Young Americans

In this episode, Andrew, John and Aaron cover David Bowie's breakthrough album in the United States, 1975's Young Americans. In terms of the episode breakdown and cry:

00:04:40 Where Are We Now?

• album context and recording history

00:32:03 Let’s Face The Music and Dance

• track-by-track histories & review, overall appreciation of the album

 
01:47:45 Your Record Sleeves Are Better Than Your Songs

• analysis of album artwork and album-related visuals

01:59:34 VideoTime

• comments on Bowie's promotional appearances from the era. Specifically, Young Americans performed on the Dick Cavett Show, Young Americans Medley on the Cher show and Fame's Soul Train stop.

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On that note, music in the podcast is not owned by Battlecries + Champagne and is, rather, the work of David Bowie. Music is used under the fair dealing provision in Canadian copyright law to the best of our understanding. We encourage listeners interested in hearing the full versions of songs to purchase them at their local record stores, through online digital music stores or heck, provide the Bowie Estate with some streaming revenue!

Research for the show was culled from:

Buckley, David. Strange Fascination: David Bowie: The Definitive Biography (Virgin Books, 2001).

Cann, Kevin. David Bowie: Any Day Now: The London Years 1947-1974 (Adelita, 2010).

Chapman, Ian. Experiencing David Bowie: A Listener's Companion (Rowman & Littlefield, 2015).

Doggett, Peter. The Man Who Sold The World: David Bowie and the 1970s (Harper, 2012).

Library and Archives Canada. RPM.

Macdonald, Ian. "David Bowie: Young Americans" New Musical Express (1975)

O'Leary, Chris. Rebel Rebel (Zero Books, 2015).

Pegg, Nicholas. The Complete David Bowie (Titan Books, 2016).

Ronson, Suzi. Me and Mr. Jones: My Life with David Bowie and the Spiders from Mars (Faber & Faber, 2024).

Slick, Earl with Jeff Slate. Guitar: Life and Music with David Bowie, John Lennon and Rock and Roll's Greatest Heroes (Penguin, 2024).

Soligny, Jérôme. David Bowie: Rainbowman 1967-1980 (Monoray, 2023).

Soligny, Jérôme. David Bowie: Rainbowman 1983-2016 (Gallimard, 2020).

Visconti, Tony. The Autobiography: Bowie, Bolan and the Brooklyn Boy (HarperCollins, 2007)

Trynka, Paul. David Bowie: Starman (Little, Brown and Company, 2011).

Wikipedia.

Woodmansey, Mick. Spider from Mars: My Life with Bowie (St. Martin's Press, 2017).

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