Heroes

decent but nothing exceptional. “heroes” obviously great but the rest kinda meh. instrumentals on side two are interesting but go on too long without any real purpose

My first introduction to Bowie. Enjoyable. Very British, artsy.

Not my favorite Bowie album, but his music is always interesting and a good listen!

It was fine. Not as bad as some of the other Bowie albums. Still just don't understand the hype.

Didn't really find this album from Bowie particularly inspiring... it's one of those I wanted to like more than I actually did. Still, Heroes itself is a great song even if a little overplayed and for that this album gets a solid 3/5 from me

Started off strong. First few tracks were very groovy, layered, emotive. The back half of the album kind of killed the momentum that the first half had. The spacey soundscape tracks weren't bad in their own right, but they just went on for way too long. Definitely would be a 4 if the balance between conventional and instrumental tracks was a little better.

Was only ok for me

Hmmm... Not sure this was my favorite David Bowie. I enjoyed all the instrumental elements but that vocals were not there.

I've listened to enough David Bowie to know he'll never be my favourite artist, but I respect him. Hunky Dory is my favourite.

With a couple Bowies under my belt by this point, he’s kind of a mixed bag for me; there’s usually a couple songs per album I’ll like a lot, and the rest leaves me really cold. That said, I still haven’t heard anything from ziggy stardust era, so there might be missing context or something still.

David Bowie is a good compositor and a referent singer.

Honestly another mediocre Bowie album on this list. Might be one of the few people who absolutely detests the title track, the rest of the album is fairly boring. Should have been much more interesting having Robert Fripp onboard but it wasn't.

With the exceptions of the title track and the instrumental Moss Garden, the rest of the album doesn’t impress. Maybe it was exciting in 1977, but the music feels rather generic. In the other hand, Heroes is such a brilliant song, it bumps it up a star in my rating.

Really lost me with those last 3 or 4 instrumentals. The single is great and the first half the album is good.

Good to great first half, meh second half. I really liek Bowie but the more of his albums I listen to, the more I think I really like Greatest Hits Bowie.

Still not a huge Bowie fan. Entertaining enough.

Listened while riding bike so may not have got the full effect. But aside from the title track there seemed to be a lot of weird instrumental sound that didn’t do much for me.

I listened while on a run and although it was enjoyable to start, the group of instrumental songs toward the end were kind of a drag.

Not Bowie's best. I do enjoy the song Heroes a lot, and some of the instrumentals were kinda fun.

Not the best Bowie but still some great sounds

Another album I actually enjoyed more than I expected, or at least more than I expected to since the last time I listened to it. I actually enjoyed the second half of this one, surprisingly. Nice

The good stuff is incredible, the bad stuff towards the end is frustrating

Le héros de l'androgyne-pop surprend avec cet album. Après une première partie des plus insignifiantes, celui-ci se transforme en séance de sophrologie nous accompagnant lentement mais sûrement vers un sommeil profond.

Mais tu te fout de ma gueule David je vois pas d'autre possibilité là.

brian eno est arrivé dans le tchat au bout de la 7eme chanson

a little too avant garde for my taste

Oh boy. Not a fan of David Bowie, was a hater a few years ago. Now, listening to this album it changed my outlook on him. I still think that his pop tunes are not that great, but on the second side of this album there are some great instrumental tracks. All in all, it's surprisingly an enjoyable listen. The second side really saves it for me tho. 3/5

The songs were okay but again, I am just not a big Bowie fan.

The title track is phenomenal, but I could live the rest of my life without hearing any of the other tracks and I'd be just fine. Huge Bowie fan too.

Not my favorite Bowie but still good.

Not as sold on the instrumental tracks, but Heroes is an anthem and there are some great Bowie tracks I hadn't properly listened to before

I liked the first half, but the second half kind of lost me.

One good song.

I can never seem to like an entire Bowie albums much as I would like to.

Bowie is great, but I don’t enjoy or get it all. I quite like side 1, but Blackout is a bit messy. I like Arabian (very Chic), but none of the instrumentals on side 2.

02/25/2022 He's a weirdo for sure, but how can you not love him?

A couple of great songs, but I've discovered I rarely like instrumentals. I've never taken to the Berlin trilogy and time hasn't changed my opinion.

Un tanto tostón pero lo salva la canción de Heroes.

I like Bowie's other stuff better x

The sanmisen in Moss Garden was a pleasant surprise...

Not as good as the other bowie album

It's not trippy prog-rock storyteller Bowie, and therefore it's not my favourite Bowie. All Bowie is decent Bowie though. ...Bowie.

I feel very much that I need to be listening to this on vinyl while high to fully appreciate this album. Heroes is best known but Sons of the Silent Age felt like classic Bowie to me. The discordant Sense of Doubt following the upbeat V-2 Schneider would just be cruel in that scenario though!

This is somewhere between a 2 and a 3, Heroes is objectively a great track but the rest is just kind of okay. I can't, in good conscience, give Bowie a 2 so it gets 3.

I love Bowie, and thought I loved this album. But other than Heroes, I thought the album was lacking...

Got quite excited seeing this album cover but to be completely honest, the only song on here I enjoyed was heroes. It's better than most of the 2s I've handed out here and worse than most of the 3s but just because of his legacy I'll have to round up. Not his best.

meeh

Mehr, heroes is a standout track

It’s Bowie, so I expect it to be a bit weird. Heroes is brilliant. Even when it gets a bit experimental, you kind of give him the benefit of the doubt of his artistry. I feel like there’s better Bowie to come, so as a newbie to his oeuvre I remain sway-able in either direction after this listening experience.

He has better albums than this. Was a little disappointed by it.

Solid, mutta myös paljon filleriä. Ei ihme että Heroes oli hitti.

Standouts - Heroes; Black Out; The Secret Life of Arabia My first time listening to this full album The second half was surprisingly instrumental and ambient I enjoyed it but probably not my favorite Bowie album as a whole (at least after the first listen)

I have to say that this album I did not like as much as the last bowie one. Not as memorable and there was not a song that stood out to me. Still had that classic sound of his but not my favorite.

2.5/5

Heroes but then kinda boring with everything else

Only heard the eponymous track before, liked the instrumentals but the vocals were a bit out there (as Bowie usually does). Solid

I massively respect everything he does, but this album was just a bit unorganized. Begins with classic Bowie style of rock and his definitive vocal display, but the sudden transition to ambience, while enjoyable, makes the album seem like it lost track of where it wanted to go and what it wanted to be. I cannot give it more than a 3, as it would be unfair to other 3s from unknown artists who wouldn’t get the brand bias.

Unfortunately below expectations, Heroes as a lead single isn't even that good, the rest of the songs fail to coming close to anything remarkable and the instrumental/ambience B Side was redundant

Normally a Bowie fan, but this one kind of missed for me. Side 1 was pretty good, then side 2 was flat. Maybe not in the mood for instrumentals today. Just a 3.

Gets weird at the end

Great Artist, not exactly what Id like.

It would be better if the style was more consistent throughout the album.

3, me gustaron tres canciones, una conocida, una instrumental y otra que parecía los Smiths, sudhead creo

Interesting but not my type of music

Like it. Heroes is brilliant. Good album overall.

Nothing much caught my attention

Interesting album particularly liked the instrumentals towards the end. Wouldn't mind listening to again.

Meh

Maybe I was expecting too much, but this album was very middle-of-the-road for me. I felt ambivalent about nearly every track here, despite the fact that I could tell there was effort going into constructing this record.

Un tanto tostón pero lo salva la canción de Heroes.

It’s fine. The instrumentals are cool.

3 1/2

So the total track is one of his finest moments, otherwise I enjoyed the instrumentals and the second half of the album far more than the first half. Closing track is great too ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Heroes is great, the rest somewhat less so

Yep. Fine. Move on.

3/5. Some bangers and some not. Overall started well but ended quite odd

Love the main song. Didn't like the other s

Listened 27/9/21

Sylt på burk

I love Bowie but this is not his finest hour. Cocaine and coffee might not always produce brilliance

Weird

Ustumuzdeki olu topragini attik diyebilirim

Liked the well known Bowie side A, less keen on the Eno side B.

Heroes Sounds of the Silent Age (towards the end) V-2 Schneider Moss garden (sounds peaceful) The Secret Life of Arabia ---------------------------------------------- Beauty and Beast Joe the Lion Blackout Sense of doubt - too chilling Neuköln

I have only heard Heroes before this. Not fond of the first few songs. Love Sense of Doubt, very ominous. Moss Garden too. Really love all the instrumental tracks. Conclusion: I might not be a fan of David Bowie's voice.

Ett album som inleder svagt, med Beauty and the Beast som är en dålig glamrock/discolåt. Joe the Lion är även det en rockdänga, men här anas något sorts djup. Bättre. Låt 3. Heroes. 5 av 5. Så klart. Sons of the Silent Age rider vidare på Heroes-vågen, lite mer experimentellt, lite mer blås. Helt ok. Blackout tar oss tyvärr tillbaks till inledningen, en rocklåt som med fördel glöms bort. B-sidan är mer intressant. V-2 Schneider är en hyllning till Florian Schneider från Kraftwerk. En bra, lite krautig, låt som bleknar i efterhand, med tanke på vilka låtar som följer. Låtföljden Sense of Doubt -> Moss Garden -> Neuköln är briljant. Bowie och Brian Eno har här komponerat tre atmosfäriska instrumentella stycken. Sense of Doubt är ambivalent, ibland hoppfulla vågor och stråkar, för att sedan tas ned av pianotoner i moll. Moss Garden är viloplatsen, en blomdoftande oas innan... Neuköln, som tar en åter ner i mörkret, denna gång lite klokare, med lite mer information om världen. Avslutningslåten The Secret Life of Arabia är en väg tillbaks till verkligheten, till rocken. En ganska vanlig låt, men ändå bättre sound än A-sidan. Topparna på albumet är 5/5, men det finns för många tråkiga spår för att kunna klassa det högre än 3/5. Bästa låt: Heroes

not the bowie album i would have picked but pretty solid i can see why the title track is the one that stands out for everyone but there were a couple others i thought were really good especially towards the front half kind of wish we had half stars but rounding down to a 3

I'd give it 3.5 stars. +1 in there for Heroes, and I liked the oppressive trance of Sense of Doubt + Moss Garden + Neukoln leading into upbeat exotic The Secret Life of Arabia. Overall, though, I was underwhelmed.

Title track easily the standout.

Starting off as a typical Bowie rock album, I did not expect the later instrumentals at all. The slow transition from rock to Japanese-influenced melodies was an amazing experience. Only downside is the songs are a bit stretched out and repetitive.

fine for in the background

Vocals are sex Atmospheric work is nice I've heard this is nowhere near his best so this is a 3 Why did he have to fuck 14 year olds he's so hot

Bowie's voice is certainly charming, but I didn't like the execution on several of the cuts on this project. I suspect his more popular records will be more appealing, and I'm sure we're gonna see a few of them at least so I'm looking forward to that. // Favs: Beauty And The Beast Score: Light 3

Hey, it's all good, but only one track really grabs me. The rest of it is top tier background at this point in my life.

Bowie trying something new. A bit off though. Not as strong as Changes

Yes, I'm very familiar with the title track, but everything else was new to me. "V-2 Schneider" is the track I'll most likely listen to again. "Sons of the Silent Age" was the only track that I was tempted to skip. Overall the album was good. One of the surprises for me was the number of instrumental tracks. Bowie’s voice is so recognizable, and it was surprising to hear that it was absent from a string of tracks. "Sense of Doubt", "Moss Garden", and "Neuköln" had a hint of progressive rock to them, while still sounding like they belonged on the same album as "Heroes". I might not listen to the whole album again, so I'll settle with 3 stars.

Interesting variety of styles.

It feels almost sacrilegious to admit, but I don’t think I've ever listened to a full Bowie album. Put him up there in TBTLT (Too Big To Listen To) with Bob Dylan, The Rolling Stones et al. There is clearly a lot to like. The title track is an all time great, and well worth the full length listen. I found it odd that for a man with so much to express, he gave over two and a half of ten to weird, kind of directionless atmospheric noodling. I did like Moss Garden, that said. I’m not convinced it was pulling its weight. All told, I liked it - plenty of pep, and clearly excellent songwriting chops. But I come away wanting more.

First 5 good, next 5 songs kind of experimental instrumentals which I'm not a huge fan of, but I did like Sense of Doubt out of them.

at risk of causing gammon nigel to boil himself for daring to diss a national treasure, i've always considered Duncan to be all about the singles and the albums full of filler. this does not change my opinion. strongest part of the album is the bits he didn't sing on. sounds like i don't like bowie but i don't have no beef with him.

BOMEGALULwie

Half of this album is brilliant

Far better than I expected, musically diverse and unpredictable.

Actually got something out of this album - some great tracks

An Album of 2 halves. Decent 1st half, nonsense 2nd.

Eclectic Bowie at his best. Some good tunes.

Not as good as the previous album ***

Getting slated by the others and some of it is pretty experimental but it’s fun and original and I like the fact that he doesn’t give a fuck

Nog een keer Bowie, niet slecht...

No wonder he called the album "Heroes", that's by far the best track. The health spa moments towards the end were unexpected but not unwelcomed. Overall not for me. 6/10

Definitely not his best work but for the most part I enjoyed it. Went a bit weird at the end, which wasn't really my vibe, but it didn't take away from the rest of the album.

3/5. Alright, not great. Never really been a fan of Bowie.

Decent album but not quite my style. I can see why people like it tho

Just like the other Bowie album. Some great songs but otherwise nothing astonishing.

6

Disco con el estilo de Bowie. Alguna canción muy conocida. Tranquilo de escuchar y característico. No me ha sorprendido en exceso y he echado en falta alguna canción que me hubiese gustado más

M'agrada molt Bowie, malgrat que he escoltat pocs àlbums sencers seus. Aquest "Heroes" és el dotzè de la seva carrera, el segon de la seva "trilogia de Berlín", ciutat on es va instal·lar una temporada per desintoxicar-se de la cocaïna. Amb el gran Robert Fripp tocant la guitarra i Brian Eno a la producció, té una primera meitat que és una passada. L'he gaudit molt, tot i només conèixer una de les seves cançons (la immortal "Heroes", amb la seva gran història d'amor prohibit davant el mur de Berlín). La primera meitat de l'àlbum és realment interessant, i encara avui sona moderna i atrevida. La segona part està presidida per tot un seguit de temes instrumentals que a mi em semblen més Eno que Bowie, i que no em fan gaire el pes. Si hagués estat un EP de 5 o 6 temes, definiria "Heroes" com a una obra mestra, però la segona part tan fosca, industrial i experimental li fan restar punts. Tot i així, és un àlbum imprescindible i amb una primera meitat gloriosa.

Bowie brooded a wise hive of great albums, but overall this one didn’t grab me. Some great tracks

Les derniere chanson atmospherique on augmenter la note. Et la chanson titre est un classique. Mais il y a de biens meilleurs album de bowie que celui-ci. 3.25

Un poco rollo

I liked the 1st half but the last 4 songs were all weird instrumentals. I wasn't a huge fan of those.

Love the "title" song, others are interesting but most don't grab me although quite dramatic and interesting instrumentals

David Bowie! A name even I know. But fame doesn’t save him from an honest review. As much as I liked some of the instrumental tracks on the second half, I loathed everything else on the album. I‘ll give him three stars, because I can see the potential, if only he would refrain from singing.

Hmm. Somehow never listened to this whole thing before and it seems like a lot of these tunes are a little, dare I say, forgettable? I liked “Sons of the Silent Age” and “V-2 (Paul) Schneider.”

I’d say they were all horsing the drugs on this one

Dope first half, too trippy later

I love Bowie but this is not my favorite of his offerings.

Okay outside of hits. Good instrumental songs

Since we just listened to Aladdin Sane, I find myself comparing the two albums, which is a random touchpoint, but in any case I liked AS better. This one was just not as compelling. The ambient tracks toward the end were interesting, but didn't feel cohesive with the rest of the album.

A couple of good, fun songs... lots of weirdness too

If I didn't just listen to Low it probably would have a four. Not bad, not great

Algumas musicas boas, bowie nao é meu forte

The first half of the album is amazing, but the ambient track is not my favourite part of Davie Bowie's career in music. If it was for the first half I would have said a decent 4:5

Heroes is good, the rest of the songs are kind of underwhelming

Oops didn’t really listen to this one. Three stars coz it’s David Bowie

This was more '80s than Bowie. some song sound like he's flirting with a space Odyssey, but some of them are the most annoying part of the '80s.

I like Bowie but not a massive fan. Heroes is an amazing tune. A few good other tracks but not wowed

Heroes is a great song but this is not in my top 5 Bowie albums. It is the first of the three Berlin albums I’ve listened too. Blackout is very good.

A much darker album than the others. Definitely worth a listen.

I listened to this one back when I had “Low” generated for me. Wonderful record

3/5. Bowie is great, but not something I'd listen to all the time.

Can't go wrong with Bowie, pretty much ever.

Pretty fun first half but not as good as some of his others.

not his strongest album in imo

Had some highlights.

Never been crazy about Bowie. Feels sacrilegious. Didn't expect half of this album to be instrumental. Seems a bit out-there at certain parts. "Heroes" is still a wonderfully classic track. Favorite tracks: "Heroes", "Blackout"

not my cup of tea but it was alright.

Another decent Bowie album! There are probably too many of his albums on this list now but they're not bad haha. 3/5.

This would be so much better without lyrics. The music is insanely good, but Bowie's lyrics and singing on this album do nothing for me. I'm just not a huge fan at all of this album. Maybe he was making too many in the 70s.

I had higher expectations. Far from his best.

I mean, I love the movie Labyrinth but have never listened to a Bowie album so this should be interesting. After reading the apple music blurb im very interested in hearing the song heroes! OHH!! I definitely know this song, Heroes! I didn't know anything about the context and where it was written though. I find Sense of Doubt very interesting... it has this ominous tone running through it which is kind of how doubting makes you feel, but then every once in awhile, theres an uplifting part. The parts when you stop doubting and become confident in your perceptions. Good album. Pretty enjoyable and interesting.

Esse album engana, porque Heroes é uma música boa e o David é um bom artista, mas o album é intragavel

Athough a big fan of Bowie, I do struggle with the Berlin triology. The good track is Heroes and apart for one or two other tracks, the rest are not to my liking.

4/10

Outside of the title track this is a bad record. Bad for Bowie, bad for music, just bad

2 great songs on the album but not my favorite Bowie. Feel like I must be missing something

One of the best songs ever and two of the worst.

Heroes is a great song, the rest were kinda meh

Nämä bowien levyt on outouksia, enkä tykkää vieläkään. Pitäis tueten kuunnella sanoja ja sellasta. Bowie on varmaan niinku englannin arttu wiskari, musiikillista perushöttöä mutta jos keskittyis kuuntelemaan sanomaa niin vois olla erikoista. Onkohan wiskaria 1001-listalla 🌝

Honestly apart from the title track I didn't rate this one

not for me but not horrible

This is a rough one. Like, the title track is a classic 100% no question there. But compared to the body of other work that Bowie has, this album as a whole falls real flat for me.

Wanted to like it more than I did, unfortunately! A lot of instrumental filler and I felt the only decent song was Heroes!

One of the weaker David Bowie entries. I prefer the Wallflowers cover of heroes. Sounded unrefined.

Title track is good. The rest sucks.

Tried like 2 times and could not get past the first 2 songs. Something about Beauty and the Beast irks me so bad. I guess it's a really a product of time and I am not for it. I liked Heroes (shoutout Moulin Rouge Elephant Love Medley). Then came the instrumentals. I like the Sense of Doubt one but then the next one was just like stereotypical yoga music and it was 5 minutes long? Then by the time the third instrumental comes on I don't wanna listen to these anymore. Then the last song is like the first ones in the album and its like whiplash after all those random instrumentals. I don't get it.

Good

5/10 - some good songs and the latter songs are more relaxing music

It was good, different sounds for the time and nice light up sounds just didn’t see much special for me as it is not my style

Not really my type of album and I hated the songs that were just melodies like…. Sorry ig

I hate to admit it but I think that I am just not a Bowie fan

One phenomenal song and I quite disliked the rest. 2.5

Didn’t love it

i dont like the style and the time in general

Not my fave

4 - that was disappointing

Not my favorite. Heroes < Low & Hunky Dory.

I don’t think I like David Bowie. I don’t like his voice and he’s a little too weird for me. However, I enjoyed the instrumental sections of this album

Yay. More Bowie... Said nobody ever. Not his worst work and has one of his best songs, "Heroes" on it, obviously.

This is not helping this site beat the stalking allegations. What are the chances I get “Heroes” by David Bowie when I’m in the middle of reading “The Perks of Being a Wallflower?” This is also basically saying that I’ve only listened to “Heroes” on this album. Simply put, this album should probably not be on this list. I know there are quite a few of David’s albums on this list, and though I haven’t listened to all of them yet, this one is definitely not on the same level as “The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars.” Echoing others’ views on this album, many of these songs would do well without David’s vocals. Most of the time, I love his vocals, like in “Sons of the Silent Age,” but I just feel like he “invades” the space of the instrumentals sometimes and could use a bit of blending work. Fittingly, the synth is my favorite part of this album. Brian Eno really knows what he is doing, especially in “Sense of Doubt,” which, relating to the David Bowie theme, makes me feel like I’m floating in space. This synth, found in most songs, drums, electric guitar, and occasional saxophone is what holds this album together and is what made me want to finish it. I must admit, though, toward the end of the album, I was kind of feeling it with “The Secret Life of Arabia,” but I was insanely confused about what “Neuköln” was doing (the ending was honestly giving that one Nick Jonas guitar solo). Overall, this album felt a little abstract, like David took a bunch of songs out of a top hat and glued them together with Elmer’s glue. I wish there were more “Heroes”-esque songs in the world; a girl can dream. 2/5

Heroes is one of the best songs ever and then the second half is just a bad trip simulator

It didn't have any day dreaming effects on me. Except maybe like Heroes the part where it goes "I can be King and you can be Queen" where the day dreaming kicked in but even then it was too short. And sometimes it just sounds like David Bowie throwing stuff at the wall. Heroes and Secret life of Arabia which the latter song reminded me of Stardust Crusaders in JJBA. Most of the songs where David Bowie isn't mixing things and gluing ideas together it sounds like a song for a JJBA leitmotif (particularly beauty and the beast & Joe the Lion)

Pretty weird 2nd half, definitely not my favorite Bowie

Bowie just doesn’t do it for me

Not my vibe

Don’t get the hype, a problem probably

I still don't get the fuss about Bowie. Beyond the title track this is all pretty nondescript and not very interesting.

saved: “Heroes” Moss Garden The Secret Life of Arabia

I do not think it’s not good but I don’t dig it as much as I’d like to

I was enjoying the first bit of this, some solid songs. I put it on the Bluetooth speaker as I worked on installing fountains into planters as a mini backyard pond project. Heroes came on, love that one, lightening up the toil of cleaning out sulfury pond muck from plants. Gradually, without me noticing, the music got eerie. Dark clouds rolled in and the wind roared through the trees around me. I looked down and noticed that the 3 minnows I’d put in one of the planters were floating at the top of the water, graveyard dead. By this time, I was in the middle of the haunting song “Neukoln” and scrambling to finish up my work because I was tired, frustrated, and kinda spooked. I think David Bowie would be pleased that this one freaked me out a bit.

The title track is great, the rest I wasn't such a fan of.

I guess he's ahead of the times with this album but I still don't enjoy it.

Oh Bowie. Not my favorite. Not at all. But this album… let’s see how I feel today… Oh no. Listened to this with my husband. He wanted to give it a 1. This only concretized what was honestly his hate going in. The first half, minus the very recognizable Heroes, is almost unlistenable. I have to admit. I tried twice. But… yeah it’s torture. And then the second half… well it’s relief? Love music where Bowie isn’t singing. But together the two halves are… what? Brilliant? No. I’m sorry all the brouhaha about Bowie, at least here, is… Sound and fury my friends. 2 Because the second half has some decent tracks. Boolean: FALSE- I in no way, on no day, needed to hear this before I die.

+ tsja Bowie, een hele plaat

It was alright

On paper I should love David Bowie and he seems like a great guy with about 5 good songs, the rest I reeeeeally don't like.

Mi recuerdo era que no me había gustado cuando lo escuché hace un par de años. Efectivamente tenía razón, no me gustó. Le pongo dos estrellas sólo por Heroes que es un temón.

Meh, it's interesting, but I wouldn't remember it or listen to it willingly.

I was basically bored through this whole album. I didn't hate it, but nothing in it was interesting.

Starts out OK then gets weird. BOOOO!!!

Beginning was fun and felt nostalgic. Instrumentals at the end of the album kinda lost me, though enjoyed the freaky vibe to them. 2.5/5

Just too experimental for me overall

I'm going to have to give this one another listen sometime. It was an odd album with some interesting vocals and lyrics. I enjoyed the purely instrumental tracks in the middle section of the album and "Heroes" is great, but some of the other songs put me off. Maybe I'll appreciate it more on the next go round.

Love Bowie, but I know realise I love his hits and not his boring back catalogue. Legend of a man tho

À part heroes… pas plus apprécié que ça cet album

Listening session: may 12th, while going for a walk Listened to before: heard one song before Thoughts: I’m not a Bowie fan, and while this album must’ve been ahead of its time, I did not enioy it. “Heroes” is a great song though Favourite tracks: “Heroes” & Blackout

I do not like David Bowie.

mouais deso bowie mais t'es pas ma DA

The only good side of this album is the song "Heroes" on it

Don't really like it that much

I find I am not much of a Bowie fan. I think I like his persona(s) more than I like the majority of his music. He is iconic.

It surprised me that this is a big Bowie album! I liked the title track and the long ambient part of the album but haven't yet clicked with the rest

Maybe 2.5. Heroes is great, otherwise liked the B side better than the A

Not a Bowie fan unfortunately

Not his best not his worst

Disappointing. We love Bowie, apart from "Heroes" which is one of my favourite Bowie songs, gave the album a 2 for heroes .

Ok and interesting album. Quite enjoyed the three ambient tracks but as a whole the album was ok at best. 2,5/5

I know practically nothing about Bowie outside of Blackstar because I'm a dumb little uncultured simpleton. I knew his output in the 70s is legendary but I had never listened to any of it before. I was surprised to find that I wasn't a fan. I read that this album's lyrics were mostly unwritten "not being written until Bowie stood in front of the microphone." I got the sense of that immediately. Outside of the titular track, which has pretty sparse vocals, a lot of these songs sound like a crazed man yelling at me. There's not anything inherently wrong with that, but it's compounded by the fact that those songs sound so full. They sound messy and cluttered. Side B remedies that to an extant, and that's what I enjoyed much more about Heroes. Side A was the problem child to my ears. There's so much going on, it takes away from Bowie's vocal performance. I do wish the structure was a bit better, we could've had the ambient soundscapes mixed in with the more energetic rock songs. I don't see much of a reason to have them split up like this. But I still preferred those more. Other than that the album didn't do much for me. I hadn't even heard the title track before.

Nah.

Couple of good ones. But mostly not my thing

Bowie is a master but the impulse to push the edge of cacophony makes for some tough listening on this album

Solo 1 canción buena

I want to like Bowie. On paper I should. But I listen and it’s just “eh”. And I know that’s blasphemy. On track 4 now. I just don’t think I’m a Bowie fan. On track 7 sense of doubt. I’m not sure what’s happening with this intro, but I find it interesting.

Liked two songs, so sad

This was rough. I like the song "Heroes" - it's pretty amazing. But the rest was challenging.

Puedo entender porque es considerado uno de los genios de la música mundial, sobretodo en su contexto, pero no es mi onda.

Personally not a big fan of much of bowie’s music.

I enjoyed the instrumentals and second half more than the first

Hadnt heard the original Heroes before

Okay.

i like the keyboard! and the guitar- really great instrumentals! the album cover is a little questionable though.

Never heard this before other than the title track, which bears no resemblance to the rest of it. Feels like a 70s psychedelic album with the occasional vocals of Bowie which sound almost sampled, like he wasn’t really part of it. Album tails off into literally nothingness towards the end.

Meh

First half is good, but then it devolves into something much less. It starts out with great tracks: good and great songs. Then it just changes at Sense of Doubt to something much different. The tracks aren't bad, in and of themselves, but it's just not what I'm looking for in a Bowie album. I really liked it beyond that. The older I get, the more I appreciate Bowie. He's not the best singer in the world, but his gravitas drives everything. The tracks where he features gives good vibes, well done and interesting. But I'm not too much one for instrumental interludes, particularly where (apparently) the artist is trying to paint a picture of his perspective of a singular moment in time - one that I was not alive to experience. So perhaps those tracks are more relatable to people that were around at the time, but for me, now, they don't hold any meaning. To me, it's just a needless break from what I really want to get from this album. I often think about what an album would be like if I heard it played live. I would love half of the concert, but then the rest of the time I would 100% be questioning my life decisions.

Last track held my attention, hero’s was the only FM hit …1977 wonder if the studios were pressing him to make album after album.

easy to listen to and enjoyed some of it but towards the end it got a little boring. I liked the production and some of the instrumental songs

Interesting but not my favorite

This is my third Bowie album (Heroes, Aladdin Sane, Low), and I must say he’s wildly underwhelmed me thus far. I never went down the Bowie rabbit hole which is one of the reasons I did this project considering he’s all over this list, but I’m just not getting the hype. I feel little soul in his music and a lot of it sounds like unorganized noise with a random voice over it..Bowie’s vocals are just there, very monotone, nasally and uninspiring. Maybe I’m just too American, or not a sophisticated enough audiophile, but his albums have all been misses for me so far.

Det får ta mig fan räcka med Bowie nu. Detta var dessutom sämre än tidigare. Ja, givetvis är Heroes asbra. Men resten. Den första låten är ett skämt. Joe är en ok låt. Sons... Nja. Sen ballar det ur. Märka att han samarbetade med Brian Eno. Igen, jag skiter i om detta är helt "nyskapande". Det är inte behagligt att kl yssna på igen. Tänk om han istället gjorde lite mer låtar i klass med Heroes...

this album just felt like bowie being weird and esoteric for the sake of it. I don't really get it. Heroes is a good tune

Not my fave

Some decent songs, but way too much Bowie on this list.

I enjoyed the instrumentals, thought they were funky and interesting, unfortunately the lyrics and singing didn’t illicit the same feeling.

I am a fan of Bowie, but I will admit I find him to be hit and miss. This album for me is certainly not his best work. Yes it has the smash hit title track but there's little else of note for me sadly.

While less inspired than Low on that Berlin era vein, it remains probably one of the most forward thinking Bowie albums and the one who carries the title track so it is overall a tough exclusion. 7/10 [SWAP]

SETTING: A sun-drenched terrace in Mustique. IMAN is lounging in a Missoni kaftan, flipping through a vintage Vogue with herself on the cover. DAVID enters, wearing a linen suit and holding a thick, hand-bound manuscript with the frantic energy of a man who has just discovered fire. DAVID (Breathless) Iman! My love! The stars have aligned. I’ve finished it. The definitive guide. The cultural roadmap for the next millennium! IMAN (Without looking up) Is it another concept album about a dystopian future where we all eat neon lightbulbs, David? Because the gardener is still cleaning up the glitter from the last one. DAVID Better. It’s literature! I’ve titled it: 701 Albums You Must Listen to Before You Die. It’s a service to humanity, really. A sonic intervention. IMAN (finally takes the manuscript, sliding her sunglasses down her nose.) Seven hundred and one? That’s… very specific. (She begins flipping pages. Her brow furrows.) David, page one is The Man Who Sold the World. Page two is… The Man Who Sold the World: The German Mix. Page three is Hunky Dory. DAVID (Beaming) It’s a strong start, isn't it? Hits them right in the zeitgeist. IMAN (Flips faster) David, I’m on page four hundred and twelve. It’s just the Labyrinth soundtrack but you’ve written "Masterpiece" in the margins in purple ink. (She closes the book.) These are all your albums, David. Every single one. Even the ones with the spiders. DAVID (Hurt) Not all of them. I left out the Tin Machine live bootlegs. I’m not a narcissist, Iman, I have standards. Besides, no one will know it’s me. I’ve used a sophisticated nom de plume. IMAN Let me guess. "Ziggy Stardust"? DAVID No! (He leans in, whispering) “Robert Dimery.” IMAN (Sighs) David, if you want people to believe this is a legitimate list of the greatest music ever made, you need… variety. Other artists. People who aren't you. DAVID (paces the terrace, stroking his chin.) Other… artists. Right. Yes. Diversity. Growth. A broader palette. (He stops, struck by an idea.) What if I change the title? 1001 Albums You Must Listen to Before You Die. It sounds more authoritative. More "encyclopedic." IMAN And the other three hundred albums? Who will they be by? DAVID (A long, genuine silence. He looks out at the ocean, squinting, trying to recall the existence of other musicians.) Iman, darling… are there three hundred other albums? IMAN (goes back to her magazine.) There’s at least two by Nile Rodgers, David. You worked with him. DAVID (Snapping his fingers) Brilliant! I’ll put Let’s Dance in twice. One for the music, one for the sheer chicness of the cover art. That leaves two hundred and ninety-eight. (He grabs a pen, looking inspired.) SCENE Of course Heroes is great but the rest of this was pretty weak. When I hear a song like Moss Garden I feel like the artist is just making fun of me. "Check this out, I can plink and plonk on some random instrument with no effort and those proles will call it art!"

Day 91 - 1977 - David Bowie, Heroes My friend and I are loading up on shows after saying we weren't going to load up on shows this year, because that's a thing that we do. I logged into Ticketmaster because I apparently love giving a conglomerate loads of money for junk fees and saw that Kid Cudi is touring this summer. I got kind of excited and passed on the news, only to remember that we loathe going to White River Amphitheater. So no Kid Cudi. Do you need this information? No, probably not, but it's probably more interesting than listening to Heroes again. Look, I am not a Bowie hater, but this album is one of the duller ones and can't even be saved by Beauty and the Beast and the song Heroes, which was cowritten with Brian Eno! I expect to see Brian on this list at some point. Anyway, it's ambient and art rock and part of the Berlin Trilogy. Unlike other albums, I didn't look up any of the details on this one until I finished it because I *thought* that the reviews would be glowing because Bowie. Turns out, the critical reception to this album wasn't great either: The record was not without its detractors. Tim Lott of Record Mirror gave the album a more mixed assessment, calling it "disjointed" and criticised the instrumentals on side two as having less "continuity" than the ones found on Low. Lott further considered Bowie's vocals "hollow" and the lyrics "opaque". Overall, he felt that other than the title track, "Heroes" was "a disappointment" and "a come-down from Low". In the Los Angeles Times, Robert Hilburn lamented the way Bowie's "fluctuating pop interests caused him to shift from style to style faster than his ability to master them", ultimately calling it one of the artist's "least arresting turns". The Philadelphia Inquirer gave "Heroes" one out of four stars, finding the album "more self-indulgent than rewarding". Later reviews were kinder, but not me. I'm still mean about this album. It's boring. Standout: Meh. Probably Heroes

Not Bowie's best. Not even in the top 10.

It gets better once he stops ad libbing the vocals.

Soz Bowie. Was just a lot of noise and a bit too experimental.

Jest okej, ale to dla mnie nic specjalnego. 2/5

Just not my vibe

This album is half yoga playlist and half Bowie. I didn't hate it but I just like his other stuff better. As always though, kind of trippy, kind of weird, and very him.

Meh

Ville egentligt tænke, det var et album, der kunne have fortjent en ekstra gennemlytning, men så er der fire ud af 10 numre i meget eksperimenterende instrumental-stil, som trækker ned. Måske halvdelen burde høres igen engang.

Not really my vibe! I liked listening to the original heroes but otherwise that edgy 70/80s vibe of talking/singing isn’t really my thing. Good to listen to some Bowie music though as I don’t think I ever have before

Je confirme : Bowie, c'est non. +1 pour Heroes.

Overall pretty boring... I STILL don't like Bowie's style. Some songs are "normal", though : Beauty and the Beast is a nice addition to my playlist and I already knew Heroes (by far the most popular track of the album) Under Pressure is still his best lmao.

song i went back to first after first full listen: v2 schneider

Not for me:(

not a fan. I liked one or two songs, but overall, this was distracting to listen to while working.

meh

Besides heroes, everything else sounded less than.

Did I know prior: No Favorite song: Heroes Not particularly memorable. Was surprised by all the instrumentals in the back half.

Points for originality, but I won’t make a point of listening to this one again

Not a big Bowie fan and this hasn't done much to persuade me otherwise. Apart from 'Heroes', which is still pretty ordinary IMHO, there's not much to catch your attention on this record, except the other tracks co-written by Brian Eno, like 'Moss Garden'.

Didn’t get the vibe. Not impressed. Also I don’t like the titular song

There’s exactly one good song on this album

As a (non-MTV) Bowie latecomer, I really think the first version of the title track I ever heard was the Wallflowers cover. And that song has been in the news lately from the Stranger Things finale using the original (after the Peter Gabriel cover had been previously used in the series.) Anyway... Ah, the Berlin trilogy. I have never listened to this album start-to-finish so here goes... I guess he ran out of lyrics about halfway through? This is OK, but not really my cup of tea. 2.5 stars.

Apart from the title track, not much to recommend.

3 of the greatest musicians of all time get too high in berlin and fuck around for a bit

I never liked the title track much and what the hell are those instrumentals?

Tittelsporet er en banger, resten fløt litt sammen uten at noe stakk seg sånn voldsomt ut. Jevnt over helt ok, 2/5

Synes noen av låtene er fine, men som album vet jeg ikke helt

This album is a weird hodge-podge of some David Bowie songs then some background music. Bowie is my favorite solo artist but this is not a good enough album to be on the 1001 list, despite the title track being exceptional. Top tracks: “Heroes,” “Beauty and the Beast”

Jag förstår inte hypen faktiskt

Loved heroes of course but was not a big fan of this album unfortunately

when Bowie went straight. Smh

Went in expecting to love this, but it was kinda a bit rubbish?

Cool, some of the instrumentals were rad but not one I'm rushing back to, I don't think

Very poor apart from the title track.

I'm sure that it has never occurred to Mr. Dimery that there might be a portion of the population that doesn't actually enjoy David Bowie's music all that much. To him, it must be inconceivable that someone who doesn't bow at the altar of the Thin White Duke even exists. Well...here I am listening to yet another batch of Bowie songs that all sound the same as the last batch. It would almost be tolerable if one of these mid-70's Bowie albums were replaced by one of his significant later works, like the chart-topping "Let's Dance" or the almost-posthumous "Blackstar".

Kinda boring, he has way better albums

just tired of david bowie

"The majority of the tracks were composed on the spot in the studio, the lyrics not being written until Bowie stood in front of the microphone." BOY does it show!!!! this songwriting is so vapid and empty. the main highlight of this album to me is robert fripp's guitar and brian eno's synthesizers across the whole album, though even then the ambient tracks in the second half are quite uninspiring to me. it's frustrating that tracks like "secret life of arabia" or "sons of the silent age" have such lovely instruments that feel somewhat spoiled by the banality of the writing even if bowie's distant singing is expressive. the title track is the only thing even slightly memorable here.

Over stays its welcome

ehhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh The title track is great, obviously. But I didn't really get anything else from the rest of the album I feel like I should give this at least a 3, come on, it's David Bowie! But I've had three Bowie albums in this project so far, and each one of them I've wanted to like more than I actually do. And I think this is my least favourite of the bunch 2.5, with at least one of those points for Heroes (the song) alone Rounded down, soz Song added to playlist: - Heroes

liked the beginning but that’s it fave from the album beauty and the beast

A good album and I liked how it ended in some instrumental songs. I didn’t find something that was dragging me into the music but it was still good but maybe not something that I will continuously come back to.

This guy cannot sing and not in a cool Bob Dylan way but a cringe way also ur not cool for half of all ur albums being ambient music fuck you David Bowie

As part of the "sacred" Berlin trilogy, I think I'm supposed to just swoon over it. Honestly, short of the title track, I don't care at all, in the least little bit, if I hear this again. This is part of Bowie's art-rock electronic phase, heavily influenced by Brian Eno.

Not for me.

Not my cup of tea but I did like a couple songs

Histrionic Bowie. This is the stuff I never really got about him. Preferred the glam years.

Wasnt invested in, bowie has lots of amazing songs but lots of these felt like filler

Ännu ett gästspel från King Crimson e ju fett. Robert Fripp är också ett riktigt bra namn. Förutom Heroes och en låt till tycker jag dock inte skivan som helhet är så bra.

Best Song: Heroes. It is a great song, but I hate to admit that Peter Gabriel's cover, which was used for the Stranger Things soundtrack, is better in every way. Worst Song: Sense of Doubt. This isn't even a song really, it just feels like background music to an 80s thriller. Overall: I wasn't around when Bowie was doing his thing, so in some ways I can't appreciate how iconic/revolutionary he must have been, but from a modern perspective: it hasn't aged all that well. He's singular, sure, but often in a vaguely annoying way. His enunciation and stressing of syllables ("we could be he-ROES") is reminiscent of William Shatner, and no one wants to be reminded of William Shatner. And then the latter half of the album descends into a strange Brian Eno impersonation, that doesn't feel nearly as measured as music that sparse ought to be.

Love Heroes, can take or leave the rest. Too moody and broody and not enough light. Bowie is brilliant but this was too dramatic. Listened before? N Saved some tracks? N Favorite tracks? Heroes ⭐⭐ Didn't like it

Spännande. Aldrig hört en hel Bowieplatta tänkte jag. En musiklegendar i sann bemärkelse men som jag aldrig riktigt lyssnat på. Andra låten in tänker jag - okej. Inte min kopp te. Tredje låten, titelspåret Heroes - känns mer som en riktig låt för mig. Jag har svårt för detta album. Det är inte min kopp te alls. Tankarna vandrar iväg hela tiden och när jag försöker fokusera finns inget som fångar mig. Tyvärr.