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| Artist | David Bowie |
|---|---|
| Album | Young Americans |
| Recording label | RCA |
| Recorded in | 1975 |
| Genre | Rock |
| Format | FLAC |
| Sample Frequency [Hz] | 44100 Hz |
| Channels | 2 |
| Resolution [bits] | 16 |
| CDDB ID | 710ab509 |
| MusicBrainz ID | d88bea70-6ee2-474b-9fe6-84960662731b |
| Discog Master ID | 20174 |
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Young Americans is the ninth from 26 studio albums (1967–2016) by British rock musician [a10263], recorded August 1974 – January 1975 and released in 1975 on the [l29656] label. Bowie calls the album his own protest album. Musically, he left the rock sound of his previous albums and recorded Young Americans within a week at [l264049] in Philadelphia with the help of mostly African American soul and funk musicians and [a46481]. The album was remastered several times over the years. The first of these was in 1991 as part of [l818]’s reissue campaign of the David Bowie catalog, including the non–album single “John, I’m Only Dancing (Again) and the outtakes “Who Can I Be Now? and “It’s Gonna Be Me as bonus tracks. This remaster additionally includes alternate mixes of “Win, “Fascination, and “Right; according to former Rykodisc engineer Jeff Rougvie, this was not an intentional decision on Bowie’s part, but was rather the result of the label not cross–referencing the tapes with the original LP. The alternate mix of “Fascination was also previously included on [m