Heroes

Instrumentals were dull, but Heroes and the last track really stood out

not bad, just don't like bowie that much i don't think, the instrumental tracks towards the end were my favorites 3/5

It was okay.. kinda meh. This was my first time really listening to David Bowie and it felt underwhelming.

I don't hate listening to David Bowie because the songs are terrible, I hate listening to him because the songs are almost good. Most of these tracks have funky basslines I groove along to despite myself, but they are like...almost funky? And then Bowie comes in with his tin can voice and it ruins everything for me. I didn't hate this thaaat much.

I like Heroes, and I like a lot of Bowie, but most of this album is not for me.

This has been on my drive for years, never listened to closely until today, everything other than the title song an intriguing mash filed under should-give-a-proper-go. Thank you, list: “Heroes” is outstanding, its instrumental pieces I’d vaguely assumed to be mere mood as rich and thought-out as the song-songs, its futurism tantalising - alien, hopeful, and exploratory, marks from an era when technology pointed at the sky rather than our eyeballs.

Slightly holds the edge over Low for me, better songs and more integrated instrumentals. Fripp's guitar is dazzling, and the production sets the scene for '80s new wave. Another one you forget how good it is, especially the title track. Wow

Seriously front loaded, the second half instrumentals are weak. Like the soundtrack to a bad horror movie. I'd have been pretty disappointed if I'd bought the vinyl when it came out. 5 stars for side one, 2 stars for side two.

Berlin, 2nd album from trilogy. Bowie and Iggy. Iconic Heroes

Starts off really strong, but goes downhill and gets weird quickly

i just dont rly like bowie ig

Loved this! So creative and the sound feels so new for its time. The three instrumentals in the second half are brilliant. Completely forgot that the album is partly used as a soundtrack in Christiane F, so that was a nice little reminder too.

Enjoyed the instrumental stuff

Interesting to hear it again.

It took me some time to understand what I was listening and it's not exactly my style, but it's surely a work of art.

great album

crazy how this is like half normal good Bowie stuff and half super cool weird ambient music

I've never listened to a Bowie album in full before, but this was a big disappointment. It felt like cartoon music... and not the good kind.

Great album. Bowie is the master

Heroes is a five star song (hat tip to Godzilla). The rest of the album is pretty good. About 20 or so years ago I went through a phase where I listened to this album pretty regularly.

One of 3 Eno/Bowie collabs, this is one of my favorite Bowie albums, along with Low (another Eno album) and Ziggy Stardust. This one integrates the synthy instrumentals a little better than Low, though I think I like that one better.

Very nice. A solid Bowie. I liked the first half with vocal more than the instrumental songs, but I enjoyed it all.

This is my third David Bowie album after "Young Americans" and "Low." Like this album's predecessor, Bowie explores electronic sounds in the aftermath of his reawakening from his drug addiction. While the instrumentals are foreboding and depressing, the lyrics are more uplifting and hopeful for the future. Overall, not his greatest work. Side A is rather lazy and uninspiring, despite the tribulations afflicting Bowie at the time. Side B is mostly brooding instrumentals.

Exceptional album, the voice, bass... everything is in the right place. The record ends in an incredible and perfect way, and Heroes is just a god-damn anthem!

Hell yeah. It's been a long time since I listened to this album straight through (I had a Bowie deep dive moment some years back). Looking forward to this album today. Half of this album is the Brain Eno show (Ol' Sourpuss as the Scotts would say). Like "Low" before it or, for example, Kate Bush's "Hounds of Love", it uses the a-side b-side record format to put two separate projects on one piece of wax. Side 1 is Bowie flexing funky new wave tinged muscle into his signature Bowie-isms and side 2 is Brian Eno weaving together beautiful, avant garde sound scapes that vary from Japanese folk inspired, to jazz sax funk, to ambient terror. This is a certified cool one.

<3 david bowie. always. he is such an amazing artist. heroes is a classic and already in my daily playlist. i love the instrumentals in this album. moss garden is probably a new fav. it would make a great song for meditation.

A 5 star song stuck in the middle of a 2 star album, I'd give it 2.5 but will round it up. Really quite poor. But by this stage of his career he could fart into a microphone and people like the hipsters giving 5 below this would go mad for it.

I gave this a two last time I got it and while that is maybe harsh, Heroes as a song is not good enough to carry whatever went on in the middle there while the producer was absent.

It's kinda good. Groovy, interesting, and the instrumentation is what I tend to like. It's also kinda generic and there's noise in here that I'm not loving. The Secret Life of Arabia is a nice groovy song. Overall it's been a decent album. A few bad parts but mostly enjoyable, classic rock with a little bit of an edge.

Another album that left me completely cold.

Elegant and strange and always slightly inscrutable. Berlin Trilogy Bowie is my favorite David Bowie. One moment it's brash with a quirkily funky groove, another moment it's artful and transcendent. Brian Eno's masterful fingerprints are all over this thing, especially on side 2. Robert Fripp's presence is also something I'm always on board to hear. But it's the complementary and sometimes conflicting aesthetics of the Bowie and Eno partnership that give this album its fire. It's Bowie with all of his avant garde, mannerist visions of rock, combined with Eno's perfect ear for creating delicate soundscapes.The album clashes with itself in weird and fascinating ways as a result and it's a beautiful thing. The title song is of course one of the most gorgeous rock songs ever made, but I'm kind of loving the instrumentals today. I want to hear "Moss Garden" all day long and float off on a cloud. Fave Songs (All songs, from most to least favorite): 'Heroes,' Moss Garden, The Secret Life of Arabia, Sense of Doubt, Blackout, Neuköln, Sons of the Silent Age, Joe the Lion, Beauty and the Beast, V-2 Schneider

Other than a few hit songs, kinda a dull ambient album

Even with some experimental songs, “Heroes” makes up for it. It’s probably one of the greatest songs ever.

Not my taste. 2 of 5

Somehow manages to be angular and uncomfortable while incredibly soulful. For me, better than "Lodger" but a notch behind "Low."

YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!

Coincidentally, YT music has been pushing "Heroes" (the single) to me a lot lately. If it weren't for the fact that I performed "The Secret Life Of Arabia on keys with a group Wilton James put together for a few Bowie tribute shows back when the man kicked the bucket, I would probably describe this album as "the single and a bunch of forgettable stuff".

Not one of the best Bowie albums, but still pretty good.

I know of Bowie from his radio hits and reputation. I'm not sure if my expectations were too high going into this, but I found this album pretty underwhelming. Ok so I slept on it and came back to listen again fresh. It's better, but I wouldn't call it great. The instrumental tracks, while interesting, sound like they belong on a different album.

Strong 3

An album of mostly strange noises, but not in an offensive way. “Heroes” is a near perfect song.

OK, so that's what a full Bowie album sounds like.

not his best work, Heroes clearly the standout track

I think people either love Bowie or don't get it. I get it. This is awesome, including the more ambient soundscape stuff. Very 70s Bowie

In Heroes, David Bowie was clearly inspired by the artist David Bowie and his album Low. David Bowie pays homage to David Bowie’s album Low and its formula of having a broadly instrumental B side, very unlike the more rock-orientated A side. While Heroes is an excellent emulation by David Bowie, David Bowie’s album is certainly a more rounded and more enjoyable album all in all. Side A becomes so much more when I start paying attention to Robert Fripp’s guitar. Blackout is thrilling, Joe the Lion is such electric. Sons of the Silent Age is like if the middle of Court of the Crimson King was more lively. Also love that so many of the songs fade out. Adds to the chaos - a constant sprawl of Krautrock-y mayhem. And god I love some piano in a rock song. Ben Folds Five will always astonish me. Be My Wife is my favourite Low track and there’s so much to love on Heroes with that dirty piano energy. Beauty and the Beast the most obvious to me.

Known before: Artist/some songs Standouts: 3. Heroes Rating: 5.5

Known before: Artist Standouts: 05.Blackout Rating: 7.0

Known Before: Artist/One Song Standouts: 3. Heroes 6.0

Not my favorite Bowie, but a fun album to explore

So 70s

Very good album, some songs I sleep, most songs I bop. Will I listen to again: 80%

Låten Heroes är en klassiker för god orsak. Blackout bra groove. Moss garden otroligt vacker. Fantastiskta instrumentala låtar.

Sounds good, not my cuppa tea tho, but i love the intro and the dongs with little to no singing

Litt masete, ustrukturert. Treffer ikke min musikksmak så godt.

Maybe I need more listens, but not feeling this one. Bowie has some gems (Space Oddity), but in general is pretty painful to listen to for me.

I've never really understood the love of Bowie's music. I just can't get in to it.

Има 1-2 мн силни песни, ама другото не ме грабна толкова

Bowie is always good. The man knows how to roll

I continue to not really enjoy Bowie

Better than the first Bowie album I listened to. But just not a big Bowie fan. 3/5

4.5/10

Some great tunes here plus some awful dirge on side 2 that surely no one could listen to more than once.

Heroes is such a great song. What is the rest of this doing around it?

Never really gotten into David Bowie. The album was ok. The instrumental songs were cool but didn’t draw me in. I enjoyed “the secret life of Arabia” 2.5

Groovy

2/10, 20%

I liked a few of the songs, some were too artsy

4 stars only because the Heroes song

Classic

Beauty and the Beast: dos veces la escuché y ambas veces me pareció todo menos disfrutable. Ni la letra ni la melodia la salva y hasta molesta me resultó Joe the Lion es una canción de mitad para abajo, ok para escuchar de pasada pero no me veo oyendola intencionalmente, la letra tampoco la encuentro profunda. No me gustó Heroes ya empieza con ese riff de guitarra hermoso que logra que la reconozcas inmediatamente, la voz dulce de Bowie te hace sentir que te susurra al oído sus deseos que no se cumplirán. Un himno de la adolescencia, hermoso y eterno. Sons of the Silent Age me gustó desde la primera escuchada, el estribillo es hermoso y cómo manipula su voz Bowie es tan irrepetible como él mismo. Blackout es la canción más movilizante del album. Aunque no me encantó, tiene su tono político clarísimo y me gustó la batería y guitarra V-2 schneider, acá empieza la bizarreada. No me imagino ir corriendo a comprar este CD en su momento para que un tercio de sus canciones sean instrumentales. Copado, pero si estás re duro Sense of doubt, momento bizarro 2.0, pero me gusta Moss garden, me olvidé de que estaba escuchando. Neuklon, ni me di cuenta que habia cambiado la canción. The secret life of Arabia... de dónde salió? Aunque me gustó más que las dos primeras. En fin, quiero que me guste más de lo que me gustó. Quizás es uno de esos álbumes en los que tenés que estar ahí cuando salieron.

Although I really liked the ambient music of the second half, I just feel like they don't really fit together with the more rock/pop songs of the first half, and I think it might have been better as 2 separate releases.

"Heroes" is by far the best track, the rest isn't amazing.

Incredible

Det er Heroes av David Bowie

4.3 bangers men litt spess slutt

ok but a bit too wild / high-pitched for my taste. heroes is certainly great but the entire album doesn't fully convince me.

It’s Heroes, need I say more? 5/5

Well, well, well. If it isn't the first artist to give me a 5/5 for the project. My hopes for this one were quite high given Mr. Bowie's track record for me so far. Did he give me another 5/5? Well, I think Heroes barely misses the mark. This is still a pretty good album. It goes in some interesting directions, the instrumentation is great, and the singing, while not quite as consistently good as it was in Ziggy Stardust, is still pretty good. Speaking of instrumentation, Robert Fripp's guitar work is great, and the talent that went into this album is insane. The title track is really good, and some of the other tracks are quite good as well. I think my big complaint is that it just feels more confused than Ziggy Stardust. That album had a concept and it ran with it. Heroes doesn't really seem to have any major goals in mind. It starts with some pretty standard rock tracks before going into a more avant-garde set of instrumentals in the second half. I can appreciate the willingness to do more than the basics, but I don't really know if that switch worked for me as much as it could have. The instrumentals did make my math homework quite a bit more bearable though. Overall, Heroes is a pretty good album, but I definitely wouldn't call it my favorite of David Bowie's catalog. 4/5.

Bowie’s music always defies categorisation, especially his earlier work.

- The Secret Life of Arabia 1/5

Apart from Heroes, didn't love it. :(

Nice album that loses its way at the end

Distinctive but very samey, hectic, and a bit shrill in places. Fell short and got a bit off the rails in the middle. Not his best.

Good.

The song Heros I think is my favorite Bowie song, overall.

a perfect album by a perfect human and brian eno

Heroes is a good song

I guess I “needed” to listen to this album before I die the same way I needed to learn that Santa Claus isn’t real. Murder your darlings and never meet your heroes. My Buddhist name is the Lion of the Three Jewels so I’m gonna like anything about a guy called lion but that’s about as far as my appreciation for any of the first nine songs went. Heroes is fine, as a song. I should at least admit I’m happy to have had cause to listen to the lyrics because I always thought of it as this like, you know, car advertisement song, and it’s heartening to learn that it’s in fact terribly depressing. I liked sense of doubt and moss garden, they were a cool swimming hole in a country stream after the jangling melodies and inaudible and mostly incomprehensible lyrics of the previous songs. I’ve also been getting into soundscapes a lot more recently, so this was my alley to be up. Neuköln was cool too but the sax and synth were more blade runner than Nishiyama Onsen Keiunkan. That Arabia song at the end really just brought me full circle to annoyance and regret. I’d rate it a one if it were anyone else but Bowie, but like the unconvinced suicide, I just can’t bring myself to do it. Two stars.

Love the energy and have deep respect for Bowie, but if I’m honest his music always makes me feel like you kinda had to be there and I wasn’t and I guess still am not.

first I wanted to give it 3.5 stars but the last few trcks from the album really excited me for one more time! really unexpected and im here for that!!!

I was glad to get this album as more of a historical listen than something I fully enjoyed from start to finish. This and the Berlin trilogy more broadly are more interesting to me as cultural touchstones of both the revolutions beginning to happen in the ussr at the time and the entrance of electronica into the mainstream than as music to listen to without context. That’s not to say there aren’t bangers, mostly heroes, that make it a fun listen but a lot of the songs aren’t super memorable other than the fact that they helped electronica music become the major genre it is today. I definitely liked Low more than this but I’ll probably still give it the same rating because it doesn’t deserve a 3 if only because heroes is one of the most inspirational songs ever.

Crazier than I thought, genius

Not much of a Bowie fan but there is no denying he has a great voice.

I like the title track, "Heroes." The rest of the album wasn't my cup of tea

kinda weird at the end. and the middle. and the start.

The first half of the album has Heroes (a song where every single cover is better than the original), and the last half is just noise… trash album

ICONIC. Un albúm lleno de emoción, fuerza y energía. canciones épicas, jazz introspectivo y la voz de David Bowie son la mezcla perfecta para crear uno de los mejores álbumes que he escuchado

acid

Hell. Yes.

Heroes, Blackout

Grrrreat

I can't say I really took to this album, other than the great title track, it is a bit off the wall and not to my taste

The song Heroes is amazing. I don't love the rest of the album. It's very instrumental and feels kind of empty.

David Bowie war vllt. ganz gut für seine Zeit, aber ich konnte dem Album exakt NICHTS abgewinnen.

First time listener to this album - only track I've heard (obviously) is Heroes, but the whole thing feels like a cohesive work. Possibly a bit of a grower, but you can't deny the genius here. Favourite tracks: Beauty and the Beast, Sons of the Silent Age, Sense of Doubt, Moss Garden.

This didn’t grab me as much as some of his other stuff but it’s still getting 4 stars because it’s Bowie and ‘Heroes’ the song is a banger

Dope

Never loved David Bowie’s full albums, always finding them about 1/4 genius, and 3/4 filler (with exceptions being Blackstar and Low and most of Scary Monsters). Upon listening again, I found all but Sons of the Silent Age (which was just fine, nothing special) excellent traditional Bowie songs. The experimental songs on the back half just felt out of place. Not bad, relatively interesting, but felt much less integrated than the second half of Low, which works as an stunning and vital companion to the first half. This set of songs just felt disjointed. Finished strong with The Secret Life of Arabia though. Favorite track: Heroes. Least favorite track: Sons of the Silent Age.

Heroe’s is that song that gets overplayed during NHL playoff broadcasts every year so maybe I’m just sick of that song. As for the rest of the album, not his best… Beauty and the Beast sucks, Miss Garden and Neukoln and weird and droning but I actually kinda like it and the Secret Life of Arabia is actually pretty rad. This is a weird one from Bowie and not all good but not bad either 3 stars

A strange album. Heroes stands out on it for sure. It is so different in every way from the other tracks. There are traces of the rough edges from the early-7s Bowie/Ziggy stuff, the obvious influence of the late 70's punk and it's rough edges. But there is mostly an unfulfilled search for a coherent sound. The songwriting is also forgettable here. I would have hoped for more from Bowie. He has such gems in his catalogue. This album is lesser. Why is this on the list? The whole B side is weak and feels experimental in a half-assed way.

All filler 1 killer. Nothing else I'd contemplate listening to again. Starting to wish it was 1001 songs not albums. Was hoping to uncover some hidden gems but maybe there is a reason I don't know the songs. 2nd half of album he doesn't even bother singing. 2.5/10

Bowie has a sound like no other - a great album with a few classic tracks.

Awesome, didnt like the last symphonic songs tho

Some hits. Some nots. Not a huge Bowie fan, so what do I know?

Top 3: #5 #6 #8

Listened to this while playing Nemesis? Bowie seems like appropriate alien music. Another album where I know the title track and nothing more. Enjoyed this a lot more than I was expecting. I could absolutely tell where the A-side ended and the B-side began. The first half was what I would expect when I think of DB, but the second half was largely instrumental ambient acid music. My partner also really enjoyed this album, and the way it influenced Hedwig and the Angry Inch.

Very classic Bowie

Embarrassed to say I didn’t love the first half. The second half picked up though. Needs another listen.

Everything is pretty good other than the instrumentals. “Heroes” is a great track.

"Heroes" is one of my favorite Bowie songs! The rest of this album is not hitting the same, but I'm giving it a chance. The rest isn't really clicking. The Sense of Doubt -> Neuköln I dig a lot in a different way. More in line with the ambient stuff I've been enjoying lately. That's Eno for you. Probably still a 4 from me overall. About half the songs don't really do that much for me. "Heroes" is solid, and Side B is pretty nice and inventive.

It was an enjoyable album. A longer interlude in the middle of the album than expected. The last song rocks.

Maybe apt that the next song I played after listening to this album was Taylor Swift’s “Anti-hero” The only song I really liked was “Heroes”

Always good

1 ster Zwakkere rock muziek, mix zit niet goed? Title track sleept zeer hard aan Ambient tracks in tweede helft zijn slaapverwekkend Secrets of Arabia geven toch nog een iets actieve afsluiter

Lieder ohne Lyrics waren OK, der Rest zu "Dissonanz" für mich

Some nice tunes on here, Heroes being the standout for me

I know it's a compilation, but I really liked Changesbowie far better.

Not my thing

4.8/5

I feel like a bit of a traitor for this rating, but it was just okay for me. Fav song: Heroes

Another great offering from Bowie, it’s no Aladdin Sane or Hunky Dory but still worth a listen. 3.5 stars.

this was okay, but felt short. very soulful but a little self-congratulatory.

Definite not my favorite Bowie album

4,5

I see the point, just not my cup of tea

I was born in the 80s but I've never gone out of my way to listen to Bowie. Sure I watched him in Labyrinth and enjoyed the movie and music and probably heard his songs on the radio throughout my life but that's about the extent of my knowledge and listening experience with him. That being said I really did enjoy this album. I was surprised by the number of instrumentals to be completely honest. I mean that in a good way because I enjoyed them all, which speaks volumes of the quality of music if there isn't a need for singing or lyrics. As my first David Bowie listening experience I enjoyed this and would listen again. I probably won't go out of my way to buy the album or search it out for another listen because I get a song in my head but it was still a pleasant listen. 4 out 5.

OK.

live laugh love bowie 7, 8, 9??? érdekes

Very good, will likely give Bowie more of chance.

7/10

very 80s experimental; I love the song heroes!

I'm not a huge David Bowie fan, but I recognize his talent and what he did for music and art throughout his career. This was a little too melancholy for me in some places, none of the tracks really stood out, but they all had his distinct style.

Fascinating album. Takes a hard left turn halfway through that makes for an interesting journey into sound and theme

It's more of a 3.5

Has some experimental sounds I believe for the time. Interesting ideas.. But really not something I’d listen to personally. I know he’s a classic.. hate to bash it. Ahh

Favourite tracks: beauty and the beast; heroes; secret life of arabia

Oh my. I love this album.

It’s too chaotic, too weird.2/5

Not really my tastes honestly

Too old

10/6/2023 - second side mainly instrumental

Too experimental, only found 3 of the songs enjoyable.

Interesting album, definitely shows the time around it was made. There's a saxophone in the Neukoln song that sounds just like a sax on a pink floyd track...like just like it. Some kind of experimental sounding stuff, a little disco-y on some songs. Nothing really makes me go wow, Heroes is good. V-2 Schneider is pretty fun...

I think that Bowie is overrated, and I never really liked the title track to begin with. Listening to this is not really doing much to change my mind. It might be a classic, but I'm not really moved. Border of two and three

God dammit Bowie, you get another 5 don’t you. I bounced off Low completely, finding there so much lacking in the songwriting and melody. This is a later version of the same style, and has the benefit of significantly more Brian Eno and Robert Fripp at their stations, and Bowie here is much more lively, more invested, you can just feel things coming back to life. “Heroes” is fucking amazing. And I actually kind of loved the instrumental back half…! Something about it fleshed out the universe so completely. Two halves of the brain. That is the disadvantage we are presented with, on streaming… here, the A and B sides are meant to be two clearly different albums. Which is sick. It also means that there isn’t meant to be continuity here, more of a front and back. I find I miss the cue that the artist was intending for a very strong A/B side dualism, and here I’m glad I read the Wikipedia. I dunno, this one just lets me settle into it in a nice way. I think it’s a way more improved version of the concept set out by Low. Different Bowie, different land we’re in, and one I wouldn’t mind going back to. I have this feeling that my mind is wiped, I’m left disoriented, and fully in Bowie land. It is sick. 5/5

Wildly cool album. These Berlin albums are not among my favorite Bowie projects, but he's such a superior artist that they still register in my all time favorite albums overall. His ability to successfully experiment with literally anything is what makes him a once in a generation type artist. Favorite tracks: Heroes (vocals), Moss Garden (instrumentals)

Let’s face it. Bowie is brilliant but weird. The songs on this album reflect that. There’s a reason that “Heroes” is really the only hit single from this album. I found the rest of it mostly unlistenable avant-garde crap. But it’s Bowie so an extra star for that.

Strong start with Beauty and the Beast. Best song is obviously Heroes. But whatever.

So so so good. I can see why people lauded David Bowie. I feel like even today the sound on this album feels innovative and unique. Since I never grew up listening to Bowie, I hear snippets of other bands in this album instead of labeling it all as quintessentially Bowie. For example, Joe the Lion has a clear Beatles feel to it, especially with the banging pianos in the back, Heros has calls to Joshua Tree era U2, and V2 Schneider give me Peter Gabriel (ugh) vibes. Of course two of these three references post date this album, so the relationship is likely reversed (if at all extant). It took me getting to the middle section of the album before I hit the songs that felt uniquely Bowie, such as Sons of the Silent Age and Blackout. I think what I liked was that it felt so distinct from other classic rock from that age (which I have heard much of), so finding a unique vibe from an era that I've largely explored is super cool! I also really liked the last three songs which felt like an art-house movie in its presentations of motifs and vibes over concrete settings and lyrics! Overall very enjoyable and a surprise find!

I’m really surprised how much David Bowie I find lackluster other than the hits. It’s one of those times where what’s popular is actually what’s good. Except I don’t care that much for Heroes, ironically. His other hits are much better.

Very Bowie. Interesting and daring.

Some songs sound modern as hell but some lyrics seem a little dated. Could do without the extremely long piano and horn duet midway through. Definitely some enjoyable parts , some songs worth a relisten. The soundscape part of the album seriously drags it down though. Starts off well enough but ends annoyingly

nice

Similar to Low, I liked the "different styles on each side" approach here. Favorite track other than the magnificent "Heroes" is "V-2 Schneider".

Love this record. Prefer Low a bit more, but still phenomenal

5 4 - Heroes 3 - Beauty and the beast (reminds me of Silverchair's last album) - Sons of the Silent Age - Moss Garden: Japanese mood music? But peaceful to listen to. - The Secret Life of Arabia 2 - Joe the Lion: what a mess; I actually stopped playing to check if I had some music playing in another application - Blackout: A 3 but for the intentionally off-key vocals - V-2 Schneider - Sense of Doubt: movie music? 1 I'm not sure if 1977-me would have been all that happy shelling out for half a record of mood muzak. Sure, Heroes (the track) is good, but it's not _that_ good. While I didn't hate this, it's too incoherent for me. Feels like a jumble of songs randomly pulled from a few different piles, one of which is marked "Still born" and another "Ziggy rejects". I suppose the theatrical aspect of some songs is to be expected but the muzak tracks don't achieve much for me. Besides "Heroes", I didn't mind "The Secret Life of Arabia". The rest, not so much. 4/10

I wanted to like it but to be honest I just found it quite banal and annoying. The sounds of the guitar paired with Bowie’s incoherent wails, could be compared to an alley of cats and chalkboards. Don’t get me wrong, there were some nice sounds in there, but they were few and far between. I’m disappointed as this album holds quite the legacy and I feel like I am missing some major context that, when I discover it, will transform the album into something beautiful and harmonious. Who knows, I might rediscover this album in 10 years time, with a fresh perspective and an open mind. That being said, I likely won’t be reaching for it again any time soon.

Not the worst Bowie album I've heard, but genuinely I don't get the (excuse the pun) hero worship. Heroes is a decent track. The album is just OK.

I have heard a lot of David Bowie over the years, and this album is the worst representation of his music I have yet to encounter. Don't get me wrong, some of it was groovy, but some was uncoordinated wailing with disconnected instrumentation in the background. This seems to be a theme of this app, to take a decent artist and give you the worst album in their catalog. I hope the albums get better from here on out.

I like David Bowie... but this album is all over the place. Maybe a bit too eccentric for my liking, overall. Obviously Heroes is a great song though! I guess I'm a bigger fan of David Bowie's hits and not his full albums.

What happened to the album? Is this a concept? Pretty weird but I love the title track

Besides the Eno shit this is pretty good.

I do not like this era of Bowie.

Prima album, maar niet helemaal mijn stijl. Zitten wel leuke nummers bij, maar veel is voor mij iets te wazig of iets te langdradig.

Bowie is always good

This might be the worst Album i've ever listened to. After the first half i wanted to quote David himself and say "I can't stand another sound" of this. The second part of the record was surprisingly better.

Chaotic

Not his best work, but it's David Bowie, so I'm going to be a little biased and inflate the rating. I love him in general, but this misses the mark.

Not for me

Dos grandes álbuns do pioneiro do Rock, Heroes era um dos que eu tinha menos afinidade. No entanto, ouvindo o álbum novamente, pude apreciar com mais clareza e precisão a magnífica beleza dessa obra sublime.

I may get hate for this but Bowie is overrated. Don’t get me wrong, I love him, but much of his catalog doesn’t do that much for me, and this isn’t his best album. A couple of great songs and then some fairly interesting stuff. 3.5 stars rounded up to 4.

meh

Going into this only knowing one song from the album (Heroes) I was a little disappointed by the rest of the song. I was working a bit on my computer so maybe need to give it another focused listen. Split between three and four stars for this, might sadly have to do three but Heroes carries the album.

Grew up with this guy always a favourite, good album.

Just liked the title track.

Heroes starts as chaotic rock and somehow transitions to a movie soundtrack without you even noticing. Normally the 2nd half wouldn’t hold my attention, but Bowie is able to. It’s ambient but dramatic. Requires more listens 8.6/10

moins bien que ziggy hein

I could not even get through it. Heroes is great but I could not adjust my ear to enjoy any of the other songs.

Heroes the song is amazing, the balance of side 1 is much better than I expected. Side 2 consists of massage style instrumentals. Appreciate and reapect the artistry and musicianship that is Bowie, for whatever reason his deep tracks have never connected with me. Over all it was much better than I expected.

david bowie had such an impressive career. and the fact that I'm not really familiar w his albums is quite embarrassing

Cool

It was just ok

Favorite song was definitely Blackout. I like how his songs sound cold and hollow

I love the guitar in all of the songs. There’s also a lot of cool synth and sound design stuff. I think V-2 Schneider and Sense of Doubt (oh my god SoD is so good) are my favorite songs on the album. The entire second half of the album where it gets all instrumental is AMAZING! I looked it up it’s in collaboration with Brian Eno so that makes a lot of sense. Closing track is perfect.

The ambient second half was a major surprise, and a good one at that. Definitely has led me to listen the album again.

I love David Bowie, but not this record. That said, even lesser Bowie is still better than most.

Oddly enough Heroes is the weakest track on the album - not because it's a bad song (it's likely one of his best or at least most well known) but because it doesn't seem to fit in with the rest of such an incredibly diverse and engaging album. It's simultaneously exciting, refreshing and comforting.

Too slow. Couldn't keep my focus

A lot of "I get what he's doing, I just don't really like it". Title track is obviously great but nothing else I'd return for. 2/5

Pre-listening thoughts: BOWIE!!! Looking forward to this album immensely even though some have told me that David Bowie is better to listen to just jumping from song to song rather than diving into his full projects. I literally only know the title track from this album so I'm very excited to know more of Bowie's work. (also sorry for this but the cover looks like that pic of bat boy from that tabloid article SORRY SORRY) Post/during listening thoughts: This is pretty much exactly what I expected from knowing some of Bowie's other work - I really enjoy it. Very rock but also sort of campy pop? Synth driven but it's so cohesive and striking (the front half is). Heroes (the song) never gets old. It's cinematic and larger than life. The soundscapes are... interesting. They're sort of odd on an album like this. It's like somebody threw a wrench in the energy that was accumulating. Like I forgot what album I was listening to. They sound like the music my mom would play as a yoga teacher with random brass accents thrown in. God the end of Neukoln is... bad. Like really bad. Redemption definitely strikes with The Secret Life of Arabia. So so weird to have those two instrumental tracks in the middle of this album bc now the energy is back but the album is over?! Overall 6/10. Would def revisit the front half! Top Tracks: Beauty and the Beast, Heroes (duh sorry but it's so good), The Secret Life of Arabia Least favs: Moss Garden, Neukoln

An otherworldly album for sure. This is DEFINITELY one that everyone should listen to before they die... Even if you end up not liking it. I love it of course, this and Low are his masterpieces to me.

Only liked Heroes, other songs in the album sound very disjointed and jarring. Especially the last couple of songs.

I listened to the remastered version of the album. It’s a good album with my favorite being “heroes”.

It's Bowie during his most productive period. Some of the tracks toward the end are padded a bit. But this is an easy 5.

I have always been ambivalent about Bowie. Knowing this is a classic, I approached it open mindedly. I appreciate the innovation but still not a fan

Back to back black and white album⁉️⁉️Fuck yeah

Songs considered the best on the album. These songs appear on some of the best of David Bowie lists I found online. Heroes, Joe the Lion, V-2 Schneider, Beauty and the Beast.

Several songs like Heroes carry the album, but wasn't a fan of all the sax.

David Bowie is a chameleon and this album is all over the place. I liked the Eno-esque ambient stuff at the end of this album and Heroes is timeless, but the majority of this was kinda, meh. Maybe the point of DB, is that he's never a one-size-fits-all... everyone likes some of him, nobody likes all of him.

Not a great start with “Beauty and the Beast,” but “Joe the Lion” was a bit better before the classic “Heroes.” I can’t remember which I heard first, but for a long time the version of “Heroes” I was most familiar with was the Wallflowers cover. I’m actually not sure which version I prefer (not to say that the Wallflowers are on Bowie’s level…). But the original “Heroes” is by far the best part of the album of the same name. The second half is instrumental, varied, and mostly not objectionable, but it clearly bears the influence of co-writer Brian Eno. Ultimately, one good song is not enough for me to give “Heroes” more than two stars. Every other song is a station-turner.

The title track props up this album.

I’m ready to conclude: David Bowie was not a musical genius. He pushed boundaries musically. He pushed boundaries theatrically. He was a big, unique personality. I’m somewhat confused by the multiple instrumental tracks in a row. I like his music, but not consistently enough.

Groovy, different, absolutely Bowie.

Aika 3 tähden poppia. Lopun instrumentaalikappaleet sai melkein unohtamaan miltä levyn alku edes kuullosti

David

Nice 80's

Consistently good with one standout track (see album title)

I've only listened to Bowie's earlier stuff, so this surprised me, but I really liked it. The music makes you feel emotional. BT - Beauty and the Beast - Joe the Lion <3 - Heroes <3 - Sons of the Silent Age <3 - Sense of Doubt - The Secret Life of Arabia

Too much filler!

The second half of this one was a bit strange, but Bowie doing strange is not out of the realm of what Bowie does. Strangely enough, I still liked it.

Chill, interesting.

1st half is good, funky sounds. Heroes overplayed so skipped. Last few songs instrumental..not so keen

Bowie just rules. This album is fantastic. I love the dark instrumentals. Very brooding. You can really feel Eno's influence here.

Absolute classic; Bowie is someone I don't enjoy listening to too often, but this is really a banger album.

I did not know that so much of this album was instrumental. Whoa.

bowie

Oh look - more Bowie.

Great classic album. Bowie just isn't my thing.

It's not Bowie's best album. The second half is incredible, the first half... Mostly just goodish. Bit too much stodgy AOR rock, and honestly... Heroes (the song) is a teeny bit overrated. Probably in his best 20, but it's not even the best track on the album (it's V2 Schneider... Yes it is, you rockist bore, you). It's still a great song.

Heroes is great (but Jacob Dylan did it better). After that, the rest of this album is just Brian Eno being a "non-musician".

Great album, but far from his best. 3 stars but only within the context of the rest of his work.

I’ll never be a Bowie fan. In fact I think the frog that is now in Tom Holland’s mouth used to be in David’s throat. Sure, heroes is pure nostalgia but I still find the reverberations of his voice mostly funny.

If you remove the terrible instrumental tracks it would be an incredible album. Those tracks sound like a angst ridden teen discovered some new instruments and a synth machine. Those tracks absolutely ruined the album experience for me

This album starts so strong, but then kinda fades away. Don’t get more wrong it’s a really good album, and should be on this list. But because it’s Bowie and he has so many albums on the list, I’m rating this harder than it should. So just misses out on the 4 stars due to it being lower down my Bowie favourite album list, which automatically makes it overrated.

Not my favorite Bowie album, but title track is great.

Oddly enough one of the few Bowie albums I never listened to earlier... The minimal songs of 2nd part are very different, Eno&Fripp&Bowie dream trio, and the title song is one of his anthems. Still not convinced. Nothing beats Blackstar and Earthling.

Het nummer Heroes is geweldig, het album bevat iets te weinig pakkende nummers, maar is best goed.

Not entirely what I look for, but I can't deny that it is good.

Cat: never dug into Bowie. I know and like what I know and like. This album is great! It’s groovy and funky and rocking. Could do without the weird noise track. Cried during Heroes. AJ: Same for the first two points, for sure. Album is pretty cool. He likes Pink Floyd and did some of their tricks in the middle no words zone. Pretty cool. Last track about Arabia is a jam, with stupid stupid words. But I like it. It’s got Bayliss claps. Getting a 3 on Heroes alone.

De 6e keer dat het algoritme tegen me schreeuwt dat we naar Bowie gaan luisteren en dat we er godverdomme van gaan genieten, goedschiks of kwaadschiks. Heroes is een heerlijk nummer. Bovendien staan er een paar instrumentale nummers op, wat betekent dat David z'n waffeltje houdt. Een enorme plus. Van alle albums die ik tot nu toe van hem heb gehad vind ik dit de beste/minst erge.

That was one of the David Bowtie albums.

Two listens today. Side A was very good. Side B was weird. I like Bowie, and I appreciate his influence , but I don’t love listening to his albums. I get it, I just don’t “get” it.

I'm a big Bowie fan and this album is really good but also a little uneven. It can feel disjointed to me because the second half gets much more experimental ambient and instrumental. This can work for me really well (Moss Garden) or not as much (Neuköln). The title track is one of my favorite songs ever though, so it's real difficult to give dock this one but I think as an overall album I'd go with 4/5 just because Bowie has so many albums I consider stronger as a whole piece. So, I've got to leave room for those. Standout Tracks: Joe the Lion, "Heroes", Sons of the Silent Age, Blackout, V-2 Schneider, Moss Garden, The Secret Life of Arabia

Pretty good

Bowie’s Heroes has some incredible moments and stand out tracks but the sonic experimentation doesn’t quite land and Bowie’s songwriting feels a little uninspired at times. This from a Bowie fan - favourite artist according to this project - but not a favourite album.

Okay songs, I actually thought the instrumental tracks were the best

Es como medio de iglesia? No soy tan de Bowie.

Well that was quick. Only two days ago I had Aladdin Sane. It’s a Bowie album, so it’s bound to be good. The title track is amazing and iconic, of course. I also loved the trio of ambient tracks near the end of the album. What more can I say? Just another one of his masterpieces.

Not his greatest album, but interestingly enough I really liked the instrumental songs at the end.

I’ve never been a huge Bowie fan. Heroes is a jam but the rest of the songs aren’t spectacular.

I had already heard this album (and liked it), but hadn't ever revisited the ambient tracks before. After re-listening to the full project once more, I think my rating now is still the same one I would have given it when I first heard it. Overall a great album! The title track is beautiful :')

Heroes is the biggest gem on the album

Bowie!!!!!!!

This is just bad bad bad. Still have no idea how one album "ziggy" carried his whole career

Absolute classic. The instrumentals aren't as strong here as on Low, but the monumental production and legendary title track make this a more than worthy follow up.

Great first half, then middling 2nd. Though “Arabia” is a jam

I think I just like the earlier albums. Hunky Dory, Rise and Fall.....

don't love, unpopular opinion

This was good, but also weird.

Can see why heroes was the big single, second half of the album was essentially self indulgent poor quality jazz.

Heel mooi. Had alleen niet verwacht dat kant b instrumentaal zou zijn

Could never really get into Bowie in my younger days, but I really enjoyed Low when I discovered it a couple years back, and I enjoyed Blackstar after hearing it on this list. Was looking forward to this reading it was the follow up to Low, and in the same vein, but can't help but feeling disappointed it didn't live up to expectation. Thought the instrumental tracks were fairly average, and other than Heroes the rest of the lyrical ones were fairly non gripping. Not a bad album, but not a great one.

Definitely putting the headphones on for this one! Gotta hear that production. So much going on. This record is truly magical. From start to finish. Each song is brilliantly composed and laid out perfectly. The Eno/Bowie thing is real! I can see how RCA went crazy with this one. Heroes is truly a masterpiece!

The title track alone would almost make this a 5 star album. The rest of the album is also full of great tracks like Beauty and the Beast, Joe the Lion, and The Secret Life of Arabia. The weakest tracks are still very good and worth listening to. I'm not always in the mood for the ambient/experimental back half, but they are what make this album memorable and special (that and containing one of the greatest songs ever written).

3.5

Another ok album. Bowie’s compositions fail to connect with me. Took two listens and felt like I didn’t dislike either listen, but didn’t love it either.

Not a fan of Bowie it seems

4/5

i didn't like the only instrumental songs, but the rest were great

I really love the song "Heroes," but I've never listened to this album before. I had pretty high hopes for this going into it, but this was a really big let down for me. The album started off strong, with "Beauty and the Beast," which had really great instrumentals. The sound was complicated and almost bordering on overzealous, but the synthesizers and production really worked for me. "Joe the Lion" was fine, but "Heroes" is far and away the best song on the album, and is probably a top five David Bowie song for me (I now associate it with JoJo Rabbit, and it makes me tear up these days). But that's where the album took a turn for me; most of the songs after "Heroes" were pretty lackluster in my opinion. I wasn't a big fan of the two instrumental tracks on the last half of the album; they were pleasant enough to listen to, but David Bowie is a great vocalist, and I almost felt kind of cheated that two of the ten songs on this album didn't feature him singing. I think my biggest disappointment with this album is that the title track is such a wonderful centerpiece to build an album around, but I feel like that didn't happen here. I hope that the other 50 Bowie albums on this list won't let me down like this one did.

Not a huge David Bowie fan.....The song Heroes, is a classic though.

This was an okay Bowie album which is still significantly better than most albums on this list. The first half was pretty solid. The second half however got a bit odd and very instrumental based. I’d say that the Berlin trilogy is not my favorite style of Bowie records but this was okay. The instrumentals had a real sense of dread and spacey sound to them. Slight replay value here. 6.3/10

Ah bueno, 5 estrellas para Bowie

me gusta

I enjoy this album a lot, but not nearly as much as Low. The first two songs and the last one don't do much for me, but the title track and the ambient pieces on the second side are fantastic.

Alltaf gott. Allt gott. Gott gott.

I really wanted this album to be all killer, no filler. It was in the folks’ record collection, but all I could really remember was heroes and beauty and the beast. This album suffers from the syndrome of having one absolutely blindingly, magical tune, a couple of decent songs and then a whole load of instrumental filler. Heroes holds a lot of good memories for me and it’s frankly iconic in DB’s canon. I think most people, whether they like Bowie or not, have absorbed this tune via osmosis. It’s amazing and will forever remind me of working on a play called Dolphins can swim written by my mate. It also reminds me of my cousin who was such a DB devotee her handle was A Lass Insane and flew from Australia to see him perform at Glastonbury. Great memories but, boy, the rest of the album is duff. I have the vinyl but I doubt I’ll ever listen to side 2 again.

This one of my favorite Bowie albums. David Bowie's voice with Robert Fripp's lead guitar and Brian Eno on synthesizer. Tony Visconti as production engineer ties it all together. It may not be solid for everyone but I connected with this album when I was young and it stuck. This album has a personality as it shifts from Fripp to Eno while still remaining all Bowie.

Love Heroes, can take or leave the rest.

I'd argue "Low" is the better of these two albums, and I mention it only because of their obvious kinship in when, where, and who was involved in the release. But listening to this with a "critical" ear, it's fantastic. While I don't gravitate toward the instrumental second half, it merits recognition for its creativity and innovative spirit — not to mention its musical merit. It makes me so sad that Bowie's not around to keep making music and pushing boundaries. If you haven't checked out Blackstar, the album released as he was dying, give it a listen. It's a testament to his restless artistry to the very last breath.

Not as good as Low, save for the excellent title track.

The song "Heroes" is one of those stop-me-in-my-tracks songs. I stop and I really listen. God I love that fucking song so much. When I heard the German version of the song for the first time I couldn't believe that something so perfectly suited for me existed in the world. So for Heroes alone this album is a must listen.

Es mucho mas que un buen disco de bowie, es un discazo, cancion por cancion, las letras, el ambiente, te hace sentir en una pelicula. Quede asombrado con este disco, sobretodo porque sobrepasa lo que me gusto de ziggy y de black star, pero david bowie con este disco se va al carajo, lo tiene todo, desde buenos singles, hasta clasicos. Casi perfecto 9/10

The title track is easily one of the greatest songs ever written/recorded. Rest of the album is pretty great too

Album overall is ok, gets weird in the 2nd half. Heroes is such a good song, though, that I gotta give it 4 stars. Those loopy guitar chords, the steady rhythm, and Bowie's lyrics match perfectly and vividly capture the profound significance that the little moments of everyday life can have on us. It might be in my top 10 favorite songs of all time.

I assume bens review will be similar here but Heroes the song is very meta. rest of the album doesn’t bring too much to the table

Absolute classic, one of the best he made

ok

A thing of beauty from start to finish

Trouble is, I wasn't a young man in 1977. The two last tracks are pretty unlistenable. I would rather listen to Talking Heads. Sorry Dave.

I love Bowie, and this album had some good stuff, and a couple absolute all time great songs. It's mid for 70's Bowie, although it would be spectacular did almost anyone else.

Up to half way I thought this was a big stomp and the more accessible younger twin brother to Low. However, the ambient suite that comprises Side 2 blew that out of the water. It of course sounds very Berlin, as Bowie defined that sound with this and the preceding two albums. Rating: 3.5/5 Playlist track: Heroes Date listened: 04/06/23

fav: The Secret Life of Arabia

My least favorite Bowie album, but that’s a high mark to hit The title track is one of his biggest hits. I liked the instrumentals better than the the rest of the album

I don’t know enough about Bowies early work to respect the transition of his music. Didn’t care for any of the rock songs besides the title track. Having instrumental B sides is a cool idea. Rating: 2.7

I absolutely love the story of how this album came to be and am enchanted by Bowie’s lyric writing process (writing at the mic does something to me spiritually, emotionally, sexually, idfk). Beauty and the Beast: Crazy that this came out before Beauty and the Beast did. Enjoyable listening. Joe the Lion Repeat ad inf. Heroes: Written by the Berlin Wall? Lyrics written while everyone else went on a walk? Why are we mentioning dolphins? Hell if I know; I’m having the time of my life. Sons of the Silent Age: It’s fine. Listen, they’re all good. It was a good album.

Beauty and the beast: Always been a fan of the weirdness of David bowie songs, this is a great example good choice for first song to introduce what were about to expirience Joe the lion: This would be so sick live. Lots of energy, something different and new all of the time Heroes: It wierd how much simpler this song sounds, but how busy it still feels. So many layers. Him repeating we can be heroes hits deap for some reason, really reaches into the soul a bit Sons of silent age: I love how bowie stumbles with his words but the baround singers really solidify thats its intentful, bringing from sounding like drunk ramblings to poetic reaching. So far all of these songs need another 5 minutes because I just want more Blackout: Head bopping Grove at the beginning while brain scrambling at the same time. Again so many layers. Like all the band members know what the idea is but each have their own spin on its definition and direction. V-2 Schneider: Snare drum and raspy guitar are giving war, the bass is giving sunglasses and destination, the repetition is like were driving medium but going no where fast. So much imagination and scene build into the song Sense of doubt: And we've arrived to our destination from the previous song. And its scary but maybe a little curious, maybe we don't know its scary yet. A very opposite sided call and repeat. Lots of tension. Moss garden: We've arrived to the other side of the tunnel and the is glowing life. Maybe pink leaves falling from the stringed instrument. Very grandiose and beautiful. This is one of those song where you remember to breath to your own rythm at the end because you didn't realize how captivated you were. Neukoln: Suddenly the tension is back. Gotta love a raspy sax, what a bend! The slightly techno sounds is giving robot and alien, and maybe the sax is saying "where am i" while taking in the scene. The end is a little desperate. The bend range of the note is so impressive The secret of arabia: Imagine if they ended on that last song😂😭, it'd take me a couple of minutes to realize I was supposed to leave haha. What a groovy way to bring us back to reality. An Arabic disco. The clapping! Again, imagine everyone live doing the clapping. It would be so much tirany and followers vibes, but it would be irresistible not to follow. Very "they will not control us" from the Uprising - Muse song. I wish the fade wasn't there, wouldve liked the song to actually end. Overall, for me the album is an easy 5, but my only beef is that this is not the kind of album you introduce to strangers to be like "I like this kind of music", kind of an acquired taste even though it would be so cool to enjoy this with like minded people. This would be fantastic to hear live. Thanks for the journey

Unfortunately I don't currently have time to write a thorough review, but here are my general thoughts on the album. I am not crazy about most of the music. I appreciate the broad range of influences Bowie brings in, and the variety on the album, but I didn't enjoy it much. It seems a bit ahead of it's time in that I would have guessed it came from the mid 80's, but I do not know how much of this was innovation vs imitation. I like Bowies voice, I hear things that come up in future artists that I like so I'm guessing this was an important album, just didn't like it that much myself. I'm gonna have to go with a 3 on this one.

- Heroes is a 10/10 song but the rest of the album doesn't really do it for me - Last song was pretty hype, and I liked the different sounding instrumental tracks that preceded it - 2.5 but I'll round up cuz of Heroes

- Woah just realizing now that Bowie has such a huge influence on Josh Homme - Some really catchy beats - Really just ditched the vocals in the second half