David Bowie – Young Americans CD For Sale

Digitally remastered edition. Young Americans is the ninth studio album by rock icon David Bowie, released on 7 March 1975 by RCA Records. The album marked a departure from the glam rock style of Bowie s previous albums, instead showcasing his mid-1970s interest in African-American soul and R&B music. Initial recording sessions for Young Americans took place in Philadelphia with producer Tony Visconti and a variety of musicians, including guitarist Carlos Alomar, to become one of Bowie s most frequent collaborators, and singer Luther Vandross. Bowie drew influence from the sound of local dance halls , which were blaring with lush strings, sliding hi-hat whispers, and swanky R&B rhythms of Philadelphia Soul. Later sessions took place in New York, and included contributions from John Lennon. Bowie would call the album s sound plastic soul , describing it as the squashed remains of ethnic music as it survives in the age of muzak rock, written and sung by a white limey .