Heroes

The hits from this album are great, obviously. But the album as a whole is no revelation.

Um absoluto clássico, não tem nem oque falar. RAP na sua mais pura forma.

Not many white men get this level of motion

Disappointing. "Heroes", yes fine. But the rest is much less interesting.

Not my favorite of his

I'd argue that this album wouldn't be as highly regarded if the title track wasn't here, but this is still a great outing for Bowie. The Robert Fripp guitar that soars through the title track elevates into something special and I think it is one of those iconic songs that will outlive us all. While the ambient soundscapes found here are still ahead of their time, I'd argue that the soundscapes found on Bowie's previous album Low are stronger and faeel more atmospheric. I'm sure if you piece all the instrumental tracks from his Berlin trilogy, you would have one godly mixtape to unwind to. Only a few years removed from when Bowie was glamed up as Ziggy Stardust, it might as well have been a lifetime apart due to how different Bowie presents himself here.

I love Bowie but this isn’t my favourite album

Desert island Davey, probably.

I have no idea why I had never listened to this album fully. It was always Heroes, as if it was the only song from it. And strangely I had a quite negative idea about it. I honestly thought it was boring. When I finally heard it... men, caused me such an impression

I guess I'll compare this to Low since they are so similar. The side 1 "standard" rock tracks are a bit stronger than what is on Low. Better guitar. Heroes is one of Bowie's best songs. The side 2 instrumentals are weaker than Low. There's too much Eno and not enough Bowie. It sounds just like an Eno ambient album, which I like, but it doesn't belong here. 4.5

Through this list, I've really come to appreciate just how early Bowie was with his music, and how different it is, compared to other music from the same time. He doesn't have many stellar albums, but rather hit songs here and there spread out over the course of many albums. We've definitely had way too many of those albums on this list, this one included. The first half is alright, and 'Heroes' is a good song. But the latter is just too instrumental and slow. All in all I don't think this is a record that really must be on this list, as it's not THAT good. Strong 2.

Pretty decent start to the album. I enjoyed the first half quite a lot, and it was heading for a 4-star rating. “Heroes” was the only track I knew beforehand, but the rest were quite fun too. Just Bowie in good form. However, the second half turned into a bit of a slog, with several long instrumental tracks that dragged things down and cemented this as a 3-star album.

A fiver

peak album omg (but it was obvious it's David fucking Bowie)

Un classico di Bowie, heroes Una delle canzoni più belle di sempre

Much as I love Heroes the track, it can't carry the entire album, the rest of which, I do not love.

We all love Bowie but he kinda phoned this one in

This is the second album of Bowie’s "Berlin Trilogy." Interestingly, despite the name, it is the only one that was actually recorded entirely in Berlin. In essence, it is a continuation of Low, sharing the same structure: the first side features art-glam tracks that are somewhat avant-garde yet melodic (including the artist's most popular song), while the second side sees Brian Eno once again inserting a fifteen-minute ambient suite (I know it’s a Bowie album, but we all know perfectly well who was whispering in his ear). "Rumor had it that on this cover, Bowie is looking into a small mirror held in his palm. In reality, however, only one hand belongs to David; the other is Brian Eno’s hand, and Bowie is worshipping it." As the saying goes, there’s a grain of truth in every joke. However, the songs themselves are more pleasant than those on Low, and the instrumental pieces aren't quite as convoluted — meaning I can give it a higher rating with a clear conscience.

Did not like much at all unfortunately Rock A side; instrumental B side Liked some of the instrumental stuff, excluding neuköln

not my fave bowie album solid great production story

Musically, superb, but if you are invested in David Bowie, it always comes down to which Bowie is being presented. I'm always struck by how depleted he sounds, bellowing on the epic title track and fully unravelling on Joe the Lion. The instrumentals on side two are what happens after he collapses and then he goes and invents the 1980s on the final track. This is the Bowie album with, what seems, the least amount of theatrical conceit. I believe he was exactly this beauty and beast in 1977.

While it’s got a bit of a copycat feel to Low, Bowie’s preceding album, in terms of its structure, Heroes benefits from strong and distinctive songs like the immortal title cut and the anxious “Joe the Lion,” plus Robert Fripp’s guitar wizardry and a slew of enrapturing ambient tracks like the meditative “Moss Garden.” Bowie and Iggy moved to Berlin to escape the lure of drugs and found out-of-this-world inspiration, making some of the best, most adventurous music of their lives. Bowie was simply on another level at this point.

The least pop/single- driven of the Bowie Berlin trilogy albums, this isn't usually the one of the three I reach for (that would be Low). But there are 8 Bowie albums on the List, and if you're not going to do a deep dive, Low is the Berlin one to hear. This one is still good, though.

The whole Berlin Trilogy gets five stars, that’s just how it is, sorry, I don’t make the rules. But seriously, I’m glad this encouraged me to revisit this masterpiece. I love that he makes space in this record to experiment with some ambient tracks, something that makes this and Low two of his best records, in my opinion!

BOWIE, ENO, AND FRIPP?!! WHAT?!! I had no idea. The back half of this album was moving for sure and my love for Eno really was heightened. So did not know what this album was packing and might now be my fav Bowie. I was seriously missing out.

Holy listen

Well, finally some Bowie. In the 70s there was no better artist than David Bowie. Heroes was his collaboration with Brian Eno. Robert Fripp added guitar. It was recorded in Berlin. This is an experimental album. Not one of my favourites by Bowie. There are a lot of artsy songs on the second half of the record. It is a combination of real and electronic instruments. Bowie’s vocals are splendid. The gem of the record is the title track Heroes. It has great guitar by Robert Fripp. It has outstanding lyrics. We can be heroes/just for one day. One of the best songs of the 70s. V2 Schneider is a splendid instrumental. Sons of the silent age has a fantastic sax solo. The rest of the songs on the first side none of them really stand out. On the second side there are spacey artsy instruments. Some people find them to be outstanding but not me. They seem very pretentious and somewhat boring. Heroes is such a good song. However, you can’t give an album four stars based on one song. An average Bowie album. Three stars.

Feels like an album that’s trying to be clever rather than actually entertain anyone.

Tiene un lado A de canciones bien con su sello y un lado B de temas ambient e instrumentales. La búsqueda es esa, y es parte de la experiencia que Bowie pensó. Dicho esto, el lado B me dejó esperando otra cosa y no pude entrar al album. 6/10

hey david bowie great opening track, unique but palletable instrumentals in regular bowie fashion just a great bowie song all time classic. absolutely deserves all the notoriety it has garnered over the years. one of the most triumphant sounding songs of all time dude has a one of a kind voice, his vocal style is so recognizable i dont get how hes so easily able to make these weird ass songs sound so good mostly instrumental track but still great, even if it sounds like an extended interlude this one is actually a fully instrumental, interlude-like track that doesnt add too much huh, wasnt expecting so much instrumental ambience in a row on this album. it sounds nice ig, but not really the style that i like coming back to it seems like the whole second half of the album might be ambience? i mean its a very david bowie move, just not one that moves me ok great back with a real song to close out the album. and a banger one at that david bowie has such an art for making music that we havent really heard before sound so familiar. all the actual songs on this album are some of his best. although unfortunately, there was far too much space taken up by ambient filler for me to give it higher than a 7.5

Not my favourite Berlin Bowie (that's Low) but still really good. The title track is one of music's great beauties, just an absolutely heavenly bit of business, and the rest of the album kind of pales against it. Bowie + Eno is a sublime meeting of minds, and I'm not hugely into King Crimson but the ubiquitous Robert Fripp is always a delight in collaboration with other artists. Like so many Bowie albums, this has a transportive atmosphere that I love but can't even pin down with words – but that's why music's so great, isn't it?

Not a favourite Bowie album. Would rather see this side 2 with side 2 of Low as a single album and the more standard songs from both as another. I can listen to the instrumentals quite happily but don’t hear them as David Bowie but then this isn’t just him after all. The title track is a classic obviously and the highlight of the album. The rest is sub-par for Bowie but then I don’t really like any of the Berlin albums that much. Low is the best of the 3 but at least that also appears in the book as well.

I don’t really know much about Bowie outside of the hits and a fantastic exhibition I went to on my honeymoon, so side 2 was a really unexpected and pleasant surprise for me. I’m still not sure Bowies music is 100% gelling with me but I’m looking forward to listening to more Bowie albums. It’s a shame the song Heroes has kind of been ruined by being overplayed and god awful covers.

Has any song ever been ruined as often as 'Heroes', even by Bowie himself at times? Endless covers take the title too literally (which is insane as it's literally in quotation marks!!) and rob this strange, beautiful, desperate track of any deeper meaning. The single version also sort of ruins the song, stripping off the first two verses so you don't get so much of a gradual crescendo, Bowie going from muttering to screaming. I adore the song because it's so ambiguous, because it's full of so many great lyrics ('You can be mean/And I'll drink all the time' is such a great couplet!), and because the performance is so entrancing. In a way it works to the record's detriment, because the song is so much better than anything else on here it kinda eclipses everything else. The rest of the album is also very good, but it suffers as being kind of a retread of Low, with the vocal tracks on the first side and the more Eno-ey ambient excursions on side two. I actually think I prefer side two of this to Low, but as good as all the songs are, there's nothing aside from the title track that’s quite as intoxicating as the near perfect side A of Low.

Not enough Bowie, and gets too skronky on side two. But also, ‘Heroes’

Really like the atmosphere. The stranger instrumental parts are a nice change too.

Not as good as the other Bowie albums I've gotten so far ("Hunky Dory", "Rise And Fall of Ziggy Stardust" and "Aladdin Sane"). Side B was interesting. 3/5 Favorite Songs: Joe the Lion Heroes The Secret Life of Arabia

As previously noted, Bowie disappeared in the late seventies (after Station To Station). Now we know he teamed up with Iggy to beat addiction in Berlin. Heroes is another album where Side A is what his fans want and Side B is experimental. Similar to his previous release Low, I believe this one is better now then when it dropped. I personally think this is a more enjoyable album. (3.1*s) There will be more from Bowie v

Ok, now we def have too much Bowie and this is the worst album form him to date. Heroes is no champ. More Eno bringing the back half down. Side 2 is a major drag...is that a sax whining on "Neokoln?" I can't with the further experimentation on this one. I gave Bowie a pass with Low for trying new stuff but as a keyboardist, he needs to go. The title track is the only one worth listening to. 1.3 stars.

I get it, the list creator loves Bowie. He has a ton of great work and has cemented his place in music history, but do we really need this album on the list? Heroes gave me almost no reason I felt like I needed to hear it before I died. No sleeper hits, nothing that broke the mold (already explored his ambient collaborations with Eno elsewhere) and nothing that set this album apart as a must-hear. Heroes overall is mediocre at its peak and pretty weak when it bottoms out on Side B. It seems to me that the "Berlin Trilogy" of his career is wildly over romanticized. Maybe it meant something more at the time or people appreciated the team ups with Iggy and Eno, but overall I've found it to be mostly a low point for Bowie's career. I'm glad he got control of his life back in the wake of rampant substance abuse and I'm glad he tried something new musically, but most of it was a miss for me. Even as a Bowie fan I'm voting to remove this one from the list. Outside of the song Heroes (it's fine but not a favorite) this album is completely missable. 1.39 stars

I want to give this 4 stars but the second half of the album drags the whole down too far. Blackout is the highlight for me.

All of the songs with vocals except "Heroes" sound like David Bowie is singing from a random word generator. Lazy and uninspired for sure. The soundscapes are nice but not something I would revisit.

4.5

Again, he’s not very good at singing

Pas écouté en entier. Déjà écouté il y a quelques temps. A part certaines musiques, Bowie ne me plait pas

the back half was more for me, the front end, barring the title track was not.

“Just for one day…” Brilliant.

Liked the first side more but it was good!

Sad to say I am not a fan

Guess I'm just getting old and looking for more than soundscapes. Moss garden, sounds like a Moss garden. Sense of doubt sound sounds like a sense of doubt. Nuekoln sounds like... Anyway overall feels like a rudderless 12th album where everyone would agree to do anything. V2 Schneider and heroes are big winners. 2-4 rats. 4 because it's all still interesting. 2 because I'm just not interested.

The absolute arrogance of the 2nd half of this. Did Bowie think that Heroes was so good we wouldnt notice?

was super stoked after the first couple tracks, then wtf happened here? drugs? I'm guessing drugs

Every David Bowie album is an adventure, because his fierce creativity is almost guaranteed to take you through some unexpected turn, maybe multiple turns. Heroes is a great synthesis of many of Bowie's strengths -- it feels kind of like a greatest hits album composed entirely of new songs. But having said all that, these mostly aren't songs I want to come back to. Moss Garden is great, and the title track is a fine song, but otherwise... I felt like I was in a modern art gallery, looking at pieces that made me say, "Wow. Kinda cool. Weird," over and over again.

It’s not the best Bowie album, but it’s definitely a “Bowie album”. He repeats his layout of the A side of the album as songs and the B side mostly instrumentals. Remarkable that most of the lyrics were cut in studio. His voice now sounds clear from his earlier party days, and it’s interesting to hear him branching out on piano and sax.

Heros is good Experimental but I like Bowie's pop songs that aren't as experimental

No one will touch the run of albums Bowie had in the 70s/early 80s. Just so much creativity and risk taking for a pop/rock act. Pushing what can be in popular music. To put out a mostly instrumental back half of a pop album and it being engaging and interesting is awesome to hear. Really set the standard for pop acts and any album with the song Heroes alone is 5 stars

I knew Heroes - decent song. Didn't know the rest. I grew to like "Songs of the Silent Age" even more. Interesting that the album has a few instrumental tracks. All in all it's not a bad album but I don't know if David Bowie needs to have this many albums in the list.

I feel like there’s a lot of overlap with Bowie and Prince. Both paired music with flamboyant style and both produced an intimidating number of songs and albums, spanning multiple distinct phases. And, like Prince, not all Bowie albums and phases were created equal. While part of the Berlin trilogy, really the only exceptional song here is Heroes, and the couple instrumental tracks toward the end feel like Eno going “oh, David, you look tired. Why don’t you knock off early and I’ll finish up the album for you.”

Just hard to get excited about tracks that mostly sound like the score to a movie. Makes for a weird listen when mixed in with glam rock. Plus Heroes.

Banger

вот это уже другое дело. с первой песни уже зацепило, запоминающиеся звучание и прям хочется начать танцевать. beauty and the beast, blackout - хорошие, на подумать можно взять. не поняла прикола что в конце альбома несколько песен просто без слов, надо почитать к чему это вообще было. а так альбом супер , буду переслушивать скорее всего

This is only album 401 for me but it's the seventh of the nine Bowie albums on this list I've had. Not that I'm complaining but it seems a bit statistically unlikely... will I be through them all before I'm halfway finished with the project? I *would* be a little bit sad about a Bowie-less back half, but of course there's no rule that says I can't revisit him whenever I like. Anyway. This was enjoyable enough! I still don't think the Berlin trilogy is exactly my kind of thing, but I liked this one better than Low. A solid ~3.5 stars, rounded up out of fondness for the artist

Art rock, experimental rock, electronic, ambient.

5/10 Bastante medio pelo, no tiene canciones que me terminen de gustar y las ultimas son sonidos nada mas que no estan piola

Nothing great and a few meandering and strange songs.

This is my 6th, count em! Bowie album before even completing 50% of this list. Does this mean there are 6 more in the second half? How many are there?! I guess it's fine. It's not bad but I think this is too much Bowie, guys.

My parents, Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X, Gloria Steinem, just to name some.

I enjoyed this; very David Bowie sounding.

Some very cool melodies and instrumentation, reminds me a bit of Billy Joel’s “The Stranger”. Almost half the album is instrumental, not for me.

Fantastic album. Instrumentals are a bit weaker than previous albums I have heard so far, but still good. Vocals are fantastic. Bowie has wonderful range and its hilarious that sometimes he tries to sound rough. Lyrics are great though some are obviously absurd. Best album so far.

I’m measuring Bowie against Bowie here. Not the greatest one.

I like bowie, but this one didn't cacth me that well.

Uno de los discos de Bowie que más me gustan, junto al durísimo Blackstar. Me parece muy accesible dentro de la infinita variedad y cambios de estilo que tuvo. Canciones favoritas: Heroes, Blackout

talvez eu revisite depois

That title track sure does a lot of heavy lifting

3.5 Starts off great. Side 2 less good.

This is my Bowie era that I go back to most often. This one gets weird. I think I like low a bit more but this is a great one.

Already listened to this one before. Top 3 Bowie album honestly. It's so good even on like the 6th relisten

It's Low but less interesting and just overall not quite as good or memorable. Love the title track though

haha the trippy instrumental bit is kinda crazy. love heroes.

Qué es ese lado B? Me encantó! Nota: 4.0

Some really cool sounds on some okay songs. I think the album could grow on me. The title track is really good. 6/10

I like how the album went from art rock to ambient halfway through. The transition worked a lot better than I would’ve imagined

loved. not much else to say…as much as i’ve enjoyed a lot of his other music i think this might be the album that sold me on how much of a genius he was. *Fav tracks: Joe the Lion; The Secret Life of Arabia; Neuköln*

A beautiful album by Bowie. I don't know if I'd say it's my favorite, it doesn't have any of my favorite songs of his on it. But it's haunting, surreal, and lovely. It feels like an adventure just to listen to it. I don't know if it's the best Bowie album, but it's certainly an emblematic Bowie album.

So having gone from never listening to a Bowie album I’ve now had two in two days. I prefer this to Hunky Dory. Heroes is a masterpiece and I have to say, I really enjoyed the Eno-inspired synth arrangements in side 2. 4/5.

I have a hard time with Bowie. Sometimes great, sometimes confusing, sometimes boring.

5/10 Mostly ambient stuff but the songs he did sing were enjoyable

Very disappointing. One good song - most of the rest of it I’d categorize as just weird. I always have the feeling I’m missing something- like Bowie would be the smartest guy in the room. Don’t get this album - giving it two stars instead of one because it’s Bowie.

I really wanted to like this, but with the exception of Ziggy Stardust, I'm experiencing diminishing returns with these Bowie albums.

The title track is a 5. The rest is unremarkable.

I might be suffering from a bit of Bowie fatigue but outside of Heroes, which I love (thank you Ewan McGregor and Moulin Rouge) I found nothing else on this album stood out in a positive way and few made me cock my head to the side and go “Huh?” or double check that I was actually listening to the same album and Spotify hadn’t moved on to something else.

Surprisingly not hateful. I particularly liked the songs that didn't have Bowie singing on them.

2.5 stars An album that rides on the quality of its well known title track. I’ve never been much of a fan of the Berlin trilogy. I feel like people who love these albums are the same people who talk about their appreciation for French New Wave cinema. There are things I enjoy, but I would rather listen to other stuff. The full length title track is better in my opinion, kind of making sense of the strangeness of starting a song talking about dolphins and then getting really emotional so quickly. The repetitive nature of the song works. I also like some of the chill instrumental tracks. Even if they weren’t what I would go to for a Bowie song, they were interesting. But so many of the songs were just noisy tracks with the title repeated as the chorus. It isn’t pleasant.

I guess this is a hot take, but beyond the title track, fripp solos and a few moments in the other songs- not my favorite Bowie album. I love eno but he takes over most of side 2

Not Bowies best work but still a provoking listen

I think David Bowie is a great artist, with many wonderful albums. But the only song on here I actually liked was Heroes. It is a great piece of art in the middle of a very disappointing gallery.

First David Bowie record for me and definitely feels like a weird one to start. Weird record for a weird guy. I can feel a lot of modern music being born from Bowies music. Really couldn’t predict what kind of music was gonna be next with this album what seems to be a lot of out there weirdness. I don’t imagine this album really high up in bowies discography of like great albums. I’m not really sure what makes this specific album a must listen. I was also surprised by the title track being like the 3rd most played Bowie track. With that expectation I was a little disappointed with the song (it is still a good song). Best song was “blackout” and “beauty and the beast”. Sadly I did leave this album just wanting more from it. ⭐️⭐️⭐️

instrumental bowie tracks go stupit, Enoheads winning, fav song -moss garden

heroes is a banger. every david bowie album i have listened to sounds noticeably different and is also a banger and this is no exception. how did he do it man? but ive kind of worked backwards through his discography so this is my first time listening to heroes even though it is one of his most famous/influential albums and its weird hearing stuff other, later musicians referenced. momus singing "kiss you in the rain..." i like the second half of the album where its all atmospheric instrumental stuff better but blackout is clearly the best track and has amazing frenetic energy. i regret giving velvet underground a 4/5 because this is way better.

Pretty solid album love Heroes of course i think its a beautiful song. Beauty and the beast was an amazing unexpected start to the album and the lyrics are interesting being inspired by his heroin addiction. Guitar riff/ tone on blackout is insane love it. The final track having almost a disco sound to it was pretty neat. Honestly reading the lyrics and story behind the album gave it a lot of depth. What sticks out here are the ambient/instrumental tracks on the second half. I will say I think they're interesting experimentation but detract from the album a bit for me. Standout from those would be Moss Garden. Overall fav songs Heroes and Blackout. 4.5 stars (4 on site)

One of the most iconic Bowie songs and some nice ambient like tracks. Good album.

I enjoyed some of the songs and appreciate bowie’s experimental approach to music. Not something I think I would really go back to often though.

Great album but not one of bowie’s best imo. 4/5

The arc of 1970s David Bowie is interesting, scintillating even, and tragic at times. Hunky Dory, no matter how much it unimpresses me, is truly a heartwarming affair. Ecstatic, wholesome, and kinda shit at times, but come on, he was so happy! And then comes the age of Ziggy. Ziggy Stardust’s run was beautiful, one of the best albums and a pretty good victory lap. But after that you can kinda see how his substance abuse starts to destroy him. Diamond Dogs is a phenomenon, and one of his more underrated works, as opposed to Young Americans, which does suck. But after that, his persona is continuously killed, leading to the pretty awesome, though pretty overrated Station to Station, which he purportedly could not remember making at all, for all the cocaine he was on at the time. So, now he’s being just pummeled by drugs. What happens now? Well, “A New Career In A New Town.” Low. He moves to Berlin and starts making krauty art-rock, and ambient music, produced and sponsored by Brian Eno. He produces one of his best albums ever, and begins to regain himself. This is the album where that actually takes effect. Recorded in a mere one single month, “Heroes” is a series of songs, each one emotional and extravagant in a different way, with Bowie absorbing the strife present at the time across Berlin and Germany at large, combining it with his own personal struggle, and transferring it into one of the best albums ever made. Darker, shallower, technically more commercial than Low but still pretty out there, “Heroes” is a much more obviously art-rock affair than, hell, pretty much anything Bowie made previously. The ambient B-side starts off with a straight-up Krautrock song in “V2-Schneider,” only to pivot to a song that sounds straight out of an early surrealist horror film, which then gives way to a more conventional couple of ambient tracks, including the incredible number “Moss Garden,” which is an easy favorite off of the album for me. However, the closer is a complete pivot, a banging rock song in the form of “The Secret Life Of Arabia.” The album takes you to all these different places, only to drop you right back at something digestible, something easy to listen to. Of course, this album would be nothing without the ballads of the A-side, what with your “Sons of the Silent Age” and your “Joe The Lion,” and also the legendary, incredible, heartbreaking title track, and the weird and fucking awesome “Blackout.” It’s a really crazy set of tracks, that really takes what is often a clear line between experimental and conventional, and blurs and muddles it a whole lot. One of the most influential, interesting, and important rock albums ever made. 8.6/10 DOES IT BELONG ON THE LIST: YES REASON: title track, influence, quality, musical experience

Så mye David Bowie æ aldri egentlig har hørt på, og så mye av det som e bra. Det e fint.

1. beauty - 1 2. lion - 1 3. heroez - 2 4. zilent - 1 5. black - 1 6. zchneider - 1 7. doubt - 2 8. mozz - 2 9. neutron - 2 10. arabia - 1

Cool vibes

It’s good but it’s also not very interesting to me.

Beauty and the Beast Joe the Lion "Heroes"

not my favorite but fine

Nice

3.8. Good but not my favorite Bowie

People primarily associate this album with its title track—a misconception, of course. There are nine other interesting and excellent songs on the record. In the late 1970s, David Bowie lived in Berlin; he found ideal conditions for composing there, and the divided city provided inspiration that he channeled into magnificent songs. "Heroes" is the second album in the Berlin Trilogy. David experimented with various electronic instruments, collaborated with Brian Eno, and brought the great Robert Fripp into the studio! While Side A consists almost entirely of experimental rock tracks, Side B sounds like a journey to the stars—atmospheric, instrumental, and ethereal. I also detect a Japanese influence, a sound David Bowie would explore further later on. The album was recorded at Hansa Studio, not far from the Berlin Wall. You can sense his inner turmoil when confronted with that monstrous, man-made structure of injustice—on one side, border guards with machine guns; on the other, a couple sharing a kiss. All in the hope of a better future—a future we forced into reality twenty-two years later! Thank you, David.

Jag gillar det här albumet mycket! Det får 8/10.

Tyvärr kunde jag inte lyssna igenom albumet särskilt noga så kan inte ge djupgående åsikter men i första intryck tyckte jag albumet va väldigt bra. Men önskar jag hade mer tid. 7/10

David Bowie how I miss you :,) Great album

It's impossible for me to be totally objective when rating Bowie albums and "Heroes" is such an important part of his career. With Low and Lodger it forms one of the strangest hit record triptychs. Bowie is such an nold artist who covered multiple genres and has inspired loads of other artists and his 70's albums were pretty much all 5/5 stuff.

All Bowie albums aren't great and is just basic 2star execution.

#468 / 1089 Heard before? ❌ Revisit? ❌ ✅ I'm noticing I'm not much of an Bowie fan. Many of his albums are something of a dissapointments to me, as I was expecting them to hit me like a ton of bricks, but it's more like a wet towel. There's some tracks on all of them I've liked, some quite a lot, but each album has left me feeling wanting more, quite a bit more, as a whole. Experimental bits at the end aside, the music is quite boring really. Weak 3 or buffed up 2/5

The instrumentals are truly amazing in a way that you’ll feel it in your soul. Son’s Of The Silent Age was my favourite, but Sense Of Doubt was really doing something to me and I don’t know if I liked it.

While it’s not my favorite Bowie album it’s still amazing and the most approachable of the Berlin Trilogy.

Heroes is my favorite Bowie song, so it's hard not to like this album. But there are a few instrumentals that might be better on some kind of haunted house soundtrack and seem out of place. Brian Eno's influence is strong.

Somewhere between German Bauhaus and Disco Glam Bowie finds a pocket to operate and it’s quite brilliant. If forced to choose Hereos is my favorite Bowie song of all time and it’s at the heart of the album here. All in all this is an easy but really interesting listen. One of Bowies finest moments. Frankly I’ll be coming back t o this one.

It may be cliche, but I think every Bowie album I've listened to has been a 5 for me and this one's no different. I love the instrumentals in here, it all feels like a project all its own rather than just songs created for filler. You can feel the experimentation. The cover is amazing as well.

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

Basically even with Low, with a stronger side 1 and a weaker side 2

I love a lot of Bowie’s work, but I’m not a great fan of the late seventies trilogy. Heroes is the outstanding track and I also like the opener Beauty and the Beast, but that’s about it.

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.

Surprisingly I'd never heard this, and I was particularly surprised that the second half was mostly instrumental. Which is not what you expect from a solo artist who you don't associate with playing an instrument. The sad thing is I kind of enjoyed the second half as it was a break from some of the relentlessly odd Bowie you sometimes get that it might have been. I generally enjoyed this though.

feels wrong to give bowie only a three but this is just not one of my go-to bowie albums. heroes is incredible but other than that it just falls a bit flat for me.

Hmmm. I really wanted this to be him playing around the style of the title track, which is incredible (especially the guitar part). But it just wasn't. It was alright, there are interesting bits here and there but nothing gets close to heroes the song, which is a shame. I'm writing this the day after and I'm struggling to remember what else was on it. Alas.

Para ser bowie me esperaba más, es medio tedioso y repetitivo, mid

Always interesting. Some great songs in the first half, cool indie rock sounds. Then the whole thing took an avant garde turn in the back half, which I loved. And heroes is a classic track too!

The first three songs on this record are about as good as it gets. Bowie is ripping from the jump on this one. I've always admired Bowie's ability to pump out pop hits while pushing his weirder stuff deeper and deeper into left field. But on this one, I felt he pushed deep into left field and never really came back to any cohesive resolution. This is a 4 purely off the first three songs.

from the get go, you can hear the German influence. that same buzzing guitar sound that Brian Eno had been playing with for a couple years with his German collaborators comes right in on "Beauty and the Beast". they circle back to that autobahn-influenced sound in "V-2 Schneider". along with the uplifting "Heroes" and the ambient "Moss Garden", there are some outstanding moments here -- some of Bowie's greatest. this was a 4.5 for me.

This mostly made me excited to hear Brian Eno’s non-ambient solo work again. “Heroes” is one of the best songs ever, but for the rest it’s that Bowie thing again for me where it seems like he’s making more polished versions of the interesting things happening around the music world at that moment. Gonna be honest, the ambient half of this album has always bored me.

Easy …. just play the first side 😀

Great, but not the best Bowie album.

Camp, theatrical, quintessential Bowie. You can't really ever have a bad time listening to a Bowie album!

I don't really think music gets that much better than Berlin-era Bowie (and just before Berlin Thin White Duke Era) tbh. The title track is one of those that's been overplayed a bit and embraced by uncool people too much for my liking, but that's not Bowie's fault. And anyway everything else on here is fucking great. Some absolutely mental lyrics and vocal delivery ("Slither down the GRAESY PIYPE") then about 20 minutes of avant-garde sound art with no vocals at all. Love it. Flawless record and not even the best of this era (as the true heads know, Lodger is the best Bowie Berlin LP).

One of his best albums

I like the almost rock and electronic sounds.

4/10

It's alright by normal standards. For a Bowie album, its pretty mediocre. A little bit schizophrenic - if it was more consistently an offbeat funk album I would like it more, and if it stuck to the ambient instrumental I would like it more. As is, doesn't quite commit to anything. Shout out to Moss Garden for being what I believe is the first ever Fungus Scene track. Bowie walked so Basidia could run BWL.

Bowie is good stuff. Have become a bigger fan since going through this project and gaining a better understanding of his work.

Nice album.

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

My first listening to a full Bowie's album. Not my kind of music, but it was a great company while finishing some office work.

Fav song: Blackout So good. Already want to listen over again. Even the instrumental compositions are great.

Not heard this before and it's great. Interesting to find that the single 'Heroes' comes from such an experimental era. Loved the ambient instrumentals in the second half.

After 3 straight days of sub par albums, David Bowie was a welcome change. I enjoyed this album overall, but there was at least one song where the electronic/ambient music went on too long without Bowie’s singing.

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

Like

Irgendwie strange aber n paar banger und coole Ambient Tracks drauf

I mean, one of the greatest songs of all time on here. Then The second half is a cool instrumental synth zen thing. I actually really liked both. Not SUPER strong, but cool enough. enjoyable listen

The first few tracks were the typical David Bowie pop songs, the best of which being the titular track, Heroes. While I liked it, it wasnt really something that special from his discography. However, this album is in fact special. The ending of the record is a series of instrumental tracks featuring different instruments, all of which are extremely good. That made this record something special.

I was very excited to get this one, since Low is probably my favorite Bowie album so far, and this is the second of that trilogy. So I went in with high expectations and I was honestly kinda underwhelmed for the first half, "Heroes" and "Blackout" were really good, but the rest didn't jump out at me too much. but then I hit the back half and the very Brian Eno instrumental ambient stuff, "Sense of Doubt" into "Moss Garden" into "Neuköln" was awesome.

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.

01) Beauty and the Beast - 9,0 02) Joe the Lion - 8,0 03) 'Heroes' - 10,0 04) Sons of the Silent Age - 9,0 05) Blackout - 8,0 06) V-2 Schneider - 9,0 07) Sense of Doubt - 7,0 08) Moss Garden - 7,0 09) Neuköln - 7,0 10) The Secret Life of Arabia - 8,0 TOTAL: 8,20 (82/100) Current ranking: 230/1004

Enjoy the songs that are songs. Don't enjoy the songs that are ambient nonsense

I'd somehow never listened to this, and everything but the title track was new to me. I quite enjoyed it.

A Bowie classic. It carries a similar structure to Low, an album I easily prefer, but Heroes is a great listen nevertheless. Only three Bowie albums left on the list, coincidentally my three favourites. Favourite track: Beauty and the Beast

Decent. Wasn't a fan of Black Out or The Secret Life Of Arabia, but the rest of solid, and the title track is a classic.

Heroes is a great song, the rest were kinda meh

75/100

Every non-ambient/instrumental song is a banger. I generally enjoyed the instrumentals, not every moment but most of it. Added The Secret Life of Arabia to my 1001 playlist

liked the riffs and tone of the guitar, and had a few bangers i might relisten to (beauty and the beast, secret life of arabia). But honestly just not something I would constantly put on so only 4 stars as a result.

Finally some good instrumentals on a non-instrumental album.

While not as excellent as 'Low', this album is still a worthy continuation of the Berlin trilogy. And it has its own twist of the Art rock A-side/ Ambient B-side formula: it ends with 'The Secret life of Arabia', a hint of what next album would bring. A great album from the artist's most creative period.

Okay I like the guy but isn't this the third Bowie already? I wasn't expecting side B!

Recipe to make one of the greatest albums of all time Ingredients: Bowie's genius (1/2), Eno's genius (1/4), Fripp's genius (1/4) Procedure: Go back to '77 west Berlin, mix the ingredients, and shake until you obtain the perfect blend of Krautrock, proto-New Wave and ambient experimentation (Another Green World-like) Presentation: we know that the title track is one of the best songs of the 20th century (worth 5 stars alone) but don't forget to serve the whole album and play it loud

An interesting album. One I was glad that I listened to, but not one that I would add to my collection.

Like all Bowie albums there are a couple of absolutely fantastic songs on here, then the rest of the album is kinda boring

Like everyone else, I love "Heroes" (the track). Joe the Lion was fun and rascally. Blackout makes me want to DANCE! The later half of the album is not as listenable, unfortunately. It's spooky and a bit unsettling, to be honest. 7/10

Mid Bowie, but it’s Bowie so…to be fair, the second half of this album is considerably better - I feel like it gets a lot more cool and atmospheric. Also, bowies vocals are super interesting as always. I can definitely tell why heroes was sort of a one hit wonder from this album though. Fav songs: heroes, sons of the silent age, sense of doubt

The last few instrumental tracks are nice, but I wanted more stuff like "Beauty and the Beast" or "Heroes." The songs at the beginning are likely the ones I would relisten to if I was going to pull up this album. Not a "put it on and play it all the way through" one for me, at least.

I like the title track. The rest is neither here nor there for me. I know it’s an important work, just not for me.

Not his best album but some of these songs deserve more than five stars

I love learning stuff like this: “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.”

Dude it’s heroes

I just don’t listen to Bowie all that often so whenever I do go back to his music I always get a nice reminder that it rules

I did not expect a song like Sense of Doubt on this album, since I'd only heard Heroes before. Great experience!

In the big Bowie picture...kinda mid

Quite good

First half is some of Bowie's best work. Second half is still great, but not as.

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 🌝

Alkulevy oli kovinkin Bowieta, puolet levystä oli siistiä ambienttia mikä istui ainakin kuuntelun hetkeen oikein hyvin. Voi olla, että vaatii uuden kuuntelun, että saa päätettyä mitä mieltä on. Bowiet oli vähän puuduttavia paikoitellen, mutta ambientit toi levyyn takaisin mielenkiintoa.

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

The song "Heroes" is possibly my favourite Bowie song, but if i'm honest I didn't feel it was a great album. BATB is a half decent opener, and there are parts of Joe that I liked, but other than that it mostly didn't cut through. I love Fripp's guitar work, but with the coked up mixdown all the layers blend into yhe background. A couple of the instrumental parts late on showed some promise but don't work as well as the second half of Low. It's Bowie, so it's still good, but not up with some of his real greats. Probably a 3 on balance.

I dont like

not for me but not horrible

Picking a favourite Bowie album is a little bit like being asked to name your most loved child. For me, the Berlin trilogy is like a set of triplets - they all have their quirks and individual personalities but they also have a unique bond between them. If Lodger is the cheeky outsider and Low the introspective, arty one, then Heroes is the confident middle child that gets the balance right. This was the only album of the trilogy that was entirely recorded in the famous Hansa studios in Berlin and this was the point that Bowie pulled all of the threads together of the artistic process that drove Low. We have Brian Eno’s electronica (and oblique strategies), Carlos Alomar is joined on guitar and boosted by Robert Fripp’s unique sounds, and not forgetting producer Tony Visconti, doing more on this record than most people think. Whilst I probably wouldn’t pick this as my all time favourite Bowie album (please don’t make me choose) this does have my favourite single song in the title track that always, without fail, sends a shiver down my spine no matter how many times I hear it. There’s just something about the way his voice starts to crack that evokes so many emotions.

JAG ÄLSKAR DAVID BOWIE 10/10 behöver inte ens lyssna på albumet för har lyssnat så många gånger ÄLSKARRRR

Haunting instrumentals, catchy rhythms, and a certified iconic rock song make up this legendary album. I could listen to this all day. In fact, I'm going to listen to it again right now.

Title track carries it

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.

Fascinating experience. I think this one will take a couple additional listens to feel like I get it.

Despite this album not being consistently perfect I think there are far more incredible highs than lows. Can’t help but be moved

Strange instrumentals towards the end that went on for too long. Otherwise it was a decent Bowie album. 3/5

_low_ is my favorite of the berlin trilogy, but _lodger_ is very good and _heroes_ is fantastic, the midpoint of a nigh-perfect trifecta of albums. “moss garden”/“neuköln” for the win!

not bad

Loved the title track. It was the tunnel song in the perks of being a wallflower, one of my fav movies :))

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

David Bowie will always be one of my favourites, and this album just furthers that. Heroes is one of the best songs ever written imo. My other highlights were Blackout and Beauty and the Beast (my fav first listen)

Not David Bowie’s best album, but good Art Rock.

A little wacky and really weird. Favourite Track(s): Beauty and the Beast, Heroes Least Favourite Track(s): Sense of Doubt

This feels like Bowie hitting his stride. Confident, complexly layered instrumentals with a very strong vocal delivery and slightly esoteric lyrics - not holding back at all. "Heroes" is obviously a classic. I can tell it's a good album, it just doesn't resonate with me I like the ambient Sense of Doubt Continues into Moss Garden. So side 2 is ambient music? Very leftfield move from Bowie! Then back into vocals for the final track! What an odd structure Best track (other than "Heroes") - Beauty and the Beast, Sons of the Silent Age 3 stars

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

Rating is so difficult. Hereos - makes me feel all comfy and fizzly on the inside, one of the tracks of the century for sure Sons of the Silent Age - feels like a dream Neuköln - very dystopian, would go well as movie score

This is fine. I do like David Bowie. I never really vibed with "Heroes" the song, and there's not much else here that stands out to me. It's a little too rock and doesn't have any hooks to bring me back. Towards the end it just goes into nearly 15 minutes of instrumentals which just seems like David took a break from the studio and someone just backfilled side B with their own vibes? I don't think I'll be back but at least I know.

I liked the title track and 'sons of the silent age'

fantastic (not first listen

I, of course, know who David Bowie is and currently have 25 songs liked by him on Spotify. Many of these are songs I know from the radio so I'm hoping to learn more deep cuts from him through this project. I already know and absolutely love the song called "Heroes" from this album but don't really know any of the other stuff. Was pleasantly surprised to hear so many instrumental songs on this one. I like all of them. I ended up liking all the songs except for "Joe the Lion" and "The Secret Life of Arabia". Good job Mr Bowie. Liked songs on Spotify: 8/10 Rating: 4/5

First half was good. Second half was not so good.

Hey it’s the theme to Sicario! Bowie lives on in so many different ways, sometimes unexpectedly... Honestly this is one of a few Bowie albums I’d be fine not having on the list. The title track is one of many career triumphs but the album tracks don’t quite add up to as much as Low.

Bra men ojämnt

Varierat och flera låtar var bra på väldigt olika sätt, men minst lika många kändes också ointressanta.

Typ lagom nivå av det jag har svårt för med Bowie för att dom balla grejerna för en gångs skull faktiskt ska vara genomgående och lämna ett ganska starkt intryck. Kul!

Låten Heroes är bra men har också något irriterande över sig. Inget annat grep riktigt tag i mig heller.

- 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.

Such a great, weird album.

'Heroes' is, of course, a brilliant track, and the rest are quite nice. Three stars...

Curiosidade antes da review: Eu não sabia que o site era apenas até 5 estrelas, acho que me arrependo de colocar Highway to hell do AC/DC como um 3 estrelas. Dito isso, esse álbum do bowie pra mim se enquadra em um 3 estrelas, gosto muito dele como artista, toda parte experimental e inovadora pra época. Eu até procurei um pouco sobre a história da criação do álbum. Mas como se trata de uma review com base no meu gosto, como experiencia de um álbum acho que ele é um pouco acima da média, mas nada que me faça realmente ficar fascinado, os instrumentais e vocais são bons, mas apenas isso. Nada muito marcante para mim. A única musica mais marcante que se destaca é a própria Heroes que dá nome ao álbum.

Title track is good. The rest sucks.

I've always liked the idea of David Bowie more than I've actually liked his music. I tend to find it pretty okay but nothing that gets me really excited. I'm doubting this album will change that much. I mean Heroes is a pretty good song but nothing else stands out at all on this album. I think I just wish Bowie's music was as weird as him.

Beauty and the Beast / Heroes / Sons of The Silent Age / Blackout

I like the fact that it is very experimental, with instrumental tracks, etc. However, it feels a bit short of good content for a full album.

I don't enjoy a lot of David Bowie's discography although i can acknowledge that he is one of the greats to many people. I should like him; He's my kind of weird, his music really speaks to people whom I respect and call friends. I honestly loved this album - wasn't sure what I was in for since I'm so hot and cold off of his music in general. It was groovy. Emotional. Fun. To the point. The overdubs on the last song were really groovy. I had a great time hearing this in full for the first time ever. I still don't love him and still haven't warmed to most of his work (besides Low), but I finally understand. I'm sure my time will come.

ну...нормальна 3.5 насправді але 3

Couple of excellent songs but the instrumentals weren't really all that fitting, in my opinion.

5: I will happily play this album anytime 4: I may occasionally play this album of my own free will 3: I will happily listen to this if someone plays it in the background 2: I will tolerate this if it is playing in the background 1: I will leave the room if someone plays this in the background

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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.

Really fantastic album. Not quite as good as Low but still a really solid record is more like a 4.5

I love Bowie and Heroes is a great song but I don’t love this album. Kudos to Bowie for always doing different things even when I don’t love those things.

I've listened to a lot of Bowie in my life. I really, really like Brian Eno. I don't understand why this album is on this list. When I have attempted to listen to it, it always seemed like a lot of soundscapey, atmospheric dullness punctuated at intervals by something else. But I'm gonna listen to it afresh with as open a mind as I can muster. So .... my memory was only partly accurate. It's more of a "Side 1 rock songs; side 2 ambient-y goofballery" schema, much like Low. But my memory that, aside from the remarkable title track, the album is made up alternately of the unremarkable and the dragging / dull .... that part was right.

This is one that makes me wish I had my stereo back. Listening to it on my phone doesn't do the layered aspect any justice.

Huge disappointment. Love the song "Heroes," but detested the album.

Good album, I find the instrumental tracks difficult to chew on

Classic, I like; wild world, father and son is beautiful and tea for the tillerman

When David Bowie hit the mark, he really nsils it, but I find his overall output so inconsistent. Heroes is no exception. The title track is genius, but the rest of the album is mediocre, in my opinion.

Highlight: V-2 Schneider In a nutshell: "Thank God Heaven left us standing on our feet." Berlin meant a lot to David Bowie. It was not just a moniker for the three albums he wrote and recorded there. Berlin was David's muse and his saviour. "Heroes" is haunting. Complex. Hopeful. A perfect marriage of Eno, Visconti, Fripp and Bowie. A reinterpretation of krautrock and experimental rock. You can tell his best mate Iggy Pop was an influence throughout that time. "Heroes" MUST be listened to immediately after Low. I prefer the latter but "Heroes" does offer more than just its title track. Overall: 6/10

Good

Bowie at his Berlin best, the album version of Heroes is an outstanding piece of work

I'm actually quite surprised that almost 200 albums in, this is the first Bowie album I've gotten. I was familiar with all of the songs on the first side of the album, but not familiar with anything on the second side. The song "Heroes" is just one of the most iconic rock songs in my opinion, and the rest of that first side is pretty great as well. The instrumentals on the second side were a bit boring and really hard to not zone out during. Nothing bad, but nothing that grabbed my attention. Probably not the best overall Bowie album in my opinion, but it gets a high rating and belongs on this list for the title track alone.

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

Title track was good of course and nice listening to Bowie. I always appreciate instrumental music but the doubt one felt a bit uninteresting and out of place.

I didn't enjoy this as much as I thought I would. Some good songs and classic Bowie vibes but also some really odd choices in some of the songs

Interesting. I was served up Low a couple weeks ago and I thought the Side 1 tunes that were closest to rock tunes were better than the Side 2 instrumental/experimental tracks, which dragged the album down for me. Here, it's (mostly) the opposite. The first two tracks... meh. Then there's "Heroes" which is definitely an all-time classic, single, and, ok, "Blackout" is definitely a standout track that I'd never heard before. But the mostly instrumental Side 2 is the most enjoyable for me. Also, Robert Fripp's guitar is awesome here. 4.5/5, but the weak openers lead me to round it down.

Eh, still not getting Bowie. It's fine. I like the song Heroes, but the rest I could take or leave. There are too many Bowie albums on this list.

I liked the first half of this album a lot more than the second half where it becomes an experimental session. It all sounds good, but once heroes plays, its all noise to me. A lot of his albums are like that for me. Some of them I dont even get to the song I like before I cant take anymore.

Terrific, primal, experimental Bowie.

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

The title track here is one of the greatest songs out there, and the contributions from Eno & Fripp really sell this record to me. I do feel a couple of the songs are weaker when compared to Low. Which, unfortunately is going to overshadow this album for me. I give it “would be five star, if Low wasn’t outshining this classic”

Another Bowie record that delivers on the tunes but with a largely instrumental section that may alienate some listeners. I’ll give it 4 for side 1 which is, in all honesty, pretty unbeatable. Joe the Lion is some number.

Listenable but not very catchy

I think Bowie has been the biggest surprise of this experiment. I knew he was popular and well regarded but hadn't been more than superficially familiar with his work. It's been really fun to discover.

Bowie + Eno = <3

Heroes es un temón que se mantiene fresco como el primer día. Todo lo demás pues meh. Que todo el lado B sea instrumental me ha dado la tarde.

Conventional rock followed by experimental instrumental, gotta admire it.

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

очень хорошо

Experimenteel bowie

“Moss Garden” was the highlight for me Playlist add: "Moss Garden"

Cómo me lele que Heroes no tiene un final de a devis

Done

3.5

fantastic album, will listen again when I'm feeling more like David Bowie.

i love heroes but the rest of it was kinda meh

It was fine, didn’t really blow me away but it was a decent listen

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

this was going decently well until the space noise songs at the end. still, one of the better bowie albums so I'll give it a 3

One phenomenal song and I quite disliked the rest. 2.5

Where are the eyepatch Bret? Where are the eyepatch? https://youtu.be/qdw17WiJ9T4?is=5S-SwJIT0Ka4cGoC

Didn’t love it

A high point in a career of high points. Creativity in this era of Bowie is firing on all cylinders.

It is so cool. I mean, Bowie had so much to share, beautiful lyrics and fun styles. It is a great album.

i dont like the style and the time in general

4/5. Strong first half, but the second half lost me a bit. Never realized how much Bowie sounded like Syd Barrett!

I love it

Heard before. 4 stars

I don’t know why I’ve never connected with this album since it’s surrounded by albums I love. Heroes the song is incredible and all the instrumental songs are great, but other vocal songs are like cacophonous and have that 80s drum production style but without any good hooks so it somehow feels like empty pop music without any fun.

Great!

My goat does it again. It was so strange listening to this album for the first time and learning half of it is spooky ambient music. I say that with affection though! This album is extremely fun, which even on his worst projects is something I get to say. Bowies fusion of rock pop and prog in this album lead to some really groovy songs that I struggle to place alongside other music I’ve heard of the era. 4/5

Hoooooonkkk

it's alright fav track - heroes

4.2/5 - objectively great vocals, nice BG music to listen to. generally good vibes. however, would probably listen to the ambient tracks separate from the rest of the album

pretty good

Good solid album.

Not my fave

4 - that was disappointing

Unexpectedly cool. I like how electronic and experimental the acoustic tracks were. It's genuinely a cool sound. Great background noise as I was moving about working on my things.

This is great. I liked the difference between the start and the finish of the album. I think I preferred the previous Bowie album we listened to but I really can’t fault this.

So good, I really like the split structure of this and 'Low', I think it makes a really interesting record. One of those albums that there isn't much to say. Lives up to the billing.

Not my favorite. Heroes < Low & Hunky Dory.

Is this my third or fourth Bowie album? Who's counting, eh?

Excellent. Classic Bowie.