Heroes

Not my favorite Bowie album, but very good.

As expected with Bowie, it’s a very good album. Don’t think it’s a great one though.

Lost a point for self-indulgence. The fan is always right.

favourite song: joe the lion the first half was so good that i can forgive the second half

Interesting, several songs with no lyrics, experimental

Klasik bir albüm.

Goods: heroes, v2 schneider

4.5

Heroes takes you through an audio journey of music so varied, it feels like the songs could be considered different genres. This makes for an interesting listen instead of the boring every song sounds the same albums.

The second half of the album takes a turn, but, there's some really interesting beats there.

Not my favourite album from him, jut still a great achievement!!

well it gets weird in the second half but its Bowie so its ok. glorious record again. I, as everyone love Heroes the song but I've always really liked the Oasis version as it is quite powerful

Was not expecting the second half to be mostly instrumental but I was pleasantly surprised.

I enjoyed Heros.

Muy bueno, entretenido y la "historia" que cuenta el álbum me gustó. Además, las piezas instrumentales se me hicieron muy agradables interesantes.

Great atmosphere. Really good songwriting. Second half is getting weirder and weirder yet even more atmospheric. Definitely need to be in the mood.

Nice album, I really like the voice on beauty and the beast. But the two halves of the album don't seem to match, they're so different. Now I understand why Christiane F. Once said, that a Bowie concert had something to do with her heroin addiction. Kind of weird but I would listen again.

Nice, more disco than remember but great ref for Avante garde pop of the day

Goed album en Bowie is nice maar sense of doubt, moss garden en neukeln had ie er gewoon uit moeten laten. Heroes is een geweldig nummer

Alleen al om de titelsong zou di 5 sterren zijn. Laatste paar nummers waren ook zeer relaxed

It’s an entertaining listen. I’ve never loved Bowie but think he’s done a cool job of constructing his albums. I enjoyed listening to it but it may not make it into the rotation.

It was good. Not anything special, but good music and a great song.

I struggled with this one a bit. I think I mentioned in the Low review that it’s only in the last few years that I’ve started to appreciate the Berlin era stuff more. It always felt a bit too cold and disengaged, but Low in particular has grown on me. This one, not so much. It’s interesting doing it after Thriller. We talked about that album feeling like the honing of one particular idea or formula, whereas this feels like someone trying lots of different ideas. As a result it’s one I admire rather than love. The exception is the title track, perhaps because it’s the one song with genuine emotion to it, whereas the others have a detached quality. That said, Joe the Lion, Beauty and The Beast and Neukoln are all interesting. It would be a three, but Heroes is wonderful and bumps it up.

I initially was unimpressed by how all over the place this album was compared to Ziggy, however after looking it's recording process up it makes sense. David Bowie constructed lyrics for most of the songs on the fly in a studio just meters from the Berlin wall. Robert Fripp apparently finished all of the guitar work for this album in 3 days. Now that I have that context I'll need to register. I'm glad that I listened to this and that I took the time to review it's history. Still not my favorite Bowie record but I'm excited to revisit soon. 4/5.

1. 3.5 2. 4.2 3. 4.1 4. 3.7 5. 3.8 6. 4 7. 3.8 8. 4.2 9. 4.4 10. 4

Hero.

'Are you going to tell him the mike wasn't plugged in?' 'Nope.' 'Hopefully no one will notice.'

moss is a hero to me, and not just for one day

Somewhere between ambient and nervous

Nice

Bowie is a legend, and every album that he did has at least one hit on it, for me, Heroes (that is a classic) and Beauty and The Beast are the good ones here, even tho the other songs are really cool. I'm only giving this 4 stars because of the extensive instrumentals in the end, not saying that they aré bad because they have a unique style and they're not repetitive, but it's not exactly my thing

I love bowie but not my fav album

The front half of the album was awesome. I truly have not enjoyed enough David Bowie in my lifetime. I was definitely thrown by how interlude-heavy the back half of the album was. For that reason, I am docking a point.

There are classics but I can never get into the deeper cuts in Bowie records. My only standout from him is Ziggy as I love every track on that.

Really liked this. I haven't listened to much Bowie. This is an interesting little album. He does write catchy tunes but I have to admit I need some more time to warm up to him as a singer. I also really enjoyed the instrumental tracks here. A great range. Looking forward to going through more albums which I assume will pop up. Standout Track: Moss Garden

Interesting Sings for a few songs then it's instrumentals. Liked hearing "heroes"

4 stars

a few gems on here 3.7/5 listened 2x

very strange but very good listen. the begging of the album is very fun to listen to yet then it switches to psychedelic and instrumentals as the last half of the album. although it was still relaxing to listen to.

Man, I have always struggled to get into Bowie, in part because I really don't enjoy art rock, and I'm really glad this was my first introduction to him on this list. As others have said, this may actually be a low point compared to other albums of his, but I think it's also a bit of an easier entry point for someone who's been on the edge. It still keeps to the art rock vibes, but really helps me understand why David Bowie has such an incredible following. This is full of incredible tracks from Heroes, to Beauty and the Beast, and the experimental and jazzy instrumentals at the end, especially Moss Garden.

Not my favourite Bowie album, but still a banger

I really enjoyed this album! Particularly enjoyed the instrumental songs toward the end “Sense of Doubt”, “Moss Garden,” and “Neukoln.” Other notable songs for me were “Blackout” and “The Songs of Arabia.” Only reason I take a star away is because, while I could easily listen to the whole album again, there’s nothing about it that would make me REACH for it.

I already had Heroes on my liked songs list but don't know the other songs. I'm enjoying this album.

A pleasant listen, slightly above average

Great songs.

Bien 1 cara, segunda instrumental

Listening to music while stoned will sometimes make sober you question why you added bad songs to the playlist. Is this album one of them? I'm not sure. I liked the ambient stuff on my first listen, but nothing else. But now, I like almost all of this, some I didn't like before even becoming new favorites. Do I finally "get" David Bowie? Right now, I think I do. This was great

Schönes Album. Irgendwie fehlt mir ein bisschen die Tiefe bei den Sounds, selbst beim Remastered Album. Aber die Musik ist hörenswert.

4.5 stars

Lesser golden age Bowie, but the title track is an all timer. 4/5 "Oh my god. It's Monday."

Cool spacey sound. The title track is a timeless classic!

Needs a relisten. Opens very strong, but a lot of ambient frippertronic tracks to the end that need time to digest.

Early synth and interesting use of saxophone create some haunting sounds. Great rhythm throughout. Vocals and harmonies shine as well.

I had heard of Bowie’s Berlin trilogy, I know it’s legendary, I just never got around to listening to it. I guess I thought I’d be disappointed. I always assumed it’d be very melancholy slow music. Boy was I wrong! This album was wild! A lot of fun and I will definitely be returning to it in the future.

אלבום טוב פופ-רוק ממש מעניין

Great songwriting, production (sounds like it was made 5 years after it came out), and singing all through out. The first half of this one is AMAZING. It’s banger after banger from Bowie. However, the ambient works on Side 2 are rather self indulgent and uninteresting. It never really picks itself up again after Sons of the Stone Age. Still amazing just for the first half ALONE.

I cannot believe I had never heard the whole album before! Very Berlin.

Heroes is David Bowies' best song. The rest of side A is kind of forgettable. Side B is good, but it doesn't make sense listening to it on it's own. The comparison to Low is inevitable, and "Heroes" doesn't quite stand up. Conclusion: It's good but I kind of expect it to be better 3.6

Nice older album from Bowie. forgot he did instrumental music

- Es ist das erste Mal seit Langem, dass ich das Album mal wieder am Stück durchgehört habe. - In meiner Erinnerung verblasste der Rest des Albums neben dem Titeltrack immer ein wenig, weshalb ich "Heroes" immer für ein gutes Album gehalten, es aber nie als überragend empfunden habe. - Ich muss sagen, inziwschen geht es mir da etwas anders: Ich bin voll und ganz mitgerissen worden. Das Album geht einfach voran und entführt mich in die treibende Berliner Zeit Bowies. Ich habe einfach mega Spaß beim Hören. Mir bleibt gar nichts anderes übrig als mitzuwippen bei Songs wie "Beauty and the Beast" oder "Blackout". Oder zu weinen bei "Heroes", dem vielleicht schönsten Song allerzeiten. Und dann kommt zwischendurch plötzlich so ein düsteres Instrumentalbrett wie "Sense of Doubt". Und dabei bleibt es nicht. Es folgen zwei weitere Instrumentaltracks. For real?! Jo. Und ich habs nichtmal als störend empfunden, weil sich in den 3 Tracks bei mir Bilderwelten aufgetan haben. Von den Straßen der "Heroin-Hauptstadt" (Zitat vom Ex-Heroinabhänigen Bowie) Berlins, in die Kirschblütenwälder von Japan zurück auf die harten und kalten Straßen der deutschen Hauptstadt. Wie ein Herointrip. - Bowie ist Bowie. Das ist einfach ein bisschen anders als der Rest. Sicherlich ist das nicht jedermanns Sache - polarisiert hat der Mann schon immer. Was man ihm nicht absprechen kann: Er bleibt immer unberechenbar, lyrisch und musikalisch großartig. Ich liebe das. Wirklich. - Im Vergleich aber nicht mein Lieblingsalbum von ihm. Da gibt es noch 2-3 Alben die davor kommen. Rating: 4,25/5

Not impressed by the regular songs, because probably my expectations were raised to high. But the ambient part was unexpected and awesome!

Do not care for the opening track but it recovers on track 2. Heroes such a solid song. I like the mix of his voice on Sons of the Silent Age. Sense of Doubt is a cool track to build up the album with some variation that is no jarring. Into the meditative Moss Garden. Some stand out tracks but also a solid construction as an album.

I really like it. Dreamy vibes. Totally Bowie.

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

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

Interesting to hear it again.

great album

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

So 70s

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

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

Bowie is always good. The man knows how to roll

4 stars only because the Heroes song

Classic

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

4.3 bangers men litt spess slutt

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

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

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

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

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

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

acid

Hell. Yes.

Heroes, Blackout

Grrrreat

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

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

Dope

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

Top 3: #5 #6 #8

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

Very classic Bowie

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

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

4,5

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

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

Very good, will likely give Bowie more of chance.

7/10

very 80s experimental; I love the song heroes!

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

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

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

Very Bowie. Interesting and daring.

Bowie is always good

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

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

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

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

Cool

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

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

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

Back to back black and white album⁉️⁉️Fuck yeah

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

Nice 80's

Consistently good with one standout track (see album title)

Chill, interesting.

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

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

bowie

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

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

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

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

Pretty good

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

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

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

4/5

me gusta

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

Alltaf gott. Allt gott. Gott gott.

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

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

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

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

ok

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

Art rock that is just enough experimental in a good way. Mood of the album swings back between gloomy and upbeat. Occasional guitar riffs and synths throughout. Album ends with 4 pleasant instrumental tracks. Standout is the title track which is 80's ballad-y in a good way.

Bizarre album. A few concepts within there which allows it to stand out.

I still just don't like Bowie that much... But this album surprised me. The instrumental tracks were awesome and with those this one is his best I've heard so far.

Classic landmark album

The title track alone is gold 4 stars right there. The rest of it is not so memorable. Gun to my head I couldn't name another one of the songs on this album I've had for nearly 40 years.

Secret Life of Arabia is banging

Top 3 Songs: 1 - Heroes (3) 2 - Blackout (5) 3 - Moss Garden (8)

7/10. Another good, but not great Bowie album. I could see this album growing on me, or starting to irritate me on a relisten. Moss garden was very pleasant.

Some good Bowie with a long stretch of ambient noise. 7/10

3.5/5

I find it funny that I rated the Eno album so low early on, but really dig the Eno / Bowie Trilogy. 4/5 for Heroes, Joe The Lion, Blackout, V2 Schneider.

An uneven album by one of the all time greats.

the more i listen, the less i like. patchy but heroes is one of the best written songs of all time, so there's that

Bowie mysteerinen ääni joutuna julkijumalaton julkisuus.. ihmiset kärsivät ja juotuvat kuuntelemana.. pakko ymmärtänä... Musiikista.. uniikkia.. hankala kuvitella musiikki sana ilman että bowie pötkykkää.. Tässä antana kaikkensa...

somewhat disappointed. the title track is one of my favorites, and i had hoped for more out of this album. still good, but not _all time_ good

Berlin Bowie is best Bowie. I think Low is the whole package and this one mostly peaks with the title track, but it’s still a great time. The man sounds as good as ever and I love the influences he balances here, especially the touches of jazz. A-

Fav track: V-2 Schneider 4/5

What a great album. I wasn't that familiar with this one, other than the obvious songs. But it came together so well. Some really punchy bops in there I didn't know so well and WHY because they're just so good. Just such an exceptional song writer

This particular Eno/Bowie collab might be my favorite. Great hooks and experimental arrangements: what more can you ask for? Apparently this is a controversial opinion, though, since hard core Bowie fans like others better and Bowie haters hate this album most? Who knew? I enjoy this take on layered, complex, synth pop. 4/5

Better than I expected. I had only heard Heroes the single. The only not so good part we’re the instrumentals in the back half.

strange but good

baita som

ethereal and sublime. bowie is his typical unique self with interesting lyrics and haunting vocal delivery. three instrumentals (in a row) is a bit much. overall, however, an enjoyable experience.

Challenging to score this. Heroes is so so good as a song. I like the instrumental tracks at the end even if they’re an odd fit. I guess I’m here for it all.

The Brian Eno second half got me, like, bleah, but the rest of those songs….*chef’s kiss* This meme-filled review has been brought to you by the letter $ and the number ¥.

Not gonna lie, the first couple of tracks are a little too cacophonous for me. Can't quite parse a lot of elements, and I'd have to be in a very specific mood to revisit them. However, the whole experience when coupled with the moody instrumentals later on brought more cohesion than I was initially expecting. A very light four. Fave tracks: Sons of the Silent Age

Fun and space-y. Not really my vibe.

Great hits and cool instrumentals but needs direction in later tracks

I really just haven't listened to enough Bowie

Really want to give it a 5 but it falls flat toward the end

Love the ambient sounds from Ziggy himself

Ik verwachtte niet die ambient nummers aan het eind

Bowie in top form. Great one

Great album.

Today's album is the second of a trilogy of albums recorded in Berlin and known as the Berlin Trilogy. In the late 70's, Bowie and Iggy Pop spent a few years in Berlin, trying to get clean of drugs and alcohol, and that time turned out to be a super productive couple of years for both of them. After he released his first of the three albums titled Low earlier in 1977, Bowie toured with Iggy Pop, playing keyboard for his band. When the tour ended, he assisted in the recording of Iggy's second solo album Lust for Life, then regrouped at the recording studio with Brian Eno to record this album that same year. Most of the tracks on this record were composed on the spot in the studio, with lyrics not being written until Bowie stood in front of the mic! What a busy year, and it goes to show how much of a stellar musician Bowie was. The second half of the album, starting at the song V-2 Schneider is a huge instrumental number. It reminds me of outer space quite a bit, and is quite relaxing. I feel like it would be good music to meditate or do yoga to. Overall, a great, typical quirky Bowie album. Not my favourite album of his, but definately a gem! Favourite songs: Heroes, Beauty and the Beast, the whole instrumental second half (V-2 Schneider, Sense of Doubt, Moss Garden, & Neukoln) Least favourite songs: Joe the Lion, Sons of the Silent Age, The Secret Life of 4/5

Never been much of a Bowie fan, I think because his voice is quite different and music is not ur typical pop fare. Taking the time to go through Heroes has definitely expanded my appreciation and knowledge.

Probably one of his weakest.

muy buen álbum, no me esperaba tres canciones sin vocales in a row

very very very nice. first half is great and the direction change for the back half was unexpected but very very welcome. Bowie is phenomenal on this one and the mix and arrangement is excellent. best tracks: heroes, joe the lion, sense of doubt

As usual, this list is teaching me that I don't *love* David Bowie. I love the title track on this album, "Heroes" is honestly one of my favorite songs ever. Cheesy as it may be, I first heard it in that cathartic scene in Perks of Being a Wallflower. Basically a child's way of being introduced to it, but I don't care because it struck me immediately and I've played it incessantly since. I was hoping this album would have a lot like that, but there's not much else with that level of emotion and unforgettable melody. There's some sauce in that track that is impossible to replicate. Like "Low," I found myself enjoying the instrumental tracks on here more than those with Bowie on vocals. I don't know what to say, a lot of his stuff just feels generic-rocky. But there's enough on here for me that I'd say this is a great album. Hard to say which I've liked the most now, but the strength of "Heroes" elevates this one a lot. Favorite tracks: Heroes, Moss Garden, Sense of Doubt, Neukoln, Blackout. Album art: Quirky lad behavior. Bowie mid-voguing or something, I don't know. Not very heroic, but it's a cool shot. 4/5

First half was excellent then v2 Schneider was alright for atmosphere, sense of doubt was good moss garden and neukoln were so boring the the closer was a bit naf. It’s still mostly good though I just don’t like that kind of music much. 4/5

I prefer the early 70s albums, but this is very good. Like all the more experimental instrumental tracks.

Grew on me a lot as the day went on. Strong David Byrne vibes. Instrumentals drag on a bit too long for me though. Strong 3 to a light 4 on this one

It’s Bowie after all. Not my fav. Heroes and Sons Of The Silent Age are amazing 3.5/5

Not the best Bowie, in my opinion

The title track of this album is the song I listened to over and over when I first heard that David Bowie died. An awful day for the world. But yes, while it may not be his greatest ever, it’s still excellent piece of work from David. Definitely an album you have to listen to in one go to fully appreciate.

Jebeni Bowie. Šta reći? Dva albuma je izbacio te '77, ovo je dio trilogije Berlin. Low mi je najbolji iz te trilogije pa slijedi ovaj, a onda tamo negdje Lodger dolazi na red. Volim što ima instrumentale kao i na Lowu. Pogotovo stvar "Moss Garden".

Not my favourite Bowie album (Bowie albums I love more: Low, Young Americans, Hunky Dory, Ziggy, Station, Aladdin) though it indisputably contains one of if not his greatest ever songs. In terms of the Bowie albums with two halves of pop songs and instrumentals, Low is lightyears apart for me on both fronts. That said, it's a peak Bowie album, and is spectacular in its own right. I just have to leave myself somewhere to go. Favourites - Heroes, Neukoln, V-2 Schneider.

Heroes is the first Bowie song I fell in love with and for that this this album will always have a special place. The first half is an absolute masterpiece but unfortunately, I don’t love the second half quite as much.

This instantly clicked for me. Contains the iconic song Heroes, as well as other standouts such as Beauty and The Beast, Blackout and Joe The Lion. I don't often listen to instrumental tracks, but I was able to immerse myself with the four ones present on this album (V-2 Schneider, Sense of Doubt, Moss Garden and Neuköln). They transition very nicely into one another and offer a unique ambient journey for the listener.

I love hero’s the song my fav

Bowie is always a fascinating artist to listen to because of how he reinvents himself. Not my favourite Bowie but I’ll probably listen again anyway

"Heroes" gets downright funky, to my inebriated delight. The less poppy sections are less well-developed, but I'm actually happy to see flaws in this case, the Trilogy reacting to form a compound of perfectly imperfect Bowie weirdness. This remains the easiest Bowie project to be fooled by with the title track. Anyway, "Heroes": glorious.

Classic

it’s not Low

Second album by David Bowie on this list and also second of the, so-called "Berlin Trilogy", after "Low". And while I think that "Low" was one of the best records I have listened to, out of almost 150 albums, "Heroes" was quite underwhelming and didn't offer the same mix of emotions. The concept of the record is similar - few positive and high energy songs, followed by more atmospheric and electronic-filled tracks. But last time we had many hits, songs that are great on their own, plus sounded great in the context of album. Here I can point out only the self-titled track "Heroes", which is a great single and somehow continues the road of the album trilogy. This time the instrumental songs didn't hook me in, they felt like a slog, even though there were nice moments with small guitar solos and melodies. Bowie's vocal is great as always, so no complaints there. Some people treat it as the best album in Bowie's career, for me it's a step back after wonderful "Low".

It's a magnificent mess. Sound and experience and the genius of Fripp in the background. But it's not complete.

Of course we're all familiar with Bowie, but there are only a small handful of records that I am intimately familiar with and "Heroes" isn't one of them. This album is big and ambitious, late 70s Bowie was really something. I find it a bit disjointed, but feel less so about that the more I listen to it. It's a really great album.

8/10, one of my favorite Bowie albums

As cliché as it sounds, everything he touches turn to gold. The charismatic and glamorous personality is more evident here than on "Young Americans". Whether it's good old rock, or Brian Eno's ambience and slick electronica, or even that weird oriental rock tune, it's packed with such tight stellar-ness that I enjoyed a lot. Quite ahead of its time for a 1977 album.

Paranoid pop with the wild likes of Bowie, Eno, and Fripp.

I don’t think it’s Bowie’s best album, but I like the chill vibe it has. Not a standout for Bowie but it’s good.

Been loving David Bowie lately, and this just made my love stronger

I think this is the album when Bowie said - Fuck, I can do anything, I can be anything. What an artist

Sounds like Brian eno took over on the second half of this album

Pretty good

Rå helhet, og flere sterke enkeltspor. Ikke Bowies aller beste, men full av gull og hull.

David Bowie is so awesome dude. The first four songs of this album are just unbelievably good. Of course everyone knows 'Heroes', the first track 'Beauty and the Beast' is a very strong album opener. But for me, my favorite song is 'Sons of the Silent Age'. Just a magnificent melody and one of the best chord progression harmony combinations I've ever heard. The second half of the album is a lot different as Bowie transitions the album into a medley of instrumentals. I feel this half of the album is not nearly as strong but a special shout out to 'Moss Garden' as one of the most chill tracks I've heard. The album concludes with 'The Secret Life of Arabia' which brings back vocals and is a fine ending. I recommend this album, if only for the first half, it is worth it. 4.25/5

Proper relic of its time where tracks were intended to be listened to in order. Side 2 sort of slides off its chair with little instrumental vignettes and minimal, ambient atmospheric codas presumably to be enjoyed when whacked out on smack in a Berlin basement. Very good.

Having only ever heard the Heroes single, the whole album is not what I expected at all. 'Sense of Doubt' and 'Moss Garden' are so different to the Bowie I knew.

A proper successor to Low, except louder and catchier with a greater R&B and gospel influence. It's much more refined and confident, and the songs are fantastic: energetic, cold, and industrial with a strained voice filter. Excellent synth work by Eno, distinctive and on point with Bowie's style. First half is nearly perfect, although I had a couple complaints about "Joe the Lion" and "Sons of the Silent Age" (love the Beatlesesque vocals and cymbal crashes). Just like with Low, the second half is characterized by mostly instrumentals, but the ambient tracks don't match the energy and stick out poorly, especially coming back to the disco "Secret Life of Arabia." My favorite was the Blackstar-esque horns in "Neukoln", but yeah they didn't impress me as much as the Low instrumentals.

Listened

Mother killed this album

Fun, but not reaally my cup of tea.

david bowie

Brilliant, but knocked a star off for the instrumentals which I don't get

The instrumentals towards the end of the album really stand out. The difference between pop single Bowie and these album oriented tracks is unexpected for me as a casual fan. I love them.

Heroes Sons of the silent age Beauty and the beast

First review and listen to a full David Bowie album.Now as previously mentioned i am not much of a reviewer for albums so bear with me on that part.Previously i have listened to a few songs by Bowie with Heroes being one of them but never have gotten around to listen to a full length album of his. The album starts off strong with Beauty and the Beat down to Sons of the Silent Age. Tracks such as V-2 Schneider weren’t appealing to me so maybe a re listen could bring me around. the next two instrumental tracks, Sense of Doubt and Moss Garden change the style of the album with Moss Garden having a more tranquil feel to the album. Then tying into the next track Neuköln with has some solid guitar playing mixed with a futuristic background which i really enjoyed. The final track of this album, The Secret Life of Arabia, really changes the mood from the last three tracks with Bowie singing on the track and giving a catchy chorus. Overall i really enjoyed listening to this album and makes me want to explore Bowie more with other well known albums such as ZiggyStardust. 4/5

Glam, Pop, Rock, Metallic, Catchy, Anthemic, Experimental, Grand, Ambient, Electronic, Industrial, Art Rock

Can't resist me some David Bowie. Never listened to this one the whole way through before. The instrumental stuff was interesting but not really my thing.

Amazing album by one of the best artists of all time. I wish more songs were on the level of the title track, but that is an impossible goal to achieve any way.

Berlin-triologien, halv danse-rock, halv ambient instrumentalt,

Great voice

Thanks for Bowie

Love Brian Eno as a producer of ambient, less so for pop music. Bowie is doing his thing and I feel the ambient side comes out the better here. Of traditional Bowie songs Heroes is of course a classic and really saves Side-A for me. Patchy but the highs are very high - 3.5/5

Highlights: Beauty and the Beast.

Heroes is the 12th album by David Bowie and its an experimental art rock album. It expanded on the electronic, ambient sounds introduced on his previous album Low, and followed a similar structure as well of more traditional rock songs on the first half and the second half featuring mostly instrumental tracks. This album signified a period of growth for Bowie as a musician, but the reviews for Heroes were mixed. Some liked the continuation of ambient art rock, while others would've liked more traditional rock elements to have been used. Everyone agrees that the guitar work - performed by Robert Fripp - was top notch though. Additionally the title track has gone on to be one of Bowie's most popular songs. I think it was a beautiful album that showcased Bowie trying out new things and still being able to make something most people would love.

Favorite songs: Heroes, Moss Garden.

Perhaps the most iconic album from Bowie's Berlin Trilogy. It's great!

Good

This album was released in October 1977. The title track was impossible to dislike and has over time become one of Bowie’s most popular songs. It’s one of 4 tracks on the album co-written with Eno & features Fripp on guitar. Six tracks feature vocals and four (most of Side 2) are instrumentals. For me, “Heroes”, Beauty And The Beast and Blackout are the standouts. These 3 & Sense of Doubt are the 4 tracks from this album included on the live double album Stage, which was released in September 1978 to coincide with Bowie’s 9 month world tour. I saw his first Sydney concert at the old Showground in November. He was in great voice. It was the music event of the year & felt a bit like the gathering of the tribes. This isn’t an album I’ve ever played a lot and having given it several spins in the last few days, I don’t know why. The production (Bowie & Visconti) is terrific. And it ‘s never boring - even the 4 consecutive instrumentals are full of surprises. I loved it.

I really love the Berlin-era Bowie albums, with their mix of krautrock, ambiance, new wave. Aspects of these records have inspired whole genres of subsequent music. I love the 'proper' songs on the first side (plus Secret Life of Arabia), all of which have Bowie in great voice. An old friend, Dave Chisholm, was a big fan of this ear of Bowie, and used to play this record obsessively. Joe the Lion was a particular favourite in that house. Is it sacrilegious to say that the instrumental tracks on side two are... a little weak? They feel like filler on a very quickly recorded album during a prolific period? While undoubtedly ground-breaking at the time, others have much more successfully followed the ambient/post-rock genre into much more itneresting places. These are ur-texts, but sktech-luike compared to what follows. Bowie has (successfully) distanced himself from his LA-based cocaine habit by re-locating the Europe, and in 1978 alone the had released 'Low', produced an album for Iggy ('The Idiot', also a classic), toured that record, recorded and released 'Heroes', then went back on tour again. Eno's influence is strongly seen on those instrumentals, plus the more experimental production choices, often as a result of using his Oblique Strategies cards. Robert Fripp, guitarist extraordinaire (who turned up for duty, claiming that he hadn't played in three years) played all his parts in three days, on songs he had never heard before. His distinctive playing is especially notable on the title track. I think he is the secret weapon that really lifts this album into something special. I am big fan of his work on 'Scary Monsters', which also shows how well his style suits Bowie's vocals and song-writing. I love and regularly play this album, although I confess I usually only play side 1.

Bowie a legend

The title track sure has legs. Too bad one can't say the same for the instrumental tracks that conclude the album. My hot take is that "Let's Dance" is a better Bowie album and this one is only here because of that aforementioned title track. But this is the album that finally made me Google "Did David Bowie really have different colored eyes". There appears to be some sort of consensus that Bowie had something called anisocoria, which means he didn't have different colored eyes, but instead had different sized pupils. You can clearly see that here on the album cover, but that doesn't mean Bowie didn't also have different colored eyes. It certainly seems like an idea he'd embrace to the point that it wouldn't have surprised me to learn he went out of his way to wear different colored contact lenses. That doesn't make Bowie a hero as much as it just adds to his continuous mystique.

the title track is amazing the first few other songs are good the end REALLY meanders

A tremendous title track and a bunch of spacey instrumentals. Interesting.

While not my favorite Bowie album, this one is still high on the list. It's such a departure from the earlier work of Ziggy. Great sound and rocking grooves drive this record.

Not my favorite Bowie album but still pretty good.

Must use headphones

Geweldig album, klassieker

Bowie is always good, and I like this Eno stuff at the B-side, but I think Low is better album. Okay, this one have Heroes, but it is only one song.

Great stuff. A little uninspired, but thats in comparison to ziggy stardust and the like so... 8.9/10

Muy bien los temas, la psicodelia también estaba presente.

Love me some David Bowie. Not my favorite of his albums but great nonetheless

It was a nice album but I often fail to see the appeal with alot of Bowie's music, I don't know. Love the song "Heroes", though. Biggest hit on the album. But I don't get the nature or "peaceful" music in the second half of the album as it takes alot away from the album. 7/10.

Brilliant. Yet another album on Bowie's practically perfect 70s run. The title track is one of the greatest songs of all time. 9/10

A great album, especially the title track. Not sure what else to say. Really enjoyed the flow of the second side on this listen. Not Bowie’s best, but close.

He was a unique talent.

It never fails to amaze me how that second half is so damn good it's over before you know it. 4.5/5

Having not been much of a Bowie fan, this one caught me off guard. I enjoyed it. The balance of vocals and instrumental tracks are sonically smooth and enjoyable to me - unlike David's Ziggy period. 4/5.

Definitely another hidden gem. Some of the sounds reminded me of prog rock, but also jazz sound. Overall enjoyed and will like to listen more.

4.75

Really interesting album - I hadn't heard the second side before & it's very atmospheric.

I don't always love Bowie's voice, but this was mostly pretty great. The trio of instrumentals were interesting, especially Sense of Doubt.

Not Bowie at his absolute best, but still lots of good stuff on here.

Ok....its not as good as Low. .but its still great. Its an uneven experience but Bowie can do that. Is Joe the Lion a decent song. No. Does some of side 2 wash over you.? Yes. Fripp on guitar is brilliant. Title track is a colossus...most of side one is epic in its angular awkwardness...lots of side 2 give me "feels". Easy 4

Another interesting Bowie album that I probably need to spend more time with. Faves: Beauty and the Beast, Heroes.

4.0

4/25/2022 Today's Album: "Heroes" by David Bowie - With every Bowie album I listen to for the first time, I feel like I gain a new respect for him. The way how he displays his ability to make pop hits and then throws all of it to the wayside to make some crazy psychedelic shit is done seamlessly and is always so impressive. In this album, there is definitely a different vibe than on Aladdin Sane. With the first half of the album, it's your standard Bowie experience with a ton of strange production thrown into what are generally common and poppy genres. The opener Beauty and the Beast has a great chaotic energy and does a good job of welcoming you into the track list, Sons of the Silent Age is a really epic, yet sweet track where Bowie is singing very well and the effect on his voice adds to the performance a lot. The track Black Out is a great way for this first half to end. It's a really great track on it's own and the title hold significance as it becomes a literal black out for the album. This is because the next 4 tracks act as an extended experimental ambient sonic journey. Each track gives a different side to this sort of droning and isolating environment with squeaky saxophones and pianos with an effect to give it this booming and resonant quality. I really like the way all of it is presented and all of the tracks together serve as a nice break from Bowie's eccentric vocals. It puts on display his amazing production skills and experiments with a lot of sonic ideas without being unlistenable. The closing track The Secret of Arabia breaks the tension built from the last tracks with a really fun and groovy dance track. The vocals are nice and the band is playing really straight in comparison to much of this record. It feels fun, fresh, and is a great way to end the album off on a positive and groovy note. Despite some of the tracks near the beginning being a little too much and feeling a little claustrophobic, this album overall has an awesome sound and aesthetic to it. I love the way Bowie is posed on the album art and one of his eyes being dilated while the other isn't is a great symbol for the strange nature of the track list on this album. Listen to this track if you like ambient music or have like Bowie's work on other albums. Score: 8.5/10 Experimental, yet palatable Highlights: Beauty and the Beast, Sons of the Silent Age, Black Out, V-2 Schneider, Sense of Doubt, Moss Garden, Neukoln, The Secret Life of Arabia.

4.5/5 This one’s a grower for me. Bowie really gives you a lil taste of everything with this one, and I’m all for it 👍

It's Bowie. It's great. But it's also not my favorite.

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Enmig de la trilogia berlinesa de Bowie, continua amb l'experimentació de 'Low', aquí encara més hermètica i gairebé industrial. Clares influències de Kraftwerk, el krautrock i els sons més particulars en el rock d'aquella época. I, és clar, conté un dels millors temes de Bowie i dels 70 en general

Generally when someone gets labeled a "musical genius" it becomes a turn-off to me. I'm thinking of David Bowie, Prince, and Beck. It usually means only people with superior musical taste can truly appreciate them, and the unsophisticated masses just don't get it. Despite being part of those unsophisticated masses, I do appreciate David Bowie's unique creative vision, even if I've never been a dedicated fan. He was never boring and never rested on his laurels. This album is really interesting. Artsy and experimental yet unpretentious. 4 stars.

Pretty good esoteric and sparse tracks that I quite liked.

Goed maar zeker niet zijn beste. Ik luister ook heel graag naar 'helden' inplaats van 'heroes' idk waarom

Not as great as Low, still great.

I thought this was pretty good. As expected, Robert fripp provides some great guitar work here, with a trademark tumbling-down-the-stairs solo being heard. The instrumentation is somewhat difficult to penetrate, do to the dominance of the vocals in the mix and the dense nature of the instrumentation, but it’s good. Side a contains some pretty solid Bowie songs, while side b is comprised primarily of ambient pieces, which were nice, and reminded me of German bands such as popol vuh (particularly moss garden) or tangerine dream (Neuköln) I feel like this is an album which would benefit from being churned around in my mind for a few days. Overall I’d give it a 3.5 to 4 stars. Generally strong, but not my favourite Bowie work.

This was good, and I expected that. It doesn't beat Ziggy Stardust (nothing will), but it is definitely better than most music.

It's Bowie, it's awesome

It’s a good album crowned with Heroes, one of the best songs he did. But the second half of the record is a bit odd with long ambient instrumental tracks.

very cooooool

Legal, mas tem álbuns do Bowie bem melhores. Melhor música: Heroes

spiky, optimistic through the gloom

Still a classic for a reason.

"Boy Thanks for hesitating" (Joe the lion) "Sons of the silent age Listen to tracks by Sam Therapy and King Dice Sons of the silent age Pick up in bars and cry only once Sons of the silent age Make love only once but dream and dream They don't walk, they just glide in and out of life They never die, they just go to sleep one day" (Sons of the silent age)

Beauty and the Beast is a killer start to this album. You’re immediately thrust into the eye of Bowie and Eno’s ambient creative art rock typhoon. You just know you’re in for an unforgettable ride. It’s weird, it’s passionate, it’s aggressive, it’s energetic but it’s ominous and foreboding at times too. Quite a ride, but it’s a solid album. I know there are a lot of Bowie entries on the list, he had his most prolific output in the 70’s, but this on earns its spot. I love Heroes, can never tire of that song. This isn’t my favourite iteration of Bowie, but it’s a damn good one.

Я не могу сказать, что безумно вдохновилась вообще всем, но это определенно классика и я буду к ней возвращаться.

Ich denke über das Lied Heroes braucht man wirklich nichts zu sagen, aber auch die anderen Songs hier drauf gehen gut ab und sind dann doch eigentlich genau das was man erwartet, sehr schrill und tanzbar. Ein wenig fällt Heroes dann eigentlich doch aus der Rolle, wie hymnenartig das wegkommt. In einer ganz anderen Welt sind aber Songs 7 bis 9, die komplett ambient sind, bevor es mit dem HIT The Secret Life of Arabia zuende geht. Eventuell bisschen zu all over the place, aber ich fands spaßig. 8/10

Da ist es, das erste David Bowie Album (von der liste). Heroes ist definitiv ein gutes Album. Jeder kennt natürlich den Titeltrack und alles andere wäre auch falsch, glaube ich. Es ist einfach ein sehr guter song, für mich vielleicht knapp in den top 10 von David Bowie. das instrumental, die lyrics (mal abgesehen von der sache mit der mauer) und die performance von bowie selbst sind perfekt. die anderen tracks in der ersten hälfte müssen sich aber auch nicht verstecken: vom ersten track bis "blackout" kann ich nichts finden, dass mir nicht gefällt. Wenn dann die ambient tracks kommen finde ich die nicht schlecht, aber sie passen einfach nicht zum rest des albums: es fühlt sich an, als ob hier zwei alben in eines gequetscht wurden und so kein teil mehr richtig atmen kann. alleinstehend wären beide teile noch viel besser. die tatsache, dass hier kein schlechter track drauf ist, hat damit nichts zu tun.

Kann irgendwie nicht allzu viel sagen, war sehr unterhaltsam und würde das definitiv nochmal hören, also hat mir gut gefallen. Das ruhige Ende war echt schön und hat mich stellenweise an so George Clanton Kram erinnert und der Anfang war simpel aber effektiv. Zwischendrin war ich nicht so aufmerksam wie ich vermutlich hätte sein sollen

Popmusik kann so gut sein, warum muss es so eine Scheisse wie Coldplay geben? Wahnsinnig gut produziert und ich liebe das Konzept A Seite Popmusik B Seite richtig schräger, experimenteller, ambientiger Kram, das kommt auf Low auch so gut oder auf Hounds Of Love von Kate Bush. Dickes Shoutout auch an Brian Eno und Robert Fripp, ich glaube die beiden und vor allem auch Iggy Pop haben Bowie musikalisch soo extrem gepusht, sonst hätte der bestimmt weiterhin so boring ass Glamrock oder 60er Jahre Pop gemacht, diese Sachen kann ich gar nich leiden von Ihm. 100% meins ist es musikalisch zwar nicht (zumindest die poppige erste Seite), aber für das was es ist, ist es quasi perfekt deshalb stronk 4

Bowies zweiter Teil der Berlin Trilogy macht im Grunde da weiter wo Low aufgehört hat, tolle Mische von Rock und Ambient, diesmal mit noch mehr Eno! Im Vergleich zu Low aber von der Stimmung deutlich mehr upbeat, was mir auch richtig gut gefällt. Man sollte auch eigentlich meinen der Titeltrack sollte irgendwann mal totgehört sein, aber nö. Der macht immer noch mega viel Spaß, bewirkt belebende Emotionen, so richtig Sturm und Drang. Will raus rennen und laut, voller Ekstase, rumschreien. (me and who??) Zweite Hälfte des Albums ist dann wirklich ziemlich purer Ambient, dafür aber sau sau gut. Zum Abschluss nochmal ein rockpoppiger Track, mit einer dicken Note Orientalismus ;) Fav tracks: Beauty and the Beast, Heroes, V-2 Schneider, Moss Garden und Neuköln (dummer typo Bowie, schäm dich, ist ja fast als hättest du nur einen Song von diesem Album TATSÄCHLICH in Berlin aufgenommen)

Hab das gestern auf den letzten drücker gehört und war nicht so ganz aufmerksam aber fands ganz gut + heroes halt krasser song würde eig 3 geben aber mach jetzt einfach mal 4 fühle mich generös

An und für sich schon cooles Ding aber Heroes ist vielleicht zu GUT haha der Rest stinkt ab auf Seite A. Die Ambient Sachen auf Seite B aber auch spaßig, genau wie der Closer! So ganz bekommen mich Bowie Alben nur meist dann doch nicht. 3,51

> Bowie used to tell everyone that we were his favourite group, and in the midseventies the rock press used to hang on every word from his mouth like tablets of stone. We met him when he played Düsseldorf on one of his first European tours. He was travelling by Mercedes, listening to nothing but Autobahn all the time. He's just like me frfr. Richtig solides Album auf dem eigentlich nur gute Tracks sind, aber irgendwie zieht es mich nicht so rein, wenn ich es nebenbei höre, was sicherlich an der introspektiveren zweiten Hälfte liegt. Man muss Bowie auf jeden Fall dafür zu lieben, dass er quasi 4 Instrumental Tracks mit den allergrößten Bops einrahmt. Denke das Album könnte noch mehr on me growen!

Great Bowie album. Mix between classic Bowie and experimental Bowie.

I already heard this album, it has one of a my favorites musics sang by one of my favorites artists ever <3

Heroes has just 1 song really