Heroes

I hadn’t listened to this Bowie album before so I was open minded coming in. I sort of liked the opening track, Beauty and the Beast, and Heroes, of course. But nothing else suited my fancy. He’s done better and if this was by some no-name artist, it would not be anywhere near this list.

yeah im not a fan of this album. The title track's good and there are some solid moments but to me it seems like it falls under the guise of "art rock" because they didn't spend enough time making it better

Another Bowie album front loaded with interesting stuff and fading to instrumentals on the back end.

Not sure I understand the concept of the second half of the album. Nothing outstanding for me

Idk man Bowie ain’t for me I tried but nah

Bowie still not clicking for me in general. The 'avant garde' section near the end with no vocal part was actually my favourite part of the whole album - musical but experimental, and def some great individual performances, guitar esp. I think I read this album features a guitar player from King Crimson? This was a nice surprise. Overall I wasn't really impressed actually.

Bad

Middling bowie - cull the number of albums he has on this list to his best stuff and remove the crap to make room for more artists.

The first Aly Alf of this album was cool. Lots of innovative sounds for the time. I’ve never been a Bowie fan because I think his voice is uninspiring and boring. I could look past that personal bias, but I cannot look past the boring slow burn that is the second half of this album; especially all of the instrumentals. The first half of this was okay, but I won’t be listening again anytime soon. Favorite track - Heroes Least favorite track(s) - All of the instrumentals

I've never been a fan of Bowie. I like parts of these songs. I especially liked Moss Gardens.

What drugs do I need to reach the level I understand this?

As much as I like Bowie, I can't say I like this album. Most of it sounds too much like noise to me, and there's a definitive lack of hits (Heroes is the only familiar track). I do admire the Brian Eno (?) inspired tracks, Moss Garden and Neukuln, for their interesting sound. But that's it. Not everything made by Bowie is gold, and that's perfectly fine.

Also a Pitchfork/Tyler special. Ryan will also overrate this because he is weak. Sludge sound. I guess this is because he was in Germany or something. Nice job putting 3% effort into singing (talking). Some of this is fine. Blackout is annoying. Sense of doubt is very dumb, though sycophants will try and tell me otherwise ("wow what a genuine artist!"). Stole someone's koto for moss garden. 2nd half barely any talking...I mean singing. Fripp not used enough to cancel out the eno influence.

Not my favorite of Bowie. A lot of the album was instrumental, which is cool, but it wasn’t my kind of instrumental, it was more experimental. Favorite song was Heroes.

dåligt. experimentellt på dåligt sätt.

Copy and paste. Heroes is more proof Bowie has some great singles but not many great albums. The title track is iconic. The rest is average. 2/5 on balance.

Again, I really struggle with Bowie albums. This is really experimental, a bit odd, and nothing about it really grabs me, other than the title track. I read that he put out 11 albums in the seventies and, based on the handful that we've had, I think he would've been better working a bit harder on 6... There's clearly shedloads of creativity and innovation here, just needs a bit more of a filter because a lot of this stuff really doesn't work. Still a Bowie singles fan, but we haven't yet had an album that I think is really good. 2/5.

That was weird

Hunky Dory and Ziggy Stardust are two of my favourite albums of all time. Always assumed I’d love this album too but it was just so dull. Heroes is obviously a classic but nothing else came remotely close to the title track.

I get that it's a classic, but I didn't enjoy one single moment.

Nothing particularly memorable, kind of boring all the way through.

alku oikein hyvä, b-puoli vanhentuneita outouksia

En jaa Bowien käsitystä siitä, että popmusiikkia pitäisi yrittää kehittää yksilötasolla, koska uskon, että se kehittyy itsestään, imitoimisen lähtökohtaisen epätäydellisyyden kautta. Bowien näkemyksen seuraus on se, että tämä levy lähtee kunnolla käyntiin vasta viimeisen biisin aikana.

i sure listened to it it's got some catchy moments but nothing in particular stood out to me

- Der Track Heroes war gut. - Der Rest mir zu experimentell

I don't like David Bowie unfortunately

Meh.

more overrated Bowie, surprise

1st track feels dated, maybe of it's time. 2. less so, but still hasn't aged great. 3. classic song, doesn't suffer the same as the previous two

A lot of these 'great' albums leave me feel like I'm out of the loop. but, I really liked the title track, Heroes....

Love Bowie but this is a weird album.

I think I expected more from a classic Bowie album where the vibe was too slow for me and the only songs I really enjoyed were the two singles I already knew. Album was forgettable to me.

The title song aside I found this a difficult listen.

It's very disconnected. Bowie is great, but this album really isn't my cup of tea.

I was enjoying this ok until the weird synth stuff at the end. I didn’t think it went with the album at all. When I hear “Heroes” I always think of the end of The Replacements. That movie is 5 stars. This album is not.

Just don't like his style. As he says in sons of the silent age "can't stand another sound".

Just don’t get Bowie. Have tried and tried to listen to him but it’s just not as good as everyone thinks it is IMO. Some alright tracks but uninspiring stuff tbh.

I know a few of his biggest hits but I am mostly unfamiliar with David Bowie's work. I am definitely interested in checking out some of his other albums. This one, however, did not retain my interest. The only song I recognized was "Heroes" but only because of the Rammstein cover. The music was ok, and the vocal style/recording on this one made it tough to understand him.

good not my cup of tea though

Starts strong, but lands toward the bottom half of the 5 Bowie albums we’ve seen. 2.75.

It has that one good track on it I guess. Rest of it seems kinda bland

Bowie was never my music

Quite weak album, 2 because of the legend

So. Not my favorite. I really loved the song Heroes. But the entire tone felt too aggressive for me. It for sure felt like Art and Pop, which is an interesting intersection. It's definitely an album I may revisit down the line, but it felt at odds with what my nervous system needed today.

84. Heroes - David Bowie 10 tracks I'm not a huge Bowie fan so I was interested to listen to a full album. After listening to this I think I'm even less of a fan. It's just not an enjoyable listen. 2/5

Not bad. Big Bowie fan, but bit abstract for my liking.

Titelgebender Song ist riesig, monumental, wunderschön, voller zeitloser Emotionalität. Mir fällt als Kenner Bowies fetter Hit-Compilations nur auf, dass die Alben mir recht wenig geben. Die Instrumentals? …ich weiß nicht, ob man sich stark für interessieren würde, stünde nicht Bowie drauf. Aber gefallen mir mit am besten. 2.3

Every aspect of this album grates on me. Heroes is an excellent track but the only track on the album worth mentioning. The album feels disjointed and despite being a remastered version, it actually sounds terrible. Its just not for me.

I didn't like it. Aside from Heroes - which I still like, despite it being overplayed by the media over the past 18 months - the rest of the album felt too self-indulgent. Maybe it's a better album when listening late at night, after a few glasses of wine.

мех, Боуи конечно переоценён шопиздец. Про него интересно говорить, на него интересно смотреть, его интересно слушать в версиях других исполнителей, но непосредственно его песни как будто включать и необязательно - его так называемый "штик" понятен и без этого. Есть и годнота, конечно, но попробуйте насрать 26-ю студийными альбомами - даже просто случайно что-то да получится. Но давайте объясню немного. Beauty and the Beast и Joe the Lion - не худшие песни на альбоме, но сама концепция напрягает - непонятно, затянуто, невесело. Очень не нравится звук, я не понимаю, как альбом 77 года может звучать хуже, чем его же работы 70-го. Иногда просто как по жестянке зубами скребут, такой звук( Heroes - пиздец какая затянутая и унылая хуйня, просто антоним слову удовольствие. Всё идёт и идёт, продолжается и продолжается, и всё более невыносимой становится. Слышал её в версии Nico - было гораздо приятнее, но всё равно требует сокращения в два раза. Sons of the Silent Age - поинтереснее, один из немногих хайлайтов пластинки, трубы нормец влетают. Проблема в том, что это похоже на песню времен зигги стардаста. А че а где новое видение-то... Blackout - вступление качает, збс, уже подумал, что щас хорошо будет. Но сведение голоса опять всю атмосферу убило - ну скребёт по ушам просто, пиздец. Впрочем, после вступления больше ничего особо интересного в песне не было. Далее начинается вторая сторона альбома с охуенными ЭКСПЕРИМЕНТАМИ этого великого визионера, ну и там слушать вообще нехуй, честно говоря. V-2 Schneider - просто ужасающий звук, кто блять это продюссировал? пиздец а не музыка, просто звуковой понос какой-то. Sense of Doubt - малоинтересный звуковой коллаж, но хотя бы звучит адекватно, есть прям вибрация на низах ощутимая. Я могу понять, что по тому времени, наверное, это считалось за что-то необычное, на сегодняшний день звучит несколько потеряно и затерто. И в целом всё то же самое относится и к последующим звуковым паллетам - это очень слабые по сегодняшним меркам саундколлажи, которым место в массажках или плейлистах для сна. опять же - наверное по времени было чем-то необычным, но даже если не брать в расчёт массовость такой музыки - сделана она топорно и без вкуса, эффекты примитивные какие-то, как будто первую попавшуюся педаль нажали и такие оо фейзер ну пусть будет, ооо че тут шум ветра заебись сойдёт. ничего интересного вторая часть альбома не представляет, это просто слепые тычки в разные стили и жанры, в надежде, что хоть что-то сработает. Ну последняя песня The Secret Life of Arabia - сойдёт, нормально. Один из немногих светлых моментов на релизе. Но и здесь тоже как будто к более старому творчеству отсылка идёт) А таким образом получается, что все, относящееся к вот этой новой готишной эстетике - это какой-то кал жуткий и профанация. Чувствую здесь 3/10

такое

nope, not for me mostly

Why? Why are you making me listen to another Bowie album?

Erm, expected to at least like this, but in general failed, so disappointed

It's okay. The only song that really stands out to me is Heroes, though.

Not very good. Heroes is ace. The rest... Meh.

Really didn’t do anything for me. Most of the songs felt either too busy and badly mixed or too empty. No memorable tunes.

Enjoyable in bits, felt very pedestrian in other places. Maybe because I do not have enough context to appreciate it in 2021. Wanted to give it a 2.5, need decimals.

Honestly just doesn't really stand out to me. Maybe it's just the age, but it doesn't click with me.

really bad sorry bowie

Not a fan. 2/5

Boring

Heroes is a good song and worth a star, the rest is worth a star. Overall I won't listen again.

Some classics but I found it really didn't grab my attention

Een klassiek album, dat is het zeker. ik kon er echter niet zo lang naar luisteren

Joe the lion was fun and the rest of it wasnt

The 1001 albums you must hear before you die are sponsored by: The Estate of David Bowie. Lekker divers die lijst. 4x Bowie in een paar weken tijd. Of heb ik het concept misschien verkeerd begrepen en gaat het om de 1001 albums by David Bowie you must hear before you die? Misschien is dit album wel meer dan 2 sterren waard, maar Bowie-moeheid is ingetreden inmiddels.

Niet kapot van.

Not the best Bowie album I’ve heard. Heroes is obviously a classic track but that’s about it for this album.

1 amazing song which got it a 2. The opener was the worst Bowie song I’ve heard, and some of the tracks on the 2nd half were just straight up pretentious.

Just didn't get on with it, wanted to like it but outside of singles just didn't enjoy

Hat mich gar nicht beeindruckt. Es gibt durchaus Sachen von David Bowie, die ich mag, das hier gehört allerdings absolut nicht dazu. Das erste Lied hat mir ganz gut gefallen, das letzte war auch ok, der Rest muss überhaupt nicht sein.

I like some stuff from Bowie, but it feels too experimental for me on this one. Didn't like any of the songs on the album and almost fell asleep.

Tja

Seine Stimme überrascht mich, aber überzeugen tut sie mich nicht. Erinnert mich an R.E.M., aber mehr Lärm. Ab der Hälfte kam eine kurze arabische Halbzeitpause und danach war es weniger schlimm. Vielleicht hatte David Pech, weil ich ihn nicht VOR der Arbeit hören konnte.

Eh I'm not really into Bowie I guess

Ei toimi mulle

Like what are we doing here? This can’t be the man they made a demigod of? It’s awful.

I dont like

- As mentioned on another review for Bowie, unfortunately, he's another artist I'm boycotting because he was a pedo (and possible S/Aer) and apparently wanted a fascist leader in England. - I just can't get into Bowie's albums - there is always so much filler (like, what is that first song?). Heroes (the song) is great, but I didn't like anything else on here - It all feels like experimental manic circus nursery rhymes. There is just too much going on at once. - Really dislike the harmonizing/backing vocals throughout and dissonant tones. - The second half with sparse instrumental ambient music isn't my jam, either. I find it really boring. - Album cover is classic, though.

Gotta be honest, I'm not a massive fan of the experimental stuff. I don't listen to music to be challenged, which is of course not the musicians fault. I'm not denying that this is technically a good album, but it isn't the album for me I don't think. Sense of doubt - at the risk of sounding uneducated, the man is just pressing buttons and? I'm not super interested in listening to it. Ditto moss garden like are we serious? For the love of god this is just noise, this is just noise! Seriously I wanna go to bed but no I have to listen to Bowie make noise for another ten odd minutes I was gonna be generous and give this two starts but it's getting one I think because I am NOT having a good time.

Didn't like this at all really.

Really not my thing 💔 sorry David Bowie.

I did not enjoy it.

Did this need to be the 2nd David Bowie album from 1977 to make the list? I would sacrifice 4 of these for a Blink 182 or 2 for another Tom Petty. I'm not mad at you, David. I'm mad at the situation.

Art is subjective

Not a Bowie fan at all. Hoped this would be good but Nah. Very boring. A good few of the tracks have no lyrics, just trippy instrumentals. Bowie is massively overhyped in my opinion. Maybe it’s an age thing. He had 5 no 1’s. Released 26 albums, 12 of which without a top ten hit. This one was 1/5 for me

6th bowie. Just fuck all the way off

It was okay, not my kind of music.

not my jams

I tried. But I absolutely hate his voice. It feels personal now and I dont want it to be.

Another trash entry by Bowie, and actually unlistenable save for one song.

Didn’t listen

Det er 9 (!) David Bowie-album på denne lista. Så bra er det faktisk ikke. Gir dårligere karakter på trass.

Yeah, I guess Bowie is just not for me. I understand it is intentionally weird, but it’s a kind of weird that can’t appreciate. Love Heroes, will never listen to the rest again.

just some nonsense

Did not listen :/

Ughhhh not my thing.

Eh. Bowie is not my cup of tea. None of the hits he's known for were on this album. All filler in my opinion.

Bowie attempts to justify humis inarticulate brutality as the effect of growing up in "soulless" Corby, to which the track Welcome to Shitsville is dedicated, but it won't wash. Scratch the nihilistic surface of opening track The Hate Song ("We hate you all! Bleurgggh!") and you find workaday beer boys on a 120-decibel bender. This second album seeks to position them as six men avenging the underclass, but they have yet to construct an intelligible platform. Their forte is soundbites ("We are the chronic youth", "Fuck the evil inside"), and while that might be all that is needed to complement their wannabe-Zeppelin heaviness, real class warriors wouldn't waste an opportunity to rant, which the Speedhorns never get around to. The barbiturate sluggishness of Heartbreaker is pretty good; shame about the rest, because Raging Speedhorn is the best name of the millennium.

Didn't love it. Most of the songs except Heroes and a few more are a bit too loud and overstimulating for me, there's so much happening at once I can't focus on the lyrics, which I'm sure are good.

Such talent… wasted ;(

Boring tbh. It didn’t really interest me! I was never really a fan of David Bowie, and I never really listened to his music much. Just a me thing!

schon wieder Bowie zum fünften...? c

Yikes… this was a struggle to get through

not my cup of tea

5 star tracks x 1 1 star tracks x 9 Average track rating = 1.4 (rounded to 1) So so disappointing

I've always hated the title track, and always will. "Beauty and the Beast" has a passably catchy hook if you listen to it long enough: and by long enough, I mean that it took too long. The working title for this album was likely, "Bowie sh*ts out another 10 tracks. Sorry, but this emperor isn't buying these new clothes.

This album STILL did not open my eyes to the mystique of David Bowie. I don't get his music at all

Jesus, the title track really does all of the heavy lifting here

One amazing song. Otherwise - nah.

Really not for me. Heroes was all right but I do not enjoy the vocals throughout the album, and the instrumental songs were downright bad.

I just keep hearing the same guitar sound in each song.

Sem condições...

I just don't care for Bowie’s voice or music or general persona.

I can't get into this guy's music bro

If I didn’t know this was Bowie i’d have assumed it was a monumentally bad parody album. God knows how Heroes came out of the same session as the rest of this album

Outside of the hits everyone knows and likes, Bowie just isn't for me apparently. And I can get behind a good instrumental, but what the heck was that?! 1/5 (and it should be grateful I can't give it less)

Not all Bowie albums are good albums.

Not sure that I am a fan of Bowie.

Heroes

I cannot express my complete confusion at why David Bowie is idolized after only listening to this album. Fans may be tone deaf, wish they could hold a note, or like the aesthetic of a drunk old dude at a karaoke bar mumbling through some psych rock instrumental track with paint on his face. I think the only tracks I could endure were instrumental. Many nopes. Vibes say 1 star but it’s probably 1.4

Don't his best album

Ironic they gave me my least rated artist on this website on my birthday lol

Not the best listen for running

Meh. I mean I know I’m wrong I just wasn’t very grabbed by it. I appreciate what a trailblazer he is but I just don’t really dig this album.

Heroes is a decent song but an awful album, 1 star or F.

initial impression: annoying, incoherent pop-rock genuinely unenjoyable most of the time, 'Heroes' is a classic though. 'Sense of doubt' is laughably awful. Why did it turn into a Brian Eno album. The final track was like the only actual song. Good chune.

Not fan of Bowie.

Too out there. 1/5

This can be done fairly short... Heroes is 5/5 and is an incredible song... the rest is pure shit. 1/5

I hate to say it, but David Bowie's album "Heroes" left me feeling underwhelmed. While there are a couple of standout tracks, like the title song "Heroes," the album as a whole feels inconsistent and lacks the cohesion and innovation I expect from Bowie. The experimental sound on some songs comes across as more grating than groundbreaking. Bowie's vocals also seem strained at times, failing to deliver the emotional impact that his lyrics strive for. It pains me to give "Heroes" a 1.5 out of 5 stars, considering Bowie's legendary status, but this album simply doesn't measure up to his usual brilliance. Die-hard fans may still find glimpses of genius, but for casual listeners, "Heroes" is a miss.

Partly heard before Saved 1/10 Top track: Heroes

No no no

A one track album. Not sure what drugs he was on - maybe the same ones the person who selected it.

So gerne ich die Songs aus seiner Ziggy Zeit höre, bei diesen Songs hier werde ich depressiv.

Do people listen to Bowie's pseudo-intellectual, "experimental" bullshit and actually enjoy it? Like, do people throw these songs on playlists and play them at parties, or do they listen to this on their commute to work, or while doing the dishes? Do you put this on to relax after a long day?! Or is the love for this album akin to the love for the latest Franzen novel, where everyone parrots the critical praise because it makes them feel smart too, and also, no one wants to go against the tide, so they force themselves to love it because it's what smart people are enjoying right now, and they are certainly smart people. Am I insane for thinking this whole thing sounds like nails on a chalkboard? Even without Bowie's grating affectation, the instrumentals somehow feel full of themselves, like it's all too self-aware of its own self-importance. It feels like the musical equivalent of the self-proclaimed Communist in your Intro to Art History class who won't stop talking about how much better Dalí is compared to the Rembrandt you're actively talking about because it's still September and you're not there yet in the syllabus, and even after the professor tells him we'll get there in November and he stops talking, his presence alone starts to annoy you, because you're just spending every class waiting for him to start talking again. This whole album annoys me, even when it's technically being "quiet" with its experimentations. And honestly, these experiments don't even feel that ahead of the curve! I can hear free jazz and other, earlier synth pioneers all over this album who did these things better and earlier than this fucking record. And that's not even to mention how obnoxious I find Fripp's guitar sound and playing style. Honestly, I want to say "Heroes" is this album's only saving grace, but I don't even really love it all that much as a song. If this album – or Bowie – grows on me by the end of this challenge, it's not because I grew as a person, but because I developed Stockholm Syndrome.

David Bowie’s voice is frustrating. It seems like he intentionally speak-sings which makes his music and voice recognizable, but I would like to know what notes are written at some point. And then the other half of the album was random ambient sounds. I feel like I like the idea of David Bowie - purposely making a lot of non-mainstream choices just to subvert expectations. But I don’t actually like David Bowie in reality. If I was really into music I might appreciate it more, but as a casual listener I just want a bit more of easy listening. It seems he is always trying to make some point, but I don’t know what.

Overall it doesn't hold up very well.

Schwer erträglicher Deutsch Art Rock.

No

Bowie has never really done it for me, and I don’t think this is close to his best work. Most of it is meh. Highlight, if I had to stretch would be heroes, obviously.

not my cuppa tea

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.

- The Secret Life of Arabia 1/5

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

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

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

Not my thing

Too old

I do not like this era of Bowie.

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.

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

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

Wow this was fucking terrible. Always thought the title track was stupid and overrated, turns out it's the best pop song on here. The ambient section is pretty standard-issue fart-smelling, but doesn't actually add anything. I want to give it another star just for being Bowie, but jesus fuck this was unlistenable.

I don’t like.

boring as fuck. almost fell asleep towards the end of the album.

Yeah no

Terrible.

Much like "Low" from 2 days ago, but decisively less interesting. I did not enjoy Dave's unmelodic crooning, nor his flimsy attempts at saxophone. The title track is not in the top 10 of Bowie songs, and personally I wouldn't put it in his top 20 either. So what are we doing here? God this list really could use some variety. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HasaQvHCv4w

niet mijn meug.

Did not like it

I hated it 😂

Awful album. Not a good track on it. Most of the 2nd half of the record was just noises not music. Would not listen again.

I don't even remotely understand the appeal of Bowie. This album was somewhere between garbage and a waste of my time.

Nonsense, drivel lyrics, devoid of meaning and passed off as art. Self indulgent crap. Heroes is the only island of sanity on thus album. The rest are a parody of irself.

This is the first DB album I've listened to and it will certainly be the last. Disliked every minute of it. The youtube adverts were the best part. I realise he has huge following, I just can't hear why.

Bowie not my thing

pedo olmasaydi 4/5

I just don't get Bowie. Not for me.

Als we zo doorgaan red ik die 1001 albums niet eens before I die...

K

Yikes

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