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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]
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 Thin White Duke was the persona and character adopted by the English musician David Bowie for public appearances in the mid-1970s. Though the Duke is primarily identified with Bowie's 1976 album Station to Station and is mentioned by name in the title track, he had first begun to adopt aspects of the persona during the tour supporting his Young Americans album in late 1974.
Images 1966–1967 is a 1973 compilation album by English singer-songwriter David Bowie. It comprises his 1967 self-titled debut album for Deram Records and various singles and B-sides recorded for Deram between 1966 and 1967. The arrangements on this compilation are not reminiscent of the glam rock that broke Bowie through to success.
Initially set for release on Young Americans, "John, I'm Only Dancing (Again)" was replaced by "Fame" at the last minute, so Bowie shelved it indefinitely. On 7 December 1979, at the height of disco's popularity, RCA belatedly issued the track as a stand-alone single (as RCA BOW 4), [ 37 ] backed by the 1979 remix of the original 1972 track. [ 2 ]
"Fame" was released on 7 March 1975 as the final track on Bowie's ninth studio album Young Americans. [ 25 ] [ 26 ] It was subsequently released by RCA Records (as PB 10320) as the second single from the album in the US in June 1975 and the following month in the UK, with fellow album track " Right " as the B-side.
"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.
The Coca-Cola Company paid $6 million [8] to be the primary sponsor, the show being billed as "Coca-Cola Presents Young Americans". Young Americans was profiled by Steve Carell on the August 22, 2000 episode of The Daily Show in the Ad Nauseam segment due to the Coca-Cola tie ins. Carell constantly referred to "The Beginning" as an "hour-long ...