Young Americans

~ Release by David Bowie (see all versions of this release, 24 available)

Annotation

UK: CDEMD 1021; CDP 79 6436 2 for rest of Europe apparently (see back cover)

For DiscID: DScI5a_GfqHnwB4dlMifdmlZOuw-
Matrix: CDP 796436 2 AR 1:1:2. EMI SWINDON
No SID codes

Annotation last modified on 2022-08-05 22:00 UTC.

Tracklist

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#	Title	Rating	Length
1	Young Americans producer and mixer: Tony Visconti bass: Willie Weeks (US bass player) congas: Larry Washington (percussionist) drums (drum set): Andy Newmark percussion: Pablo Rosario piano: Mike Garson (American pianist) saxophone: David Sanborn background vocals: Ava Cherry, Robin Clark (soul vocalist) and Luther Vandross lead vocals: David Bowie (English singer‐songwriter) phonographic copyright (℗) by: RCA Records (not for release label use! for the imprint, please use “RCA” instead) (from 1975 to present) and Jones/Tintoretto Entertainment Co. LLC. (in 1976) part of: Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 204) and Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 481) recording of: Young Americans lyricist and composer: David Bowie (English singer‐songwriter)	3.85	5:14
2	Win producer and mixer: Harry Maslin and Tony Visconti phonographic copyright (℗) by: Jones/Tintoretto Entertainment Company LLC and RCA Records (not for release label use! for the imprint, please use “RCA” instead) (from 1975 to present) recording of: Win lyricist and composer: David Bowie (English singer‐songwriter) publisher: Chrysalis Music Ltd. (music publisher, affiliated with PRS), EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated), RZO Music Ltd and Tintoretto Music	3.35	4:49
3	Fascination producer and mixer: Harry Maslin and Tony Visconti phonographic copyright (℗) by: RCA Records (not for release label use! for the imprint, please use “RCA” instead) (from 1975 to present) recording of: Fascination (David Bowie song) lyricist: Luther Vandross composer: David Bowie (English singer‐songwriter) and Luther Vandross version of: Funky Music (Is a Part of Me)	3.55	5:51
4	Right producer and mixer: Harry Maslin and Tony Visconti phonographic copyright (℗) by: RCA Records (not for release label use! for the imprint, please use “RCA” instead) (from 1975 to present) recording of: Right (David Bowie song) lyricist and composer: David Bowie (English singer‐songwriter)	3.2	4:21
5	Somebody Up There Likes Me producer and mixer: Harry Maslin and Tony Visconti phonographic copyright (℗) by: RCA Records (not for release label use! for the imprint, please use “RCA” instead) (from 1975 to present) recording of: Somebody Up There Likes Me lyricist and composer: David Bowie (English singer‐songwriter)	3.5	6:34
6	Across the Universe producer and mixer: David Bowie (English singer‐songwriter) and Harry Maslin phonographic copyright (℗) by: RCA Records (not for release label use! for the imprint, please use “RCA” instead) (from 1975 to present) cover recording of: Across the Universe writer: John Lennon (The Beatles) (in 1967) and Paul McCartney (The Beatles) (in 1967) publisher: Maclen Music Ltd. (U.S. based publisher for Lennon–McCartney), Northern Songs, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC (1995–2020) and Sony/ATV Tunes LLC (ASCAP) written at: Kenwood (John Lennon’s former house) in Weybridge, Surrey, England, United Kingdom (in 1967)	3.2	4:33
7	Can You Hear Me producer and mixer: David Bowie (English singer‐songwriter) and Harry Maslin phonographic copyright (℗) by: RCA Records (not for release label use! for the imprint, please use “RCA” instead) (from 1975 to present) recording of: Can You Hear Me lyricist and composer: David Bowie (English singer‐songwriter)	3.2	5:09
8	Fame co-producer: Harry Maslin producer and mixer: David Bowie (English singer‐songwriter) and Harry Maslin guest background vocals: John Lennon (The Beatles) lead vocals: David Bowie (English singer‐songwriter) phonographic copyright (℗) by: RCA Records (not for release label use! for the imprint, please use “RCA” instead) (from 1975 to present) and Jones/Tintoretto Entertainment Co. LLC. (in 1976) part of: Indie 88: Top 500 Indie Rock Songs (number: 97) recording of: Fame writer: Carlos Alomar, David Bowie (English singer‐songwriter) and John Lennon (The Beatles) publisher: 100 mph Music, BMG Monarch, BMG Music Publishing Ltd., BMG RM Chrysalis Music France, Ceilidh Music, Chrysalis Music (music publisher, ASCAP-affiliated), Chrysalis Music Ltd. (music publisher, affiliated with PRS), Colgems-EMI Music Inc., Éditer à Paris, EMI Music Publishing France, EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated), EMI Publishing Ltd., Jones Music America, Lenono Music, Mainman Saag (New York), RZO Music Ltd, Unitunes Music, Universal Music Publishing MGB France, フジパシフィックミュージック (Fujipacific Music, Inc.), フジパシフィックミュージック第2事業部 (Fujipacific Music, Inc. Division 2), 渡辺音楽出版 CM事業部 (Watanabe Music Publishing CM division), イーエムアイ音楽出版ソニー事業部 (EMI Music Publishing Japan Ltd., Sony Division) (until 2021-06-30) and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング EMI外国事業部 (Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc., EMI Overseas Division, sub‐publisher for non‐Japanese works) (from 2021-07-01 to present)	3.9	4:20
9	Who Can I Be Now? producer and mixer: Tony Visconti phonographic copyright (℗) by: RCA Records (not for release label use! for the imprint, please use “RCA” instead) (from 1975 to present) recording of: Who Can I Be Now? (in 1974) lyricist and composer: David Bowie (English singer‐songwriter)	4	4:39
10	It’s Gonna Be Me recording of: It’s Gonna Be Me lyricist and composer: David Bowie (English singer‐songwriter)		6:30
11	John, I’m Only Dancing Again producer and mixer: Tony Visconti phonographic copyright (℗) by: RCA Records (not for release label use! for the imprint, please use “RCA” instead) (from 1975 to present) recording of: John, I’m Only Dancing (in 1974) lyricist and composer: David Bowie (English singer‐songwriter) publisher: Chrysalis Music Ltd. (music publisher, affiliated with PRS) and Tintoretto Music	3	6:58

Credits

Release

copyrighted (©) by and phonographic copyright (℗) by:	Jones Music (publishers associated with David Bowie) (from 1991 to present) Mainman S.A. (not for release label use! © & ℗ rights use only) (from 1991 to present)
licensed to:	EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI‐owned labels until Sept 2012)

Discogs:	https://www.discogs.com/release/373206 [info]
ASIN:	UK: B00000635N [info]

Release group

included in:	The 24K Gold Collection: Golden Years Who Can I Be Now? 1974–1976

part of:	1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die (2005 edition) (number: 332) (order: 332)

Discogs:	https://www.discogs.com/master/20174 [info]
lyrics page:	https://genius.com/albums/David-bowie/Young-americans [info]
reviews:	https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/9dcz [info] https://www.rollingstone.de/reviews/david-bowie-young-americans/ [info]
other databases:	https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/david-bowie/young-americans/ [info] https://www.musik-sammler.de/album/17624/ [info] https://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=18768 [info] https://www.spirit-of-rock.com/en/album/Young_Americans/10336 [info]
Allmusic:	https://www.allmusic.com/album/mw0000098919 [info]
Wikidata:	Q765031 [info]
discography entry:	https://www.last.fm/music/David+Bowie/Young+Americans [info]

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Release information

Barcode:: 0077779643622
Format:: CD
Length:: 58:58

Additional details

Type:: Album
Packaging:: Jewel Case
Status:: Official
Language:: English
Script:: Latin
Data quality:: Normal

Labels

EMI
CDEMD 1021
EMI
CDP 79 6436 2

Release events

Europe
1991
United Kingdom
1991

Release group rating

3.7 (see all ratings)

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