enough to hold my attention, but it still doesn't hit that higher echelon for me. I'm not inclined to seek out Bowie, but I can't deny his magnetism. Notable Tracks: - Fascination - Right - Somebody Up There Likes Me - Fame 7/10

Bowie was an alien, sent to earth to make records like this. Only he could make a soul album, have it sound nothing like soul, but instead create something this unique and generally awesome. I’ve read a lot of the criticisms of this, which are basically that it’s not soul? Who the fuck cares! We have plenty of soul - we need more Bowie! The Beatles liked Elvis, but as great as Elvis was I’m glad their music didn’t sound like his. Personally this album has grown on me over the years. I wrote off the title track as “too poppy” and on the day I got married heard it in a convenience store in VT and was overcome with gratitude and joy. Since then I’ve been borderline obsessed. Last night I was listening to it with my 4yo daughter. Pretty cool!! This time through Win, Fascination and Right stood out. Certain songs you “need to listen to with headphones” and that is exactly how I’d describe “Somebody up There Likes Me”. Hearing it today I was shocked by the number of layered tracks. The hand clap at 4 mins in, Bowie doing 3 or 4 different backing vocals to close the song, the guitar fills. Sick sick sick. Also sick, having John Lennon feature on your album. This does make me feel guilty for being critical of The Next Day. This man can do no wrong and it’s surely my dumb ears that couldn’t handle The Next Day. Bravo!

One of the great weirdo masterpieces. Normally a white dude playing funk would come off inauthentic or kitschy, but w/ Bowie the artificiality is part of the appeal, and he embraces it so hard that it somehow loops back around to feel authentic again. That plus every single song is a jam in its own right. I fucking love David Bowie.

I WANT THE YOUNG AMERICAN Fun album. The two singles are so popular that im surprised I wasnt already familiar with the tunes. For me, its all about side A. Win, Fascination and Right are really fantastic tunes with wicked sax all over the place On the B side, I wasnt a big fan of the across the universe cover on first listen, but after spinning it a second time, I got the gist of what Bowie/Lennon were trying to do. Fame is such a cool song, so I wont call the B side a waste of time. Loved the collaboration on it

Is this known as Bowie's saxophone album? Man that thing is WAILING for half this album. The backup singers are pretty fun – gives it a Gladys Knight and the Pips feel. It isn't my favorite Bowie album, but Young Americans and Fame are classics. Bowie's stylistic range was pretty impressive, even if musically most of the stuff on here isn't too inventive. On the negative side, I could have done without the Across the Universe cover, and some songs are corny and shitty (Can You Hear Me). 3 stars in my book.

Bowie is one of those artists I’ve heard a lot of but haven’t done the full albums, but have been intending to. I only really knew Young Americans, Fame, and Across coming in. Reading more about him when we listened to Next Day (which I didn’t love) know that he has reinvented himself a few times and this was a bit of a soul-inspired phase. I think I like this Bowie sound the most, but I’m sure that will evolve as I get more into the discography. Thinking about the previous note that Sufjan needed to let loose on the vocals a bit, and this really brings that into focus: just so impressive how expressive and free Bowie is, so hard to capture that on record. The whole album feels so organic. Had to be fun as hell to be in that session with him and Lennon. This session player on the sax really brings it together, and looks like he’s played on just a ridiculous number of other big albums from the era. Have already listened to this one three times today and don’t know how or when I’m going to stop.

Just ok

7/10. Some good songs. But it didn’t stand out as great for me.

Soul and funk... by far not as bad as the other Bowie albums I've had to listen to.

Bowie at his peak is magnificent, but this album isn't his best. Young Americans and Fame are great, most of the rest is fine but nothing more. The cover of Across the Universe is pretty bad. Overall, this just about deserves a four, but there are much better Bowie albums out there.

Surprising shift from his earlier albums, but still noticeably Bowie. Not a single sour spot or fat. Very fun album

Young Americans Didn’t know Bowie got into soul and R&B. So that threw me off. But I also do not know a lot by Bowie aside from Ziggy Stardust and Hunky Dory. I’ve never really gotten into his stuff. Found it to be overrated and uninteresting. This isn’t any different.

Nicht das beste bowie, aber liebe

3/5. I think this album has a lot going for it. It is definitely has the most grooves throughout, just smooth soul and rhythm. The choice of background singers at first does seem out of place but they provide the vibe that Bowie could never bring. He almost allows them a lot of the spotlight in songs, which is cool choice. The issue though is that some of the songs definitely drag on and some are just not great. I think the first half is definitely better and the only song that is okay on the second side is Fame really. Best Song: Young Americans, Fascination, Fame

Nice record. First time listening to it. Don't know any song but cool nevertheless.

Das ist ja nicht zu fassen. Ein für mich verborgenes Album von David Bowie mit einem schon ganz normalen Cover / Foto. Und dann mit solchen glanzvollen Songs: poppig, soulig. Ein wunderschönes Mainstream Album. Hochgenuss. David Bowie kann alles. Und das auf höchstem Niveau. Unfassbar schön.

Really good with a bit of filler

🎧Bowie takes a crack at blue-eyed soul producing mixed results. Title track is terrific, nothing else to write home about here. Fascination is decent, Fame is fine but overrated.

underrated bowie

Fame was the only song I really cared for and it sounded totally different than the rest of the album.

Really good songs at the very beginning and the end but the rest was pretty mediocre.

Ok I guess. Never quite got Bowie's style.

Really, another David Bowie.

Hell of a good album, drags a little in spots but entirely solid as a rule. Title track is a banger, and closing track (fame) is outstanding. 4/5

Aí a lista deu uma intricada com dois discos do Bowie. Ainda prefiro as versões das músicas deles por outros, e nesse o contrário foi bem decepcionante com a cover dos Beatles.

I like Ziggy Stardust, but this one fell a little flat for me.

Good album but not Bowie's best. A few low points but Fame is one of the best of all time. 7/10 (3.5/5)

Classic 70s Bowie songs

Hell yea!!!!! Absolute beauty from the 70s. Sublime dance music for us all!

Very nice 👍

war okay

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David bowey but his best foot forwards for this album, the tambre and contrapuntal textures contrasts greatly to make an objuresent album which gets my hair standing up

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Fascination and Fame were my favourites, but I also enjoyed Somebody up There Likes Me probably in large part due to the fact that it was on KDST radio in GTA: San Andreas

It was good stuff, but not up there with the fivers I’ve given him in the past. Simpsons: Yes

Really boring, was relieved when it ended.

Top 3 Bowie Album for me. Just class. But maybe I’m biased, I just love young Americans.

Uprising dramatic american. 2/10

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I enjoyed the soul influences and something about Bowie's voice impressed me more here than on most of his other records I've gotten.

Really really enjoyed this. Such a funky, groovy album, but one that holds so much weight behind it, too. Every new track just made me feel excited to hear it. Fascination, Life, and the title track are definite favourites. Bowie never disappoints!

Really just the two big hits- Young Americans and Fame. The rest are mediocre.

So funky!

Noncing young yanks yamma yamma

Nice.

Young Americans is a classic. It makes me happy when I hear it. Never loved Fame. The rest was just ok.

Bowie himself described this album as "Plastic Soul", which is difficult to disagree with. Having listened to a couple of proper soul and funk albums because of this list, this album very much feels like a hollow imitation of those. It feels... appropriative coming from a white British dude. This was my introduction to David Bowie's music. It wasn't bad, but in the context of American music and how music from Black Americans has been historically treated, it doesn't feel right. The saxophone throughout is excellent though.

Fond

Some I knew, the others way funkier than I expected!! Autumn arrived at once today and I cycled around and went to practise listening to this. Finished it off dancing in my room. Love how gritty his voice can be!

Funky Bowie! I didn't like his version of Across The Universe though. It's strangely aggressive.

Have not aged well at all.

Ok hear me out, maybe not every David Bowie album needs to be on this list. Case in point, this album. If you want an idea of how not great this is just check out his cover of Across the Universe, it’s a hot mess. I genuinely like a lot of David Bowie’s music but this album is just not it.

you did well, david. especially on Fascination!

Young Americans Probably the album from his imperial phase I’ve listened to the least and probably the album I think about listening to the least, despite loving the title track and Fame, so I’m not as familiar with it as I probably should be, so it’s nice giving it a considered listen now. Win and Fascination are great, fascination in particular really stuck with me on this listen. Love the clavinet on Right and the harmonies/backing vocals are great. Somebody Up There Likes Me and Across the Universe are an undoubted dip, the latter particularly seems an odd choice and an odd arrangement. Can You Hear Me is great and of course Fame is superb too. You can really hear elements foreshadowing Station to Station, but without that album's darker and more complicated atmosphere Young Americans’ take on soul music has an air of detachment, of arms length aloofness that doesn't quite land fully. Still great though and a solid 4 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 Playlist submission: Fame

Bowie's dive into 'Blue Eyed Soul' Young Americans and Fame are the best known hits rom this album but with songs like Fascination and Somebody Up There Likes Me, Bowie once again delves into a different genre to find what he likes. Features some fantastic backing musicians like David Sandborn on sax and a then unknown Luther Vandross on backing vocals and vocal arrangements.

Bowie has some high heights, and he has Low, but I’d say this is pretty mid.

Make I’m just getting Bowie fatigue from this list, but this album didn’t do much for me. It was fine.

Very cool songs that have unpredictable chord changes and melodies, along with much more sax playing than most pop bands. Across the Universe was a cool cover.

Not too much a fan, sort of slow like the Beatles but doesn’t sound as good. Not as good as labyrinth David Bowie which I have heard

3.5/5 I enjoyed it, however I find it difficult to distinguish most of Bowie's works.

Hodeeee Super album Bowie was ook al fan van de Fame

Started the album, got horny, cranked the hog, finished the album, went back for round 2.

The Bowie education continues. Really enjoying the soul influences; a really rich record. Have to take 0.5* for butchering across the universe. 3.5* Highlights: young americans, somebody up there likes me, fame (1 and 3 I didn't even know were Bowie's)

YAY 🎉 🎉 🎉 young americans- 10 no question. AINT THERE ONE DAMN SONG THAT CAN MAKE ME BREAK DOWN AND CRYYYY win- 7 or 8 fascination- 7 or 8 right- 9 somebody up there likes me- 7 across the universe- 7 or 8 can you hear me- 7 fame- 8

Wasn't really paying attention but I kinda liked what I heard. 3/5

Classic Bowie

Let this be a lesson to you: "Across the Universe" is a fucking disaster no matter who records it.

goooood

Not Bowie's best!

Another incredible Bowie album containing amazing performances from all the musicians involved. I feel Ike this is one of his more strait forward and cohesive albums. Sonically this might be my favorite album of his, up there with Blackstar. It’s less experimental than is usually expected but the songwriting really shines more because of it. Top tier Bowie for sure.

Bowie is a chameleon. He changes throughout the decades. This one fits perfefectly in the 70's. It isn't my favorite album, but it does have one of my favorite songs, Fame. If you haven't done so, check out the God Lives Underwater cover of that song. Good stuff. Again, not my favorite Bowie album. But I'll give this a 3.99

I love David Bowie so. He just has an effect on me that's hard to explain. So seeing this album over the weekend was like a little treat. I was able to set sometime aside to listen to it with attention. I had just heard the song Young Americans about an hour before being assigned this album, but when I sat down to listen through the album, I went ahead and listened to it again, because I love the song. The intro is so boisterous and bouncy and swaggy, with that hot sax, and it always fills me with joy and excitement. I just watched the first episode of SNL, from 1975, the year of this album, and this intro calls to mind 1970s New York–you can just see the steam coming up from the grates in the sidewalk. But the singing begins, and there are some cleverly written lines about our hapless couple–is this what it is to be a young American navigating courtship? Full of enthusiasm and bravado but ultimately naive and desperately clinging to an old fashioned script? Doomed? He kissed her then and there She took his ring, took his babies It took him minutes, took her nowhere Heaven knows she'd have taken anything The backup singers’ voices are rich and vivacious, summoning that R&B world for Bowie to inhabit. Bowie sounds peak Bowie with his distinctive warble, and he's letting it serve the song whether with a series of grunts as if he were doing air karate in the second chorus, or some falsetto in a later verse when he gets meta and sings about “you and your idol singing falsetto.” By the time he gets to the “you ain't a pimp…” bridge, he sounds sweaty, with his sleeves rolled up and his tie loosened, like a middle manager going too hard at happy hour. What sounds like such a bright and optimistic song is imbued with irony and critique, using a typical love story arc to talk about American society in general, full of promise and energy but ultimately disappointing. There's ambitious artistic intention, and it works so well with the music, yet the music stands on its own even without engaging with the message. These “Plastic Soul” musical elements are present throughout the rest of the album on songs that evoke many different moods (there's even a Beatles cover!), and the album ends strong with the funk banger, Fame. All in all, a pretty good offering from 1970s David Bowie.

Damn....I'd never listened to this album before, but I think it's now one of my preferred albums by Bowie. I think overall it's a funk album. I didn't know the song Fame was on here which was a big plus for me. The title track Young Americans was always an ok song for me. I think the killer track on this one is Fame. I was really impressed with the song Win and the arpeggio runs by the saxes throughout the song. I liked Fascination also.

Magic master Bowie

This album really showcases Bowie’s ability to adapt to different styles of music and still pull it off in a complementary way. Bowie wanted to do his own reinterpretation of American Soul and R&B music. The production is sleek and polished, with a sophisticated approach and complex rhythms. He also worked with a lot of great musicians, including one of my favorites, Mike Garson.

As a longtime Bowie fan, I said it before, and I'm going to say it again: He should've just stuck with glam rock.

Every track is a banger.

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Not as good as some other Bowie records but still good. It's really hard to hate anything this guy does. Favorites were Young Americans, Fascination, and specifically the guy playing the Saxophone on like every song.

Listened to this on my train ride into Philadelphia which felt right. Bowie calling this “plastic soul” is a very apt description. I like it, but slightly less than many of his other albums. I would like to believe that the song Fame is why David Bowie was cast in Zoolander. Don’t entirely get the hate for his version of Across The Universe. Favorite tracks were Young Americans, Fascination, Somebody Up There Likes Me, and Fame.

A short album but very very good! Young Americans a great find for me. Never thought much of Bowie but that changes here.

The middle album in the 'cocaine trilogy'. Listened to this a lot when I was getting into Bowie in the last few years. The opening two tracks are stunning, with the first side easily the strongest. The second side is a bit less consistent, but overall an easy four stars (as with a lot of Bowie's classic period).

Solid but not super.

On the top of his game - the soul vibe. Excellent.

Great album. David Bowie is so ephemeral.

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This was a fun listen, but I’m deducting a star for the worst version of Across the Universe that I’ve ever heard.

I love this album. I love David Bowie.

Classic album that i hadn't heard all the way through. I'm a phish fan and they have a song called "david bowie" where the only lyrics are davids name. This album proves why that song exists

Not his best album I don’t think but it’s up there definitely. Obviously love the 2 better known tracks and really enjoyed the Across The Universe cover with John Lennon, along with Can You Hear Me. Solid!

I would rate this in the lower 4s, but I think I liked it more than a 3.

Ok

Great Bowie album with maybe my favorite song from him. High 3.

Pretty damn good I think. Fame especially, but also also all the other funky stuff…

I like this okay a different sound for him but a couple of really enduring songs.

Killer plastic soul.

Saxophone galore

Shocking across the universe cover.

Well it isn't the worst thing he ever did.

Good album

Not a huge Bowie fan in general. This album was more enjoyable than some of his later stuff. I wasn't crazy about his cover of Across the Universe, but this wasn't a bad listen. I've heard Fame on the radio ad nauseum for years, but otherwise I wasn't familiar with any of the songs.

David very much getting his soulful groove on. Fabulous title track. I also adore Win - it mixes Diamond Dogs disturbia with soulful BVs and floaty gorgeousness. I love Can You Hear Me. Other tracks, eg Fascination and Somebody Up There, have a great groove, but do end up a bit repetitive. I've never really liked Fame, but it's interesting. It's really a 9.5 out of 10 for me, but I refuse not to round up cos BOWIE.

Wonderful.

Fatiguing and paper thin, what a winning combo. Bowie's "Across the Universe" pretty well encapsulates everything I don't like about him.

Wow, I got Station to Station and Young Americans within a week of each other. This one has stayed with me more: though I'm not bothered about the Across the Universe cover, the rest is amazing. Returning to Bowie these days what sticks out to me is the cold detachment of his lyrics; he almost always chooses intellectual experimentation over genuine emotion. Fascination indeed.

Not bad, but not really the typical Bowie music that I am used to. Liked songs: Young Americans, Fame

Certainly has some bops on here but it's ultimately lower tier Bowie. That said, lower tier Bowie is still good 7/10

Terrific

I think I don’t love Bowie

Young Americans and Fame are quite good, but not as great as other big singles of his (Let’s Dance, or Suffragette City). The other songs weren’t anything special.

Love Disco Bowie

Я не слышал этот альбом Боуи раньше, хотя песни известные. Альбом неплохой, но конечно будто слабее его реальных шедевров. Очень понравилось ревью на rym: "one of the greatest albums of the 1980s. And yes, I know it was released in 1975. Think about it." Лучшая песня - Young Americans.

Favourite tracks: young Americans; win; fascination; fame; who can I be now?

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Pretty catchy

It was alright, nice Beatles references

I adore the harmonies and funky feeling bowies put on it. the layers to the dynamics and different sections are astounding , and so obviously influenced by soul and rnb music. favourite era of bowies thus far,. I feel. like he really had a passion for this kind of music.

For a Bowie Album its pretty pretty mid, BUT Fame is a catchy Banger who in itself outscores some other Albums of the last week.

Oof kinda disappointed. Knowing some of Bowies other work I was really looking forward to this but even if I ignore who the artist is I am kind of let down. The only song I kinda liked was Fame, I might listen to that again. The album however was bland and somehow weird. I think his voice and style of singing didn’t match the instrumentals at all and the background vocals were just unpleasant. The songs didn’t feel inspired by anything else but „this is how a song is made and what its supposed to sound like“. Doesn’t really feel like there was any emotion behind it but boredom and a feeling of obligation. Not listening to the album as a whole again.

A bankable title track followed by lots and lots of generic 70's sounds that could have been by anyone except for Bowie's distinctive vocal, which mostly seems secondary to his backing singers. Shall we just agree that this isn't his finest work, and move on?

Kinda pleasantly surprised by this one. I dislike the title track and the wiki write up didn’t sound like something up my street. But actually Bowie’s voice and ear for a tune really shine through and I liked the backing, particularly the gospel/soul style parts. I even didn’t mind the sax too much, which is usually my kryptonite of the instruments. All in all, not amazing, but will likely listen again.

fav tracks: found a job, with our love thoughts: best David B. ive heard so far

ok, not my favourite Bowie stuff though

01) Young Americans - 10,0 02) Win - 9,0 03) Fascination - 8,5 04) Right - 8,0 05) Somebody Up There Likes Me - 7,5 06) Across The Universe - 8,5 07) Can You Hear Me - 8,5 08) Fame - 10,0 TOTAL: 8,75 (88/100)

The hits are good. The Beatles cover... woof. Loses a star for that.

It’s okay I guess

Very good album - some classics on here - like the move into R&B/Soul.

ok

Not one of my favorite Bowie albums, but one I've grown to appreciate more over the years. I quite like the concept of a self-consciously artifitial soul album, like stripping the actual soul from the music that gets its name from it. In the end, the idea is better than the execution and also some of the best songs were unfortunatelly relegated as B-sides. Key tracks: Young Americans Fame

A serious contender for my favourite Bowie album. The only blemish being the inclusion of the lacklustre Across the Universe cover (Bowie loves doing a cover of a 60s band and making it shit - see Let's Spend the Night Together and God Only Knows) and worse, the exclusion of the earth-shatteringly great Who Can I Be Now, one of his greatest ever songs. The backers are the stars here. What an album. What a band. Bowie is the best at almost always having the right people around him. I guess if you don't like sax you won't like this, but I don't know what to say to you. Right is so low key brilliant. Somebody Up There Likes Me is high key brilliant. So is Win.

I don’t have anything bad to say about this album, it’s so good

Not the best Bowie album in this list in my opinion, I enjoyed the occasional funkyness but overall it is a bit forgettable

2 - I don’t feel this as much as some of his more famous works, less groovy and feels more dated

Occasional brilliance surrounded by mediocrity. Covering the Beatles was a low point.

It's a good one!

This is an important album for David Bowie (in terms of moving from glam to other styles, developing his voice, working with artists from alternate musical styles) and it produced some excellent singles (Fame) and deep cuts (Win). It sounds decent altogether, but doesn't stand out particularly well from other soul albums. A strong 3

While the ending of this record slowly loses my interest, this is the record that solidifies that Bowie really can't do any wrong. A true music chameleon. He has his glam, his psychedelics, his singer songwriter nature, his good old rock and roll, his ambience and now a soul record? I never knew the name of the title track but when I heard it I just couldn't believe it. It's definitely not his best record but for a man with so many classic albums and timeless tunes it is impressive that he can switch genres so easily.

Look, I appreciate the attempt at funk or whatever, but, I dunno, it comes across as really smarmy. It's got that "Baker Street" style saxophone over everything. I was going to give it three stars until the cover of "Across the Universe" came on. Yuk! "Fame" is an absolute corker though, and I want to reinstate the three stars for that, but it would give the impression that I might listen to this album again, which I don't really intend to. Fame, yes. Album, no.

Hit and miss

Not his best but Miles ahead of his worst

I get that David Bowie is very influential, but I never got into his music. There is something I really don't like at all. I don't know what and why.

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The sax turns like half these into the SNL theme.

Bowie don't need to say much here. Genius in many ways musically, lyrically and smart to get the right musicians around him to create great art. Ahead of the time at so many points in his career, I remember the late 90s when he was using the internet to do all kinds of stuff. Young Americans being one of his classics love it still holds up so well. Great sax work on this album, got a great soul vibe. Stand out tracks: - Young Americans - Right - Somebody up there likes me - Across the universe - Can you hear me - Fame - Who can I be now?

A soul album from Bowie, that's crazy! On top of that who would have thought it would work this well. Most songs have a choir in the back and use much more brass instruments. All of the songs work pretty well together with the exception of "Across the Universe". It ignores the soul theme of the album and isn't as good as the rest of the songs. It also doesn't help that the original version is much better and one of my favorites from "Let It Be". This album is still great overall and it's nice to see this much variety in Bowie's catalogue. Favorite songs: Young Americans, Fame, Who Can I Be Now?

Great Album Standout songs: Somebody up there likes me Can you hear me

3.5 rounded down highlights: young americans, fame (aug 3 2024)

B- Young Americans 4 Win 3 Fascination 3 Right 3 Somebody Up There Likes Me 3 Across The Universe 3 Can You Hear Me 3 Fame 4 Honestly, I expected more.

Big disappointment coming from previous releases. Fame and Fascination are the only worthwhile tracks here

Soul and funky Davie Bowie is my favourite David Bowie.

You can definitely understand how David Bowie became one of the biggest rock stars of all time. This album is all swag...

Bowie was another artist I never really 'got'. I always considered him a bit of a freak. To give him his dues, this is a really good album, with several standout tracks.

Not Bowie’s best IMO. I enjoyed some songs like Fame and Fascination, and the concept seems fairly well thought out, but overall I feel this doesn’t really work as an album. As individual songs, they’re great. I’d listen to them anytime. But it seems to be too much of the same to be a whole 40 minute record. In addition, just a personal gripe of mine, but Across the Universe pales in comparison to the Beatles original and doesn’t really do the song or the band justice. All in all, I don’t have many problems with this record or each of its songs, but it just doesn’t have the same energy or gravitas as other Bowie projects, so for that it’s a 3.

Great album from start to finish, defo a keeper

Good, but better bowie albums out there 3*

This Bowie is especially jazzy and leaning into the American choral gospel sound, I like! Nice to hear Fame and Youn g Americans again.

I love Bowie. Period.

Probably not the best Bowie album on here. But still somewhat enjoyable.

Very good. 3.5

Classic!

A good time was had by all

I *am* young American. All night! One of my favorite samples in that song, too. I love when samples make you reimagine an original. “Fascination” is kinda gay. Omg speaking of Beatles covers and samples. I don’t really like “Can You Hear Me” that much… it’s hard to when “Fame” is an option. I also like “Who Can I Be Now?” quite a bit.

One of Bowie’s finest records — I absolutely love it. From the opening bars of “Young Americans”, you know you’re hearing something special. It’s one of my all-time favourite Bowie songs: soulful, dramatic, and packed with energy. Considering this was such a bold shift in direction — stepping away from glam rock into what he called “plastic soul” — it’s remarkably close to perfection. A completely new sound, and yet it feels effortless. The album is full of belters. “Fame” has that slinky groove and bite, while “Fascination” keeps the momentum going with pure rhythm and swagger. There’s confidence all over this record — Bowie reinventing himself again, and making it look easy. Favourite tracks: Fame and Young Americans Least favourite: Honestly, there isn’t one — it’s strong throughout. Album artwork: An amazing cover. Sharp, stylish, and perfectly in keeping with this soulful new era.

Great

One of Bowie's many unfortunate throwaway albums for a paycheck. One or two good songs and a slog of nearly anonymous outdated trends that are as tacky today as greasy pompadours.