Heroes

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

Heroes ist 10/10. Jedes Mal wenn ich es höre muss ich an The perks of being a wallflower denken. Die Szene „in that moment we we‘re infinite.“ Ich muss sagen, dass ich nicht wirklich reinkomme. V-2 Schneider mag ich auch. Ein gutes Lied das im Hintergrund läuft. Mit den anderen werde ich nicht sonderlich warm.

Interesting.... V-2 schneider, heroes, moss garden

He’s good, but Peter Gabriel is so much better.

Damn I forgot Bowie made bangers. Beauty and the beast is a fantastic intro. Joe the Lion is alright, not ''liked songs'' worthy. Heroes very powerful, hence 165m plays on youtube and the first song i knew from before. Songs 4-6 didn't impress me. Sense of doubt is a cool breather before the end half, sounds like an ost from a chill scene in a movie. moss garden and neukoln like previous were nice songs without vocals. the secret life of arabia was a strong finisher. Saved songs - 3 Raiting 6/10 , pleasant listen, but overall not remarkable

i expected all songs to be the same genre but it suprised me when the ambient songs came on. I went to a different dimension

It's very good but side B is basically instrumental which i think the album could have been better without

Didn't mind it at all, pretty intriguing. Deserves another listen

I'm starting to think that I'm just not a David Bowie fan. This album is fine. "Heroes" is a great song. There's a couple other songs on here I liked and a lot more that washed over me like a wave of nothingness.

Felt really experimental at some points, ir was good

Track 1 - 7/10 Track 2 - 9/10 Track 3 - 10/10 Track 4 - 8/10 Track 5 - 7.5/10 Track 6 - 5/10 Track 7 - 4/10 Track 8 - 4/10 Track 9 - 4/10 Track 10 - 9/10 overall - 6.75/10

Another good album from the Berlin trilogy. Heroes and some good rock songs. The more ambient songs in the second half seemed more out of place on the first listen.

Didn't listen.

five stars for heroes the song, and the rest of the first half was pretty fun to listen to not crazy about the ambient half unfortunately

I never quite got into this side of Bowie with being blown away by earlier albums. On first listen I didn’t really get into it, but it certainly is a grower. I’ll put this on my rotation

This was alright. I liked the instrumental pause of Moss Garden the best probably. I'll never be an avid Bowie fan, but this was tolerable at least.

Had higher expectations for this one and kinda fell flat. The title song was great but beyond that I am not so sure about it

good

Love the first side - it’s classic post glam pre 80s Bowie The second side is missing Bowie singing, but still good due to Frip and Eno’s influence.

Hm. Maybe I don't like Bowie as much as I thought I did.

It must have sounded like very sophisticated music to people at the time. The track "The Secret Life of Arabia" was especially good.

pretty great title track, pretty okay ambient, pretty interesting chapter in the Bowie story. deserves to be one of the 1001? likely, but a lot of the ground here is covered on Low and it would only be picked for the title track

Really enjoyed the first few tracks but the instrumental back end really dragged on.

Quite enjoyed this. Heroes is obviously the big hit from the album but I also really enjoyed the instrumental Neukoln a lot. As a whole it’s a solid album, but not one I’d probably throw on to listen to in full.

Worth it just for "Heroes".

mais um álbum do bowie, mais uma nota 3,5. eu gostei desse álbum, mas a minha parte favorita foi na reta final.

This one doesn’t really give me the feels. Not enough soul.

A little downhill after heroes

Just 4 1 day

#894. Did we finally do it lads? Did we finally find a David Bowie album where the whole things is actually worth listening to? Yeah, kinda. And it only took eight albums to get here. I mean, the B side is kinda weak, but it's not painful to listen to like a few of his others on here. 3/5: acceptable, finally

Like the start. Need to listen more but not a favourite so far of his.

Okay

Decent, bit weird

Interesting. The second half of the album being all instrumental tracks was a surprise. Lends itself to be pretty cinematic and would require concerted listening. Not background music Heroes is a banger.

There has never been a bad Bowie album but outside of Hero's there is little on the album that remains catchy and the improv stuff at the end just doesn't work.

This is not my favorite Bowie album by any stretch. There are just too many instrumentals, but it was good nonetheless!

I need to catch up! Sorry David, I tried. Heroes title track was good

There are probably better Bowie albums. This one didn't really connect for me.

not my favorite though i like the end of the album

Ok

I've never really liked Bowie (his hits are okay) and this album hasn't changed my mind. I like a lot of the instrumentals, but as I read the reviews, I get the feeling that most of that is Brian Eno's work. I'm looking forward to getting those in this list now. I really hate Bowie's nasal voice, I feel the album would've been better without vocals. I appreciate the art of this album though, I just feel it could've been better.

David Bowie is a huge influence on most the bands I listen to do I enjoyed this album. The only song I really know was heroes but the rest was OK. 6.5/10 seems fair. Best song Heroes (obviously)

Some great tracks here. Feels like it could be split up into 3 different albums. Heroes is a excellent whopper of track but makes the album feel unbalanced. Particularly along side the second half of the album.

i understand the appeal of this heroes is soooo good, sounds so ahead of its time sense of doubt sounds like a fuckin silent hill theme 😭😭😭😭 moss garden is soooo nice neukoin is creeping me out a lot more cohesive than the previous two but heroes heavily carries

Even with the title track being my DB favourite, I don’t think I would listen to this front to back again.

Mh.

thank god heroes is in this cause ... 3 stars for heroes alone.

Would be okay if the second half wasn't comprised of mostly gloomy ambience instrumental tracks. Still is okay, because honestly I didn't even like "Heroes" that much and the ambiance stuff isn't annoying.

Bowie has been a sore spot for me. Always felt like I should like his work, but whenever I try it's just not it. Except for 1.Outside which I love. I've heard Heroes before and not felt much for it, so most of my exposure to it is in the Philip Glass symphony. Have a lot of respect for Bowie and Brian Eno as artists, so here we go trying it again. Beauty and the Beast - Like the funk elements going on here. The song structure is quite interesting here. The only thing to anchor you is the title line. Production is so oppressive that it's hard to get a grip on anything else. Feels a lot shorter than it is with so much going on. Joe the Lion - The same overwhelming sonic pallette persists here. I get sort of over this one by the end with the repeated "Joe the Lion"s over and over, but the fuzzy noodly guitar solo keeps me going. "Heroes" - Classic song, of course. The sustained, siren-like tone that evolves into denser and denser clusters is just genius. Brian Eno, yknow. Sons of the Silent Age - Enjoy how this one devolves throughout into pure Beatles-ey psych business after the first chorus. Also quite like the lower-key instrumental on this one. Blackout - Rockin. The liquidy aspect of the vocal lines on this one are interesting as they meld into the actual melody with the background vocals. Fun fadeout going as well. V-2 Schneider - Quite the sonic build up here. Throw some saxophones on anything and you know I'm going to like it. Not too dissimilar from how it plays out in the Glass symphony (aside from the Glassisms of course) except that it's about half as long. Feels like I want it to keep going for another three minutes. Sense of Doubt - Hell yeah. Love the soundscape on this one. I suppose it probably goes right in from V-2 Scheider so maybe I'll hold my tongue about the abrupt ending on the last track. Unfortunately, there's an ugly couple second gap on streaming as it loads the next song. Moss Garden - Fuck yes, Brian Eno. These last three have really caught my attention this listen-through. And you've got the airplane noises coming in at the end. Fuckin baller. Neukoln - Again, definitely familiar with this material but in an entirely different sonic context. And this one is not even that much shorter than the Glass version. I am just enraptured by this second half so far. The Secret Life of Arabia - Back to rock and roll now. I don't know, I want so much more from this one. Feels like we ought to be transformed by the end of that beautiful droney section of the record. The instrumentation is definitely less manic than it was at the start, but I'm not sure what I'm meant to be taking away by the end. And then it just ends. We're grooving and then plopped down with nothing. I had to listen to it a second time just to make sure something wasn't wrong. Definitely did enjoy my listening experience more than I have on previous attempts. Perhaps it's that I haven't listened to this original material since I've gotten more familiar with the Glass symphony, so I'm more used to the thematic content. There are for sure some things about which I feel confused. Sitting with it more, the closing track is an immense let down. But the whole B side before the final song is stunning. Brian Eno, yknow. Will definitely have to be returning.

Instrumental songs with oriental meditative feeling. Like Heroes & last one.

I like Bowie but I find this album disappointing

Heroes är förstås en grym låt, men i övrigt tycker jag nog att denna var svagare än det mesta vi lyssnat på av Bowie. Det är helt okej utöver Heroes och jag har inget emot det instrumentala på andra halvan, men mer än en trea blir det inte totalt sett.

Isn Künstleralbum mit vielen coolen Liedern aber auch einigen Dingen, die für mich den Hörfluss stören.

A bit of standard Bowie, a bit of weird Bowie. But like every other of his albums. Not much of note

I don't know, I'm not convinced. It has Heroes, which is great, but I didn't much enjoy the instrumental tracks. I think marrying the musical ingenuity with the sad and contemplative lyrics, and often somber vocals, is where he shines. Not as good as Low or Station to Station. I have become more of a Bowie fan, I have went back and listened to a few albums and found myself harsh. Even so, think I'll stick with my initial reaction.

Love him, don't love the album

The ambient part was an unexpected surprise after what came before it. I hear resonances with Brian Eno’s “Ambient 1: Music for Airports,” also on the 1001 Albums list.

i love bowie but i skipped the instrumentals and dont feel bad for it

I don’t love David Bowie I’m finding out, but I really loved the long interludes on this one, and he’s just so iconic so it was enjoyable to listen to

Iman’s deceased husband has good hits !

Mostly ok

I like David Bowie. I am glad I listened to this, but I probably won’t listen in full again.

It alright, more daybid

Honestly underwhelming. I could hear some of the Eno influence but not enough - the music was disjointed but in a bad way, not a Brian way.

“Heroes” is ambient rock, with electronic elements. The production is beautiful and careful with tiny arrangements that really add to the sound, particularly on the instrumental tracks. It has a dense, wearily optimistic atmosphere where lyrics take a backseat, although Bowie does provide passionate vocals. "Sense of Doubt" is a great example; a dark, brooding piano punctured by small pockets of breezy synths. An interesting album, though not quite my taste.

Nothing note worthy here besides "Heroes". It's not bad, but not good either IMO.

Bowie is definitely well represented in this book (or rather books considering that even ★ snuck in a later edition). Personally, "Heroes" doesn't really do much for me. It's perfectly fine listening but I, as not of a Bowie fan anyway, think there's better Bowie records.

For David Bowie, this was just meh

A weirder and wilder experience than the other Bowie albums I've hit thus far.

The first half was very fun, the second half interesting though not super memorable, a little too ambient for me.

Väldig variation på låtarna

Ehhh except for one of favorite Bowie songs this isn’t his best.

Not my style but still good

You have to give David Bowie credit, it seems like he was never satisfied with the status quo and was always exploring and experimenting with his music. Art for art's sake, I guess. First half seems pretty normal for the time, Heroes is a good song. Second half goes off in a totally different direction and I was along for the ride. Overall pretty good. I wish I liked Bowie's music more.

Some bangers, but some of the ambient stuff doesn't do it for me.

Some good songs, some too out there for us.

One Bowie after another - i liked the hits on here but was a bit put off by the instrumental artsy pieces.

Frip man, ripping the stuff man

pas tant mon truc mais love you david j'ai aimé la première chanson

les instrus de fin perf pour jouer à subway surfer

I love David Bowie but this album isn't my favorite. Heroes is such a stand out song and the rest of the songs don't live up to it's greatness. Still Bowie, but not even the best of this era.

Feels like sacralidge but I'm just not a huge Bowie guy.. Some of his stuff is obviously insane and amazing, but so many of his albums feel a bit rinky dink.

Beauty and the Beast Joe the Lion Heroes Black Out

Beauty and the Beast Heroes Sons of the Silent Age Moss Garden The Secret Life of Arabia

Its good idk

Also not really my thing.

Beauty and the Beast - 4.5/5 Joe the Lion - 3.5/5 Heroes - 3.5/5 Sons of the Silent Age - 3/5 Black Out - 4/5 V-2 Schneider - 3/5 Sense of Doubt - 3/5 Moss Garden - 2.5/5 Neukoln - 2.5/5 The Secret Live of Arabia - 3/5

Good but not crazy

the first half was fantastic and then there was the synth shit at the end. bro really wanted to fill the space on that record. not Bowie's best

Mid-tier Bowie

Heroes is obviously the best song. I liked a few of the instrumental only latter tracks. I like it but don't love it.

3/5 not biggest bowie fan but solid album. not my cup of tea for a full album listen.

"Beauty and the Beast" and "Joe the Lion" are just... ok... I don't think they're anything amazing but they're just alright. 3/5 for both "Heroes" is by far the best song on this album. It's lyrics, instruments, the feeling, the mood, it's all peak. It's simply amazing! I will always have this on my playlists, it's just so peak. 5/5!!! "Sons of the Silent Age" got better than the first two, and more enjoyable. 3.5/5 "Blackout" is also alright, I enjoyed the instrumentation more than anything else. 3/5 Tracks 6-9 are all ambient, and they are all about the same quality for me. They are just all "ok". I would rather listen to actually better ambient songs rather than these, so I can't really give them all higher than a 3/5. And "Secret Life of Arabia" was also just Ok. 3/5 Idk there's just nothing that really sparked for me in this album other than Heroes, which upsets me because I really wanted to like more songs, but this is already me being pretty generous with the ratings 😭

This album is only 40 minutes long???? How??? Anyway always have been a big fan of Heroes (the song), and in 7 songs I'll be able to tell you if it's the best song on the album. Beauty and the Beast is a great opener. Joe the lion might start slow, but the guitar solo feels like a kiss from a beautiful woman. Horrifying comment, but Sons of the Silent Age should've been in Stranger Things. Re: Blackout- What is this heavenly melody that entrances me??? V-2 Schneider continues to remind me that I don't like music without lyrics, crucify me (or should I say nail me to your car). Sense of doubt is a joint smoked, but you're crossfaded and it's bad, but kinda peaceful (all of this is a compliment). Moss Garden is 5 minutes I'll never get back from my life and I think they play it at every spa ever. Oh no, more noise with the next one. 4 songs with no words will bring my rating slightly down because I make the rules. Yay words are back. Overall some skips, but would've loved to get wine drunk with my friends while listening to this.

thought i would like it more. heroes is still a highlight and an outstanding song. i think im not that into an experimental / instrumental rock genre

Some of Bowie's finest tracks, but perhaps not his finest overall package.

First half of this album is very very good - not perfect, but Bowie does a fantastic job of making weirdly beautiful music, especially in the title track, "Heroes". Although many often tried to imitate him, no one could truly recreate what made Bowie, Bowie Not sure if it was his heroin-addled brain, or him smelling his own farts, or both, but the second half of this album completely falls off. Although some of the atmospheric instrumentals do well to save this from being a total disaster, Heroes really goes from a great album to faux-artistic crap

The absolute nosedive this album takes halfway through is crazy

this album has such an interesting shape to it. way more taken in by the instrumental tracks in the back half though, and the last track is a nice melding of the two styles for me - prob my fave apart from Moss Garden. can see how it is an iconic one.

I’m giving this 3 stars because I can appreciate it on an artistic level, but God help me, I just don’t think I’ll ever be able to stand David Bowie’s voice.

The A side was a bit rockier than Low, which I didn’t prefer as much. I liked Sons of the Silent Age, but that was the only song from the first half I really liked. The ambient side of the album was cool with its use of a lot of world instruments, but I really only liked Moss Garden, but the ambient tracks were fairly repetitive and a bit more harsh-sounding than I would like.

5/10 First half had me thinking "Why am I so harsh on David - he can rock, he writes great songs - why do I doubt him? WHY???" Second half had me thinking "David is so overrated, I cannot contemplate his popularity. Surely those who love him can not defend this absolute gumph. I knew I was right to doubt him " And so I give it (7/10 + 3/10) / 2 = 5/10. Feels about right

Heroes set the floor at 3.

I like. It’s 02:43 am so that’ll be all for this one

pretty mid

It's Bowie, so it has a high floor. But, this album didn't really keep my attention too much. It's good, but I don't think many of the songs will stick with me.

More experimental Bowie that I don't care for. Some good songs

Absolutely not a fan. Don't understand the hype. Heroes is a good song.

Now I understand why did Bowie play a role as an alien in the movie The Man Who Fell to Earth.

꺄 보위당

Didn’t connect with every track, but it’s a classic album.

harder edged than I remember

La mítica canción homónima y lo demás cosas que no conozco y alguna fumada instrumental que desconocía. Disco prescindible.

ok

I like moss garden, sense of doubt, and kinda the secret life of Arabia. But some of the others just feel noisy. I was also listening while studying so maybe a different mood may have changed my perspective.

Another Bowie album. Heroes was great, took an unexpected experimental turn on side 2.

Irgi nezinau ka pasakyt, viaai neblogas Favorites: "heroes" "joe the lion"

I really enjoyed the first part of the album. Beauty and the Beast, Heroes and Black Out are goooood. The instrumental half gets kind of boring but maybe it's just me. I was going to give it 5 stars at first but ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Same vibe as Low but not as successful for me.

The title song is amazing but all the avant-gaurde German keyboard stuff is a chore to listen to. Cocaine is one hell of a drug.

I'm somewhat obsessed with a lot of 70's rockers - Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Steely Dan, Springsteen, Neil Young, etc - but man David Bowie has never done it for me, even if I realize he is probably the most complete package of musical talent in comparison to all of them. He's just too weird, which I know is the point, for me to get too into. Heroes is a great song, the rest felt like art history homework.

Not my favorite DB album but Heroes is the stand out song. The rest is abstract.

Listened to driving to the airport. Favourite song: Heroes.

Interesting but not to my taste

I can't believe there are 8 David Bowie albums on this list and that's way too many. I think Ziggy Stardust is pretty flawless and I'd like to give more of his albums 5 stars, but there's always some shit that doesn't make sense. This album was great until V-2 Schneider which...fine, okay. But then the following song Sense of Doubt was just a waste. It's filler. I didn't want to listen to a David Bowie album today and hear some soundscape bullshit. I'm assuming this is what happens when you make an album blasted out of your mind on cocaine. And while I'm sure it's good to create and experiment with things as an artist, these soundscape songs just feel like a cop out. Didn't have to write lyrics, didn't have to sing anything. Is he even playing any of the instruments on here? Is he controlling the direction of these pieces? It ends with The Secret Life of Arabia which is another filler track but at least it's got a beat and he's singing. I can't remember which other album of his I listened to that followed the same pattern...first half, great...second half just instrumentals and soundscapes. I don't think when someone wants to listen to Bowie, that's not what they're intending to listen to. I don't think anyone's ever said "Man, V-2 Schneider and Moss Garden are my favorite tracks off Bowie's Heroes album."

Nostálgico, no es para mí

Of course the title-track is an eternal anthem and one of Bowies greatest songs ever. But alongside "Heroes" the rest of the album seams even weaker than it already is. Only other highlight for me is "V-2 Schneider".

This has the "heroes" song from the end of JoJo Rabbit. This album seems good for driving or active listening - a little distracting for work on the computer. But I liked some of it. Some was more instrumental than I like. Got bored toward the end.

Though I have a high level of respect for Bowie, and his influence, I find that while some songs are absolutely great, many others bore me. Some annoy me. But this album has none that annoy but not enough great ones to offset the boring.

One cracker, rest very mixed

So good and also so bad

Bei mir persönlich der größte Fall von "sollte eigentlich was für mich sein, aber zündet nicht". "Blackstar" mag ich, zu allen anderen Sachen finde ich keinen Zugang. Auf diesem Album hier mochte ich diese Ambient-Suite sehr.

I didn’t like this one as much as other Bowie albums I’ve heard, Hunky Dory, Ziggy Stardust. It felt less funky and had less zeal. Seemed like the precursor for a lot of new wave stuff to come though.

Good but different. I may need another listen or two before fully appreciating it. Sadly that means for now it only gets a 3.

5/10

Really enjoyed this. Had only heard the song Heroes before giving the whole album a spin. Beauty and the Beast and The Secret Life of Arabia were also great songs. Really enjoyed the ambient section later on too, which isn’t normally my vibe.

still not for me but so far my favorite bowie album, heroes is just so good

Heroes as the title song did drag this album into an ok score. There were some highlights but a lot was very average.

This was the album I had in my car CD player for a few weeks in c2013, and I don't think my opinion has changed since then - the middle drags the album from some fantastic pop hits into something more arty and I'm not sure that that the result is better than the sum of its parts.

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I gave this one two listens because it felt so disjointed and scattered. It doesn't feel like a cohesive album in the way other Bowie albums do. Other than the title track, which is phenomenal, transcendent and age-defining (and the reason I'm ranking this as high as I am), I couldn't find much to cling onto. Maybe it needs more than 2, listens... While I appreciated the instrumentals, and recognize this as a big step for Bowie's development, the whole thing doesn't quite resonate for me. Some of the songs stood out on their own, but overall it was missing some fluidity and cohesion I'm looking for in a "perfect" album. 5/10

I liked it but not too mich

it's fine, i just dont care for bowie

i don’t think this album was quite my speed, but it was an enjoyable listen! it was also very nostalgic for me, since my mom loves david bowie. my top three songs were: - joe the lion - heroes - blackout

Didn't connect with it unfortunately

mejor que el de ayer, tiene varios temas genuinamente buenos, especialmente de los primeritos pero me parece que el artista es un poco disney con sus temas full instrumentales que no me gustan tanto, no me gustó el orden al final con la última canción pero en general me pareció un buen album

David Bowie is hit or miss for me and this was more of a miss.

Har de samme problemene som Low, men med svakere låter. Bortsett fra tittelsporet, da. Men Low har Sound and Vision. Den er kanskje ikke like iconisk som "Heroes", men omtrent like sterk. Som på Low synes jeg den instrumentale B-siden er sterkere enn A-siden, men her er også komposisjonene svakere enn på Low.

Et litt mer klaustrofobisk album enn Low. Det føles litt crowded, men de ordinære låtene her mer gjennomarbeidet enn Low. Etter to intense låter er det en ganske deilig følelse når "Heroes" åpner opp og tar det ned igjen. Robert Fripp er et utrolig bra tilskudd til plata. Det er kjedelig å hylle tittelsporet nok en gang, men jeg syns Fripp virkelig gjør sitt for å løfte den. Ja også "Blackout" da. Det er dessverre litt for mange fillers på albumet til at det når helt opp hos meg. Det er vel egentlig en del av det instrumentale på B-siden som føles litt umotivert, samme problem som Low. Hvis jeg ville hørt lange krautrock-inspirerte instrumentalpartier så er jeg mest keen på å gå til kilden. Selv om ikke Berlin-trilogien er peak Bowie for meg, så har jeg tenkt at Heroes har vært min favoritt av dem, men etter å ha hørt Low igjen i går så begynner jeg å helle mer mot den. Ikke at det er så mye som skiller dem.

This is very different from Ziggy Stardust. Where that was fairly standard classic rock, this is more experimental and artsy. It's perhaps very akin to Iggy Pop's The Idiot, which isn't surprising as that had Bowie all over it. Now, onto the actual album: the synth sounds are fairly interesting, and the guitar is good. However, the lyrics aren't excellent(Ziggy Stardust was only slightly better in this regard), and neither are the vocals(though Ziggy Stardust exacerbated the nasal quality of Bowie's voice to a greater extent). It's not as accessible or tuneful as Ziggy Stardust, nor is it good as an experimental record(Tago Mago by Can was better in this regard, though that's likely to be expected). "Heroes" ultimately is a fairly weak record that doesn't really do anything it tries to well. If I wanted a synth pioneer, I would listen to Can. If I wanted a Bowie record, I would pick Ziggy Stardust.

Not my favorite Bowie

I rate this album 6/10 This album mostly contains instrumental music, plus gives count Dracula, jazz and a hit of Egyptian vibes Has some catchy lyrics and gives 80’s vibes

J'aurais mis 2 si ce n'était pas pour la chanson Heroes

Title track an all time great — otherwise not a top 10 Bowie album. Low better for Eno/Berlin phase

Pretty good

I was not familiar with any other songs besides the album's namesake, Heroes, so this was a new listen for me. I've honestly always been a bit on the fence about Bowie and this album was no different. There were definitely parts of several songs that really caught my ear, but none were added as new faves. Overall a cohesive album.

Third Bowie album in as many weeks, and it's starting to feel a bit repetitive. I'm really not sure we needed that many on the list. A very typical Bowie album. Vocals are decent but unsurprising. Instrumentals are great, but not as original as in Low - there are more pop elements and less krautrock weirdness, which disappointed me. The three ambient tracks on B-side were much more interesting (especially Neukoln) than the rest, but also too short ; it felt like an unfinished experiment. I'd rather listen to Kraftwerk or Eno's solo work from the same period. It was reasonably pleasant overall, but I probably won't come back to it. 6/10

Encore un album de Bowie, oui c'est un grand artiste... mais de là à en avoir toutes les semaines....

Coming right after Low, it’s hard not to compare the two. I prefer the rock side of Heroes, which grabs me more straight away. Still, I was more taken by Low’s instrumental tracks than by the ambient parts here. Eno-style ambience has never really been my thing. Overall, though, it’s an interesting and surprising album, and you can tell it really shook things up at the time. Like Low, it’s one I should probably spend more time with.

I really want to like David Bowie‘s music, I just need to get over his strange voice. Plus, the ambient music in this album was weird as hell

secret life of arabia was new to me and super awesome

Some good tunes, let down by poor singing and over indulgence in the last few songs.

крутий альбом. багато пісень додала собі в грайлист, але були і ті що було якось не комфортно слухати. думаю варто буде переслухати його якось пізніше

It is possible to understand and appreciate what an album is going for while not enjoying 90% of it.

Album 998 of 1089 Heroes - David Bowie (1977) Rating : 3 / 5 Going into this one, I expected more, especially given how strong so much of Bowie’s catalog is. Outside of the title track - which absolutely earns its reputation - this album just didn’t land for me the way others have. There are moments where the experimentation and sound work are interesting, and you can hear Bowie pushing boundaries, but for me that never fully translated into songs I wanted to come back to. A few tracks simply didn’t work at all, and others felt more like ideas than finished statements. That said, this is still Bowie, and even a “lesser” Bowie album has thought and ambition behind it. I respect what he was reaching for here, but respect doesn’t always equal enjoyment. I guess even the greats don’t score every time. Outside of Heroes itself, this one just didn’t connect.

Interesting first half. Oddly boring 2nd half

Very synth 80s power ballad, would be truly experience on a very specific type of acid

Another Bowie album that just doesn’t really grab me, it’s so odd. I really want to love him, I just find so much of it jarring almost.

Heroes is noisy and uneven, rarely reaching a resolution, especially in its first half. The title track is a fleeting moment of joy—two anxious lovers seeking meaning in an oppressive world, aware it won’t last. Then the album shifts into instrumentals that feel like a disjointed world tour, from the horror-film dread of “Sense of Doubt” to the delicate, Zen-like stillness of “Moss Garden,” before spelling out its destination with “The Secret Life of Arabia.” Scattered and uneasy, the album lacks cohesion and seems to have a tension and dislocation at its core.

that sneaky bastard of an album catches on quickly, at least the second part!

not really my style, but overall good

Feels like a Talking Heads album. I found compelling sections in the first few tracks with Heroes being an obvious standout. I felt it was starting to drag at the end of Blackout but V-2 takes the energy back up and starts a totally instrumental section that seems pretty experimental. King Crimson similarities in the foreboding Sense of Doubt and Neukoln. The saxophone in Neukoln is a particular standout. Closing track is good but not overwhelming. 40 minute length felt very appropriate but overall, it felt like a less polished Remain in Light. 7/10

Some very interesting soundscape stuff on here that I did not expect. Apart from that some experimental ish stuff that i appreciated. Heroes is a great song as always. Honestly got a bit of a Zappa vibe with some of the instrumentation and vocalizations.

"Heroes" doing a lot of heavy lifting on this album. One of my favorite songs of all time, not matched by the rest of the album.

Not a big Bowie fan and this album doesn’t change my opinion. It’s fine but I wouldn’t go out of my way to listen to it.

3/5

Liked up through the instrumental tracks. It felt jarring

Album of two halves. First half is really good Bowie, second half is too out there and kind of forced experimental. Overall the album is good, just could have been better. 3/5 Might listen again

Heroes the song isn't just my favorite Bowie song, it's an all timer for me. I knew there were a dozen Bowie albums on this list. This was the one I was looking forward to the most. Man, what a disappointment. I didn't know about the German trilogy before this album generator. I guess for historical reference one of them could have been on here. But I don't vibe with any of them. Heroes was the standout. The opener was pretty good. But the esoteric weirdo instrumentals on the back half just weren't fun at all. Fuck Moss Garden. I appreciate Bowie as an artist, but this challenge has taught me that I'm really just a singles guy with him. (Without Heroes, this album would be a 2, I'll bump it up one star but even on the strength of the song I can't give it more than that ).

To be honest I was pretty disappointed with this. The title track is of course an all-time classic and The Beauty and the Beast one is ok. Other than that I found it unremarkable. I’d been looking forward to hearing some Bowie albums in their entirety, having familiarity only with his multitude of hits. Hopefully some of the others on the list are more to my liking

i like david bowie but this album just isn’t my favorite. that being said, i love heros, it reminds me of stranger things.

One great song + many good songs = 3.

yet another bowie album. wow please be more selective with the bowie i need to hear before i die. most of these i have distinctly not needed to hear, i assure you

I really wish I liked the first half of this album more than I do. Maybe with a few more listens it would grow on me but it feels less inspired than other Bowie stuff I've heard. Really love the Brian Eno stuff at the end, beautiful stuff 3.5/5

good

moss garden is delightful

I've always really wanted to like Bowie, but have never really gotten into him. Side A of this record didn't help. Heroes is a big track obviously, but nothing else on Side A did much for me at all. However, Side B rolled around and Moss Garden hit and I was in. It says something that my favourite tracks are the ambient tracks where Bowie doesn't sing, but I'll take it.

I enojoyed some of the tracks, I assume not his best album?

Was fine, I liked the experimental vibe.

Another Bowie album just two days after Ziggy Stardust? Being awfully generous, aren’t we? It was cool to finally give “Heroes” a spin, as The Next Day was the first David Bowie album I ever heard about and I always wondered why it had a second title that was crossed out. I only later learned that he had a different album called “Heroes” that had its art repurposed for The Next Day and I’m still not entirely sure why, even after reading up about it – maybe it’ll make more sense once I actually listen to the latter. Coming off of The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars, “Heroes” kinda comes across like a contractual obligation. I know it’s not, but it sounds like a collection of singles that Bowie didn’t know how to package as an album, so he just made a hard pivot into ambient instrumental music during the second half to fill space. I wish I liked songs like “Sense of Doubt” and “Moss Garden” more, but they just don’t add anything to the album experience for me. “Heroes” certainly isn’t a bad listen – it’s got a lot of great tunes (some of which feel very proto-1980s) and I enjoyed the overall experience more than Station to Station, but I’m struggling to understand the vision here. Again, maybe Bowie’s 2013 followup will add some context and give me a greater appreciation of this project! Highlights: Beauty and the Beast, Joe the Lion, Blackout, Neuköln, The Secret Life of Arabia

Heroes

Nice one. However no every single song is extremely unique. I would propably come back to this album, cause it's classic one just as David Bowie. Overall 7/10.

Ah... Heroes the song is beautiful and I like the run from V2-Schneider to Neuköln in a totally different way, but otherwise it just feels overrated to me. A shame this is on here and not Lodger imo, which may not have a big hit but is a better album overall.

A couple good songs and just some random sounds.

Some of the songs on here are real strong - like "Heroes" or "Secret Life of Arabia" but then the 2 instrumentals, while a good tone shift, were too long and didn't do much else for me. This album was fine.

sons of the silent age ist sehr schön und heroes ist sowieso peak bissl sehr experimentell und vor allem die instrumentalen Stücke sind halt nicht sehr einfach zum anhören

Enjoyed it but not really my cup of tea. 3.5

Such a great album and artist. Not my favorite by him but heroes always makes me cry.

This is the 4th Bowie I've gotten so far and I'm less than 500 through. Just not going to listen to it. Giving it a 3 because I have to give it something apparently and 3 is the most neutral

I'm a Bowie fan, his career is unrivalled as an icon and the high points are some of the best music ever made. However, with this amount of experimentation and change there are always going to be parts that fall below these high standard and this album show this well. Heroes is a song that is without fault but the rest of the album doesn't really stand out or up. I enjoyed its ambition and some of the quieter moments, but it doesn't make a case to be anything more than filler around Heroes

Another Bowie.... Heroes is one of my favourite songs from him, the rest of the album is fine but forgettable.

Good but like half of them I wanted to skip so badly

#1001 Day №1 "Heroes" David Bowie 1977 . . . В целом, без контекста (который видимо придётся искать на каждый альбом гыгыгы) мало чего понятно, однако после глубочайчшего ресёрча в одну страницу по Википедии и близлежаших ссылок внутри неё становится проще понять, как и лирику, так и +- контекст и значение музыки. Сложно? Да. Но в конце концов, я просто промытый поп-музыкой зумерок без понимания elite-ball knowledge. Однако, даже таким способом изучать интересно. Будто узнаёшь что-то новое. . Так или иначе, целую вкладку из Википедии про лирику, я скопирую в качестве отрывка для цитаты, потому что не вряд-ли смогу сократить ещё сильнее, чем Википедия сможет. . 6 - песен с лирикой/ 4 - инструментальные Понравились: Joe the Lion, Beauty and the Beast, Sence of Doubt, Neukoln. . ☆Запомнившаяся строчка "nail me to my car and I'll tell you who you are" в основном, потому что я просто не знал её значения и загуглил и вау, это не про гвоздь, а про ////desperate plea or challenge: "If you push me to my absolute breaking point (crucify me to a car), then I will reveal my true essence, my identity, or the truth of the situation" & it's about extreme self-sacrifice to find ultimate truth.////☆ . . Ничего про жанры не могу сказать, потому что я их даже не различаю ✌️😄✌️

Not a bad album but the title track really does all the heavy lifting

Alltså förutom Heroes tycker jag inte det här har SÅ jävla mycket, kontroversiellt kanske menmen. Den ”flummiga” delen är väl najs på sitt sätt men det finns mycket i den stilen som är bättre. Absolut inte ett av de bättre Bowie gjort för mig.

Some good songs but not a GREAT album

David Bowie's “Heroes” consists of five pop-rock tracks dominated by Robert Fripp's guitar and five more or less pure ambient tracks, most of which are attributable to Brian Eno. Even more daring than the huge influence of these two outstanding musicians, I find it remarkable that David Bowie doesn't sing at all on the last four tracks—after all, this is nominally a solo album by the singer. Of course, he was involved as a composer and producer (and on several instruments), but for me this gives the impression of an EP with a very long outro. In addition, the album starts off strong with “Beauty and the Beast,” but then really loses momentum with each song and ends up just coasting along. It's a shame—this could have been a really good album.

An all time classic song (the title track) mixed with songs that are not as great.

Both the previous Bowie albums I’ve had through this I’ve absolutely loved, however this was much more challenging to listen to. A bit too noise for the sake of it, albeit Heroes is an all-time classic. I don’t think I’d be rushing back to revisit this one anytime soon.

It's alright. I was never particularly enthused by the album... then, while I love Bowie's singles, I've never really had a whole album resonate with me. "Heroes" is an all-timer and I adore "Moss Garden" as a bit of ambience, but the rest of the album I could miss.

The Wikipedia page for this one is pretty fascinating. Some great tracks but then the gloomy instrumentals felt like an eternity. At least it went out on a high note. Listened before? N Saved to library? N Favorite track(s): Beauty and the Beast, Heroes, Blackout, The Secret Life of Arabia ⭐⭐⭐: Liked it. Saved some tracks.

Bowie är alltid Bowie. Tycker musiken är cool men har aldrig riktigt lyssnat in mig, mer än på de största hitsen. Känner inte nödvändigtvis efter detta albumet att jag behöver göra det heller.

Take out Heroes and the rest is average

Heroes is an excellent single, one of Bowies best, the rest of the album is decent - German albums round the corner

The title track is incredible—one of Bowie’s best, full of emotion and power. But beyond that, the album feels uneven. “Beauty and the Beast” and “Blackout” have some bite, but once it hits “V-2 Schneider” through “Neuköln,” it loses me completely. Those instrumentals feel like filler, not music I’d return to. For me, Heroes is carried almost entirely by its namesake song.

Bit of a strange album for Bowie. An iconic song surrounded by okayish single songs and a largely ambient B side. Title track is great and the ambient songs string together nicely for a very dynamic atmosphere, but I almost wish there was one more track that stood out. Feels a little incomplete. You could make a total 5/5 album combining the best moments from Low and Heroes

Some real good songs within the album but there’s a few songs like Neuköln where I’m wondering what’s going on

2.5 rounded up. Bowies work is so extensive that I could name 20 songs that are favorites, yet with few exceptions I tend to not love more than 2 or 3 songs per album. This met that expectation with Heroes, Blackout, and Secret Life of Arabia. The whole middle section is cool but a little too gratuitous.

I didn't like the first couple tracks that much, but the ambient instrumentals after V-2 Schneider were great. Still probably won't revisit that much.

As famous as Bowie is, I only know the title track on this one. I hate to say it, but I think Bowie’s music has always been too edgy/alternative for me even though the fan base is large. The title track “Heroes” is somewhat comforting it the fact that it’s familiar from having heard it numerous times before. The rest of the tracks leave me feeling slightly off balance and uneasy. Reading about the album this makes a lot of sense since it was recorded in the shadow of the Berlin Wall. I prefer some of the later tracks than the earlier ones. I think this was a 2.5/5 listening experience for me at best, guess I’ll round up to a 3 out of respect.

It was alright. Not blown away by it.

This album has a nice atmosphere to it, but it moves a little too slow for my liking. Bowie is undeniably iconic, and the title track is really solid. I just thought the long instrumental section was a bit boring

I really enjoyed it upon listen but it did less for me as the day went on. Not much to say about it.

Decent album but nowhere near Bowie's best. Of course most people will know the title track. Once you get to the B-side it becomes pretentious Brian Eno garbage.

Bowie has reinvented himself so many times in his career it’s possible to both live and hate his work. For me, this is one of his more medicore pieces, but then I prefer early Bowie

Loved the instrumental ones especially. Brian Eno - makes sense

Wider klassischi, fast scho ufzwungni 3 wurstwegge für es Album woni gar ned so mega gfiired, aber us Respekt ned tüüfer wie 3 gah chan.

Eine vo de top 20 Songs wos je heds gids! ein gedicht, bravisimo. Süsch s album easy, aber jetzt nüd wo mi vom Karussel grüehrt hät. 3 oder 4 chlöten. glaubs es muss bi 3 bliebe, will ich i de letste ziit fast chli zuu guete revievws gmacht han. 3 Bowies for David Heroe

It's fine, I prefer Low for sure.

Appreciate the significance but don't like second half in general

Decent Bowie album

I like a lot of songs by Bowie. But I've never been very fond of his albums. There are simply too many "standard, average" songs on them. And this is also true for this album.

Typical Bowie with the pop rock songs that evolved into an unexpected finish that I had never heard before. Moss Garden was a pleasant surprise

Really enjoyed the first half, but lost me in the second

Favorite Track: Heroes

What I’ll always appreciate about a Bowie album (this is only my second one lol) is that there’s nothing quite like it. His extremely emotive performance, otherworldly production and relentless experimentation. That being said, I didn’t enjoy the latter half of this album. Things started off strong with Heroes but reach an inflection point at “Blackout” and devolve (imo) into uninteresting ambient stuff. 3.2 rounded down. Will keep listening and edit if I change my mind.

First half 4⭐️. Second half, 2⭐️.

I guess it must have been a pretty innovative album, but apart from Heroes, the rest was just plain. Not much. 2,5/5.

I like this era of Bowie a lot but for whatever reason his albums don't hold my attention all the way through

Tad less enjoyable than young Americans. 3.

3 1/2 Stars: Heroes is probably my favorite Bowie song. The rest of the album is solid but never reaches the heights of that single. Brian Enos orchestral tracks are actually the highlight of the album for me.

This is my 6th Bowie album. I've never been a fan of his so this project has been interesting to say the least This was probably my favourite album of his so far. But - I cannot give this album a 4. It's a shame that the weird instrumental songs came in and absolutely ruined it! Heroes is his best song, I do actually really love that song 3 ⭐️

Took an interesting musical turn in the back half

Only really liked the title track

He has a lot of albums on the list. This one is good, but not my favorite. Favorite song: heroes.

I thought this was quite interesting with some weird stuff towards the end. Heroes is an excellent song and stands way out in comparison to the rest

Heroes along is a five. Probably a 3.5 all together.

I said it once I said it a million times; Bolan did it better! For my money Bowie was behind the curve in his funkier period. The titular track is most definitely a classic but the rest of the first half is just pretty good. The back half is interesting enough but a proper album it doesn’t make. 3/ 5

Good, but not great

Thisbwas a good album

I’m a big Bowie fan. His productivity during this era, fueled by drugs sure, is pretty astounding. That said, this album, aside from the classic titular song, is kinda just bonus tracks to “Low” (which is my personal favorite Bowie album). It’s part of his canon, for sure, but not what I’d consider to be an indispensable Bowie album needed for any good collection.

Middling effort from Bowie - the transcendent title track is a rock landmark, and a few other cuts like "The Secret Life Of Arabia" and "Joe The Lion" (the latter sporting some cool guitar treatments) are noteworthy, but the rest of the album seems stuck in second gear. The instrumental tracks near the end of the record may have been attempts by Bowie to flex his compositional skills, but they end up sounding incomplete instead.

Very interesting album and made Bowie even cooler than before. After "Young Americans" song, it was sounding like a typical post Ziggy Bowie kinda Wall St rock vibe.... then out of nowhere, there's about 15 minutes of zen yoga-like sound bath with birds, ancient instruments, and peaceful ambient sounds. Probably the biggest in-album change I can remember and what a bold step for 1977. Yet another genre to pioneer! This album will rank higher in memory and creativeness than enjoyment but glad I listened.

The opening is a sprint that cuts right out of the gate. But what happens next is a confusing trip into an ambient noise garden. A perfect example of two brilliant half-albums taped together. Spins: 1 Playlist Additions Beauty and the Beast Heroes The Secret Life of Arabia

Not Bowie's best, even if the production was superb

As an album, this isn't very cohesive and I'm not sure I can speak about it as one thing. There are moments here that I really like, and some that I don't have any feelings about. This was recorded during the time when Bowie was living and working with Iggy Pop in Berlin - Bowie would record three albums, produce two for Iggy, and tour as Iggy's keyboardist. Wild. I'd love to say you can hear all of that extra-curricular punk rock in this album but I don't know that you can - if anywhere, "Joe The Lion" and the intro to "Black Out" show the most influence. I'll also mention Robert Fripp (the founder of King Crimson) who played guitar on this album. I mention prog rock in my notes below, and I wrote that before I knew about Fripp's participation. I think that says everything. "Beauty and the Beast" - The lead-off track is a great callback to the plastic soul on 1975's Young Americans (the last Bowie album I reviewed). "Joe the Lion" - this feels like it started as an Iggy Pop song but then Bowie kept working on it until it was his. A great example of how punk became post-punk. "Heroes" - ended up being one of Bowie's most enduring classics. "Sons of the Silent Age" - Feels like a callback to 1969's "Space Oddity". "Black Out" - If there's any lingering doubt about Bowie's influence on establishing new wave as a genre, convince me this couldn't be a Talking Heads song. "V-2 Schneider" - A little bit prog rock, a little bit new wave, a bold amount of saxophones. Basically an instrumental but they sing the song title a few times. "Sense of Doubt", "Moss Garden", and "Neukoln" are a real departure from the first side of this record. These are all kinda strange instrumentals that go in different directions. "The Secret Life of Arabia" - We finally get lyrics on side 2! After the instrumentals, this was a good palate cleanser for me.

- Der Anfang hat mir ganz gut gefallen und Heroes ist einfach ein super Lied - Die Lieder nur mit Synthesizer haben mir gar nicht gefallen - Hälfte gut Hälfte nicht so gut Topsong: Heroes

Very ropey start, picked up a bit, still quite poor. A low 3.

I liked the more avant garde parts, but not so much the poppy parts.

Man, I just couldn't figure out how to approach this one. It's strange, but it didn't stick with me. Heroes (the song) is an absolute masterpiece, but nothing else on the album lived up to it. Bowie sounds great throughout, though.

Beauty and the Beast is a strong album opener. It got weird… maybe that was the point. Good album, not great.

Heroes er náttúrulega bara frábært en 3 hæg instrumental lög í röð fannst mér fullmikið þó góð væru og þá kom síðasta lagið svolítið út úr kú

drama kid discovers eastern aesthetics

David Bowies is great. We all like Davis Bowie. Not every single one of his albums needs to be on this list. This one has Heroes and a collection of perfectly mid Bowie songs.

Its just a lot of fancy noise

Still a good bowie album, but it's a mix of "heroes and some other songs" and "low but again". heroes is pretty insane though.

Ok

этот вокал какой-то бурлесковый (хотя после перерыва не такой бесячий как тот альбом на котором я остановилась). инструментальные куски напомнили стейшн ту стейшн / сплин / как я каталась в Швейцарии)

I appreciate the concept, but unfortunately with this list, I need to pick and choose which albums to relisten. Still enjoyed once I leaned into the abstract. May revisit to change score. Assuming Ziggy, Let's Dance and Hunky will make an appearance at some point (not researching for the surprise factor(.

Fine but didn’t need the long instrumental section

Decent Bowie, but a little "out there" - not as much as some of his other albums, but I can think of at least 2 better ones. So, it was middle of the road for me.

Pretty good, I enjoyed the album overall, This cover art is hilarious.

Without broader historical content, I walk away assuming this album didn't need to be on the list. I get that Bowie did big things for art rock, but this album was pretty bland when compared to Ziggy

Another Bowie album that didn't really need to be on this list. The title track is good and the rest of the album is average.

I love Bowie but within the rankings of all his albums I already know this is towards the bottom for me so regretfully, a 3

Not my favorite David Bowie album. But I liked the instrumental pieces!

good!

I really thought this was finally going to be a Bowie album I really enjoyed. I'm sorry. It seems from this exercise I have discovered that I had previously misunderstood what the majority of his work actually sounds like, just basing my opinion on the most famous singles. Those still slap, but unfortunately, they are his very best. The body of the albums is... offbeat, creaky, and weird. I can sometimes be on board with weird, but in this case, it's hard to vibe with.

Not my favorite. First of all, the ambient stuff can go; not interesting, dull, boring. The production quality overall is meh. Also the title track “Heroes” I dislike, the whole “hero for one day” premise is not great. There is more to strife for

I wish I could give this a 3.5, because 3 feels too harsh for such an important piece of music. However, I really do treat this website as a convoy for my personal opinion. In this review I really cannot critique by forming my analysis from an objective, empirical baseline. This of course is the way I should construct any argument, but frankly, imma be like an apocalyptic Christian and construct a belief system that protects it from any empirical refutation. I just really do not like how it is produced in multiple sections. It hurts my ears, and I struggle to find meaning in the mess as times. That being said, beauty and the beast is epic, and I like V2-Schneider (because its a cleaner instrumental track). From my choices you can probably also tell I am in my luteal phase and really only want to hear sweet boppy tunes. May have to do a rescore/rewrite next week.

I know that David Bowie was very liked, but this album is overall a bit meh - yes, the music is pretty alright, but there is nothing too exciting. I assume things would get more appealing if I listen to it more often.

Meh.

Not bad

"Heroes" is objectively a good song. There's also some Pink Floyd-esque experimentation going on that I really enjoyed. However, the entire back half went off the deep end for me. I was doing some research about how this was filmed in Berlin near the wall. If he was trying to capture the gloominess of that time period, he does. This just doesn't exactly hold up in 2025. Was Ziggy Stardust his peak? I'm still excited to continue the Bowie journey to figure that out.

I can always enjoy Bowie in the background but this one isn't tops for me. Heroes is of course a great song. I like Joe the lion

I've come to like a lot of the Bowie albums on the list, but this certainly is behind all the others I've listened to so far. It starts off good, but the second half is just a little too ethereal, too spacious for me, and it was quite a lot to sit through, wondering how long it was going to go on.

Bowie album #3/9. Bowie album #3 getting a 3/5. So, right off the bat, this has the same aspect of Low that just did not do it for me, the entire back half of the album is just borderline uninteresting filler instrumental beats, besides the last song which actually is pretty good. If this was a more condensed album without all the filler, it would be an easy 4 or even a 5. As it stands, the only songs that really did anything for me were “Beauty and the Beast”, “Heroes”, and “The Secret Life of Arabia”. Now, those songs are absolutely good enough to warrant giving the album a 3, but that’s literally 3 of the 10 songs on the album. Maybe one of these will get a 4, but after Low, Aladdin Sane and now this, it’s still a very safe 3 for me. At least I enjoy all of these, always something good to look forward to at the bare minimum when I end up rolling Bowie. Also, once again, simply an iconic album art picture. He even used it again later for another album I haven’t gotten around to rolling yet. Until I roll you again, Bowie. You’ve always got a high chance of popping up on the list.

3,7

Disappointing album from eno and bowie

Look, a very good side 1, side 2 with those instrumentals was so uninteresting to me, I ended up skipping to the secret life of Arabia to finish it off. Again side 1 saves this album from being rated any worse

dosta dobrih pjesama, al ove bez teksta su me podsjecale na soundtrack na umjetnickoj izlozbi na kojoj sam radila....

I liked this Bowie album more than the first one I listened to

Heroes is the only truly great track on this album. Some others are decent. A couple are not good at all.

I found this album a little bit underwhelming. I liked Heroes of course and the sons of the silent age, but everything else a found a bit uninspiring. I liked the instrumental in Moss garden in the middle as a change in direction, but then felt the effect was lost when it moved into the next song. On the whole i was not entirely captivated by this album and it gets a standard 3 stars

I honestly liked the songs without vocals better than the ones with vocals. Great production, but the Bowie melody and songwriting just aren’t there.

I enjoyed this album for what it was. I'm not the *biggest* fan of David Bowie, but in an effort to discover music this was a nice first step. 9/11/25 - don't know if date is saved with this entry - was a decent day. Definitely a nice way to round off the evening while doing some writing for a game I want to make.

Atmospheric, industrial, gothic! It took a few songs for me to get into it but everything after Heroes was captivating. This album gave me a lot to “chew on” which I really enjoy. As Tristan would say, “it’s a sipper!”

The last third of it is very atmospheric.

Needs a revisit probably