10 Perfect Albums That No One Saw Coming

10. Young Americans - David Bowie

For most of David Bowie's albums, fans pretty much know to expect the unexpected. Ever since the '70s, his electrifying stage presence as the Starman made him one of the biggest stars in the world, with one glorious rocker after another on tracks like Rebel Rebel and The Jean Genie. So now that you've conquered the world with some of the most theatrical songs of your career, the next logical step would have to be....blue eyed soul.

After making Diamond Dogs and practically being able to write glam rock bangers in his sleep, David found himself getting immersed in the sounds of Philly soul music, using Young Americans as an outlet to get out this side of his sound. And this isn't just some style that's he's trying on for good measure. For most of these tracks like Young Americans and Fascination, Bowie really wears his influences on his sleeve and calling on the best of the best to help him realize it, even bringing in soon to be superstar Luther Vandross to sing on some of the album.

Then again, Bowie wasn't meant to stay in this style for that long, as evidenced by the next album being a step into the complete opposite direction with the sounds of krautrock. On the last track Fame though, Bowie already seemed to know that his time flirting with Philly soul was only a stopping point in between some new ideas. Compared to the other career shifts that you see in the world of pop music, Young Americans practically reads like a love letter to the kind of music that Bowie loved back in the day.