{"product_id":"young-americans","title":"Young Americans","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e1975's\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eYoung Americans\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003espent almost a year on the U.S. charts, peaking at No. 9 on Billboard's Albums chart, while its single \"Fame\" hit No. 1 on the Pop Singles chart. Bowie's\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eDiamond Dogs\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ehad cracked the U.S. Top 5 the previous year, so while\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eYoung Americans\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ewas not the album that initially broke Bowie in America, it was certainly the one that aligned him with Rod Stewart and Elton John in the top ranks of the decade's Stateside superstars.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eYoung Americans\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e, representing the zenith of Bowie's influential soul period, contributed in no small measure to breaking white soul music into the mainstream. The album was, in theory, about \"emotional drive,\" but came to represent much more than that, both upon its release and over time.\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eYoung Americans\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis Bowie's vision of and reply to a wide swath of above-board and underground musical and socio-political influences, including soul music, politics, sex, drugs, dancing, and the cultural scenes of downtown New York and uptown Philadelphia.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA No. 2 U.K. chart peak made it Bowie's first studio album in three years not to reach the top spot. Nonetheless, the album's legacy would be profound, as a new movement of U.K. soul drew inspiration from Bowie's cool version of Americana and revolutionized British pop in the process. Bowie's soul boy look and haircut, later to be known as ‘the wedge,' became the hallmarks of classic clubland cool, not just for the soul boys themselves but across the greater New Romantic era, as well.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIt is not often that an album makes such a sweeping musical, cultural and subcultural impact.\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDavid Bowie's\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eYoung Americans\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis one of the rare, era-defining records that altered the course of both popular music and modern style.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eYoung Americans\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWin\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFascination\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRight\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSomebody Up There Likes Me\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAcross The Universe\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCan You Hear Me\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFame\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e","brand":"David Bowie","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43063233249360,"sku":"uju1793030365941","price":20.15,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0598\/7483\/6560\/files\/young-americans_1.jpg?v=1793030382","url":"https:\/\/asymmetricaloutfit.shop\/products\/young-americans","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}