Heroes

really it was only a matter of time before i would listen to another album by bowie. this album has a lot of the same people who worked on "low" (which i reviewed at the VERY start of this journey), and many of the songs are impromptu recording sessions. this is probably one of the rockiest i've ever heard when it comes to bowie. and honestly i think what i expected of "low", i'm getting it in this album. it's bigger, louder, wider, crazier... not just the varied instrumentals but the weird and fantastical lyrics too. bowie is just pulling out shit from a hat again and again and again. seems like every song is an auditorial tug of war, one point of view pulling at another. it's such a bonkers display of musical and lyrical genius, and it's crazy to me that a lot of it was made just... on a whim. just like that. props to bowie and eno too, it's a match made in heaven. it's just experimental enough where anyone, let alone me would fuck with.

The more ambient tracks make the album feel overly eclectic, but the quality of the contents more than make up for it. The single "Heroes" remains one of the greatest songs ever made. This is the strongest of the "Berlin Trilogy" albums, in my opinion.

Phenomenal album. Great to listen to it in its entirety for once. I always remember the visual of Heroes blasting through the hallways of a Berlin studio

Top notch. 4.5

Done very well!

What an album. Bowie really embraces the electro future here, with his old pals Brian and Robert proving to be able foils. He was always more a bellwether than a trailblazer, ably identifying trends and embracing them before they were trendy. The synth and electronic soundscapes had already been approached by others, but never in the way Bowie does here. Even his detractors would admit that the man always followed his muse. “Secret life of Arabia” is a low key highlight, but the title track is one of the greatest songs of the 70s. Spine chilling. I’d rank this album overall very close to its predecessor ‘Low’, and its splitting hairs to compare them. 5/5.

the seeeeeecret life of pets 2

How could this be less than 5 stars. Up there with the best he did. I came late-ish to Bowie and later still to the Berlin period but it’s so high end. Probably good I wasn’t trying to get a teenage brain around it. Got into this and Eno generally at the same time. So otherworldly and timeless yet still connects

David Bowie? Hero 🦸!

Masterpiece

This is great, what can be said? It's David Bowie, he only does good music. Yes I'm biased.

This album is great. Oh, I didn't think I would enjoy it that much, mainly because the beginning is not that strong for me – of course, I has "Heroes", but the other songs are just some other nice ones, which I don't find much outstanding, so I was wondering if the sole masterpiece of the record would be the title track... but, oh, I was so wrong! It starts to grow and grow, also becoming something very different than the beginning, more experimental and ambient-based, but so beautiful. I've loved listening to this album, and, even if I'm not loving some of the first tracks (mainly because I would expect something else from Bowie), it has been a delight, such a great experience, and truly an album that grows, that is actually fantastic.

So much fun, lostened to this 3 times in a row n I’d do it again. love you Bowie

Listened in the car. Liked the songs in the first half, but was blown away by the ethereal soundscapes in the second half! I absolutely did not expect that and was blown away. Favourite Bowie album so far.

Might be peak bowie soundwise. I'm sure the bowies will yell at me. I'm a casual and I love how the album comfortably cresends to a calm and abstract outro.

Loved this album. Great tunes. Iconic!

Unbelievable piece of work. In the rotation.

It's hard to believe this album came out in 1977. So far ahead of its time. Bowie dons one of his alter egos and, along with Brian Eno, comes up with a killer album.

love!

Heroes is the third in the Berlin trilogy and I have to say that I really enjoy this album thoroughly. Heroes is an amazing song but where you have the biggest strength is Robert Fripp being allowed to be Robert Fripp. Heroes is so good on the album. Another aspect that I like is the instrumentals. I find the way they resemble free jazz it kind of breaks up the album a bit. David Bowie always was trying to be innovative and I thought he at his best on this album.

Lots of interesting noises here

Not sure if this is even in my top 5 Bowie albums but I’m completely biased. When it’s good it’s transcendent, but it’s always interesting and engaging. Sons of the Silent Age is mental.

“There’s old wave, there’s new wave, and then there’s David Bowie.” That was the spot on promotional line in this album was released back in 1977. One of the all-time best rock albums, ever and the only one of Bowie’s to future both Eno and Fripp. A true classic.

A couple of the really well known ones, and the rest are new and interesting to me. I love this.

Oh!! Another album I listened to many times, when it had not been out for long. I rated it #39 in my top 100 'favourite' albums, for the poll in the project's subreddit, held at the end of 2025. It's got the title track (that rang out many, many a time in the main bar at my uni), Joe the Lion, plus those atmospheric tracks on side 2, and then Secret Life of Arabia .... I have a quick read of Wikipedia (long article), and learn things. I'm reminded re Eno, and Fripp. I had not known about impulsive improvisation of lyrics. Striking to remember that in the 70s we had the record, and we had the printed lyrics sheet (included with the record), and we would just discuss these things, trying to work out what was meant by the songs - we didn't always have reviews to read, we had little idea what anyone else thought about the album - we found out so much about the making of the album much, much later .... Anyway, now to have a fresh listen. Hmm. I know this album so well, that I enjoy listening to it very much. I think some songs are very catchy, super stylish, still entertaining and impressive - but is it Great Music? Bowie is a special category - so creative, the individual songs are striking, but are they Great? Well, YMMV. I think the package definitely works as a package - it seemed somewhat unique when it came out, still does - very recognisable and distinctive for what it is. So I was thinking it might be Incredibly Wonderful? But, my streaming service followed it up (unprompted) with Remain in Light (released in 1980 - just three busy years after 1977). Now that album is Incredibly Wonderful. So, relativity is a thing, I will say that Heroes is Pretty Wonderful, 9/10.

Variety: 5 Adequacy: 5 Listenability: 4 Uniqueness: 5 Emotionality: = 4.8 rounded up to 5 "That's pretty freaky, Bowie." This is one I revisit quite often. Bowie is an artist, like Prince or The Beatles, The Kinks, who has SO MUCH great material I often get analysis paralysis deciding what to listen to and s I end up just hitting shuffle. I can count on a very high rate of quality on whatever the algorithm gives me from any of those acts. As an album experience, it's one of the great works of popular art in my opinion. Even though it's got stuff that might be considered difficult, it's in no way abrasive or purposefully contrarian to popular tastes. It feels organically artistic. It's got "Heroes" which is a proven radio staple, but it also has "Neuköln" which none of the creators would ever have expected or intended to be a radio hit. And something like "V-2 Scneider" splits the difference. It's was an artistic experiment that maybe accidentally generated a classic for the ages, and probably contributed the driving influence to a whole generation of new wave and experimental music. THE TRACKS Side One "Beauty and the Beast" - Much has been written about Bowie being obsessed with the "German sound" of krautrock bands like Neu and Kraftwerk and their mechanical repetitive beats. You can here it right away, but there's no lack of the charming, self assured crowd pleaser Bowie either. This is lively and while not that hummable, is not in anyway abrasive. Maybe at the time I could see a lot from this album being unexpectedly difficult, but never confrontationally so. He's never a guy who doesn't want to hook you. "Joe the Lion" - There's that "motorik" beat again. But this is anything but antiseptic and cold. In fact it's full of energy and feels almost funky. There's a lot more of that plastic soul leftover from Young Americans in this than people give it credit for. "'Heroes'" - When all is said and done, might be what the man is most remembered for in the coming decades, and I think it ranks among his most far reaching and experiential songs. That song has got great melodies, top tier production, a universal message, and is emotionally gripping. Easily in the top 5 opening seconds of popular songs ever made. That bittersweet and soaring, sustained distorted guitar line from Robert Fripp is the heart of the song, but Bowies earnest and emotional delivery is what drives the hammer home. How many other songs can you think of that run you through such an emotional gamut? From despair, to hope, to self deception, resignation, this song contains so much. And what a beautiful central image of the two lovers embracing as a hail of bullets fly over them. "Sons of the Silent Age" - in retrospect this almost sounds more of a piece with late 60's "Space Oddity" Bowie. The dreamy, cosmic feel is there, and there's a lot of traditional sounds in there, but they're turned on their head and the structures are all mixed up. It's not atonal in any way, but the chord progressions are certainly being played with. "Blackout" - I don't think anyone would have batted an eye had this come out even 5 years later. Some more conventional vocal melodies and a funkier bass line and this would not have been out of place on Young Americans either. Side two "V-2 Schneider" - This is the sweet spot of the album for me. The jet engine warms up, the saxes kick in and add some fuel to the mixture and the song takes off and propels us into the clouds. What's it about? No fucking clue, but I want to take a ride on this rocket (?) every time. "Sense of Doubt" - This is where I think the doubters start to wonder wtf they've gotten themselves into and start peacing out. That doomy Wendy Carlos Clockwork Orange sound that comes in over the beach noises and the pretty synths make for a very doomy atmosphere. Also, I have developed a HUGE interest in what some people have termed "Dungeon Synth" and no idea if anyone has made this connection, but this has to be ground zero for some of that, right? Like even if the people making it don't know, the chain of influences at least passes through here on the way to somewhere else. Ambient is not everyone's cup of tea though, and especially not when you've put on what is ostensibly a rock album. I love it though. "Moss Garden" - Another beautiful mood piece. For anyone on the fence, imagine this scoring the lushly animated JRPG game you've spent hour playing. We haven't mentioned Eno yet, but his fingerprints are all over this album, especially side two, and when it comes to ambient, he may not have invented the genre, but he c=most certainly popularized it and innovated within it. He's the "trope codifier" of ambient, to borrow a term. Not to say Bowie didn't play a huge part. I think it's been well documented by all involved that a lot of this was intensely collaborative. This is Bowie and Eno playing with their toys. Without this you also don't get stuff like the Vangelis Bladerunner score or the Silent Hill soundtracks. I don't think, maybe they would have gotten there via another route though Who knows. This is sublime. "Neuköln" - A funereal tone poem. Beautiful one in my opinion, and of a piece with "Moss Garden". Where the former is almost outwardly spiritual, this is just as much inwardly dark and meditative. There's more abstract horror here, and not just from the slowly cooking pip organs. The free jazz sax comes back again, and it feels more like the wail of some dying soul this time around. But if you told me it sounded more like Ornette Coleman falling asleep mid performance, and snoring into his sax? Sure ok. We can agree to disagree, but your point of view is not invalid. "The Secret Life of Arabia" - Bowie wanders out of the ambient desert, lips parched, and hallucinating. He dips his hands back into the oasis of traditional rock and drinks long and deep before realizing it's too late, and he's been changed by the beating sun of avante garde rock. HIGHLIGHTS - "Beauty and the Beast" - "'Heroes'" - "Sons of the Silent Age" - "V-2 Schneider" - "Sense of Doubt" - "Moss Garden" - "Neuköln" - "The Secret Life of Arabia" MIDLIGHTS - "Joe the Lion" - "Blackout" LOWLIGHTS - None to speak of FINAL THOUGHTS This one will remain in my collection as long as I draw breath. One of the few vinyl records I refuse to get rid of ( along with most of his other stuff). Its challenging, but in all the right ways. The only thing I can even think to knock it for is that it can be challenging, especially if you're not in the mood for eclecticism and some weird tonal shifts. But that's honestly a feature, not a bug. It's definitely a rainy day album for me. Something not thrown on casually. But I can't say that one lick of it sounds in any way aggressively oppositional or that Bowie is daring you to understand him. He wants to draft an enjoyable experience. I think he wants the listener to soak and just exist in the soundscapes, and occasionally he'll wake you up with some guitars, drums, and other instruments that are familiar and comforting. He's just not going to be doing many comforting or familiar things WITH those instruments. It's a handshake. Meet him halfway. PLAYLIST ALTERATIONS - no notes ( though "V-2 Schneider" on a repeating loop sounds nice) FURTHER LISTENING - Low by David Bowie - "Here Come The Warm Jets" by Brian Eno - The Pleasure Principle by Gary Numan - The Idiot by Iggy Pop - Closer by Joy Division - In The Flat Field by Bauhaus. - Fear Of Music by Talking Heads - Half Mute by Tuxedomoon - Nite Flights by The Walker Brothers ( mainly the Scott Walker stuff)

Enjoyed it! The first full album of his that I listened to fully.

Heroes (Song) natürlich bombastisch Rest des Albums ist auch sehr spannend, lässt sich sehr gut runterhören ohne langweilig zu werden Coole breaker die den Flow des Albums durchbrechen

What am I supposed to say, it's goddamn Heroes.

Un must ! Créativité et complexité de la musique et des arrangements.

On bel album dans lequel on sent la patte de Eno. Les deux univers complémentaires de Bowie et Eno fonctionne très bien. L'histoire derrière heroes est aussi intéressante que l'album, A écouter

Relisten This one took a few tries but it grew on me. I love it's devolving into Ambient music in the second half similarly to Low. Has one of my favorite Bowie album openers and "Heroes" is a classic as well. I still think Low has it beat but just the tiniest bit bit this is excellent all around Favorite Tracks: Beauty and The Beast, Heroes, Neukoln Least favorite: None 5/5

Muyyyyy bueno, es lo mejor, me gusta porque me recuerda a la película de las ventajas de ser invisible :((

Everything about this album is just great, and it's probably my favourite iteration of Bowie. The first three songs explode into view - three very distinct tracks each with their own huge quality, hooking me in. And the album doesn't falter as it progresses. There's still that weird 5-10 minutes of ambient experimentation that he loved during this era, but it doesn't take away from the album. The instrumentals are fantastic throughout and the songwriting is consistently engaging & powerful. I will need to revisit the other “Berlin era” albums after this - because I really did love this one.

Another solid batch of tracks. Bowie's imperial phase in full swing here.

ha the classic heroes on here cried to that i alr love bowie and i love music that i like to call ambiance which in reality it’s just instrumental and this album had a lot of that and i love it 10/10

Wow !

the best album. Amazing

85/1001 🇬🇧👨‍🎤 Part 2 of the Berlin trilogy and this takes a similar format to Low with the standard songs on side 1 with a more experimental largely instrumental side 2. I have to say that whilst the first half is an enjoyable ride with the magnificent title track as a centrepiece, its the other side that really makes this album for me. In addition to Brian Eno, we also get Robert Fripp within the cast. I love how Bowie surrounds himself with experimentation but then drops one of the best pop anthems ever written within it all. Best tracks: V-2 Schneider, Moss Garden, Neuköln, Heroes.

This is the 3rd Bowie album I've gotten in this generator and FINALLY, a Bowie album I enjoy. I like the songs he sings on, Heroes is iconic and Bowie is a master of his craft. I also LOVE well constructed instrumenal tracks, and that's the entire back half of this album. Thank you, David Bowie.

Fantastic album, certainly my favourite of the Berlin Trilogy.

Such a welcome Friday treat. Not my favourite overall but, like Phyl, my favourite of the Berlin albums. The title track alone could lift any album to be good, it's maybe my favourite vocal performance of all time.

10/10

C l a s s i c

muy bueno

This was a formative album when I was a young teen.

This album, the second in the "Berlin" trilogy, is not quite as good as its predecessor, "Low," but, for the title track alone, it's one of his absolute best. The rest of the "side 1" sings are very good, especially "Joe the Lion" and "Sons of the Silent Age." But it's the second side that really drew me in and makes this a great headphones album, especially "V2 Schneider" and "Moss Garden." Bowie and Brian Eno were such incredible collaborators and their sonic explorations shine. There is an aching loneliness that comes through these songs. It was a great phase in Bowie's career but one that exacted a toll on him in many different ways

Always knew I loved Bowie but this project has me listening more and realising he's easily an all time favorite for me. The title track here is probably a top five Bowie song, just soaring music where the whole thing is basically an incredible chorus. The whole album is super immersive, I love the ambient switch up and the tranquility of Moss Garden before getting back to regular programming on the concluding track.

Super coole Reise, knapp an der 5 vorbei

Hard not to love this. I think this version/incarnation of Bowie is my favourite, and I’d be hard pressed to pick between this and Low as my favourite. I love how much LCD Soundsystem ‘borrowed’ from this too, shows how creative and wide reaching it is.

Felt like the Bowie album we should have had first I think, a really good introduction with nods to his more experimental side without ever getting in the way of what are more straightforward (but still really good) songs for him. I think I've only heard heroes before, its great and sets the tone of the album I'd say. His vocals are a bit more rocky than usual, feels like he's shouting more, I like it. Yep, apart from the next day I'd think this is my favourite. Said I'd never be a proper fan a few years back and while I think there are songs/albums I might never come round to, generally I think I could be now. 4.5.

low 5 "joe the lion" is my favourite. what a stomper

Très bel album avec la chanson heroes qui est magique. J’aime bien aussi les longues séquences instrumentales. Je ne connaissais pas.

good

Huzzah

I love Bowie and his Berlin albums are my absolute favourites. Heroes is a phenomenal album, another easy 5/5 for me, but I’ve got to say, including both Heroes and Low in the list is just a lazy decision. They’re both influential albums, and yes the title track on Heroes is probably one of the best songs ever written, but Low is still the better album and there’s no need to have two albums from this period of Bowie’s career on the list.

One of my all-time favorite albums, easy 5 stars. I actually only had time to listen to the first couple of these songs today, but I know this record so well that I'm confident that my rating will continue to be 5 stars after listening. So much of this record has things I like, like Fripp, Eno, shoutouts to Krautrock, and David Bowie, obviously; I saw him when he was touring on this album. And the title track always makes me cry.

Brian eno rips

one of the best!

Love Bowie so so much. Heroes is a very sentimental song for me as with many Bowie tracks. Also loved beauty and the beast and secret life of Arabia.

Easily a top three Bowie album for me. It alternates between second or third depending on how recently I listened to it vs Blackstar. How many other albums can claim to have a song that touches the greatness of Heroes? It follows the same structure as Low, but I think I slightly prefer the A-side songs on this one. The Secret Life Of Arabia is a great closer

My first Bowie record, definitely sounds familiar in that though I've never listened in full to one of his projects, I'm aware of his voice and style. I did love the title track prior, having heard it in The Perks of Being a Wallflower. Really enjoying the ambient cuts in the latter half. Brian Eno doing his thing.

Great tracks overall!

muuuito bom

its david bowie

This album starts strong and is genius all the way through

cld b 5/5 just for title track

Amazing. The best of the Berlin trilogy, maybe a little short but every moment was enjoyable. My favorite track was definitely Heroes, but all the songs were good.

Excellent. One of the best ever

Bowie at prime Bowie

5 before listening today, learned to love Bowie's music the last week.

Superb!

moss garden najzen pesma ikada. SAKSOFONNNN. neukoln je ludilo. ovaj album... nije ni gotov ali vec njusim 5 zvezdica im not even kidding. ok sad je gotov. WOOOW! ovo je drugi deo berlinske trilogije, i apsolutno se primeti kroz ambijent, zvuk, produkciju, uau. pocetak albuma je vise "tradicionalan" sa pesmama gde dejvid peva i instrumenti su otprilike ono sto se ocekuje da se cuje na "pop/rok" ploci, ali brzo skrenemo u neki zavijutak gde je glavna stvar koju cujemo zvuk iste one melanholije i misterije (ne mogu jos uvek da nadjem prave reci) koji cujemo u drugom delu albuma low. saksofon i sintisajzer i sta vec ne, prave takvu atmosferu da bukvalno vidim sebe kako idem lose osvetljenim hladnim berlinskim ulicama 1977. i uau, prosto uau. heroes kao najjaca pesma ikada, the secret life of arabia je tako neocekivano funky, mnogo mi se svidja. sve pesme od otp v-2 schneider do kraja albuma - peak.

I love everything about this album. Starting from the backstory of Bowie living in Berlin, convalescing from his period of putting everything and anything into his system, the iconic cover and the pose, and in the end, the music present on here. In my humble opinion, David achieved peak muzak with this release. With this album, he did not only walk the tightrope between commercial success and avant-garde trailblazing, but he glided all the way. Side A is where he shone the brightest: amazing and unique music with a lot of character and influences that were present around him, ranging from remnants of his experimental funk era to zany krautrock that seeped through every crack in the art sphere in Germany, and side B is a highly competent ambient experimentation. It's not in the level of Low's side B, but it's still good, with it being a much better representation of his surrounding than Low.

The title track fucking cha-cha-cha-changed my life. apart from that i even wrote a short story based on it and adapted it into this indie song thats possibly gonna be 10 minutes long. the only problem with the album is the B side. generally if you cut every ambient track, put the secret life of arabia after blackout, and put the title track as the last song, you have a perfect 6 song ep. 5/5

is good!

A great composite album, you can listen to it in its entirety.

Absolutely cinema

Even better than Low. A really good record with amazing guitar lines by Robert Fripp, amazing arrangements, amazing productions, and super-good writing.

listened while cleaning the house so wasnt fullyyyyy paying attention but it was great only one or two songs that weren’t personally for me but other than that i loved this album and love bowie <3

байлендгейм

Classic

Love art rock

Enjoyable, definitely a recognisable style, but the tracks were still quite different from each other. 90/100

Absolute fire 5 stars light 9 out of 10

Excellent as always, i feel like this album sort of has 2 different styles, one being a slightly more traditional Bowie sound, and then he goes on to the great more ambient/krautrock stuff towards the end. Instrumentally it’s incredible, some really ahead of it’s time stuff, I’ve always thought the start of heroes sounds like slowdive a bit, but I guess Brian Zeno produced this, and some of souvlaki. But yeah songs like moss garden are really incredible, totally unlike anything made up to this point. And I also think he’s singing more experimentally on quite a lot of these. Favourite songs: all but the beauty and the beast. Overall around 9/10

I like this less than Low. It had a stronger A side. B side was less immersive than the former. I do however like the A side of Low much more than the B. Collectively I liked the album as a whole better than this. I’m contradicting myself as I argue for or against Bowie. Bowie only competes against himself. It’s an easy five.

it’s classic

Everything that needs to be said about this has already been said. Iconic Berlin album, masterpiece, love David ❤️

The first album given to me by this little website, and it's one of my all-time favorites. I first heard it on an BMG music club CD freshman year of college. It confounded and fascinated me then, and (even after reading some of the community reviews on here--yowza) it still does. Who sings like this, ever, in rock? Bowie is singing like a man being chased by howling wolves while trying to audition to join the pack. Yes, it's an art rock album: the lyrics are fashionable, fashioned experiments. Joe the Lion makes absolutely no sense, unless, idk, you google it and read about the performance artist Chris Burden. Made of iron, he must have been. But despite the artsy backgrounds and the side of instrumentals, it's a blatantly emotional album with beautifully unhinged, passionate vocals and hepcat honking sax played (by Bowie, I believe) over those fragile synth landscapes.

álbum perfeito amor da minha vida

Loved it. I think the production is great and feels all-encompassing as well.

Rich enveloping sounds, crazy that they improvised in the studio.

I always think it’s a low 5 until i remember how much i love the instrumental pieces on the b side, so it’s actually a solid 5 for me

Love and need to revisit again to fully capture the album uninterrupted ✨

Eno, Fripp, Visconti & the Thin White Duke...Making magic in Berlin.

Honestly, the only criticism I have about "Heroes" (if you can call it a criticism) is that 'Low' and 'Station to Station' are slightly better. Now, with that out of the way....WE CAN BE HEROES, JUST FOR ONE DAY! 140 albums in and I finally draw a David Bowie record, and it's easily one of his best. The only album of his Berlin Trilogy recorded entirely in Berlin, Bowie and Brian Eno make stellar use of guitars (some parts from King Crimson's Robert Fripp), synths, ambiance and all-round studio wizardry to craft a work of art in its purest form. Bowie had taken plenty of inspiration from Krautrock masterminds Kraftwerk and Neu! by this point, and executed what he learned to dramatic effect on "Heroes", especially on the back-half (mostly) instrumental pieces: 'V-2 Schneider', 'Sense of Doubt', 'Moss Garden' and 'Neuköln'. But even the more conventional songs are genius. 'Beauty and the Beast' struts in to open the record with a disco-heavy beat and Bowie sounding as charming as ever. His endearing charm continues to shine throughout 'Joe the Lion', 'Sons of the Silent Age', 'Blackout' and 'The Secret Life of Arabia'. But the title track....f***ing hell. The moment I first heard this song (quite drunk at a house party when I was probably living with Don Li), it hit me in a way few songs have before or since. The song is essentially about finding joy, love, success etc. in situations where you know there's clear barriers at play, or reasons why things won't pan out the way you hope. The way that Bowie so eloquently croons that "we can be heroes just for one day" is simultaneously triumphant and soul-crushing, all inspired by the real life division of West and East Berlin. Apparently a couple from opposite sides of the Berlin Wall inspired the song, which goes to show how uncomfortable situations only bettered Bowie's creative vision. "Heroes" truly is an extraordinary work of art, and Bowie's Berlin era would have a profound impact on the direction of popular music in the 1980s. "Nothing will keep us together." Best songs: The whole thing, especiallly the title track. One of the best songs ever written, hands down!

I've always considered "Heroes" to be my favorite of the Berlin Trilogy. The title track is an obvious classic and Blackout is one of my favorite Bowie songs of all time, but Sons of a Silent Age is kinda a stinker. Plus the second half is loaded with instrumentals and regardless of their quality, it makes it feel like half an album. ...I do love Blackout though.............5

Fun!

Bowie in an unbelievable run at this point, everything he released was just fantastic

Love it!

4.6/5 Stars Top Songs: Heroes, Sons of the Silent Age, Neukoln

Fantastic album However I want to (should) explore it further within context of Bowie's Berlin Trilogy. That and add to it two Iggy Pop albums he made during this time as well. The guy had a lot going on in the late 70s; Heroes is just one thing.

YES.

Начали за здравие, закончили за… Первые 6 кайф, 3 следующих непонимаемы for me. Закрывающий трек огонь

yummy

Freaking incredible that Bowie could still crank out bangers on his 12th album. What a talent.

85 but I'll give it 5 stars.

Stunning. No notes, just 10/10

Perfext

10/10 no comments

Incredible. Only thing that could’ve made it better is maybe less instrumental on the second half but that’s my personal preference.

Love it.

Dette albumet hadde jeg faktisk ikke hørt før. Jeg lurer på hvorfor de valgte å referere til dette albumet i The Next Day, siden de albumene er så forskjellige. I motsetning til The Next Day så er dette et bra album. Veldig bra! Jeg syns også todelinga funker bedre her enn på low. Selvom ambulant partiene i seg selv er bedre på low

incredible

Super good album, unique music and voice. I love bowie

This album feels like a perfect depiction of David Bowie‘s classic sound with range from more poetic rock to the ending where it was mostly instrumental session. If somebody were to ask what David Bowie’s music was like this would be the album. I would probably show them first.

perfection <3 tan innovador para la época, realmente único

Bowie at his brilliant best - establishing a genre

Recorded at Hansa Tonstudio, facing the Berlin Wall, “𝘏𝘦𝘳𝘰𝘦𝘴” feels like an album suspended between isolation and possibility. Bowie leans into a colder, more angular sound, yet the record never loses its sense of motion. Robert Fripp’s razor-edged guitar work slices through the mix, giving the music a raw, electric intensity, while Brian Eno shapes the album’s emotional climate — his ambient textures stretch the space around Bowie’s voice, creating a world that feels both industrial and strangely dreamlike. The title track anchors everything: a song built on hope held up by tension, as if the landscape outside the studio seeped into its DNA. The rest of the album moves between sharp rhythms and drifting instrumentals, balancing human urgency with experimental detachment. What makes “𝘏𝘦𝘳𝘰𝘦𝘴” extraordinary is how confidently it fuses art-rock, ambient atmospheres and emotional sincerity without softening their edges. It’s Bowie at his most focused and forward-thinking — a record shaped by a city, a wall, and a moment in time that still sounds timeless.

Nice

Love Bowie. Unfortunately biased here. Super clean unique soundscapes. 9/10

"Heroes" is the 12th studio album by English musician David Bowie. Art rock, experimental rock, electronic and ambient are the Wiki-listed genres. The album was the second release of the Berlin Trilogy and was recorded entirely in West Berlin and in collaboration with musician Brian Eno and producer Tony Visconti. It builds on his previous album "Low's" electronic and ambient approaches. Most of the same musicians as "Low" contributed with the addition of guitarist Robert Fripp. Those musicians were David Bowie (vocals, keyboards, guitars, saxophone, koto, tambourine), Brian Eno (synthesizers, keyboards, guitar), Carlos Alomar (rhythm guitar), George Murray (bass), Dennis Davis (drums, percussion), Tony Visconti (percussion, vocals) and Antonia Maass (backing vocals). Commercially, the album reached #3 in the UK and #35 in the US. The album today is regarded as one Bowie's best and most influential works. "Heroes" has a similar structure to "Low" in that the first side has traditionally structured rock songs with the second side mostly instrumental. "Beauty and the Beast" starts the album with a weird synth, piano notes, a pounding bass and loud, distorted lead and backing vocals. A noisy, fluttering guitar enters. It's a very busy song with an air of paranoia as Bowie sings about internal struggles and societal tensions. The self-titled "Heroes" is slower and opens with wonderful Fripp guitar loop (apparently fed through a synth). The underlying synth melody. More prominent bass and drums. Bowie's vocals start with a whisper and build emotionally and in intensity as he describes two lovers up against it, facing reality and trying to make it. One of Bowie's best. Shit, one of rock's best. "V-2 Schneider" opens the instrumental side. A reverbing sax and synth. Rocket synth sounds. An ode to Kraftwerk's Florian Schneider as the vocals repeating his name. "Neuköln" has a purposeful off-key sax. Both Middle Eastern and movie picture sounding. A dramatic synth. About a Berlin district and the despair of Turkish immigrants. The first side of this album starts out loud and more aggressive than "Low." Both the music and the vocals. Bowie made up the lyrics as he stood in front of the microphone and this gives some these vocals an improv feel. Fripp's guitar is unique, weird and great. As is the core band with their instruments loud in the mix. The second instrumental side is at times dramatic and at times ambient. This album is so similar to "Low." I'd give the slight edge to "Low." I think it took more chances and the second instrumental is better However, "Heroes" is a great, great album and a must have and listen.

Masterpiece.

I'm sorry if I'm a little biased, but for me Bowie is Bowie and this is a 5-star record. Probably nostly because of Robert Fripp, but still... Whenever there's groove, it's amazing. Whenever there's ambiance, it's hauntingly beautiful. "Blackout" is one of my Bowie's favorites. "Heroes" is quite simply one of the best songs of all time, maybe top 3.

Masterful

Possibly the best Bowie album besides Ziggy Stardust

It doesn't get much more classic than Heroes. Every song on the first half is an iconic pop song, and every song on the second half is an iconic ambient track. Incredible. Whether it's the pop side, or the ambient side, you can hear the influence Heroes has on music today. So influential, so catchy, so moody. Bowie and Eno were the dream team. *Heard before

I know people complain about the amount of Bowie, but I love all of it. Heroes is mostly known for its all time great title track and it doesn’t push the envelope as much as its predecessor, Low, did, but this is peak late 70s Bowie.

-Bowie's artistic instincts are impeccable. Who else would have thought to pair this style of icy, post-psychedelic kosmische music with some of the weirdest r&b ever made? -This is a Cold War record through and through, but not in an overtly didactic way. He plopped himself at the borderline of east and west, recording basically on top of the Berlin Wall (which plays a direct thematic role in the album), and wrote some observations about the mundane and extraordinary ways life operated at this threshold. -This record sounds so good. Bowie's voice (and Visconti's micing wizardry) is one of one; no singer sounded like this before or since. The rhythm section cooks. The guitars use all of the coolest prog rock effects of the day (and discard the dorkiest).

5 stars. Bowie sings better than ever, Brian Eno at his best, and Robert Fripp from King Crimson adding and edge. Arty and atmospheric - I love it. This might just be my favorite Bowie album (always in top 3). As an added bonus, I listened to the half-English/half-German version of Heroes, which is also highly recommended,

Great

Need to listen to this on emote often

Yeah. This is the one. I've heard this four times in the past day and it's like Vince Carter in the dunk contest. It's over, ladies and gentlemen. Let's go home. For further evaluation, "Heroes" takes what I loved so dearly about Eno and Fripp style composition/arrangement and passes the ball to Bowie. Bowie then goes up for a shot and becomes champion of this challenge (so far). Every song on this record displays either beauty or fear, sometimes both. It's like watching a killer robot movie where the city is burning down, but then it also happens to be the most beautiful sight. In the fire, there is love. In love, there is everything, at least that's what I believe. I get a little emotional just writing about this. Furthermore, the ambient trio near the end paints a colorful image with sound and it's unreal. This whole thing is unbelievable. My main point: a glorious achievement in my discovery. I wish I could share this light with someone...just for one day (10/10, 5/5 on this scale)

Послушал с огромным удовольствием.

Brilliant album by a rock genius. Cant be bettered of its genre.

10/10 album a true classic. One of my favorite albums all time

there is no way a pop act today can pull off this side b

Un autre album de la trilogie berlinoise. On est rendu à Amsterdam. On a eu l’occasion d’observer le côté trendy/expérimental de Berlin. J’imagine ce que ça devait être dans les années 70-80.

If someone said Heroes is the quintessential Bowie album, I wouldn't disagree. It's really, really hard to fuck with this one. 11/10. Perfect all the way. I listen to this album like it's a religion. The light, the truth, the way. Love every bit of this album. "Blackout" is badass. "Moss Garden" is transcendental and beautiful. "Secret Life of Arabia" gets dat ass moving, serving a fantastic funky disco exit to the album. It's perfect. It's more than perfect.

After Bowie’s weirdly productive, yet rightfully controversial “mountains of cocaine and fascism” phase, and Low’s stubborn, experimental brilliance, “Heroes” feels something like a reconciliation with reality. Joined by everybody’s favorite recurring character in ‘70s and ‘80s rock music(as on Low), Brian Eno, Bowie manages to create another masterpiece here. The glamour of Bowie’s early ‘70s and the mania of Station To Station can both be felt here, but the really unique thing Eno brings out of Bowie is art rock, experimental, and ambient work, all executed pretty incredibly. Much like it’s predecessor, Low, this is about a side of art rock, then about a side of more abstract pieces. But Heroes reels it in a little more, and isn’t afraid to deliver a hit or two. The title track is, of course, considered one of Bowie’s best, but the other Side A tracks honestly keep up. For the first side, detail is really the name of the game. These songs are constantly elevated by tiny aesthetic decisions and performance quirks. Beauty And The Beast maintains the appeal of Bowie's best glam rock, but with a much weirder slant. The synth lead in particular is *very* Eno, and it gives the song a lot texturally. Joe The Lion kind of feels like a hard rock song, but twisted up and spat out. The iconic "Heroes" really exemplifies the detail I mentioned. The quotations around the title say more than some full songs do. Additionally, it is the song where you can most clearly see what I think to be Bowie's defining vocal quirk on "Heroes", and it's his ability to really harness manic energy. Sons Of The Silent Age has some fascinating vocal processing and a fantastic, bitter-sweet chorus. I think it's one of the most earnest moments on this project. And Side A ends with Blackout, another song with a very Eno lead that ramps up the darkness a little before we enter Side B. At the start of Side B, V-2 Schnieder dips our toes in. The structure is much more abstract than anything else we've seen so far, but a relatively up-beat groove is there. Although this is followed by Sense Of Doubt, Moss Garden and Neuköln. This suite of songs flows into each other as a nearly uninterrupted piece. And this is some dark, sad, daring music. These songs are built out of free-flowing passages, dark motifs, and textural flourishes. Moss Garden is particularly beautiful and alien in my opinion, but Sense Of Doubt's phrases and Neuköln's sax is worth mentioning as well. After this, in another particularly daring move, Bowie ends the album with The Secret Life Of Arabia. I think in another's hands, this move could have been stupid, but Bowie really pulls it off. This song being as good as it is helps quite a bit. But, basically, we are torn away from the textural explorations, and delivered to funky grooves, detailed production and awesome guitar. Again, it's bold, but it does help you to return to life without just dropping you off in the middle of no-where. This is a stellar collection of songs, and this album is rightfully considered one of Bowie's best. The content here displays a willingness to explore, an ear for detail, and an artistic maturity that we can reasonably expect from Bowie's best.

A wonderful listen! I was really excited to hear another Bowie album - he always seems to have some excellent work.

Listened twice. Second time fell in love.

Bowie has 9 albums on this list. If anyone deserves 9, it might be Bowie but honestly that’s too much. The first one I got was Young Americans and that is not a Bowie album anyone needs to hear before they die. “Heroes” otoh is a stone cold classic and belongs here without question. This is my favorite of the Berlin trio, but imo the Berlin era came together perfectly on Scary Monsters, even if it’s technically post Berlin. Anyway, this is the pinnacle of Bowie and Eno, with Fripp taking things over the top with his insane playing throughout. I think this one has the strongest ambient tracks but will revisit that when Low comes up on the list. One of the great works of art from one of rock’s greatest artists

One of the best Bowie albums

2nd Bowie album on list! Weirdly enough again I love this album but not one of my Bowie favourites so unsure if to give 5 stars, but 4 is a no-brainer for this one, I just prefer Low a bit more. On Side 1, "Heroes" is a clear standout track, no doubt. However, "Beauty and the Beast" is a very cool opener. I also like "Blackout" and other 2 tracks are alright as well. But I think side 2 is really where this affair shines through. With some help from Mr. Eno, we have a beautiful ambient collage. Kraftwerk inspired "V-2 Schneider", intense "sense of doubt". I like serene, eastern sounding Moss Garden. Listening to last 2 tracks now. I think this might go to 5 stars too, cause why not, I've rated it 4.5/5.0 on RYM anyway.

GOAT. Great music, songs, entertainer. Died way too young, RIP.

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“Heroes” is definitely of the greatest songs of all time. The record overall is really dynamic - there are ambient electronic tracks like “Neukoln” and classic Bowie with “Blackout”. Having just had King Crimson’s “Court of The Crimson King” a few days ago, I think Robert Fripp is excellently applied (and no doubt edited!) here and the atmosphere of the album is really one of a kind. The B-side goes full “Tangerine Dream” which is a little jarring but the songs themselves are rich and complex and it’s cool to hear Bowie as a composer and instrumentalist. The album ends with the hidden gem “The Secret Life of Arabia” complete with disco hand-claps (it’s so funny how much of 2020’s pop is just disco - you could give Sabrina Carpenter this instrumental and no one would be the wiser) and ends the album on a high note. Definite 5/5!

9/10

I like the sax. I've been wondering since I first heard the album how such weird songs could have been created in the context of the 70s

Classic!

Highlight Song/s: Beauty and the Beast, Heroes, Sons of the Silent Age Finally a Bowie album! The second album from The Berlin Trilogy (best trilogy ever,) just like Low (the previous album in the trilogy) it does different things for the different sides. This album is my least favourite of the trilogy, b-but the trilogy albums are all 5 stars. No more, no less... maybe more. So, on the first side it contains this energetic dance-rock with jazz elements sprinkled throughout, and some of the songs to me gives the feeling of yearning. And the second side has mostly instrumental and mostly ambient tracks, or both combined. THAT is the final track has singing on it in contrast to the other tracks on the second side. That final track - The Secret Life of Arabia - gives the impression of like an encore, in the same vein of A Day in the Life or Her Majesty or Life in a Glasshouse, or all of them (first two by the Beatles, last one by Radiohead.)

I mean, it's Bowie. 5/5

If Low was Bowie was in the middle of sorting himself out, this album feels like him after turning a metaphorical corner. He's having fun again, and it shows. The title track threatens, and ultimately succeeds in overshadowing the rest of the album, but the instrumentals are better than on Low, the guitars on songs like Blackout shred (in a good way) and I can't help myself singing along to the DARRLLLINNNGGs on Beauty and the Beast. Turns out, I can't say no to it. There's still that distance I feel from Bowie that makes it hard for me to love his albums, but I think it does enough to get the top score. Tangent: I never understood the dislike some people have for The Secret Life of Arabia. Maybe they just hate fun. (Secret Secret) Favourite Song: Heroes (or, if that's verboten, Blackout) Least Favourite: Sons of the Silent Age (only the first disorienting, dissonant 20 seconds. I love the rest of it)

thank god beauty and the beast- 8 joe lion- 7 heroes- 10, duh sons of the silent age- 7 blackout- 6 v2 schneider- 10 sense of doubt- 5 moss garden- 6 neukoln- 6 secret life of arabia- 10 <3

Really solid, excited for more bowie on this list.

And I thought I’d already heard it all! David Bowie does it again… maybe even better than low??? If that’s even possible? Crazy shit. Love that this is about Berlin and I just visited this past year! Awesome. Love it.

Iconic. Legendary. Impactful. A vibe. One of the worst album covers I've ever seen in my life. Looks like a guy who failed out of mime college. Also, I'm pretty sure track 9 was written and recorded by a Canada Goose.

Great album from Bowie’s peak years 1969 - 1983. Heroes is obviously a huge hit and great song. There’s a few instrumental tracks here too - V-2 Schneider and Moss Garden are my favorites of those. Other notables include Sons of the Silent Age, The Secret Life of Arabia, Beauty and the Beast.

Итак, первое мое знакомство с творчеством легендарного Боуи (возможно, в неправильном порядке). Что могу сказать - все регалии абсолютно заслуженны. Конкретно этот альбом начинается классическим для 80х поп-роком с элементами экспериментов, который очень круто звучит, наполнен всяческими заковырками и интересностями, продолжается несколькими треками внеазпного киношно-симфоничного эмбиента и заканчивается еще одним качовым и мелодичным поп-треком. Замечательно! Всем и каждому рекомендую ознакомиться

A bellweather album from the master of change, David Bowie and the high point of his time in Berlin. Brilliant sound and production with Robert Fripp, Brian Eno, Carlos Alomar leading the way. Fantastic album

Honestly, I am a massive Bowie fan, but I just can't get my head round this offering. The instrumental tracks don't seem to fit, would be more at home set to a film. If it weren't for Heroes this would be a nothing album. Even though Heroes is heavily played, it is such an awesome ballad I never bore with. Piercing lyrics. Alone, this track deserves to be held as one of the greatest songs of all time, and for that reason alone I'm giving this album 5 stars.

This album is a classic to me. It was one of my introductions to David Bowie and is even the first album on vinyl that I own by him. I will say that the B-Side of this album is incredibly boring and lackluster but that A-Side to me is amazing! Also, I love it just because it has and is named after one of the greatest songs ever written. Bowie in the 70s is an artist that almost impossible to emulate. His run throughout that decade produced a lot of great albums like this one, Ziggy Stardust, Low, Hunky Dory, Aladdin Sane, etc. But for the A-Side and Heroes alone, this is definitely gonna be a 5 for me. Favorite Tracks: Beauty and the Beast, Joe the Lion, Heroes, Sons of the Silent Age, Blackout Rating: 5/5

Haven't listened to the rest of the Berlin Trilogy yet, but so far so good. Brilliant album with great production (but that is to be expected with almost any Bowie album). PS: The Secret Life Of Arabia is very underappreciated as a song, even though it does feel a bit out of place in the album.

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Truly a classic album

Super wide range of cultural influences gives this a fairly unique sound, particularly towards the end of the album

At the end of the 70s, Bowie still made great music even though he was sober. Gotta appreciate it

The seeeeeeecret life Of Arabia Secret secrets, never seen Secret secrets, evergreen I was running at the speed of life Through morning's thoughts and fantasies Then I saw your eyes at the cross fades ____ Would I rate this album as a 5 if not for the fact I've listened to it a million times? Probably no, not really. Hell, until recently and going through this list I had no idea about Brian Eno much and the type of his music. But I did listen to this album like a trillion times, laughed at the absurdity of some songs here, and "Heroes" uplifts the whole album, just like *One* does to *...And Justice For All*... except *...And Justice For All* actively tries to be boring, this one experiments. *"Heroes"* will forever be one of the most emotional and real tracks I have known, crazy good song, that could've been created at one city, at one time, and in one circumstance only. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFHC6t13hi0 Not the strongest 5/5, but probably we can't have it any other way.

Bowie's best Best Song: Heroes Rating: 9/10 Stars: 5/5

Cool music. And especially like the B Side, even cooler music.

9/10

Bowie x Eno x Fripp. Perfection

Pleasant

Bowie is Bowie innit.

Fuckin’ beautiful piece of art…

Another Bowie/Eno masterpiece.

Favorite tracks - Blackout - V-2 Schneider - Moss Garden By far one of the best albums I’ve heard in my life

Nothing short of revolutionary

Amazing

Given the advances in cocaine purity levels over the last decade, it’s more likely that this album is the result of talcum powder withdrawal. It could also explain why we’ve not seen a real 10 record in the last decade.

Incredible!!! All timer!!

One of my favorite Bowie records while the ambient side is a bit weaker than Low I do prefer the a-side of the album.

Когда альбом блестящий и помимо титульного трека.

LFG

adventurous rock, sometimes cold, album was meant to be experienced as a whole "Beauty and the beast"/"heroes"/"the secret life of arabia"

It's out there. It's different. It's fantastic. Through this project, I'm really appreciating Brian Eno's work and this effort with Bowie and Robert Fripp hits the mark. The title track is a classic but I dug the instrumentals as well. This makes me want to visit Berlin at some point.

LOVE THIS ALBUM. This is a top 10 album in his discography for me, and he’s got like 40 albums (heard them all) so that’s high praise. Good mix of his signature rock sound with stunning instrumentals.

Bowie's second album in his magnum opus that is The Berlin Trilogy is absolute perfection. Next time someone tells you that nothing is perfect play them this album and if they still believe in that old cliche after hearing "Heroes" give them the boot. Might want to change the locks too. Just saying!

Meu segundo disco do Bowie aqui da lista. Bowie, meu artista preferido. O que dizer sobre “Heroes”? Pra começar, este álbum não está nem no meu top 10 álbuns favoritos de Bowie. Ele se encontra, na verdade, na posição #15. Às vezes quando mostro meu ranking pessoal para amigos eles se impressionam com essa colocação até que baixa de um dos discos mais renomados dele. Mas rapidamente consigo explicar… Pra começar, esse disco faz parte da trilogia de Berlin, junto do maravilhoso e Top 2 Low e do medíocre e decepcionante Lodger. Heroes se encontra bem no meio da trilogia no quesito de qualidade e proveito que tiro dele. Na trilogia Berlin, Bowie se aliou com Eno na construção de planos musicais extensos e lindos. A produção de Brian Eno, assim como nos outros 2 álbuns mencionados, é de fato o highlight do disco. Tanto é que minha parte favorita deste LP é seu segundo lado, com as faixas instrumentais compostas por Eno, e com a fantástica faixa de encerramento Secret Life of Arabia, contando com o retorno de Bowie aos vocais depois de uma aventura sônica sem igual por paisagens devastadas pela guerra, pela incerteza do futuro, e pelos fantasmas do passado. Lindas palavras que digitei, vou até respirar um pouco. Nossa. Então por que ele se encontra em #15 no meu ranking?! É porque Bowie é realmente tão bom assim, que mesmo um disco tão lindo, intrigante e rico como esse ainda fica atrás de 14 outras obras do mesmo artista. Mais um mérito de Bowie do que um demérito do disco! Mas existem alguns deméritos aqui, sim. Pra começar, acho Bowie liricamente fraco neste álbum, especialmente em comparação com o antecessor Low. Suas performances vocais raramente surpreendem. E não ajuda que a faixa titular do disco Heroes, foi superexposta de uma maneira absurda, sendo a única música do Bowie representada em alguns bares mesquinhos por aí, o que fez com que eu ficasse verdadeiramente farto desta canção. Ela é linda, não se engane, mas eu particularmente não aguento mais ouvir sua progressão que agora é tão previsível. Dito isso, o disco não deixa de ser 5 estrelas. Se quiser, pode dizer que sou enviesado por Bowie ser meu artista favorito. A lista é minha! É engraçado que o maior defeito deste álbum é não ser o Low. É só isso! Eu diminuo ele comparado aos outros, mas ele por si só, é maravilhoso, fantástico, quase impecável. Superestimado na discografia? Sim, ele é superestimado sim. Mas tudo bem, ser superestimado não é sinônimo de ser ruim. Eu ainda o amo. 5/5

Bowie at his best. Music at its best. Art at its best. A critical but hopeful expression of the human condition, delivered through genius arrangements and masterful production. Anthemic, abstract, articulate and astounding. ------- By the way, the "Berlin Trilogy" is a retroactive marketing term coined after Lodger. Low only had final touches in Berlin (but was directly inspired by the city) and Lodger was all done in France and the USA - I prefer to think of a four-piece "Berlin Suite" made up of Low, The Idiot, Heroes and Lust For Life. What a fucking run!

wow that was phenomenal, really liked it. Those instrumental songs really sold me on this, just a great start to finish album.

I'm biased. 6/5

Fantastic album, but not his best album or most influential album.

I had a Bowie phase pretty hardcore in college, though, and don't hate me for this, it was largely comprised of Ziggy Stardust, Hunky Dory (Later Low, and then Scary Monsters). Unfortunately, I often had the habit of sticking to one or two albums (sometimes two or three songs) and called my self a fan of such and such artist. Sorry! (am I?) But now I am listening to "Heroes". The title track is amazing--of course I already loved it. Bowie impresses you first with sonic flourishes--and then he punches you in the face with emotion--often paired with his voice going as high as it can. His result is incredible, and my result is crying. First two songs: In listening to the whole album, the energy is clear, though what is also apparent is the chaos underlying. Heroes: What more can be said? It's the sound of the future that's never been reached, while talking about the past we've never had--these two meet themselves in the present--an almost violent union. SOLID WALL OF SOUND! Sons of the Silent Age: Exhausted from the previous blossoming--both Bowie and his band hit an almost tired vulnerability. Perhaps a tinge of anger--yet, again, exhausted. Blackout: Starting with dramatic pulses. Bowie is your friend, back on your side, ready to help you go the distance. Anything is possible. V-2 Schneider, Sense of Doubt, Mass Garden, Neukoln, Secret Life: and this is why Bowie was a master. He can do anything.

This is a strange, experimental, at times impenetrable album. It’s also really good.

♫ Listening to ""Heroes" (2017 Remaster)" by David Bowie ("Heroes" (2017 Remaster), 1977) ♫

One of the all-time best, Fripp is brilliant and the fact that it was basically an "on the fly" album just makes it that much more incredible. Should be on everyone's list along with "Low" and Lodger".

So good! I had never heard the second half of this album. I'd love to own this one on vinyl.

Part of his Berlin trilogy and arguably this and Low are some of his best work. Full of electronic experimentation and the unforgettable title track. Classic

There are too many Bowie albums on this list but this is great

I grew up listening to a lot of David Bowie as my dad is a huge fan. The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars has always been my favorite album of his and I’ve never really explored many others. I think “Heroes” is the only song I’ve heard from this album before today. That being said, I was blown away by some of the synth instrumentals on this album. Truly a work of art.

"Ufff" fue lo primero que me salió decir apenas descubrí que hoy tocaba éste disco de Bowie, tanto por el trabajo como por el artista. Ayer tocó en el reto un disco de King Crimson y acá participa Robert Fripp: los hermosos azares de la vida. Canciones bailables, sutilmente oscuras y electrónicas, con un David Bowie siempre siempre a la vanguardia. Imposible no emocionarse con la canción homónima y no bailar o colgarse con el resto de los temas. Hasta el lunes, último día de la primera mitad del año.

David Bowie album #3 out of 9, and definitely his best work to me. His regular songs on this are amazing, his ambient ones are interesting and really textured, just an all around amazing work of art.

Joyaaaaa!!

I'm a huge Bowie fan, but I must confess this isn't my favourite, even among the Berlin trilogy. Too many instrumentals for my taste. Still, probably upper-middle of the pack when considering all his 70s output. And that is enough to give this album a 5. Heroes alone is worth 3 stars, and even though I'm not as into the instrumentals they do have a nice vibe. Reminds me of Disney's Space Mountain ride's queue music.

This has given me a lot through the years.

Great album, with one of the best songs ever written (Heroes, of course - absolutely legendary - outstanding vocal performance from Bowie, especially when he starts screaming the vocals, and Fripp's droning guitar is iconic - everything on this track is amazing). This album is similar to Low, which immediately preceded it - rocking side one, more artsy side 2. I can see how some might not like the unhinged nature of a lot of his singing on side one and the ambient nature of the second side, but I'm a big fan of all things Bowie so that makes this an easy 5 for me. Favorite tracks: Beauty and the Beast, Joe the Lion, Heroes, The Secret Life of Arabia. Two additional thoughts: 1) My "TIL" is that Bowie plays sax on this album, and he's really good, too. Never knew that. 2) This is the last of his classic age albums on the 1001, so I'm going to use it as an opportunity to put in a plug for Scary Monsters (1980), one of my favorite Bowie albums. Side one of Scary Monsters is a murderer's row of amazing songs (including Scary Monsters (with more amazing guitar work by Fripp), Ashes to Ashes, and Fashion). I suppose 8 albums in the 1001 is enough, and I generally don't disagree with the choices but, if you like what you've heard there are plenty more great Bowie albums to hear!

Absolute favorit Bowie album! The song "Heroes" is fantastic!

Not my favorite Bowie album, but still really really good.

Mästerverket

Ostras, que bueno.

Great Album

Discovering all of Bowles albums has been a real joy of this project. His ability to weave perfectly crafted but interesting pop tunes in with exploratory sounds is remarkable. Even more amazing that they all hang together as an album.

So much good variety, no skips

En helt spesiell blanding av så mange fasetter av rocken frem til da, og allikevel så nyskapende. Måten albumet er delt opp i to kontrasterende deler og måten alt kommer sammen på siste sporet er helt genialt. Når man får med seg både Eno og Fripp er det opplagt at det vil bli skapt noe magisk.

I've never actually listened to a Bowie album in full, but Heroes is such a fire album. I was familiar with the title track, which is an all time favourite, so I went into this one with the expectation that the rest of the album would fit that vibe. Although I am not familiar with Bowie's other albums, it's clear that this one is very experimental. So many different genres are explored throughout such as his unique art-rock style which is blended with more of an ambient sound at times, making the album really unpredictable. We have to talk about David Bowie's vocals on the first half of the album, especially in Heroes. It is literally one of the best vocal performances I have ever heard in my life. There's such a rollercoaster of emotions in the track, starting off with a more controlled voice, which gradually builds throughout the song until we see this burst of emotion. It is so beautifully crafted, with him sounding like he's poured his heart and soul into the performance. It's just so raw and passionate, which is what makes it such an iconic song. It is so clear why this is one of his most beloved songs.

wow that moss garden song had me feeling like a fairy fr!!

- Det beste albumet fra Berlin-perioden. - Bowies sterkeste vocal performance noen sinne er på «Heroes», kort etterfulgt av «Time» fra Aladdin Sane. - Herlig avslutning med «The Secret Life of Arabia». - Albumkoveret er et av de beste jeg har sett noen sinne, og kanskje Bowies beste.

Nachdem ich lange nur Alben wie Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust richtig gut gefunden habe bin ich mittlerweile soweit, dass mir auch die späteren Alben gut bis sehr gut gefallen. Heroes z.B. find ich fantastisch.

Can I give this a 6/5? I never thought to listen to the other songs on the album heroes is on (aka certified banger). The instrumental in the middle??!!! Feeling like I was in Japan at one point??!! Love when artists say yeah, sure I can belt a note but have you heard a piano before? So glad I got to experience this album.

I came to Bowie late not liking the poppy tunes he had in the 80s then I heard Starman on the radio and it was like time stopped. My favorite Bowie period will always be his glam rock period. However, this is so innovative, so ahead of his time and so hauntingly beautiful.

A true classic. Elegance never sounded so sharp.

5/5. Glad this finally showed up. This and Low are just perfect albums. There are obviously the hits but each song is so unique and especially the second half where each song flows into each other. It's got an industrial disco vibe in the first half, and the second half is experimental yet has a sense of fear and concern involved with it. The album ends with a tonal shift but still works, leaving the listener on a good note instead of concluding with the trepidation of the previous tracks. It's hard to describe what genre this is as a whole, it feels like an album made entirely separate from the musical scene it was released in. Like a message from another place and time. A great listen at any time. Best Song: Heroes, V-2 Schneider, Beauty And The Beast, The Secret Life of Arabia

Loved this, I know reviews mentioned side 2 being unnecessary, but I actually really enjoyed the weird second half.

Loved this album. I really enjoyed the ambient tracks as well.

SEH

Heroes!

This album still makes me smell the old bus, packed with people, and smelling of old oil and gasoline that took me to school in my first year of high school. The cold weather and the rain wetting the glass, while "Joe The Lion" was banging in my headphones. "Beauty and The Beast" still makes me dance internally, and Heroes still manages to transport me to another planet. I still remember singing "I will be king and you will be queen" to my girlfriend at the time, and she thought it was the most romantic thing in the world hahahaha! "Sons of The Silent Age" and "Blackout" close one of the most incredible Side A's in history! Over the years, I learned to appreciate the songs on Side B's better too. It's my favorite of the Berlin trilogy, by far! 5 stars obviously.

>>> the Beatles

Another favorite Bowie album. Absolute masterpiece. Him and Brian Eno were really cooking

Who knew this album had ambient music -- the more I learn about Bowie, the more I love him. They didn't write any lyrics to this stuff, just got up there and talked. Highly bizarre but in the kind of way you can't get enough of. The music boogies.

A restless suburban teenager in the 1980s, I was already sick of classic rock radio and my ears longed for something groundbreaking. I was too young to experience punk firsthand, and instead saw it and its progeny, the "new wave" through magazine articles and whatever other media I could find. If punk was a revolution, why did it still sound so much like Chuck Berry? Over time, I appreciated the one-man revolution that was Chuck Berry, but that's a story for another day. I got to high school in 1982 and met some cool kids and I taped their record collections and fell headlong into the New Wave. Everyone worshipped Bowie, so I got a schooling on him (and Eno, and Fripp and and and). "Heroes" and "Low" had what my ears were seeking--a willingness to break out of standard pop song structures and do something different without dressing in formal wear and using classical instruments. I was smitten. Really, the most experimental music here reflects Eno's imagination more than Bowie's, but Bowie willingly embraced it and presented it and expanded it. This album will always be a keystone in my musical tastes.

It’s fucking Bowie.

Great but at this moment in my life kinda a downer

Frábær plata. Heroes er auðvitað besta laga í heimi en hin lögin eru öll góð. . Instrúmental trílogían er frábær, ótrúlegir synthar miðað útgáfuár. Augljós Eno áhrif, en passar alveg fullkomlega inn. Gítarinn hjá Fripp í hinum lögunum fær líka 10.

Absolutely Foundational to my taste, encase it wasn't obvious. By no means a perfect album, or even remotely close to Bowies best, (if he even has one they're all beautifully and meticulously flawed) but still phenomenal and eye-opening for a 16 year old me. 9/10

This was the album I decided to listen to first when I decided I was going to 'get into' Bowie and it has stuck with me in a profound way. Every time I listen to this I am immediately transported back to being 18 waiting for the uni bus at Buranda station on a rainy day. The title track brings up a lot of memories, most of them shit, but it is a very dear track to me that always elicits an emotional response from me. Despite (or perhaps because of) how many albums Bowie had released (eleven!!!) in the 70s, you would probably expect him to seem tired. Of course he has a reputation as a musical chameleon, changing genres and playing with different styles, but he does seem tired especially singing on the title track, but not in a bad way, I think it definitely adds to the charm of the album! Much like Low, Side A and Side B are remarkably different, where A is a playful and loud rock album performed with passion and vigor, Side B is 3 songs of dread and unease bookended with lighter songs. Sense of Doubt, Moss Garden and Neuköln are the heart of this album for me. The title track is good, it's special and I have butchered it at karaoke enough to warrant a lifetime ban but these three songs on Side B capture for me the essence of what life was like for me at a certain point. Messy, uncertain and obscure. I could say more about the instrumentals, or the vocals, but this album really did, and still does, move me. Before this project I had probably not listened to this end-to-end for a number of years and it brought me immense job to experience this again. Highlights: Everything, no misses

Bowie in Berlin, nothing not to love

I do prefer Low by a fair margin, but this is still a major achievement

There goes my hero Watch him as he goes There goes my hero He's ordinary

One of my favorite albums by the legendary David Bowie. I love letting myself drift off to this music. A true masterpiece to me!

Classic, let's go

First half bangers, second half dope soundscapes and experimental stuff. 9/10

That one guy is real mad about cold war inaccuracies in the title track when really it's just about Tony Visconti cheating on his wife. 5 stars.

This album was a great time for me. I wasn't sure on first track if it would be my thing but as the album went on I liked it more and more. I feel like this one will continue to grow on me over listens.

Really enjoyed it. Listened to it twice. Easy to work too, had fun organ bits in it, a really good record.

Muito bom, avant garde, thought I had Bowie pinned down but he really surprised me with an ambient sound in the back half, Brian Eno and Robert Fripp elevate this album to transcendence.

It's David Bowie ...

gostei gsotei

Que album de verdade, seguindo depois de ter escutado o Ziggy Stardust, esse album é léguas melhor, mas é injusto comparar pois há um intervalo de 5 anos de um album e outro, mesmo assim, é um verdadeiro respiro de ar fresco. Heroes, com seu começo contagiante e vibrante, não dispensa tempo e demonstra a diferença em sua musicalidade, sem a apresentação de alguma personalidade nova para Bowie interpretar, mostrando como não se distanciou completamente da sua ancora que é o Rock , com as faixas "Beauty and the Beast" e "Joe the Lion" , iniciando o album com duas baladas que estão representando aquele sentimento de tocar aquele rockzinho gostoso, e meu deus como é gostoso, evidenciando ainda mais que David Bowie e Glam Rock são inseparáveis. Passando por essas baladinhas, o album começa a dizer o que realmente quer, e o som transmuta de um jeito maravilhosamente experimental. Heroes dispensa qualquer comentário, simplesmente a melhor faixa do album todo. Depois desse deleite para nossos ouvidos, temos nossos últimos momentos de normalidade (como se houvesse algum até agora) com "Sons of the Silent Age" e "Blackout" , dando mais enfase entre esses dois para Sons of the Silent Age, com seu som suavemente fora de tom e melancólico, soa com algo que poderia ser lançado hoje e não soaria datado, me trouxe sentimentos de desespero e aceitação que eu não compreendo muito bem, mas aceito mesmo assim. Logo após temos "V-2 Schneider", com sua bateria me fazendo de marchinhas militares, avançando com seu saxophone e se transformando em uma faixa instrumental variada e agradável. Seguindo um padrão do ultimo album que escutei do Bowie, "V-2 Schneider" é uma homenagem ao Florian Schneider, fundador do Kraftwerk, enquanto no Ziggy Stardust, "Lady Stardust" homenageava o cantor Marc Bolan, da banda T.Rex. Após essa faixa, chega o ponto de virada do album. Enquanto "Heroes" foi o ápice do album por completo, "Sense of Doubt" e suas subsequentes faixas, entregam o melhor da musica ambiente espacial que Bowie pode trazer para o album, iniciando essa passagem com uma faixa autoexplicativa, trazendo sensações de insegurança e dúvida sobre o que virá pela frente, mas isso é só a chave de virada para uma das melhores "finalizações" de um album até agora. Com direito a transição entre as faixas, o destino final vem acompanhado dos acordes de um koto e sons interestelares especialmente trazidos de um sintetizador, trazendo um som ambiente perfeito vindo direto do Japão. Com toda essa orientalidade, ele fecha absurdamente com "The Secret Life of Arabia", onde o destino final dessa viagem se encontra e encanta o interlocutor de Bowie com fantasias de um amor árabe no deserto. E é com toda essa contextualização que eu reafirmo meu amor por esse album, que pra mim começa bem qualquer coisa com temáticas animalescas de uma noitada de bebida e rock n roll, e se transforma em uma viagem além do esperado, demonstrando novamente a genialidade e amor pela arte da musica de David Bowie.

Just a really great album. There are moments to dance and moments that are peaceful.

9.3/10

10/10. Yes!!!!! This is my favourite David Bowie album!!! This entire album is a bloody masterpiece!!! Thank you!!!!! :)

This is the 87th album I’m rating. I’ve listened to some Bowie before but I absolutely hated it. Adding to my Playlist - Beauty and the Beast, Joe the Lion, Heroes, Sons of the Silent Age, Blackout, V-2 Schneider, Sense of Doubt, Moss Garden, Neuköln, and The Secret Life of Arabia. Not Adding to my Playlist - Nothing. All in all I liked 10/10 songs. This album is weirdly good. I’m shocked because Blackstar was shockingly awful.

good stuff

Every Bowie album is 5 stars and this one is no exception. Songs are great, Eno's noises are great and Robert Fripp contribution is great. Also, it reminds me of the Christiane F film which is great too. Top-notch, although I don't think I can be a hero anymore.

An absolute creative juggernaut featuring arguably one of the greatest rock songs of all time. Mesmerizing vocal performances - he really pushes himself through it the album - and equally inspired instrumentation that goes here there and everywhere without losing the thread. The less said the better. A singular album.

Bowie. Nuff said.

Worth a 5 if just for Heroes

BELOVED

It was uncomfortable and broken into many insignificant parts. One my cat or a cat rather, had a snake wrapped around it and I was too terrified to get it off. Then it turned into a quest to find the movie I was watching. The main character being Flat Top from Dick Tracy, William Forsythe. Then an ex of mine kidnaps my kids leading me on a chase all over the city to different girls I've known all who were, in this situation, lesbians. One in particular was watching the movie I was looking for.

You can't go wrong with David Bowie

Its David Bowie, he has many different styles throughout his albums, loved it.

Magnificent. Another one of Bowie's best.

Probably me favorite record from the berlin trilogy. I spun my copy to shreads. Heroes is truly magnificent in every sense. Its experimental and it seeks the boundaries of what music really is, whislt staying available for everyone to enjoy. The division of the two sides is near perfect, raw power with tracks like joe the lion on side one, followed by the experimental and soft touch of moss garden and neukoln. The intros and outros are near perfect as well, the soundscape of, for example, V-2 schneider is perfect, a great mix of synth and drums that ecapsulates the feel of life during the cold war, there are not many other tracks, with no vocals, that can do that. Heroes is just in every sense a near perfect record that stands the testament of time. I have only scratched the surface of what makes the record great and could go on and on like a broken record. Safe to say this is going to be my first 10, this record will always sound amazing to me and will always spark my imaginition, this is one of the greatest musicians to ever live at his best, Heroes is pure art. Favorite track: Heroes. Overall score: 10.0000000000/10

Another classic that I've heard many times that I'm going to listen to again now.

❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

Loved this, pop tunes everyone loves sit next crazy instrumentals and it somehow works.

Conceptual, experimental, unpredictable, perfect arrangements, perfect history telling, just a masterpiece and its not even his best album. Always surprised when I hear this album.

Every David Bowie album will probably get at least 4 stars… so the only question is if this one can reach 5. Heroes without a doubt reaches this status for me, especially revisiting it for this project. The title track has long been one of my favorite songs of all time. Beauty and the Beast and Sons of the Silent Age also stand out in the first half. But honestly every single song on the first side has a case to be a top 20 David Bowie song. While the first half is just banger after banger, it’s really the ambient works on side 2 where this record cements itself as maybe my favorite of Bowie’s collaborations with Brian Eno. V-2 Schneider pretends to be a standard Bowie song, and you’re just waiting for the vocals to come in. Except they don’t. This is just easing you into the ambient, visceral feelings the next 3 tracks that each perfectly capture the feeling that titles each of the tracks. Just an incredible 3 song run that rivals any moment on side one. I had appreciated and even loved Bowie before I had listened to this album as I when through his discography chronologically a few years ago. Truly a masterclass in balancing tone between the mainstream and experimentation. This album catapulted him as one of my all-time favorites.

Bowie at his best, riding the waves of everything everything good about rock in the 70s and injecting it with widescreen glamour. Beauty and the Beast is a kind of punk-funk that almost veers into Funkadelic territory with Fripp's processed guitar (?) imitating Bernie Worrel. Joe the Lion is more traditional glam but could easily have been on The Cars with Fripp's guitars again sounding more like a synth. The title track is of course one of the most epic songs ever written. Custom built to be the last karaoke song before your night becomes a drunken mess. Sons of the Silence opens sounding like John Lydon doing a Vegas tour before fleshing out the links between 60s pop and glam. Blackout goes back to proto-post punk with jangly guitars and queasy breakdowns. V-2 Schneider is probably the low point (barely). A nice instrumental number not really adding much. The second half of the album starts with a cycle of ambient tracks largely written by Eno. Sense of Doubt opens with doom laden pianos and synths that could have made the cut for the Blade Runner soundtrack. Moss Garden is absolutely sublime and features Bowie on Koto. Neukoln goes a bit heavier on sounds and you can hear the Warm Jets creeping into it. Tenor sax is weirdly great and keeps the Blade Runner feel going. I wonder what an alternate soundtrack (or a collab?) between Eno and Vangelis (and Bowie and Fripp?) on that sountrack would have been like? The Secret Life of Arabia is practically a Talking Heads song and also hints at Bowie's turn to disco in the 80s. Abdulmajid closes the album with a Marinetti drum machine rythym that would have had the Spaniards frothing. I mean, you have Bowie, Fripp, Eno and Tony Visconti in Berlin. What ever did you think would happen but the creation of some of the best music possible?

top 5 Bowie project. no questions asked.

Yea David Bowie is one of them ones, my apologies sir for not listening to your discography sooner. This was a masterpiece to listen to, a complete body of work, flawless from start to finish. The arrangements are top notch, his voice floats over them, this floating around in your head and taking you along this journey with him. I can’t say enough about it!

* My favourite Bowie album. Brian Eno, Robert Fripp and Tony Visconti made huge contributions to this work, which is the artistic zenith of the Neu!/Harmonia/Kraftwerk/Bowie/Iggy Pop 1970s collision.

Although the lyrics are generally more opaque than Low and earlier albums, there is both a continuity and ongoing change in the music and overall sound that keeps this interesting.

Another brilliant album by one of my “heroes”

As someone who never actively listened to Bowie, the first half was exactly what I expected. Good, serviceable tunes (with the standout exception of Heroes, an all time great) without much more to them. However I wasn't prepared in the slightest for the direction the back half of the album would go. Weird ambient pieces, dripping with atmosphere and tension, and immensely fun.

What an absolute treat to listen to this album again.

Obsessed. I didn’t expect to vibe so much with the instrumental tracks but I really liked them, esp in the context of a full play through of the album. Sons of the Silent Age was one of my fav tracks and I hear echoes of Space Oddity in it. Love to hear artists play with similar musical ideas at different times in their career

I had never heard the B-side of this album, didnt know Eno was involved in this either. Loved the ambient tracks on the back side.

Nije Low ali je i dalje remek djelo

'Though nothing, will keep us together / We could steal time, just for one day.' That has the joyous, fall-up-the-stairs desperation of Marquee Moon, the night so young and carefree it may as well be the end of time. Tho not quite as profound as Low, it's just as complete as the trilogy's first, and is structured the same: vocal dance tracks to start, pensive instrumentals to conclude, with the exception of 'The Secret Life of Arabia.' Where it takes me is vaguer than I'd like, but I'm still moved, I'm still awed by the play-it-cool but make-it-strange aesthetic that defines Bowie's output. You could say it's the best of the trilogy - you wouldn't be wrong. I just prefer Low that little bit more.

I don't even think Heroes is Bowie's best album but it's still so strong. The first half is packed with alternative pop appeal and gives has one of the best titular tracks for any album, and then the album gives way to three brilliant experimental tracks - the unnerving Sense of Doubt, dreamy Moss Garden and surreal Neukoln.

J'adore cet album avec ces chansons plus pop et ses ambiances électroniques où la musique se mêle aux sons, aux bruits. La production met vraiment aussi de l'avant les diverses voix de Bowie et sa puissance.

5/5 already know and love this album

Listening for 29-01-2025 First time jumping into this website, for getting skill of paying attention better via listening to a full album per day. LPT

My favorite tracks on this album are what another listener termed as the 'gloomy instrumentals' on the B side of the album. Sure, I love the title track, but the back half of the album gives me the LOW vibe that I dig so much. Love the synths, the piano, the broodiness. Favorites: "Heroes", "V-2 Schneider", "Sense of Doubt", "Moss Garden", "The Secret Life of Arabia"

I cannot overstate enough how utterly boring Heroes is to play when you're doing a solo cover on the guitar. It's the sort of song that only works as a composition with multiple layers. The second half of this album is what makes it great. Expecting more meandering 70s rock like most of the rest of Bowie during this era, Gimme a few singles and then fill out both sides of an album, the second half glides in like that thing with wings, elevating the whole work as a composition, rather than a contractual obligation.

Heroes comes from that time in Bowie's career when he was transitioning from his glam roots (Ziggy Stardust, Hunky Dory, Pinups, etc.) through his Berlin phase. As such, it doesn't sound like any of those old albums, being much more experimental. In fact, the only radio hit on this album you are likely to hear is the title track, which dramatically shows Brian Eno's influence and Robert Fripp's guitar work. It has a harder edge than Low or Station to Station, presaging his 80s work. That said, Heroes is one of Bowie4s great albums. It is emotion laden in ways his glam albums were not. This and Low are the albums that took Bowie from rock stardom into a transcendent place few artists ever arrive at. Bowie took what he made in this album, added more pop influences, and reinvented himself for the 80s. Heroes and Low are the critical junction where Bowie transitioned from rock star into true artist.

Unbelivable. Just a Marvelous album.

Perfect album. Heroes and The Secret Life of Arabia are the hits.

This album has always been one of my favorites from Bowie. It’s part of his Berlin Trilogy with Brian Eno, and it’s probably the easiest to listen to out of the three. The album goes for a higher quality sound and production, but still maintains its experimental approach. There are about three tracks that are more ambient, which really showcase Eno’s influence on Bowie. Over the years, these tracks have become a big highlight of the album for me. For anyone new to Bowie and exploring his music, this is definitely an album you can’t skip, as it’s one of the biggest highlights of his entire catalog.

Classic Bowie is always a solid choice. Cecy really liked it.

"Heroes" is the sequel that may be even better than the original, although I think Low is also a perfect album. That was quite the feat, releasing two perfect albums only a few months apart. These two albums really kick off the whole concept of Art Rock and their influence still resonates today. Also, the title track is probably song of the decade. Key tracks: Beauty and the Beast "Heroes" Sons of the Silent Age V-2 Schneider The Secret Life of Arabia

It is so hard to pick a favorite Bowie album, there are so many classics. Some days I think it's Ziggy Stardust or Station to Station, and others I think it's Heroes or Low, but I also really like Young Americans and Scary Monsters. Anyways, the song heroes is one of the most timeless songs, Beauty and the Beast is a banger, and then there is side 2. I love all of the instrumental tracks on this album, they are so eerie. High 5.

Classic

A, what can I say, one of the great Bowie albums, which along with the other 'Berlin' albums was very influential. Perhaps not the best of his albums, but a 5 star album nonetheless. Tracks here range from ambient to quite heavy.

hard for its reputation to not proceed it; I’ve loved this album since I was 16. while not as essential as “low”, it’s a clear graduation in the direction bowie was headed.