Heroes

Other than the brilliant title track, I found that the 3rd of the Berlin trilogy doesn't have the same punch as Low and Lodger. Similar mix of pop singles and ambient pieces.

Super bon album, la deuxième moitié m'a agréablement surpris. Définitivement à réécouter.

Heroes isn't my favorite but I wouldn't turn it off if it came on.

Great Bowie, but uneven.

וואלה אלבום מעולה, קצת פסיכדלי, קטעי מעבר מטורפים שמכניסים לאווירה, אין על דייויד בואי

I’d actually never heard this album all the way through before. Really had me in the first half but almost put me to sleep after that

Not a Bowie fan in the slightest, but this slaps, not gonna lie. Better than Ziggy Stardust, the only other full album of his that I've heard. I would imagine that the more experimental instrumental break during tracks 7, 8 and 9 is a bit controversial, but I personally enjoyed it.

Bowie being Bowie, man

Half an album of grim impressionistic instrumentals, half an album of of-the-cuff vocals, unplanned until record was pressed. It shouldn't work but fuck me, it does.

3.5

Obviamente tem Heroes. Mas tem mais, ambient e experiências sonoras impressionantes.

a classic

Interesting to read how polarised the reviews are of this album. Personally, I love it - so evocative of an amazing period

I know the  Berlin trilogy has many die hard fans and Heroes is my favourite of the Berlin trilogy. Truth be told: I'm a bigger fan of the cocaine trilogy (Ziggy, Aladdin and Station to Station).  The sound in Beauty and the Beast is stylistically similar to what he did for a few albums to come. For example, it's similar to Scary Monsters. Bowie was looking for a certain sound from his lead guitarist. It wouldn't be accurate to say his guitarists all sounded the same but there are certainly some stylistic similarities between Robert Fripp, Adrian Belew and Earl Slick. They all had an avant-garde style to their solos and they all like to use the vibrato arm to make their long notes sing.  Side 1 is fabulous and is in the same neighbourhood as  the cocaine trilogy. Side 2 is a lot more instrumental. V-2 works for me but I get lost with Sense of Doubt,  Moss Garden and Neukoin. Are we sure he wasn't doing drugs in Berlin? 

Ich bin ein Berliner. This is the pinnacle of Bowie’s Berlin Trilogy. It was a master stroke to have Fripp and Eno collaborate on this album. It starts off with a few weak songs but the title track is perhaps the best song of his stellar career, and surpassed only by the alt version sung in German. The 2nd side is very Eno influenced and the sense of Cold War angst and foreboding is palpable. In my view A sign of a true genius is an artist that can radically change their style over time to reflect or even lead the zeitgeist of the times. Bowie is one such chameleon, others that come to mind are Miles Davis and Neil Young.

Having just played Low, thought I'd play part 2 of the so called "Berlin Trilogy". Obviously the title track is the standout, commercial track but there is plenty to enjoy in the deeper cuts. Bowie was indeed a fascinating artist in every sense of the word.

Classic, but I don't think it lays a glove on a lot of top tier Bowie

Not as good as I thought, some weird stuff, very atmospheric. Brian Eno I assume

Excellent, classic album

Really good album overall. The 20 minutes of instrumental at the end wears on you a little but each of the instrumental tracks is individually good and the songs at the start of the album are all solid gold.

4.4 + The title track remains the closest example of a perfect rock song, with a vocal performance that's transcendent. There's also an Eno-driven stretch of instrumental songs during the second half that's on par with some of the greatest moments of "Low." If I'm being honest, I like but don't love a couple of the other tracks (e.g. "Sons of the Silent Age") but they certainly don't detract from the overall flow.

Ah, das Zentralwerk der Berlintrilogie. Ach, hätte man doch nur mehr Zeit, sich dem ausführlicher zu widmen ... es gibt natürlich so viel zu holen und zu reflektieren! Aber jedenfall, Die Bowie-Stücke natürlich interessant produziert, fast schon wall (no pun intended!) of sound-mäßig, mit immer wieder interessanten/überraschenden Effekten etc. Danke auch an Tony Visconti. Die Eno-Stücke brauchen bei mir immer, Moss Garden ist natürlich noch am eingängigsten, aber z.B. Neuköln - da würde ich jetzt nicht unbedingt leben wollen nach dem Stück; und erst recht nicht in einem verregneten Herbst 1977. Respekt insofern auch für diese Soundscapes. Und danke natürlich auch den Oblique Strategies. Der Popper in mir macht natürlich jetzt trotzdem erst mal wieder Heroes an.

David Bowie is fascinating and wonderful in so many ways, which of course includes his music. I love it when a musician or band continues to evolve and experiment throughout their life, and in very rare cases that musician still somehow sounds very much like, well, that musician. Bowie is one of those rare treasures. Regarding this album in particular, I had heard some but not all tracks before, and I enjoyed listening to them. Some of the songs made my brain go, "hey, I know that tune," then realize I don't recognize a song but rather as style or sound. For example, 'The Secret Life Of Arabia' reminds me of Talking Heads, a little bit of Blondie, and I'm sure countless other bands with which I am not familiar. This is not a knock on anyone; I don't get hung up on who did it first. I just think it's cool. Transports me to late 70s music and art and culture, or at least my fantasy of it. I don't care how far off I am in my imagining what it was like, I just enjoy it -- and I really have no idea as I was a suburban kid in elementary school when this music was made. Some of the tracks also sound like they could've been made this year. Almost futuristic, maybe? Like it could be a score for a Kubrick film. A few are a little too dissonant for me, but I can sometimes feel like that upon first listen of music that is a bit outside the "norm" or expectation I had.

It was pretty good look into history

A few tracks in and this sounds like a Talking Heads album with louder mixing. UPDATE: This was a great album, loved it!

Quite liked this. Some good bangers and not too much weirdness.

Really groovy songs, the Eno hijack on the second side is good too

I don't know what I just listened to but I think I liked it.

Loved the instrumentals.

Medio experimental

A classic Bowie album in my opinion, a lot like Low which is my favourite. Guitars sound amazing

Not my favourite Bowie album, but still good

Title track is almost too amazing for the album's good. It's a tale of two sides of the album, and I can appreciate it but I can only pay so much attention to it. But the experience was nice.

The end of the album was much more avant garde than expected. Love me some Bowie.

Heroes is obviously an absolute classic banger, the rest of the songs were good, but the instrumental stuff lost me entirely.

While I only really enjoyed Beauty and the Beast and Heroes from the first half, all the instrumental, ambient stuff in the second half was great! I've never delved that deeply into Bowie's albums before so this was a nice surprise.

All over the place, but pretty well done. 0RS

Feels weird not giving Bowie a 5 but I've never been a huge fan of this. 3.5 rounded up.

Rating: 8/10 Best Songs: Beauty and the beast, Heroes, Blackout

Very modern sound with urban and country parts. Generally optimistic feeling and upbeat. Timeless.

A great Bowie album, but unfortunately the genius of "Heroes" overshadows all other tracks. 8.2/10 Best Track: "Heroes"

Moss Garden - i think it brought my heart rate down 20 bpm The Secret Life of Arabia - sick bassline

Heroes is probably one of the best songs ever. Never fails to make me feel good. The rest of this album is broadly a disappointment though imo. Sad, could easily be a 5 star but not this time

Suprisingly radical

Another Bowie album of which I'm note quite sure why they chose this one. So far I only knew the title track though, so it was nice to hear some new (for me) Bowie. The first half is very rocky in a ahead-of-it's-time manner typical for Bowie. The synth-ambient tracks on the second half really caught me by surprise though. I really enjoyed Moss Garden on the ambient side, but still, the combination of a couple ambient tracks on a rock album doesn't really work for me. That and the lack of a brilliant, stand-out Bowie hit on this album makes it a 4 and not a 5 for me.

finally a good album chile

is it good - yes - do i like it - well not massively!

Intriguing album. The first half I enjoyed just slightly, (a few songs, and Heroes of course), but the second ambient part was very encompassing. I also liked the final song - Secret life of Arabia

Beauty and the beast Heroes Joe the lion Secret life of arabia Très bon

Great first half of the album but 2nd half not so good

A close second to the more experimental "Low" IMO, but still a rich and rewarding listen. Even Walmart's disgusting co-opting of the title track couldn't spoil this one.

Examples of heroes are:- Our Lord Jesus Christ, Kris Akabusi, Jade Goody, Michael Barrymore, Purple Aki, Captain Sir Tom, Jesse Lingard, SHACK, Rosie from Rosie and Jim, Jo Wiley's sister, Harvey Price and Sunshine.

Full of team gb spirit. Not shack. He's full of New Zealand lamb chops. Hates the Welsh, loves a kiwi

Niet geluisterd, maar dit album kan ik dromen. En ja, het is weer Bowie, maar in dit geval vind ik dat niet erg. Te gekke plaat, niets meer, niets minder

dying saxophone

a bit too chaotic, but I liked the style for a background while I work

Brakuje tytulowi "" ktore sa tutaj dosc istotne, bo wskazuja, ze tytul jest nawiazaniem do czegos, a tym czym nie moze byc nic innego jak krautrockowe granie w wykonaniu niemieckiego Neu!, co juz jasno wskazuje jakie influencje beda tutaj graly pierwsze skrzypce, jako najbardziej berlinski albumik z berlinskiej trylogii, bo nagrany w calosci w jednym miejscu wraz z juz wielokrotnym kolaborantem panem Eno i Viscontim, dodatkowym elementem jest gitarka od krimsonow, bo pojawia sie Fripp na prowadzacej, jak do tego doszlo, ze najbardziej rozpoznawalny trak bowiego pochodzi z albumu ktory raczej nawet do top 5 popularnych plyt z jego dyskografii mialby ciezko sie wbic, tytulowy trak heroes ma wszystko czego potrzeba zeby przyciagnac sluchajacego, liryke o milosci nieszczesliwej, ktora jest jednak tak flexowa do interpretacji, ze pojawia sie w tak szerokim kregu filmowo serialowym, komedia, tragedia, dramat, parodia i nadal brzmi to solidnie, a nie jak piesc do nosa, ale nie tylko liryka tworzy hitowe kawalki, kolejnym elementem jest repetytywnosc melodii, ktora dodatkowo progresuje podczas trwania traka, ale nie jest to jedyny progres, bo jest jeszcze wokal, wedlug wielu jest to najlepszy wokalowy bowie na calym tajmlajnie jego dyskografii, dodatkowo brajanek eno tak szprytnie wykombinowal koncept, ze w ciagu trawania traka mikrofon stopniowo oddala sie od bowiego, wiec poczatek szeptany i lagodny jak na mlodych amerykanach ewoluluje w krzyki, ktore jednak sa cichsze niz poczatkowe szepty, wszystko przez odleglosc od mikrofonu, jest to dosc unikalne wykorzystanie pozycji wokalisty od mikrofonu w celu zbudowania atmosfery i nadania unikanlego charakteru piosence, a to tylko tytulowy trak, otwierajacy piekna i bestia to otwarcie w mocno krautowych klimatach, synthy i wokale, bo glowy miksuje sie z chorkami i przeskakuje chanelowo, lirycznie opowiesci autobograficxznie na tematy okolo narkotyczne, bo przeciez trylogia detoxowa, no i berlin rowniez w tamtym czasie byl podzielony na piekny i bestyjski, co widac rowniez na innych trakach, blackoucie czy tez V2, podobnie jak na Lowie druga strona krazka obfituje w kompozycje instrumentalne, ktore tworza mini trylogie, klimat nawet mroczniejszy niz na warszawce w pierszym traku sense of doubt, ktory prowadzi z tych watpliwosci do mchowego ogrodu, wiec influencje japonskie wchodza mocno, o czym wspominal na blackoucie, trylogia konczy sie neukolnem, na ktorym slychac znowu influencje z troche blozszego wschodu, bo nazwa traku odpowiada tureckiej dzielnicy berlina, wprowadza on znowu w troche mroczniejszy klimat przez ktory przebija sie saksa bowiego i nadaje jednak pozytywnego charakteru, calosc zamykana jest podobnie jak byla otwarta, wiec kawalkiem okolo narkotykowym jak glosi tytul the secret life of arabia, jest to tez najbardziej funkowy trak w tym zestawieniu, wykoryzstujacy chorkowanie polaczone z soulowymi klapami, na plejke wleci tytulowy heroes i blacouta, poza tym instrumentalna trylogia takze by mogla gdzies wyladowac, ale nie mam okolo instrumentalnej plejki jeszcze

Me gusta, pero sin tanto flipe

Wowed the back half. The first half was a tad boring, but I loved everything from Sense of Doubt on.

Really cool, full of tones and sounds that sound odd even today. Marked down for being a little meandering in places, but very strong overall

I really thought that my Bowie knowledge ran deep. And it does, but this is an album that I don't know well. No Bowie is bad, and all Bowie is better than most, but I don't connect with this one in the same way.

Mostly good, years without hearing it full throtle

David Bowie does ambient!? I've definitely listened to this album before, but somehow it escaped me that side B is just straight up Eno-style ambient instrumental loveliness. I actually like side B more than I like side A, even though "Heroes" is an absolute tune. (And weird to think that it wasn't that popular when first released!) Fave track - "Sense of Doubt" - pure mood! "Moss Garden" is gorgeous, though, too...

Really cool highs. Kinda boring lows. Overall, I’ll be listening again.

I mean the dude can write a song

Is it elevated or marred by its very odd ending? I wonder if I'd esteem it quite as much were it not for Howie's sainthood, though I definitely like it.

Thought it would be better

Great songs, but the song heroes is a masterpiece

1. Absolute banger song. Great start into the album. Lots of energy. 2. Loved it. 3. Amazing riff, love the subtle synth in the background. 4. Really nice, kind of psychedelic. 5. Dual vocals nice, instrumentation is strong. Guitar goes ham. 6. Amazing sounding piano, horns fit nice in the song. 7. Strange, but interesting!!!!! 8. Beautiful and really peaceful. 9. Sinister and chilling. Eerie horns amplify the effect. 10. Really groovy and chill. Best song on the album.

Classic Bowie.

Not my jam but I get it

Ok, Lücke, nie durchgehört. Bowie ist natürlich großartig, habe ich mich aber nie drum gekümmert. Diese Scharte gehörte ausgewetzt. Gute vier Sterne, keine fünf wegen der Längen in der zweiten Hälfte.

A truly great musician-- a truly great (and weird) album.

<3 Bowie, an incredible release

Strong opening to the album including the legendary title track 'Heroes'. Tracks 7-9 ('Sense of Doubt', 'Moss Garden' and 'Neuköln') all went a bit weird before finishing on a high. Would listen again but might skip the typically odd Bowie experimental tracks.

I like David Bowie, some songs on this were good but it's not pure gold.

Funny thoughtful lyrics, little to no “music”

There's some killer tracks on this thing (Heroes, Blackout, Secret Life...), and some great ambient music on it too, but I'm not sure they work best all on the same album. I dig the sound of it, just not sure it all comes together the best.

9/10, better than Low. Iconic, great sounds, his best.

Bowie is a god

Turns out I would only call this grand. Heroes the standout, good musicianship but a lot of waffle instrumental tracks that I'd have no time for!

Heroes” is a weird one in the Bowie discography. It starts with an absolute who-cares of a song. It's chaotic at times (“Joe the Lion,” which unequivocally rocks but is, let's be honest, a mishmash). And of course it has that stellar title track. It throbs and thrives in that keening, undulating hum of a guitar, the underlying watery chorus, the chugging rhythm. It swims, like dolphins can swim. That's really the point that the song becomes more than itself… the vocals coming higher, the belting I Remember passage. But even in the highlights, it should come as no surprise that this is Bowie trying to come down off of a prodigious cocaine habit. Possibly nowhere does this feel more obvious than on Blackout, which manages to harness that careening into a not totally coherent parcel. It is not the plastic soul of Young Americans, but a lot of it feels disheveled, Bowie himself barks desperately at times, though he also comes back to deep early Bowie vibes in Sons of the Silent Age (arguably the secret standout). It's messy but enjoyable in a sort of live jamming way. But you also get the idea that David was probably a mess to work with around now. Side B is the thing that surprised me the most when I first heard a full album from this Bowie era. Bowie is such a frontman, such a charismatic character performer, so chameleonic in his way, that the idea of having an entire side of the platter be a largely instrumental experiment felt weird. I don't think we think of Bowie often in this light, which is odd since he did this on a few of these 70s albums. I like the suite of compositions, from the high-life vibe of V2 Schneider, the ominous piano and synth of Sense of Doubt giving way to the eastern tinged peace of Moss Garden. If side A sounds like the last gasps of cocaine, side B makes it pretty clear you're getting Brian Eno. Not that Eno and Cocaine are similar producers, I suppose, but it was enough to make me check and see if Eno was involved. (Less realized: Robert Fripp also being a big part of the album). Bowie completes the suite with “The Secret Life of Arabia,” which is a nice bookend insofar as it is also as silly as (but more welcome and listenable than) Beauty and the Beast. It's almost like an outro theme to the previous suite, as if he said “this is too art-house, we need to lighten the mood at the end.” So yeah. Never not a weird listen, and probably in the 3 range. But some sincerely interesting work cut through here, not enough to make it a regular listen and maybe not enough to put it on the 1001 albums you must hear before you die. But certainly a strong ⭐️⭐️⭐️ nonetheless.

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

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

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

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

not my fave bowie album solid great production story

Holy listen

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

talvez eu revisite depois

That title track sure does a lot of heavy lifting

3.5 Starts off great. Side 2 less good.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

not my favorite but fine

Nice

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

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

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

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

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

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

Easy …. just play the first side 😀

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

Nice album.

Irgendwie strange aber n paar banger und coole Ambient Tracks drauf

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

In the big Bowie picture...kinda mid

Quite good

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

Title track carries it

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

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

not bad

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

ну...нормальна 3.5 насправді але 3

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Listenable but not very catchy

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

Conventional rock followed by experimental instrumental, gotta admire it.

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

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

Done

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

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

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

Hoooooonkkk

it's alright fav track - heroes

pretty good

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

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

Hmm don't know what to think on this one. I probably preferred the later half the instrumental ones. Whatever mood I was in just felt Bowie's vocals fairly graiting on this record. Started to pick up with Songs of a Silent age then Sense of Doubt amazing. First 10 minutes or so really didnt vibe then started to sink in. Still an interesting listen, you know its experimental and genre defining probably. 3 out of 5 (reminder when I go to rank)

Not bad. Heroes is a great track. I appreciate a good instrumental track, but the ones on this album just don't seem to fit the rest of the album.

Kinda liked the weird instrumental back half of this, it was unexpected on a day when I had added this last to a roadtrip playlist and I was sick of *lyrics*. Heroes is good but I swear every time I hear that song I think that I'm listening to an alternate version of the real song.

✸ So many albums I've never listened to before! ✸ The horror of realizing that I never knew "Heros" was originally a David Bowie song. I've been thinking that the Peter Gabriel cover was the original all this time.

Was definitely a different album. "Heroes" was great, the other stuff was fine? No problem with it being on in the background, but definitely not something I'd choose to listen to actively? Fun, but I can't give it a higher rating just because 1 song was great.

I quite like the way it is split into 2 sides. I don’t listen to a lot of instrumental music but I thought the instrumental side was really atmospheric. “Heroes” is a classic and I enjoyed the other songs on side one but there’s a reason “Heroes” is the one I already knew. Not sure it’s one I’ll come back to, but it was interesting to listen to. Fav song: “Heroes” Least fav: The Secret Life of Arabia

Makes me seriously realise why people created mixtapes because what do you mean back in the day you’d have to listen to moss garden after heroes. Really did not like the ambient turn the album took. Specific rating - 2.7 Fav song - heroes Least fav- Neukölln

Cannot explain the dread I felt listening to the A side (and not loving it) having read that the B side was "bleepy-bloopy" and Kraftwerk inspired. But it was so so different from what I expected and much better, I thought Sense of Doubt was especially gorgeous. I'm glad to have heard the album, and blown away by how much wasn't prewritten before recording, but I don't think I'll ever come back to any of the non "Heroes" songs. Favourite song: "Heroes" Least: Neuköln

I had high hopes when I saw this come up. And while Heroes song is a classic it could not alone earn a higher rating for this album. Last day of Volleyball tourney in Orlando. 3/5

There is definitely an art to his music and the sound is something I'm not used to. Neukoln helped bump up my rating.

this is one of the only bowie albums i haven't listened to all the way through. some WEIRD eerie chord progressions going down. the two instrumental songs also got super weird. I can tell how the same person that made blackstar made this w the weird saxes too.

Sound of this album was not what I expected from Bowie.

I rarely listen to full Bowie albums, and I don't think I'll return to this one any time soon

Good songs but they felt same-y

A fun product of the 1970s Berlin and Japan fever. Loved--conceptually--the V2-Schneider diss track. The whole album feels less revolutionary these days, though, and I had to remind myself the whole time how novel this was because I wasn't super stoked by the music itself. Favorites: Sons of the Silent Age, "Heroes," Moss Garden, Neuköln

It's okay. The first song and Heroes are incredibly good, but the other non-ambient tracks are a bit throwaway. The ambient tracks are okay, but I have to be in the right mood for them, otherwise I find them tedious.

We could be heroes, but just for one day. Like this album. Onto the next.

Another 3 star Bowie album. The title track is one of the best pop songs ever written, but the remainder is a mixed bag.

Not his best but still it’s Bowie

overrrated

Pretty good - not in the same class a Hunky Dory for me though - was torn between 3 and 4

Love Bowie, I don't know that all of his albums need to be on this list. This feels like an easy cut

One great song on a mediocre album.

Not my favorite Bowie album. Got kind of boring

A: Började intressant och var rädd för att jag skulle bli besviken (se Bulgurs kommentar) men WTAFFFFF?!?!?!?!?! De blev ba bättre o bättre. Började "normalt" (aka tråkigt för varför har IKONEN David Bowie tråkig musik????) men sen hittade "heroin" delen! WOOOW. JEEE! 4/5 D: I början typ nån high-tech Elvis som äntligen har hittat andra instrument än sina fingrar. Mot slutet började det hända allt möjligt. Mina över blev dock inte stimulerade tillräckligt. Rock and spin. 3/5.

Uma decepção, considerando o quanto eu gosto das músicas mais famosas do Bowie. Um álbum bom, mas que não faz jus ao ápice do artista.

If only the whole album matched the quality of Heroes. I was kinda disappointed by the first half (except for the title track), but I ended up enjoying the ambient soundscapes on Side 2... some of them almost sound like they belong in a video game. Pretty cool, but not what I was expecting from this album. Favorites: Heroes, V-2 Schneider, Moss Garden

Heroes is one of the greatest songs ever made. The rest is alright. That guitar solo in Blackout is pretty sweet. In fact, all of Fripp's guitar work in this is very good. But side two doesn't do much for me, even though I'm an Eno fan. There are nice sounds (especially in Moss Garden), but it's just not what I want from a Bowie record.

One of my all time favourite songs by my all time favourite and this only gets a three. It would be an easy 4 but it is really only half an album. I appreciate where it stands in the discography and why, but I would never just listen to side b

I can absolutely hear Fripp's exploratory chops. He brings a heavy, rock and roll feel to Bowie I hadn't paid attention to before. Track four, Sons of the Silent Age, brings the more traditional Bowie sound I expect when a Bowie track is put on. Great use of intergalactic, stellar saxophone. The heavy synths are interesting, and weave with the heavily effected guitar. V-2 Schneider is not the song I expected it to be. It's a weird one, but catchy. Definitely ominous. Second half of the album and holy mother of God, Byrne's influence is worn on the sleeve. Green Moss' orientalism aside, it's more listenable for me than the rest of the album. Sense of Doubt is the song to trigger the most emotional response on the album. It is overwhelming, consuming, and radiantly depressing. Nailed it. The closer of the album, secret life of Arabia or whatever is a swingy, Bowie filled tune. Fun, but just another Bowie song. Heroes the song is catchy, and I have a new appreciation for it contextually. Heroes the album is fun but definitely not groundbreaking. I'm glad I listened.

Some albums are all over the place stylistically but this one takes a HARD turn before coming back. This sounds super influential to modern music.

Not my favorite Bowie album.

Songs with such cringe lyrics, time locked music. Then shifts direction with Sense of Doubt and then Moss Garden sounding like Brian Eno took over. I liked the second half so I guess 50-50

This is just not the best Bowie album, the title track is good but some of the soundscapes going on elsewhere are borderline annoying. I like the direction it goes but it never arrives, in my opinion.

I enjoyed it. Maybe not as good as he others.

Ummm, what was the last half of this album? Moss Garden? I really liked the other David Bowie stuff. But I'm not jammin' to this one. But I'll give it a 5/10

Good, just not as good as I was expecting.

Outside of the title song and the closer, mother too great by Bowie standards.

Bowie has never been a favorite of mine but the songs I like are some of the greatest there are. Heroes might be one of those. This album as a whole is very meh to me. Most songs are okay and that's about it. But that single song brings this album up a whole lot to me. It might not get the highest score over all from me but I could listen to that one song over and over and give it 5 stars instead.

A couple decent singles, but for the most part I could take it or leave it.

Credit to Bowie for challenging conventional music, while still sounding interesting. I’ll choose several other albums over this one, but it’s worth listening to.

Sok

Yeah it was alright

Wanted to like this more.

There are some really good, classic songs on this album, but Bowie feels like a really iconic and important artist that I don't necessarily connect with on all levels. Some songs, yes, I love, but not all of them. I really need to be in the mood. Good album, but not my favorite.

I am only familiar with Bowie's singles and have never listened to an entire album until today. I think this is good, but pretty underwhelming for my first Bowie experience. Of course I'm basing that opinion off of the fact I've heard nothing less than how brilliant Bowie is for the past 48 years of my life. I know there are more of his albums on this list, so I haven't lost hope yet. I know there's a 5 star out there. The song "Heroes" is phenomenal, though, and gets all the stars.

Classic album. Low is the one for me in this Berlin trilogy.

Love Bowie. Not my favorite, but a good album

Beauty and the beast - 3 Joe the lion - 3 "Heroes" - 5 Sons of the silent age - 3 Blackout - 2 V-2 schneider - 3 Sense of doubt - 4 Moss garden - 2 Neukoln - 2 The secret life of arabia - 3

There's nothing I dislike about this album, but not much really makes me want to listen to it again. "Heroes" is pretty good. Moss Garden and Neukoln are unexpected and also pretty good.

A great beginning, but the back half is just too weird for my tastes.

Outside of “Heroes”, this was pretty subpar

This was really dissapointing. Maybe my expectations were too high, Heroes is a great song but the rest of the album felt so so dry.

Yup

Much more esoteric than I was expecting. This was my first ever Bowie album, so I didn't know what to expect. I thought it was pretty good.

Bowieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!! This guy is cool as fuck. Heroes is great, Moss Garden is a random unreal deep cut that really stuck out to me idk why. Rest of the album is good.

Some of these felt like they were more meant to be enjoyed only while under the influence of certain psychedelics. I do like Bowie though and Heroes is one of my favorite tracks.

I liked it; it was pretty nice

Empezó muy bien, los instrumentales si bien no son malos un poco te sacan del mood y el último track es medio una cagada. Tendría que haberlo terminado con Heroes y ahí se consagraba. No es malo porque heroes carrea el álbum.

it’s aight not my cup of tea

Pretty good, but it feels like 2 half albums jammed together. The first half is solid, and the ambient music in the second half is interesting, but it doesn’t really work together for me as an album experience.

Not my favorite Bowie album, still great.

Good but my all time favourite is Hunky Dory, this is a bit harsh

If it was all Heroes, it would be five stars, but it’s not.

Not my favourite Bowie album, but still enough within to keep me engaged. Much preferred side two to one, and obviously the title track is timeless.

I don't love this. The first half really works, lots of great songs and obviously the title track is just great. But once we move into the non-vocal tracks I start to question what this album is actually aiming for. Nothing here is particularly bad, I just find at points it's almost unfocused. 'Heroes' does take me back to the GOAT finale episode of TV, real ones know what I'm talking about. Fav Track: Heroes

La chansons éponyme est culte mais le reste de l'album ? Un peu chéper quand même ??

Sympa!

It’s Bowie so I have to love it, right? I don’t mind it. I’m more of an 80’s Bowie fan. Never got the hype that places him on an u touchable pedestal. It’s aight.

Me gusta, es como un rockcito distinto. Más alternativo. Creo que nunca había escuchado a David Bowie o al menos un disco suyo. Y me parece un gran artista. Música agradable al oído, nada que me encante, pero me gusta. 7,5/10

Back in September 2025 I got my first Bowie album, Hunky Dory. At the time I proclaimed my confusion over why I'm not a fan of his music, as by all accounts I should be. I gave that album a 3, but expressed the hope that I'll find an album or two that I really like given how many there are on the list. So this is Bowie album number 2 (#341). It has my already favorite song of his in Heroes. It's a period of his music that I have never listened to. I like a lot of Brian Eno's other production work, so maybe this time... Not to be a contrarian, but aside from Heroes (still love it) and liking The Secret Life of Arabia, I totally preferred the instrumentals of side two to the rest of side one. As has been the case with his music overall, it just doesn't grab me emotionally and I've found it all very cold and uninteresting. I liked it better than Hunky Dory at least.

While listening to the album I realized, while I am well aware of the persona that David Bowie is, I have not really listened to his discography.. And well, this was pretty mediocre? Maybe other albums are more impressive.

I liked the title song. But just based off of this, I guess I'm not a big Bowie fan.

It’s alright. One of those albums that makes a good listening experience, but individual tracks don’t have much replay value. Not Bowie’s best for sure.

Even when the results are patchy, the genius still comes through

Another Bowie album. Another chance for me to say that, although I appreciate the man, I do not love the music.

Another great Bowie album, huge massive hit songs on it, no surprise there. The highlights are “beauty and the beast”, “heroes”, and “the secret life of Arabia”. The only disconnect for me with this album is the atmospheric explorational songs that make up most of the album. It’s fun, I like the idea of just making something atmospheric and “vibey”, it just didn’t click with me, like it was pleasant I just didn’t adore it. Still a solid album.

Great to get to another Bowie album. This one has a lot of great experimentation on it and definitely sounds distinct compared to other albums I’ve heard so far. It’s certainly in a pop rock format but it does sound unique with a mostly cinematic second side. I’m looking forward to one day figuring out how tjis album fits in the “Berlin trilogy”.

À part Heroes qui est bien sûr incroyable je reste sur ma faim !!

Mouais. Pas bien marquant, même si loin d'être scandaleux. Heroes est pile dans la DA de l'album, rien de spécial (ni en bien ni en mal).

Good but nowhere near his best.

Have I listened to this album before? No How familiar am I with this album? Pretty familiar, I know maybe half the songs and I know the background of his Berlin recordings. The cover is iconic. How do I feel about this artist? Hello Bowie, I’m more familiar with his glam stuff than the Berlin trilogy but I don’t think there’s any Bowie that I dislike. First impressions before listening: This is so funny, I bought a Bowie T-shirt yesterday and this was one of the pictures on it. I actually said out loud “ it would be cool if I got Bowie tomorrow because then I could wear my new shirt while I listen” and of all the albums I got the one that matches the shirt! I think it’s gonna be a good day. Favorite track(s): Heroes Overall Thoughts: The first part of this album is great. I’m not a huge fan of the instrumentals, they kind of killed the vibe but that doesn’t mean it was bad music I just feel like I enjoy Bowie’s glam era a lot more.

I knew Heroes only going in. The rest was ok. The instrumental ones were unexpected but nice.

Listened to this as a teen, didn't like it so much. Definitely enjoy it now, especially the last few ambient tracks. What the hell was going on there? I demand more of it. 3.5 rounded down to 3.

LOVE "KEROES"! The album in its entirety... meh. But, I have never been a huge Bowie fan. Just not my taste, but I certainly appreciate his style and musical artistry.

I was surprisingly underwhelmed by this. I love Bowie, but a lot of the abstract, sound-scape-y stuff in the back half just sort of washed over me. I didn't dislike it by any means, and I'm not opposed to ambient music as a genre. In fact I find it can be soothing and nice to have on in the background if, say, I'm writing. It's just very hard for me to blown away by it. Given the immense reputation of this record, I sort of expected more. I felt this way listening to Low as well, so maybe I'm just not a Berlin Period guy?

Bowie is very hit or miss for me - mostly miss. This album stays true to that trend. Still, his misses aren't terrible. Side note: Why am I just noticing that "Heros" is in quotations? This feels like it might be a Mandela effect thing.

I like Low a lot, so I was surprised that this didn’t do more for me. I would rank at least 4 or 5 Bowie albums above this.

3/5 - I'm not deep into Bowie's catalog, and this didn't change that. I listened twice, and aside from Heroes, which I've heard a thousand times, only the V-2 song really caught my ear.

Thought I would love this album but it was a bit disappointing. The best tracks have strong tunes but other tracks meander and become unmemorable. There are far stronger Bowie albums.

classique, pas mon pref de bowie mais bon c’est ok

Pretty good

Feels weird re-starting this journey with a very mixed album. Everyone knows Bowie and I was excited to see a familiar album title too. There is some interesting stuff here. The title track, Joe the Lion, and the instrumentals on Side 2 took me by surprise as I previously found them boring. Moss Garden in particular was dreamy. Weirdly, a lot of Side 1 was tough to listen. Really great guitar parts that I should like, but the production was shite. I get that maybe it's what the intention was meant to be, but it made a rough listen. Overall I can see why others may like this album, but I bet this is not the best of 8 albums of Bowie's on here.

Shermz - Yay this is more pop-y. I didn’t know that this guy sang Starman! 3/5

For me Bowie's music is still overshadowed by the pop culture icon that Bowie himself was. I guess you just had to be there to get it.

I found the first half almost impenetrable on first listen, with the exception of "Heroes" which is great. The ambient second half was cool and spooky.

I'm finding it difficult to rate this one. It's interesting, but almost a bit too diverse a selection of tracks. Some are fantastic, some I could really give a fuck about. I enjoy this album for the most part, but I feel like I don't quite get why it's so appreciated. After 2 listens, I'm going with a 3.5/5.

Some great some not so good.

It start very disruptive . A salad of rhythms. Lisergic. Canciones flasheras: Sense of doubt, Moss garden, Neuköln.

Cool Album!

Another Bowie album... And I’m still surprised by how often his records feel loaded with mostly average material surrounding one or two great tracks. This one follows that same pattern of front-loaded with more straightforward ’70s rock before shifting into more experimental territory that’s interesting, but not something you'd casually throw on. The highlights are obviously “Heroes,” and I also enjoyed the spa music of “Moss Garden.”

As a fan, I thought I'd never give one of his album fewer than 4 stars. Alas, Bowie is greater than the sum of his parts and this part, for us less artistic plebes, is too artsy fartsy for me. The instrumental track that is just... sound (?) lost me. "Heroes" is one of my all-time fave songs, but it's not enough to save this album. For me. A low-brow NPC.

Bowie, that's all. Again.

Could’ve been higher. Heroes is great. You may instrumentals.

Bowie <3

A challenging though interesting listen. It’s fairly inaccessible on a first listen - the single “Heroes” and “The Secret Life of Arabia” were the most easily digested. I also liked the experimental and noise poem of “Neukoln.” The rest was a little tough, and due to probably not wanting that much to listen to it again, im afraid I have to give the Duke a 3.

Other than heroes (all time classic), a bit bland. Enjoyed the instrumental pieces though!

Ultimately a few duds on here unfortunately Amazing artwork though

Heresy #503: I don't believe that a sizeable proportion of the people who claim to revere this record have ever actually listened right through it, let alone fallen in love with it. It does get interesting of course, and quite avant garde in places. Some Eno ambience, some Kraftwerkian electronics - but overall it might be one of my least-favourite incarnations of Bowie. Even the title track for me, although it's gigantic, somehow doesn't feel quite the peak of Bowie's artistic potential.

Heroes obviously a banger. Gets delightfully weird for the latter half, atmospheric, eerie. Good album.

Had some good Bowie rock n roll mixed in with some experimental stuff. Also a cut that presaged the early 80s synth pop with drum machines. Never was my thing but this was as interesting listen that deserves some further time. The title track "Heros" will always be one of his best.

Best Songs: Blackout Sense of Doubt

Bowie always takes you on a journey. Not sure how much I like the glam rock opening, but a few of the songs (blackout, moss garden) really hit. Neukoln was a weird one.

I LOVE early Bowie and glam rock Bowie. This album is neither and I’m sorry, I just don’t like it. Honestly, it’s a 2 in terms of enjoyment but rounding up cuz it’s Bowie.

Difficult to review from the perspective of 2026. I wasn’t born when it came out. Some interesting sounds and the obvious hit of the title track, but I doubt I’ll listen to this again therefore I can’t give it a high score. 2.5.

Highlights: Beauty and the Beast, Joe the Lion, Heroes, V-2 Schneider, Moss Garden, The Secret Life of Arabia This is my first time going through Heroes in its entirety. I'm amazed at how I haven't done that already. I have great interest for the Berlin trilogy but I never ended up listening to anything but Low. That being said, I liked Low's instrumentals more than what Heroes offered. I didn't care much about the lyrics, they were too abstract for me to give a rat's ass about them on first listen. The B side was even more abstract since it was only instrumentals.

Great album, this one is the first David Bowie's album that I listened to You can easily tell why he was so famous The song Heroes is a classic and widely known for a reason Loved the songs with lyrics, but I feel the instrumental ones were a little bit to ambiental for my taste or maybe I'm not on the right listening mood for them, willing to give it another try Overall score of 6.5/10