Young Americans (Vinyl LP) 60s 70s Psych Prog Rock

Young Americans (Vinyl LP) 60s 70s Psych Prog RockDavid Bowie had dropped hints during the Diamond Dogs tour that he was moving toward R&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.

is as exciting as anything the band ever did

who worked as the engineer for Queen

bassist Roger Waters and keyboard-player Richard Wright

Many critics felt that they were compromising their raw

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Included stand-out cuts "Gimme Back My Bullets" and "Double Trouble" and the elan and Southern swagger expected from the band

with the band stretching out into more sophisticated musical territory on "My Little Red Book

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one of the founder members of Soft Machine

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