buffyleigh
4
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).
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