David Bowie's 'Young Americans' to be reissued on vinyl and picture disc for 50th anniversary

Posted By: Staff
January 16, 2025 @ 12:30 pm
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David Bowie’s ninth studio album, Young Americans, is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year, and the milestone will be marked with the release of a new reissue.

The album will be released as a limited-edition half-speed mastered LP, as well as on picture disc that comes with a poster. Both will be released March 7, which is 50 years to the day of the album’s original 1975 release.

Both versions are available for preorder now.

Young Americans, the follow-up to 1974’s Diamond Dogs, was considered a departure from Bowie’s glam-rock style, focusing more on soul and R&B influences. The album, which featured backing vocals by a then-unknown singer named Luther Vandross, debuted in the Billboard 200 top 10 in the U.S. and remained on the chart for 51 weeks. It also featured Bowie’s first #1 single, “Fame.”