Yeah, I would have to pick this one — it really is perfect. I have to admit, though, that the first time I heard the album version all I thought was "Mmm . . . the other one was a bit faster," having heard the Stage version (via Sound+Vision) already. The second time, I think it was, I fell completely in love with it. Now the Stage version can irritate me.

If I'm picking two more, then I'd use "Golden Years" and "Ashes to Ashes" . . . possibly "Art Decade," had I the chance, because it is rather beautiful — and it gives you the gist of his experimental inclinations.

Don’t think about Young Americans as a makeout album