{"product_id":"cd-bowie-david-young-americans-2025-reissue-cd","title":"Young Americans (2025 Reissue)","description":"David 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.","brand":"WARNER","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40426647978185,"sku":"464340","price":24.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0566\/7120\/7498\/files\/464340-Product-0-I-638981159402407671.jpg?v=1762519205","url":"https:\/\/www.jbhifi.co.nz\/products\/cd-bowie-david-young-americans-2025-reissue-cd","provider":"JB Hi-Fi NZ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}