Heroes

How many Bowie albums are on this list?!?!

Way better than expected - actually nice to listen to during work aswell. Couple of vibes!! 3/5 - some weird nothing songs in the middle

Solid, but his best work is yet to come.

bowie doing his best bowie impression

I remember getting a bunch of Bowie on vinyl, and this was the first one I listened to and realized that maybe I didn’t like ALL of David Bowie’s discography. There’s some good stuff on here and some definitely throwaway stuff (meandering ambient noise tracks). Better than some of the other stuff on this list though. It’s probably worth a relisten, so I’ll bump it up to 3?

No one really likes David Bowie the jazzy ambient artist, dont they? Probably decades before his time, though, and Heroes is one of the greatest songs ever written.

I like bowie most of the time and that's here along with all this ambient stuff. Mostly ambient bullshit. That I'm not into. But the albums namesake is good classic bowie. Just feels like he wrote 4 and a half songs and made it work for a whole album. Not my favorite but still has some good

Not as good as I had hoped. Hopefully his most underwhelming release.

It gets 3 stars for “Heroes” alone. Quite liked “The Secret Life of Arabia” too. The rest was utter nonsense.

Really do not enjoy listening to David Bowie. Not saying that it's objectively bad, but that kind of 70s pop rock is really not for me. But the second half of the record was a nice surprise-- the ambient / instrumental tracks (I guess the parts of the album that Brian Eno did) are great. If I was rating them separately, the first half would be 2 stars and the second half 4.

Did not listen to most, but I liked it in general. Havent listened to much Bowie before. There are some songs on here that are surprisingly experimentalish?

I wasn't blown away by this. I liked some of the theatrics in the first half and some of the bold instrumentation on the back half of the record but I didn't feel like there was anything here that really hooked me

I've never sat down and listened to this record, despite recognising what is (probably) Bowie's most iconic album cover. Of course, I'd heard Heroes before. Honestly, I think this record is really overrated. "Low" shits all over this thing. For all the high points of this record - like Heroes, Sense of Doubt/Moss Garden, etc. - there's an equal amount of lows. I'm mainly concerning the start of this record, which gets off to a less than great start. Joe the Lion was a bad song. Not going to sugarcoat that. Taking the above into consideration, did I still enjoy myself nevertheless? Absolutely. I think it's a very nice piece of art. It's wild to me that there's only one 'hit' on this thing, since Bowie is a hits guy. That's nice though, I don't often want to sit down and listen to an entire Bowie album in one sitting. I definitely don't see myself hurrying back to listen to this one though. I'm probably looking at a 3 here. Sorry mate.

I honestly think David Bowie is more widely appreciated as a pop culture phenomenon and all round odd bloke than he is a musician. 3 obvious dickprints in a kids movie out of 5

Some fun Bowie. The classic Heroes is on the album and it's hard to deny. A few instrumentals towards the end that kind of felt out of place, but good album overall

I like some of it but its not my favourite. Feels like I need to love it when I don't

22/04/2025 Not a fan of the Bowie, this was okay.

93/1089 - Pretty boring, but I'm used to his voice now which will make listening to 7 more Bowie albums more bearable.

Heroes is good

Meditativt. Inte mycket bra förutom Heroes?

Good album. Definitely see it's worth but I think he has better

I expected something better...

He was cookin' and then he went off the rails a little bit and somewhat saved it with the last song. Less Ambient Jazz, more Heroes.

I liked probably a solid 40% of this album and would listen again, but would have no problem skipping some songs

Maybe I don’t like early David Bowie?

Man, he really was so ahead of the curve. Not expecting the back half of this to just be ambient instrumental.

I love Bowie so much but this is definitely not my favourite of his records. I find quite a bit of it drones on and while interesting doesn’t particularly work for me. Still certainly well worth listening to though! (3.5 stars)

Liked the style and vocals

first somg is cool

David Bowie, een bekende albumtitel, eigenlijk verwacht je genialiteit. En het is wel aardig gedaan, maar ik hoor niks waarvan ik uit m'n stoel opveer. Japans getokkel? Een Bassie en Adriaan-achtig spanningsmuziekje? Waarom dan? Daar luister ik geen Bowie voor. De vocale stukken vormen verder een dun klinkend rariteitenkabinet. Het zal wel aan mij liggen, maar ook deze inbreng van David eindigt in de middenmoot.

Blijkbaar kan wat vagere muziek ook een duidelijke vergeetbare 3 zijn. Heroes heeft zichzelf natuurlijk bewezen. Al is het niet mijn smaak (vind dit al teveel Dylan). Maar welk ander gezongen deel moet ik hier verder nu aanhalen? De meer muzikale/elektronische delen luisteren best prima. Maar ze missen iets extra's. Volgens mij kan je dit album samenvatten met het singeltje Heroes met de B-kant V-2 Schneider. Dan mis je verder niets.

Mag ik van jou in de categorie "iconische albumhoezen" Heroes van David Bowie? Ook het nummer Heroes is iconisch geworden. Maar verder is dit eigenlijk maar een raar album, die toch niet die status mag hebben. Het eerste gedeelte is prima David Bowie rock n roll. Maar waarom dat tweede gedeelte dan een nietszeggend Kraftwerk krautrock-achtig geluid heeft. Tuurlijk, dit komt uit zijn Berlijn-trilogie en de beste man was overduidelijk geinspireerd door de Duitse muziek. Maar er is van kant B toch echt geen enkel nummer in het algemene geheugen gegaan. Ditzelfde noteerde ik overigens al eerder voor deel 1 uit de albumtrilogie: Low. En als we dan puur op albums gaan waarderen of dit een album is dat je absoluut gehoord had moeten hebben, dan moeten we helaas tot de conclusie komen, dat er een iconisch nummer op staat dat menig top2000-lijstje heeft gehaald, en dat het album een iconische hoes heeft gekregen. Maar verder is het niet bepaald iconisch. Ik kan er dan ook niet meer dan een vergeetbare 3 voor geven.

Great front half with iconic songs, and an okay-ish back half.

point2.

I *just* had my 8th Bowie album and now... my NINTH?! Jesus, what the fuck? Did Bowie really record 1% of all the albums you must listen to before you die? He's good. I love some much of his work, including much of this album. But he's not THAT good.

including David-Bowie-bonus

5/10

Zavid, he's one of my faves, massively influenced my musical interests. However, haven't ever been drawn to this album and it's not my favourite iteration of Bowie. Listening again confirms this, some lovely ones on there but not a no-skips album for me

Previously rated: The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (4/5) Aladdin Sane (3/5) The Next Day (3/5) Young Americans (3/5) Station to Station (3/5) Hunky Dory (4/5) Low (3/5) ************************************************************************ Eighth Bowie album. Another half-good one. The mostly ambient soundscape of side two did nothing for me.

legalzinho, mas depois de ouvir ziggy stardust, esse ficou um pouco abaixo

David Bowie albums are such vibes. You always know you're going to get some eclectic wild different stuff, and you're going to hear 20 albums influences in it. This is much the same, just wasn't my favorite bowie album. But heroes is a banger.

It is hard not to compare an artist to their best when they are so prolific. The album is good but not great. David Bowie is great not good.

Second half of this went a bit on the bizarre side of things but it was a reasonable record. Hunky Dory is still the best one I've had from Bowie on this list though

Love Bowie, but aside from the title track, this isn't my favorite album.

Klassiker

Some great stuff on this. It's let down by the instrumentals, which don't do it for me at all. So even though it's Bowie, that brings it down to 3 stars.

6/10 Favorites: Heroes, Sons of the Silent Age, V-2 Schneider Least Favorite: Sense of Doubt, Blackout, Moss Garden

It might be fatigue from all of the relatively similar albums, but this one was less fun than the ones that came before. As I've familiarized myself with this period of the 70s, the sounds are similar, always fun and exciting. Still an enjoyable album to listen to, but with a bit of a lower grade. 3/5

Good

Certainly interesting. Heroes is great but the rest, not my favorite. And musical experience to say the least. He experimented with sound…sometimes bordering on cacophony. Wouldn’t come back to.

haven't finished listening yet but I don't love this album and am going with a 3 so far bc it's DB

This album covers some ground from Krautrock "Moss Garden" to "Heroes," a classic. While it doesn't feel like the Bowie experience I'm used to, I did start to get into it after a couple of listens. Especially the songs that were pure ambiance.

Well, here’s the thing… First listen, something grabbed me and made me think “hey! is this great? I need to re-listen, but much louder, and in a much smaller space.” So I did, and then I did again, but that same thing never came back to grab me. BUT, I feel like I finally actually HEARD the title track for the first time in my life, and that was pretty incredible. It’s not David Bowie’s fault that I don’t like this more (yet).

I've never been a fan of David Bowie's music, and while I enjoyed Station to Station when I heard it a few months back, this album mostly left me cold. There was a couple of tracks that I quite enjoyed, so I'll give it three stars rather than two.

Heros was a good song. Good drums throughout. Rest is alright.

Being Bowie, I wish I'd liked this more. There's a couple of great songs, but the rest was just kinda "meh".

Favorites: - Moss Garden Leuk! Vond de liedjes zonder tekst wel het leukst.

Om eerlijk te zijn vond ik het soms een beetje intens en chaotisch. Maar ik heb het gevoel dat het minder wordt wanneer je het meer luisterd.

Enjoyable but more experimental than I thought it would be. It kind of went along peacefully and I listened to it as background.

Wasn’t sold from the first half but the instrumental journey the second half took me on made it worthwhile for me. Really glad I listened to this album. Perfection from “Sense of Doubt” onwards. Did like some of the lyrical songs as well such as “Heroes”

The first half is a better then average Bowie album. The second half is just wtf. 5/10

Sometimes I use the word 'experimental' to describe music that's new or strange to me, but in actuality, a lot of the time, that music is pretty polished and refined. It's just a little out there and weird. On the other hand, certain David Bowie albums feel truly experimental. This album and "Low" (both released in 1977) have songs that sound as if Bowie and company genuinely didn't know what sounds they were going to make before they made them. There are lots of unusual effects in the music, and sometimes your brain needs a moment to adjust to them. There are a bunch of songs where the beat is crunchy and sounds like it was made by a machine. Paradoxically, a lot of those songs also have a funky style to them. And there's a big, cavernous sound in the production that makes me wonder if a lot of post-punk bands looked to these albums for inspiration. Near the end of the album, there are a few ambient tracks, which feel very exploratory and experimental. The title track is the clear standout. Great song with a beautiful, big sound. I also really enjoyed "V-2 Schneider" and "The Secret Life of Arabia."

Nice album, it's Bowie so you know you're going to get quality tunes with interesting ideas and special moments. My gripe at times with his sound is that sometimes it feels a bit zany for the sake of being zany. Almost like what we saw and heard a lot in the late 1970's where electronic instruments were becoming popular / mass produced and because of it there emerged so many artists that felt compelled to add them to their sound for what seemed like the sole reason of embracing this new shiny thing. I get that vibe sometimes from Bowie where he can have a song that is fundamentally great but then at the production stage a little too much gets added. This album for example, the first song "Beauty and the Beast" really lets you on to thinking that there's going to be some jam packed songs with a ton of ideas, layers, and sound elements... and the song is just OK in my opinion. But then three minutes later you get the title track "Heroes" and it's so simply beautiful. It's his voice, a simple drumbeat, a block-chord piano part, and a wonderful optimistically sad spacey guitar part in the distance. There's not so many things going on to take your attention away from the song itself, or from his voice.. and the outcome is a song that is one of Bowie's best. It's unfortunate in my opinion that the rest of the album didn't stick with this kind of vibe. A high 3/5 for me, like just enough for it to not be able to round up to a 4. "Heroes" is a really great song, but the others don't do enough for me to be blown away, and honestly I've heard several covers of the song that I think are better than the original.

Underwhelming

Some good songs and some creepy instrumental songs.

I have to admit that I am a little sad about this album. It’s one of those that I know I should have listened to already but I never have. So I was quite excited when it came up. The reason I am a bit sad about the album? I just didn’t click with it and therefore I didn’t really enjoy it and I feel a bit bad about that cause it’s held in such high regard.

Probably my least favourite of the Berlin trilogy, but "Hero's" is one of the greatest songs ever written.

Not David's best. CBA with Eno's bullshit

I enjoyed this and thought it was tastefully psychedelic

Had listened to the album before on vinyl. Torn. First side is great, David Bowie normally is. The B side can bite me.

Heroes is a ripper. The rest aight.

Was super excited to get this when I saw it last night, but unfortunately was a lot different from what I was expecting. I will give it praise, for an album that was composed on the spot in the studio, and lyrics being written as he was in front of the microphone, the album sounds insanely cohesive with a flow between the songs, to the point where halfway through I was curious if it was a concept/rock opera with a ton of time and thought put behind it. That said, the biggest issue I have with this record is the production. It's a lot, raw, and its loud. I'm not a big fan of electronics that sound raw and grating, I prefer electronics to be a little more produced in sound (but not so much that it becomes soulless). The first two tracks were the ones most heavily affected by that, so I didn't care much for them. The next 3 tracks were solid, with Heroes (classic song) and Blackout being my favorites. Then the next couple tracks felt kinda like nothing tracks. Honestly wasn't huge on the instrumentals either. They didn't feel fully fleshed out, but the detraction isn't necessarily from that fact as I don't think there was more to be done, it goes back to the album feeling like a rock opera. What the instrumentals are missing is a movie/story to be set to them. Overall, solid record, just not really for me unfortunately, which is a bummer because I love Bowie and Heroes is a classic song.

7/10 I just think it gets a bit esoteric and edgy for me again in places, I think it actually enjoyed the first half of the album a lot and can say that Heroes is a fantastic song with great lyrics that may even my favourite Bowie song I've heard. But I don't think the album keeps up that level and the dark sounding instrumental pieces near the end don't really float my boat. Maybe a mixed bag is a good way of putting it.

A side amazing, B side not

Not his best but it's still Bowie.

Classic album. I met a super fan once who completely put me off Bowie however sadly.

Least favourite of the Berlin trilogy. Back half is mostly noise and then a song about Arabia...which kind of slaps to be fair

This is like modern art. I’m sure it’s good and groundbreaking, but I just don’t get most of it.

I don't see the genius tbh

Només l'himne Heroes ja li suma una estrella per si sol. Dit això: Sovint es parla de la capacitat transformadora de David Bowie, de la seva potestat camaleònica. I és certa, però a ulls que ho mirin d'aprop, s'assembla més a un creixement, a una maduració, que a una subversió permanent. Bowie no renega de l'anterior i es transfigura sencer, creix com ho fa qualsevol músic, amb la diferència que els marges per on s'atreveix a circular són tan amples com el món mateix: és un artista total. Això fa que l'àlbum sigui, justament, un joc on explorar una nova frontera posant-hi la poteta, i no acabi de comprar ni ell mateix la totalitat del gir que proposa aquest Bowie alemany. La primera meitat és un Bowie rockpop bastant estàndard però travessat pels sintetitzadors. Sona bé, però no són les cançons espurnejants a les que l'associem. La segona meitat és un experiment ambient que en els millors moments recorda a Hans Zimmer. En general tot l'àlbum pateix d'un excés de teatralitat en relació a la sensibilitat que té. I aquest és el seu pecat capital. El millor Bowie és el més farandulero, sí, però sempre de la mà del més delicat. Aquí tot plegat és superficial. Com si l'àlbum tan sols fos l'embolcall amb el que vendre-li l'himne al món (comprensible) i ensenyar què sabia fer amb un sintetitzador. Més influent que durador. Però hostia quina bona cançó és Heroes.

Another heavy hitter - this time 13 albums after the last one. According to my analysis of the 1001albumsgenerator.com economy, the popular, innovative albums that really earn their spots on this list appear once every 15 - 20 albums. That's not me complaining, as I like the slowburn journey and the opportunity to listen to albums that I would never listen to in a million, billion years across all alternate timelines and parallel universes. I've listened to Bowie years ago - specifically Ziggy, though I didn't like it. I've become more favourable to the album in the years since. I think this list is a good opportunity for me to re-evaluate my opinion on David Bowie. What better way to start than with what is one of his most acclaimed albums? "Heroes" is very competent on the whole. A lot of unusual melodies and an effective use of guitars. It's difficult for me to isolate specific aspects of this album that I like as all of the instruments work together like clockwork. However, I'm not yet sold on Bowie as a vocalist. His performances are certainly iconic, though something about his voice is uniquely off-putting to me. I wasn't interested in listening to the lyrics at all as a consequence. The second half of this album was a very big surprise. I don't have an exact hold on who David Bowie is as an artist or character, though I was expecting the album to be a purely pop rock affair. "Sense of Doubt" comes out of nowhere with an ominous, perturbed sound and "Moss Garden" takes the concept further with a stab at an ambient, atmospheric song. I really like the latter track for it's "cosmic" sound, which is an interest of mine that has been spurred on entirely by this list. I liked this album, but I'm not crazy enough about it to where I'd consider giving this a 4. I am also writing these words in public, where I don't have a coin of indecision to do the heavy lifting for me. I'm going to resort to dangerous, life-threatening measures that I may never recover from: racking my brain. 3. This is one of the most consistent albums that I've listened to through this site, but I'm undecided on whether this album will stick with me in the long run. I am favourable to giving this a relisten a little later down the line. Maybe when I'm recommended the next Bowie album through this site.

obvi a classic, but the one song is far better than the sum of the album

It was great when he wasn't singing. Although the last track SLAPPED.

I expected to like this more

David Bowie is always a pleasure, but this album was just kinda meh for me. Don't get me wrong -- it's well above most of albums from most other artists, but for a Bowie album, it's a little weak. Some of the tracks were absolutely awesome (eg. Heroes, Beauty and the Beast, Sons of the Silent Age), but others just felt like a lot of noise and could have used some serious editing before release. The balance between the awesome tracks and the cruft yields three stars in my book.

For it being such a classic, I certainly expected to like it more. Can only say I loved the title track and the others... not so much

79% Best: Beauty and the Beast; Heroes; The Secret Life of Arabia Must-Hear? Almost

Iconic cover and title Track. I like the atmospheric songs in the latter half which are an extention of the Low album that I cherish. I find many songs on this album to be a mixed bag and feel a bit rough or directionless. Heroes and Blackout are my favorites though but this is an album I seldom revisit despite being a huge Bowie fan.

The first track sounded a bit like Talking Heads. The next sounded like "Metal Bowie" so... like Tin Machine. "Heroes," the song, is glorious - lovely guitar from Robert Fripp. The other songs are okay. There is a long instrumental bit which has three titles but feels like one piece - a bit like on Low which we had on here before, I think. Yeah. It's okay.

Fan of Bowie but not this album.

Was expecting more TBH. It's still Bowie, though, so how bad could it be?

This was a stereotypical Bowie album - experimental, unique, soulful and true to form. I didn't expect the album to have so much instrumental songs on the track list, which sounded quite ethereal. At times, it felt as though I was listening to an ambient album, especially with the third and second last tracks. It sounds Arabian inspired, I wonder if it was. Obviously Heroes is a stomper tune, one of his best. Beauty and the Beast was good too and I liked the piano motifs that tie the album together. However, I don't know if maybe I just wasn't in the mood for the sound this album gives but it just didn't do much for me, compared to his other stuff. I felt a bit restless half way through but again, I am a bit agitated today so maybe that's why. The album started out strong but kind of withered for me a little towards the end. Still though, it's David Bowie so even when he's not at his best, he's still pretty good.

Has a great start with a bad ending. The first half of the album felt like it was typical Bowie and included heroes! The second half was a lot of instrumentals and was not as interesting (also felt a bit empty). Don't know if this one needed to be on the list.

So I love David Bowie. But this album just didn’t really catch me - too 70s?? To much synth?? It’s hard to say.

Honestly I had such high expectations for this but it fell kinda flat for me, I was expecting Heroes level beauty and it just never reached that outside of that one song.

3.5 It’s not my favorite Bowie, and it’s kind of a one song album, but that song is fucking “Heroes” so that gets you pretty far. Also I enjoyed the ambient stuff on side 2! Also also I say side 2 because I actually got to listen to this one on vinyl! Always nice when I can do that!

sonic journey i wasn't expecting, kind of trancey at times! fun vibe for night shift but kind of got a little too trancey. I'll have to re-listen in a diff environment.

Love the title track, otherwise meh.

I like all of Bowie's albums. Don't have this one in my library. Listening to it on Spotify, I can see why. Not one of my favorites. Not bad, just not melodic and kind of loud.

Interesting how I don’t really know this record other than the single “Heroes “ considering how well I know his other work. Hearing a lot of timbres from Eno’s Another Green World. Sons of the Silent Age kind of reminds me of early Bowie, unadorned vocals and narrative. Interesting layered vocal harmonies throughout.

Uneven. Didn’t love the ambient stuff other than Moss Garden. Title track is a banger.

I tried so hard to like this album but I failed. I love the title track though.

Has it's moments, but it lack energy, in my opinion. The opening song is really fun, and I wish all the others were like it. I also wasn't a huge fan of the ambient part in the second half. 7/10

Boring.

I liked it? I’m confused a little bit, but overall I enjoyed this album. The first two songs weren’t my favorite, but they did come across like Bowie songs without a doubt. Obviously “Heroes” being the single here is a given, and it’s a beautiful song. I do think “Blackout” is the sleeper pick here. I loved everything about that track.. the background vocals, Bowie’s inflection changes, the guitar and electronic sound. Then we get into the random instrumentals. I felt they started off with the highest of highs with “V-2”(I loved this so much) and then after that I was just kinda questioning what was going on. Had to keep checking to see if more was coming on the album. Overall, classic David Bowie and a good album.

hm… i like this album less than i remember. Low is definitely the highlight of the Berlin Trilogy for me.

I like the song heroes and the song number 6 to nine

2.5ish.

This is like the 75th Bowie album I've rated on this list and they are all basically the same: very impressive, but not for me.

I enjoyed the second half more than the first half I think. Singles on this album are really good, but it is the second section that stood out to me. Moss Garden an outlier.

Very much enjoyed title track, everything else not terrible but rather meh too.

Not my type

Disco medio raro, tiene canciones "normales" al principio, después salta a un par muy experimentales y termina con otra canción más clásica.

A mix of enjoyable and less enjoyable songs. The title track ‘heroes’ is one that I would listen to again. The instrumental/ ambient musics were a welcome surprise following some of the eerie and somewhat overwhelming songs. There were some intriguing features such as talking with little musicality I.e. not singing, over the rich layers of instrument playing, as well as some synthetic sound effects. The lyrics felt a bit cryptic. There were probably a lot of culture references that the lyrics alluded to but I did not understand; nothing in the music was helping me to understand them either.

One Banger, couple of fine songs, and a few shit filler songs.

Like the electronic half better that the standard rock half. It was not my favorite Bowie

Some great songs but overall I'm a bit less impressed

Heroes stands out, but the rest was not particularly impressive

Heroes is a great song but rest of the album was kind of meh

I didnt like the first half and almost gave up on it, but the 2nd half of the album was some really prime concept stuff. Simply fantastic. Averages out to a solid 3 stars

I know this is a classic and I should love it, and I am sure it blew peoples minds at the time but for me it has a couple of good tunes on and some others which are interesting but its not going to the top of my list I am afraid.

Perfectly decent album

Second of Bowie’s Berlin series and my first listen through. Didn’t know what to expect and ran along with on the treadmill. Title track is still iconic and stands out as the albums main single. Side B is all instrumental except for the final song which wasn’t necessarily my jam for the time listening but had I listened as a brooding teen or in a remote listening experience instead of on a treadmill, it may have struck more of a chord. Fun fact: Robert Fripp, lead guitarist from King Crimson is on guitar for this album.

I know this album is a big deal but it just seems disjointed on first listen. Going to have to try it a few more times and try and figure out what Bowie was thinking

Its cool, although a little disjointed. Very heavy on the instrumental songs towards the end of the album, when they could perhaps been a bit more spread out. Still Bowie though, so it's still cool, and it gives you some songs that you couldn't possibly hear from another artist. Best: Heroes Worst: Blackout

definitely liked the first half way more than the second. The songs were more straightforward.

Surprisingly haven’t actually listened to this one all the way through before! The second half is almost entirely instrumental which I was really not expecting. Definitely preferred the first half. Standout songs include: Beauty and the Beast, Heroes, Blackout, The Secret Life of Arabia

Not all things can be winners. A couple great songs, but nothing earth shattering.

Fun, some great stuff, weird instrumental section

No private session needed here. I am a big fan of Bowie, but I don't think this one is in my top five Bowie albums. Not an insult to Bowie, but praising his other albums and productivity. "Heroes" is the stand out in the album and the album was graced with that title, otherwise meh, not his best.

Second half all but the last song is ambient tracks which is pretty cool and unexpected, Kraftwerk inspiration on V2 as well,first half is also good, follows very classic 40 minute rock album standard with 5 songs a side but the actual content is unique

Okay — his voice kinda bugs me but some good songs and riffs

title track is amazing and the first half is good, but the instrumental tracks on the second half are boring

I think I have to re listen later. some really fun songs (Heroes, Beauty and the Beast) but mostly mid

Même si j’ai l’impression de sous-noter cette album, je lui donne un 3, car je dois me laisser de la marge de manœuvre puisque Bowie a quand même 10 disques dans la liste et celui-ci n’est clairement pas dans mes favoris. Malgré les puissantes chansons « Beauty And The Beast », la parfaite « Heroes » et « Sons Of The Silent Age », la partie du disque plus instrumentale m’a moins rejointe. Les orchestrations lourde et dense et la charge de ce disque est tout de même remarquable.

This is really a tale of two albums. Side one being more conventional Bowie, complete with the usual art/experimental rock from the time. Side two shifts into ambient mode, full of mostly dark and gloomy instrumentals. You can hear Brian Eno's presence here (whether you like his work or not). This album seems to be the second release in Bowie's "Berlin Trilogy", but I'm not familiar with the others at the moment. Perhaps those follow a similar theme as heard here, but I just found side two to be a bit tedious.

Pretty good listen until we get to the experimental atmospheric instrumentals starting with Sense of Doubt. Heroes is a classic.

7/10

Some songs I liked, but a lot that just passed me by.

To veldig distinkte sider av albumet her. Side 1 er skikkelig Bowie, men med unntak av tittelsporet (som er kult) preller det raskt av for min del. Side 2 er for det meste instrumental, var nais å jobbe til!

Not my favorite Bowie that this list has given me. Some songs are good, like Joe the Lion and I kind of like The Secret Life of Arabia even though it's probably the most simple here. I feel like he is flexing his artistic side with the Eno instromentals here, and I don't think they fit the album super well. But artist is gonna art.

Heroes 4/5 but I never cared for his musical style, too much talking. But his style was his own and also ever changing. Still to my taste 3/5 only

This album was fine. It's the 2nd Bowie album I've gotten , with Station to Station being the first. I didn't care for Bowie then, and I still don't now. I think his music just isn't my thing, and this album didn't sway me one way or another. Favorite track: Sons of the Silent Age

"Heroes" is the 12th studio album by David Bowie, originally released in 1977. This record came out during a great period of creativity from Bowie, also known as the "Berlin Trilogy". I believe this is the second in that trilogy of records. I have not yet listened to all of them, but this one stands out amongst other Bowie albums I've heard. The production places fairly heavy emphasis on electronics and has and overall "new wave" feel, something that wouldn't become popular until the 80s. Side two of the record is also comprised of almost all instrumental tracks, which I don't think Bowie had done prior to this. I feel as though the songwriting was a bit lacking. Apparently a lot of the lyrics weren't penned until Bowie was in front of the mic, and it kinda shows. Overall, cool production, lackluster lyrics. Heroes is a great track though

Experimental instrumentals are one thing, but when they involve a saxophone - I’m out! Disappointing album and surely not his finest by a long way. Top track: Heroes

Obviously Heroes the track is fantastic, but the rest really isn’t that interesting. Having listened to ‘Low’, which is much better, did we really need this in the list as well? Come on list, let’s just finish this up with Ziggy and Hunky Dory, we’ll all be happy, and we can let some other bands have a turn.

Some good songs but overall not amazing

Heroes is a fantastic song, but the rest of the album is just fine.

80s stuff, just not my jam

It was fine. This has been our 3rd Bowie album and I have yet to hear one to make me understand all the hype around him. Here's to hoping one of his other albums is in the project and knocks it out of the park.

The title track is an all-time Bowie classic. That aside, some of my favourite tracks are the instrumentals. Otherwise, not my favourite effort from Bowie. 3/5.

Such an odd mixture of parts, which come together to form an abstract experience.

One listen probably doesn't do it justice - quite arty, somewhat obscure, very Bowie

Better than Black Star, less good than Ziggy Stardust

Standout classics are found on this album but it's far from his best. It's the kind of Bowie album that makes me scared of listening to full Bowie albums. Best of Bowie is the best way to listen to Bowie.

The beginning was good, but you lost me at the end. 3.3.

I'll be honest, I didn't listen because I've heard it quite a lot before and I'm just not that into Bowie, although I appreciate it's an important and decent album

I like individual songs but as a whole its alright

Heros is a 5 star song. I also really liked the instrumental/soundscape half of this album. The boppy songs are kinda meh.

Slightly disappointed from this record. The instrumentals on the backside are probably the highlights from it, while the first half doesn't do much for me. 6/10

First half is amazing and threatening to be one of bowies best ever. but then Brian eno comes crashing in like a freight train with the double threat of moss garden and neukoln to totally ruin side 2. Secret life of Arabia is ok though.

50/50, on this one

Certainly not the best Bowie has in offer but still a solid album and the best of the Berlin era. I know this album is recorded in Hansa Studios in Berlin and they hold a special place in my heart.

A few great songs but did not love the whole album.

what jake said minus the meh

Aside from the iconic title track, there isn't much to bother about with Heroes. It's fine, especially the first half, but the second half is a bit of a twist into ambient that I'm not fussed about. I like ambient music at times, but I can't say it's what I'd want to hear or even expect when listening to Bowie.

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I generally dont consider myself a david bowie fan- i enjoy some of his hits. I actually found myself enjoying this one. The album has an almost ethereal, otherwordly sound (dream-like?). Bowie's voice is a powerhouse as always and filled with drama. It did start to lose me at the end though- it felt a little too experimental and unfocused for me. Overall- solid album

This is like the fourth David Bowie album that has been on this list. It’s fine, but I’m getting tired of David Bowie.

This was a relisten for me but I kind of forgot it existed before the generator picked it. It’s enjoyable to listen to with standouts such as “Heroes”, “Sons of the silent age” and “V-2 Schneider” but not something I’d necessarily put on again. While I like the ambience of this I think there are probably Bowie albums out there that I’d enjoy more.

The album contains some absolutely great tracks - of course the title song - but also less satisfying material, and the long ambient excursions in the second half make it overall too incoherent.

This is quite a surprise. On different fronts. It doesn't sound particularly seventies. The sort of synth-y funkiness it has, I associate much more with the early 80ies. I knew that bands like Duran Duran were inspired by Bowie but I hadn't really realized that Bowie sounded like this that early. Other thing is that as someone who doesn't really like Bowie's voice (too performative) it does actually work in this context. The music is quite dramatic and staged and the result is that voice and songs and production actually match in terms of atmosphere and intensity. The ambient tracks on side 2 are a bit dull.

It’s grand, but I’ve never been a massive Bowie fan.

One of the many Bowie albums you wished was actually good.

Knowing the hits but not the albums it was fun to dive in. I enjoyed it. Interesting concept of first half traditional rock songs and second half instrumentals. I enjoyed them. Did it blow me away. No. But that’s fine. 3.5

Album is good but not revolutionary. Heroes is good as is Blackout. Would probably not seek out this album to listen to it again.

Haven't listened to Bowie all that much. Lets see what all the fuss is about. Starts out decently, but then just gets weird. His voice sounds like he's half yelling half crying. It's not bad, but how does he have NINE albums on this list? The instrumentals are decent background music. Best song: Beauty and the Beast

I've heard this album before. Fripp's guitar work is amazing. This reminds me of a lot of 80s bands that were influenced by this 1977 album. But like most Bowie albums, it's pretty inconsistent.

The 1970's were a very fruitful period in Bowie's career. Not only did he, in collaboration with famous NASA mathematician Katherine Johnson, solve Fermat's second last theorem and confirm Einstein's conjectures about space-time, he also developed the field of cryptography which would eventually allow him to amass a fortune in Bitcoin. His future assured, Bowie was able to focus his considerable talents in other areas such as developing pinball machines and science fiction writing. In just six weeks he created the epic pinball game Dune, and the equally epic spinoff book under the pseudonym Frank Herbert. This album is not the soundtrack for that book. Instead, reading very carefully between the lines, it tells the tragic tale of his doomed 1974 love affair with an East German bagel baker. Sadly, the Wall came between them and Hans the baker was killed when the escape tunnel he was digging with a spatula collapsed on top of him.

I usually expect a fun, commercial-yet-complex sound from David Bowie but, unlike Low or most of his earlier albums, the commercial part is really lacking here. Bowie and Eno's creativity is possibly unparalleled for its time, and I'm aware that "Heroes" was contextually important for musical contemporaries – but it doesn't hook me in anywhere near as effectively as Ziggy Stardust, Blackstar, Low, Station to Station, or Aladdin Sane (all of which are on this list). Briano Eno's contributions are top-notch here, particularly on the side 2 track V-2 Schneider. The background synths are a nice contrast to the "bloopy" ones (which are less enjoyable), the guitar playing is solid, the drums are more or less a continuation of the proto-80s feel in Low. Based on general consensus from the reviews, it seems like Lodger is a continuation of these trends. I feel that, at this point in his career, Bowie's vocals start to abandon the early/mid-70s quirk and charm that most earlier albums showcased, and that really brings an album like this down – especially for such an iconic rock figure. 3/5 Key tracks: Heroes, Blackout, V-2 Schneider

I always liked Bowie. But I only ever listened to collections, hits, and I had Let's Dance. Otherwise I never listened to earlier albums in full. This one appears quite experimental/ avant guarde for the time. I guess that's no surprise since one of my favorites, Robert Fripp, plays on the 1st half, and Brian Eno dominates the 2nd. There is good solid rock in the 1st half. Heroes itself seems to be more popular than ever. The sounds on the 2nd half appear to blaze a trail for new age music. Some is interesting but most fades into the background as it appears meant to do. The one song reminds me of Andreas Wollenwider (spelling no doubt wrong) and his mellow jazz fusion. I'm sure the trailblazing experimentation of the album lands it on the list. But it just doesn't land consistently for me. 2.6

A whole week without a Bowie album! Thank god this popped up, I don’t know how I was going to make it! There are too many Bowie albums. This one was fine.

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Its not bad, but I would say it is unsettling. - 7. Wish the pop/rock songs weren't all in the beginning, because the album gets a little too dark midway through. You don't need 4 ambient songs. Luckily ends with an ambient/pop mixture on the last song "The Secret Life of Arabia".

Just not that good, with the strong title cut standing head and shoulders above the rest which is more dross and drudge than sturm und drang. As so often, the over indulgent Bowie begs his listeners’ indulgence without offering sufficient return. That's especially true of side 2 (one's speaking as an ambient/Eno fan). Whichever editor likes him so much as to include this many Bowie records might need to have a think about the fanboy instincts.

like david bowie, makes some cool music

This is my second David Bowie album in the rotation, and again, I've been disappointed. While it still displays talent, and has some smooth instrumental pieces, it just didn't blow me away like some of his other songs. Favorite Song: "Neukoln"

I am unapologetically fanatical over David Bowie, but I sometimes feel that David Bowie owes me an apology for this album. Of all of the Berlin Trilogy albums, this is the most difficult listen. Low may experiment more, and Lodger may be the more erratic, but Heroes is the album where Bowie is most focused on breaking rules just for the hell of it. And despite the fact the title track is arguably Bowie's most iconic, romanic, and earnest track, the balance of the rest of this album feels deeply pretentious and committed to busting pop music conventions that, it turns out, do serve a needed purpose. Tracks like Joe the Lion and Beauty and the Beast are frustrating, certainly feels like Bowie had the framework of a decent rock song, but decided "hey, what if I tried to make this sound like shit by screwing around with intonation and singing with the worst possible phrasing I can imagine?" Why, David? (We all know why: because you're David Bowie. And that's often more than enough to justify whatever strange decisions he aas making). It would be unnecessarily cynical to overlook the bright spots on this album. The title track speaks for itself. Moss Garden is gorgeous. Sons of the Silent Age is viscerally mysterious. In between those clusters are songs like V-2 Schneider and Blackout, where Bowie seems to have found the rare balance between focus and innovation. I wish there was more of that throughout. 3/5

I really wanted to love this album. I'd built it up in my head as something monumental, something that would shift my perspective, something I could be cool enough for. Turns out, there's not a ton of "there" there, after the brilliant title track. (Even if I do think the single edit is more effective than the longer album cut.) Actually that's not entirely fair... I definitely enjoyed the instrumental set of Sense of Doubt - Moss Garden - Neuköln. (Maybe throw in V-2 Schneider for good measure.) They're not at all what I was expecting and I quite enjoyed the stretch. But then we have to deal with the stuff which sounds like Bowie and Eno trying to look smart, instead of just being smart. I could do without Joe the Lion or Sons of the Silent Age. Beauty and the Beast has a good hook but feels like they doesn't actually want you to like it. Blackout and The Secret Life of Arabia felt accessibly pleasant, but I think that's because they're on ground Bowie tread more successfully elsewhere. Sometimes it's nice to be reminded that you're smart and cool enough without having to have the right album prove it.

Some songs are good. Others just okay.

The author definitely has a thing for David Bowie, this is my SIXTH Bowie album. "Heroes" is iconic and my favorite Bowie tune and it's easily the best song on here. The first half of the album wasn't bad but the second half lost me. Did they run out of songs so they decided to pad the album with forgettable instrumentals? 2.5/5 with Heroes pulling it up to a 3.

Als ik het alleen de titelsong moest beoordelen was het een makkelijke 5 sterren. Maar in dit geval: helaas zit er ook nog een heel album omheen. En die vond ik verder echt niet boeiend. Zo wisselend is het bij Bowie. Deze krijgt er 3 van mij.

it's bowie. iconic, but I don't like all that bowie.

Besides Heroes, I'm not a fan. I prefer glam rock Bowie

Solid album, but didn't like it quite as much as low, the first of the trilogy. The songs weren't as unique to me, while I was engaged through low I didn't get the same from heroes

This is an almost good album. Glad I got to listen to it before I die.

Side one was a good time. Really enjoyed the addition of Fripp. Lyrics are lacking and no true stand outbtrack other than Heroes. Side 2 is a head scratcher. Two decent songs and 3 weird synth noise songs. Every time I get a Bowie album, I get the sense he should have released fewer albums and condensed the great songs onto fewer albums.

This album started off great! First track was a banger, Heroes is a total classic, and I mostly enjoyed the first half of the album. But what the hell with a few of the second half songs. It came back around with the final track, but he really wandered off into a weird, ambient forest after V-2 Schneider in a way that felt totally disconnected from the rest of the album.

Great!

Everyone has that one major artists that they just don't understand the fanfare over, and David Bowie is that artist for me. This album is widely lauded, and I did enjoy it mostly, but it never reached the heights that I expected it to, given it's legacy. I enjoyed the Brian Eno-led production, and found the ambient tracks in the second half to be quite interesting. They were much more in keeping with the supposed German Expressionist inspirations for the album. I feel, with Bowie, that I'm just missing something that his biggest fans aren't. That could change, as insure there will be other albums of his on this list. It may even change if I listen to this album again. Highlights: Beauty and the Beast Sons of th Silent Age Sense of Doubt

Harbinger of musical genres to come

Apparently I know very little about David Bowie because I expected this to be a pop vocal album. And I’m disappointed that it’s not. The back half of this album is way too artsy and ethereal for me. Nice enough to listen to, but not to return to.

This is comparable to "Low" for me. I used to write this album off as the album that had the best title track/single off of any Bowie album and the rest I didn't care for. That being said, there is the expected great variety in styles across the tracks. Moss Garden may be my favorite instrumental piece of his. Heroes is an undoubtable banger. The Secret Life of Arabia is a cool closer. V-2 Scheinder has some amazing saxophones in it. Definitely not near my favorites of his but undoubtable Bowie still delivers a solid listening experience on this one.

Not my favorite Bowie album, but not too bad.

Is this my last Bowie album? Maybe? Finally? I'm scared to check, in case there's more. Oh god, there is more. I'm unwittingly being dragged through his entire discography, aren't I? Anyway, this album has one of the two Bowie songs that I actually like, "Heroes." The rest of it did nothing for me, but Moss Garden was a pleasant listen this morning at 7am. Neuköln reminded me of Kraftwerk which would make a lot of sense given this album was also recorded in Germany in the 70s, but apparently its inspiration came elsewhere. Man, I really thought I had something there.

Heroes is an awesome song, but there's some losers on this album to be honest. 2.5

It was pretty cool. Liked the last couple of songs. Felt like I was on outer space.

Moss garden slaps. Why aren't more people talking about moss garden when they talk about David Bowie. Change the album name to MOSS GARDEN!!!!!!! 3.5 stars.

I wish I could say that I really enjoyed this album, but it didn't make me feel any type of way really. There was too much straight instrumental at the end for my taste, but overall it was an okay listen, if not boring.

Not my favorite era of his career. Title track is solid though, and a few other good moments. The atmospheric stuff is kinda cool.

Disparate uneven offerering with Brian eno being drafted in to fill 5 unfilled minutes. Don’t believe the hype. 3 stars although certain songs deserve more the unevenness brings it down for me.

Whilst containing Bowie's best song - the title track - this is not Bowie's best album. In fact, its not even his best album from the Berlin trilogy of albums, that is 'Low'. In many ways it provides the blueprint for the follow up. An opening side of progressive pop music whilst side 2 drifts more into the experimental. 'Sense of Doubt' is where the atmosphere of the cold war really comes to life and, ok, side 2 is truly cutting edge and brilliant.

It’s Bowie, so extra star for that. But other than the title track I wasn’t overly impressed

One good song.

Heroes is David Bowie's eighth studio album, and the second of his three "Berlin" albums. These were done in collaboration with Brian Eno, and the pair pushed Bowie's avant-garde rock towards Eno's fascination with synthesizers. The title track is one of Bowie's biggest hits. The sound of that song, and much of the rest of the album, are part of the the foundation of 80s pop. The album is uneven, and most of the songs co-written with Eno are the low points.

The production is fantastic on this, and Heroes is one of Bowie’s most impactful and evergreen songs for good reason. Beauty and the Beast is a fun opener as well, but unfortunately there’s not too much more of interest on this album. The more ambient second half is just very forgettable, especially when compared to Eno’s solo work at this time and the back to back Bowie bangers of Station to Station and Low that preceded this

<3 Bowie

Not nearly as good as Low. First side of songs are ok ( Heroes is the standout obvs) . I prefer the more experimental instrumental side. 2.8

I wish I got Bowie. I know he is adored by many, and I like his hits. And all of Ziggy Stardust. But in general, I find him mediocre. Here were are with his 12th studio album, and he hasn't had a lot of hits by this point. This album has one. That's all. I get that it's not all about popularity, but typically high quality work (of the type that Bowie fans think he produces) receives more commercial acclaim than what Bowie has gotten. For the record, I think I actually like the second, more experimental, half. If I were rating this solely on my opinion, it would probably get 2 stars, but people whose music taste I like adore Bowie, so I reckon I'm missing something, and I'll rate it based partially on how much I think it needs to be on the 1001 list. Given that, it moves up to 3 stars.

Pretty good

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3 out of 5. Outside of the title track this is where Bowie's music starts to lose me a little but like a lot of other albums it took me a while to get into it may be something I just haven't found how to appreciate just yet.

I like Bowie but there's too much Bowie in this list.

Definitely different. Experimental and at times odd? Not a lot to sing along to

This is a lesser Bowie. Instrumental is interesting but what I'm here for

Pretty good.

It's fine. Not really special to me.

Heroes is a great tune but a lot of the others fell a bit flat for me. Why does it sound like he's singing from the corner of the next room over? I didn't mind the soundscape ending but it was a bit strange.

The title track is fantastic, of course. The rest of the Bowie tracks is okay, but doesn't really stand out very much. Most of side B is a kind of interesting Eno/Fripp ambient project, not at all what you would expect from a Bowie record. Really strange decision to include this here, reminds me of George Martin's B side to the Beatles' "Yellow Submarine", that I don't ever listen to.

The title track really stands out here, I love the sound and underlying story. But not much else on this album really gets me that excited.

Fine. Still don’t see the Bowie magic. At least this one had a couple more experimental interesting tracks

nice, i prefer low but still good, rly enjoy moss garden

Still Bowie, but far from this best stuff

very solid 3. tempted to bump to 4 bc of the song heroes bc it’s genuinely so good, but one song i’m in love with isn’t enough so 3

An iconic and significant album where experimenting actually fits well. Some more uninteresting moments that don't quite fit but what album doesn't have strengths and weaknesses? Really interesting sounds that must've been completely new at the time though. Highlights: Beauty and the Beast Blackout

Ik vond een eerder album van Bowie echt geweldig, maar heel eerlijk vind ik deze nogal saai. Heroes is een top nummer en de instrumentele nummers V2-Schneider enSense of Doubt vind ik ook heel mooi. Maar het grootste deel van de rest vind ik gewoon weg niet zo interessant. Het kabbelt maar een beetje voor en is niet zo vernieuwend als eerdere Bowie albums die ik heb gehoord. Jammer, maar gewoon een ok album is geen schande! Wel vraag ik me een beetje af of dit album op deze lijst had gestaan als het niet van Bowie was. Ik denk het namelijk niet en das wel matig. FAVO: Heroes, V2-Schneider, Sense of doubt

Two albums in one; the album opens strong with classic 70s Bowie diverse rock, but takes a turn at the half, progressing onward like a soundtrack through some dark spiritual journey or awakening, dragging a 4 down to a 3 for me.

Eh, it's a bit random, no? A formidable slice of culture but as an album, Heroes feels like a rather weak collection of things that haphazardly happened during studio time.

I was never a big Bowie fan before this project, but I have definitely become one after hearing a few so far. So I had never heard of the Berlin trilogy before. It started off great but that ambient second half…not my thing

Honestly I think this is a pretty overrated Bowie album. The title track is pretty great even if I'm a little fatigued by it and there are other good songs too but the instrumentals really make this album lose momentum. It's still a decent album overall but I don't count it among his best.

Normally this would be a straight 5 stars as it's David Bowie, but to every rule there is an exception and this album is it.

Very disappointed in this. Only song I liked was the title track, which saves it from being a 2. Tracks like Dense of Doubt and Moss Garden really slowed it down and felt out of place

Heroes is a good tune. The rest of the album was fine.

I like Bowie but this just didn’t do a lot for me. I’m sure I’m missing something but I just wasn’t massively impressed

First half is the epitome of what inspired the next generation of dad rock (90s and 00s bands going back to their roots), second half is refreshing «rock musician tries going experimental». I don´t dislike this album, but why on earth does everyone talk about Bowie? He was talented, but not that talented.

-Not necessarily my favorite of his work but it’s not too bad, I really like the three ambient tracks toward the end -Favorites are Beauty And The Beast, Sense Of Doubt, and Moss Garden

This gets a 3 based off Moss Garden and Neuköln alone.

awesome vibe but the only track i ever want to hear on this is heroes

Bowie's second album release of 1977, impressive! I'm so used to his rock and pop sound that the second half of this album, mostly ambient new wave music, was quite a surprise. Sense of Doubt was effective and off-putting. On its own this album had no highlights beyond Heroes, but I'm glad it was on the list so I could learn a little more about this artist and his range of work.

I don't mind some Bowie, and the first half was fairly decent, but the back half just kills the vibe. Secrets of Arabia with the big save right at the end of play!

Not sure what this is. Feels so weird. Might like it might not. 3*

I like a lot of the ambient stuff, but of the "regular" songs only 'Heroes' stands out as a song I'd listen to on purpose. Standouts Heroes Sense of Doubt 3/5

angsty memories there!

Started out as "normal" Bowie pop. Ended up as trippy ethereal head music. I enjoyed it. Heroes is a great song. Surprising that was the radio hit given it's over 6min long and radio's infatuation with the 3 minute track.

Most of the songs don’t do it for me but there are some high points forsure.

initial listen: must have fallen asleep halfway through the album but it’s not bad i think? if i had to pinpoint it to something i know, the vibe reminds me of don’t you (forget about me) but that might just be because they’re both older songs lol……. some of the first few songs are quite catchy esp heroes but the second half is mostly instrumentals?? 🧐🧐 interesting choice update: moss garden is pretty tho!! very space-like. overall the album is pretty cool, i’d listen to it again when i’m in the mood!

I might be in the minority here but other than "Heroes," which is a great song!, I just never jived with all of the second half space instrumentals. It felt like two ideas shoved together, like an old Yes album or something (side one is the singles, side two is the space opera).

Great but I don’t really like Bowie the musician.

Interesting musical variety

This album gets carried by Heroes, which is an amazing song. But apart from that one, this one just seems nothing compared to Ziggy. 2.8*

This is as much a Brian Eno album as it is Bowie. Not my favorite work from one of my favorite artists.

Heroes is undoubtedly a masterpiece of a song. The album, not so much. I prefer Ziggy and Aladdin, personally.

Sense of Doubt giving John Carpenter horror vibes Heroes reminds me of Moulin Rouge, whose cover is maybe more familiar than this classic. Very high concept, especially the final few tracks.

Not my favorite Bowie album. I prefer his older stuff.

I enjoyed it, just not as much as I hoped I would, I love Bowie so this was kind of a disappointing listen for me. highlights: Heroes, Beauty and the Beast, Sons of the Silent Age, The Secret Life of Arabia.

I didn't like this as much as young Americans, but still solid album.

Interesting album. There's some cool arrangements here between Brian Eno and Robert Fripp, and there is a whole ambient side of the album that's kind of far out. There are some solid songs, but I didn't particularly dig the lack of structure on the vocal side and across the album. It's an amusing album, but I also feel there is this deeper Bowie mythology around his career and eras that is overrated (unless, of course, you are a huge fan). ***

The risk and ambition of this is admirable but the result is not enthralling for me as album shifts to ambient orientalism.

Whoa, I am still pretty early into this project and already three Bowie albums. I imagine I will have heard everything he ever recorded by the time it all ends. As far as this one goes, "Heroes" is rhe only song I knew, and, is a terrific song. The rest of the album seems more lime just an experiment. I think the album would grow on me if/hen I have the chance to listen again. It is a good album and I am glad it was included, especially given the players. The instrumentals are intriguing and very listenable, when in the right mood...

First side is up and down. Heroes, Beauty and the Beast and Joe the Lion are fun. Second side is meh at best.

The most enjoyable Bowie album so far. At some points I almost forgot I was listening to anything at all

2 Bowie albums in now. This is very different from Young Americans. Few good songs and then quite epic instrumentals. Surely not his best work but does leave me wanting to hear more. 3.5 stars

As someone who has had recent fairs with Bowie, I really never saw much about this album apart from the title track and the ambient tracks. Great stuff however.

Interesting instrumentals. Kinda spooky at times. Love the experimental orchestrations. Different from what I’d expect.

Boring pop. A couple of the last songs completely changed the sound compared to the rest - those where more interesting, but nothing I would go back to.

Sort of zoned out after Heroes until there was a bit of singing in the last song.

Not Bowie’s best, but still an interesting effort with some good songs. The album starts with 3 strong tunes, particularly album opener and Heroes. This album sees Bowie experimenting more, along with collaborator Brian Eno, to make something a bit more experimental and electronically influenced. The main problem here is the lack of cohesiveness. Side A is typical Bowie affair of unique and danceable pop tracks. Side B is pretty much an ambient album. Don’t get me wrong, there are some really nice soundscapes there…but having Beauty and the Beat/Heroes on the same album as sense of Doubt/Moss Garden just seems like a strange fit. I’m never sure when I want to listen to this album because of those disparate feels; and thus I usually only listen to the front or back end depending on what I’m looking for.

Correcto.

Three stars because it's Bowie. Minus two because instrumentals.

2nd half very cool and instrumental, also perks of being a wallflower movie of my youthhhh

I surprisingly didn't love this album. I listened to it twice and still didn't really get it. I'll give it 3 but really 2.5

Just not my favorite Bowie album

Liked Moss Garden as reminder of time in Japan. V Schneider my favorite. Surprised so much instrumental as I usually love Bowie’s sultry voice. Wanted to enjoy Neuköln for the German tie-in, but didn’t 😔

Not sure what it is, I'm just not the biggest Bowie fan. I don't hate his music by any means, but I also don't love it either. A very solid 3 for me.

I'm a fan of Bowie, but I don't enjoy the albums as much as I enjoy the hits. My favorite Bowie are the poppy hits, so maybe it's just not for me to go deep into. Heroes was the only track on this one that stood out to me.

Didn't think too much of this one until the instrumental songs near the end

I of course know the title track, but beyond that this album was surprising, and often not in a good way. It’s a little too icy and weird for me, and Bowie stretches his voice further than he should to mixed effect. The instrumentals also didn’t really land for me. All that said, I get that it’s one of those albums you probably need to invest some time into to really “get,” and I appreciate just how odd and experimental it is. Best song: Heroes

5/23/24. Wasn’t crazy about the ambient songs toward the end, but will always enjoy Bowie.

this is my eighth david bowie album i've heard as part of this project, but what surprises me most is how different all his albums are. heroes is mostly in an electronic, artsy space. i was reminded of brian eno's ambience reputation during the instrumental parts, and lo and behold, eno was credited on a number of songs on heroes! their collaboration makes sense, especially since they both were part of beginnings of glam rock, though separate from one another.

Seeing as this is another album within the "Berlin Trilogy", and another one that I had not heard before, I couldn't help but compare it to "Low". Well, in my opinion, this album is just not as good as "Low". But it's still so good. Again, this album and project reminds me of just how far-reaching David Bowie's career was. Each album included here was influential for one reason or another, and each one sounds unique and formed in its own bubble. It's true artistry. I was actually weirdly surprised by the final three tracks on the album: "Moss Garden", which then segued into "Neukolon", which segued into "The Secret Life of Arabia". They has very clear Asian influences, but there's a sense of electronic and ambient Bowie-isms dancing under the surface of these songs. They're felt very "old meets new". I was caught off guard by how intriguing this trio of songs was.

I liked learning about Bowie's years in Berlin. Seemed really good for him after so much madness. Ironic since Berlin wasn't exactly chill at the time. The story of him playing the song "Heroes" live in Berlin and being able to hear the crowd on the other side singing those lyrics is very moving. I appreciate the experimental nature of the album, but Heroes is the only song I ever come back to.

It's very middle-of-the-road Bowie

If I was rating just Heroes this would be 5 stars. But the rest of the album is mediocre by Bowie standards.

First Bowie album I’ve listened to, I don’t know if this was a great introduction into his work. Definitely more experimental pop, kind of spacey and ethereal, but in terms of the music nothing really caught my ear. C teir.

“Heroes” has been a favorite song of mine for some years now. I’ve connected with it on a personal and emotional level a few different times. I find it to be a powerful song that sometimes goes forgotten when Bowie’s greatest songs are discussed. So I was excited to hear the album it originated from. The rest of this album is…ok. The first one songs are kind of a hot mess, especially when considering the drastic tonal change from those to “Heroes.” “Sons of the Silent Age” and “Blackout” are more tonally consistent with “Heroes,” but still don’t quite match the emotional highs of the title track. What follows is an instrumental suite that takes up the entirety of the album’s second side (save for the final track). These are good, and even reminded me of Pink Floyd instrumentals in some places, reminiscent of tracks from “Wish You Were Here” or “Animals” (albums I would love to be assigned…). These are beautifully done (namely “Sense of Doubt” and “Moss Garden”), but they aren’t what I come to a Bowie album for. I come for him, his voice, his poetry. Perhaps that’s just my misconception of him as being a singer-songwriter but not someone who plays instruments on his own records. (The joke was on me when I checked the personnel listings for this album; Bowie plays 5 instruments in addition to singing) Still, it wasn’t what I was looking for, so I wasn’t as invested. That doesn’t detract from the overall quality of these pieces, though. The way I look at this, there’s three great songs on this album (see below), two really ok ones, one bad one (the final track), and some lovely instrumentals. That adds up to 3 stars for me, which sucks because after the fifth song I was ready to give it 4. Standout tracks: “Heroes,” “Sons of the Silent Age,” “Blackout”

I have a love/tolerate relationship with this album: love side one, tolerate side two. If I owned this on vinyl I would never flip it. Beauty and the Beast and John the Lion lead up to my favorite song on the album and for the artist, Heroes. Unfortunately, side 2 sounds a lot like Radiohead was attempting to make a movie soundtrack (#moonshapedpool) and I kind of want to walk at the theater ASide:Classic! B-side: pass!

Wow! Besides Heroes this seems like a mid album. Maybe I need to listen again at the right time. 🤷‍♂️ I’m interested in what you will say. I always write my reviews before I read yours.

Heroes!

Beauty and the Beast 3.6 Joe the Lion 3.7 Heroes 4 Sons of the Silent Age 3.5 Blackout 3.3 V-2 Schneider 3.6 Sense of Doubt 3.4 Moss Garden 3.2 Neukoln 3.2 The Secret Life of Arabia 3.4 Score: 3.49