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In Canada, Bill Man of The Gazette praised "Young Americans" as one of the best songs Bowie has ever written. [32] In its year-end list, NME ranked "Young Americans" the seventh best single of 1975. [33] In a more unfavourable review, Melody Maker 's Michael Watts referred to the song as "a reasonable, if unmemorable discotheque record". [34]
The singer Bob Geldof said: "Young Americans is a fantastic soul record, but soul with something else going on. There's an edginess to it." [1] Young Americans was voted Bowie's ninth best album in a 2013 readers' poll for Rolling Stone. The magazine argued that its style shift helped introduce Bowie to a wider audience. [125]
"Fascination" is a song written by the English singer-songwriter David Bowie and the American musician Luther Vandross for Bowie's Young Americans album in 1975. The song originated from a Vandross song called "Funky Music (Is a Part of Me)" which The Mike Garson Band used to play before Bowie concerts in 1974.
"Right" is a song by the English musician David Bowie from his album Young Americans, released on 7 March 1975. Recorded on 14–18 August and 20–24 November 1974 at Sigma Sound Studios in Philadelphia, [2] "Right" is the last of four tracks on side one of Young Americans, [3] and the B-side of the single "Fame", released in August 1975.
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Musically, Station to Station was a transitional album for Bowie, developing the funk and soul of Young Americans while presenting a new direction influenced by the German music genre of krautrock, particularly bands such as Neu! and Kraftwerk. The lyrics reflected Bowie's preoccupations with Friedrich Nietzsche, Aleister Crowley, mythology and ...
"Can You Hear Me?" is a ballad by the English musician David Bowie from his 1975 album Young Americans. [1] Bowie called it a "real love song", written with someone in mind, but he did not identify them. [2] The song was released as a single in November 1975 on the B side of "Golden Years".
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