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Part two of the Berlin trilogy that started with Low and ended with Lodger, Heroes saw Bowie trying to kick his assorted drug addictions while simultaneously attempting to create the music of the future. And so, on the one hand, "Beauty and The Beast"--which spawned the Human League's "Love Action" and not a whole load else, really. And on the other, the title-track--one of mankind's greatest achievements, a song so incredible it's permissible to know a technical fact pertaining to its recording, i.e., Bowie had eight microphones set up for the vocals, all at staggered distances along a hallway. That's why he sounds like he's bouncing his voice off mountains on the moon. Like Low, Heroes is an album of two halves--the second side being taken up with the brooding instrumentals he and producerBrian Eno cooked up while the engineers were busy wiring up eight microphones in the hallway. It's not your essential Bowie. But it's pre-Tin Machine Bowie, and that's more than enough. --Caitlin Moran
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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Like wading through nettles,
By Sally Snodgrass (Florida, MO USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Heroes (Audio CD)
This really is a seminal album. Almost thirty years later it still may be too heavy and uncomfortable for pop-pickers. Like Low, the B-side/second half is predominantly instrumental, but darken the room, dig out the head-phones and you will be rewarded.
The first half is a bunch of hugely powerful songs, in a strange way it is almost punky, infact ,at times, it is probably a bit harsher/rawer than most punk. I've just finished reading a book (Coming Out As A Bowie Fan In Leeds, Yorkshire, England) by a guy called Mick McCann, a wonderful, vibrant romp through the time in which this album was released. It is very a funny book about being a cross-dressing teenager in a hard place, it's strangely philosophical and very `gritty', it made me see the world slightly differently. Anyway he makes a few references to this album and in one, when talking about the title track, he says that listening to Heroes through a PA brings out a physical reaction, `Like wading through nettles in short pants.' I can't argue with that. `Sons Of The Silent Age' also does that for me, it gets me right in the chest. This is a special album but it may, like that book, offend sensitive ears - Get me to the Doctor...
8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
someone fetch a preist! u can't say no yo the beauty and the beast,
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This review is from: Heroes (Audio CD)
After Bowie's last two albums, "Station to Station" and a career high point of "Low", he had alot to live up to.
Thankfully he released "Heroes", a jarring, experimental mish mash of brilliant instramentals and haunting tunes. To be truthfull it will not be everyone's cup of tea; many of the songs are hard on the ear, and have some strange and frankly awful lyrics. However this adds to the album's charm, and makes it all the more fulfilling (that's Bowie for you). The instramentals are outstanding and, although not quite as good as the ones on "Low", make for wonderful audio landscapes (be sure to listen to with headphones for the full stereo experience). However the albums high point is of course the title track. It is truely uplifting and the music eclipses anything else on the album, and is possibly Bowie's best song. This album is a definate for Bowie fans and anyone else looking for something different and challenging. "Heroes" stands up by itself next to the brillience of "Low".
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Heroes will never go out of fashion,
By russell clarke "stipesdoppleganger" (halifax, west yorks) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER) (VINE VOICE)
This review is from: Heroes (Audio CD)
The second instalment of the Berlin trilogy released in October 1977 ( The others being "Low" earlier in 1977 and "Lodger" in 1979)"Heroes" complete with ironic quotation marks is the only album of that feted trilogy that was recorded totally in Berlin . (At the Hansa studio by the wall)It is also by far the best of the three albums. In fact i would go further and cite "Heroes" as the best album David Bowie ever made.
It is though, a collaborative effort. Brian Eno as well as co-writing some of the songs - the title track, "Moss Garden", "Neuklon" and "The Secret Life Of Arabia"(Along with guitarist Carlos Alomar) is vital to the sound of the album. His genius for creating compelling sonic textures contributes greatly to the albums dark and atmospheric ambience. Eno provides keyboards, synthesizers and most tellingly guitar treatments . Bowie plays guitar, keyboards, saxophone, koto and lead as well as background vocals long with co-producer Tony Visconti and Anomia Maass. Robert Fripp flew in from the States for one day to provide distinctive guitar parts for much of the album adding ever individual nuances to the album. The stand out track is of course the title track which over thirty years down the line still sounds innovative and amazing . The tale of two lovers meeting at the wall is one of those tracks that can still reveal something new The first time i heard this song on an MP3 player-the full album version mind not the annoyingly abridged version that usually gets played on the radio - i was amazed to suddenly hear for the first time the skittering keyboards buried deep into the mix and what sounds like a constant rush of wind. Recently voted as the best Bowie track ever in Uncut "Heroes" is also one of the most covered Bowie tracks with King Crimson and Nico doing notable versions though it,s inconceivable that anyone could better the original. Though the album includes a number of portentous and atmospheric instrumentals like "Sense Of Doubt " and "Neukoln" it also has more playful tracks like "The Secret Life Of Arabia" and more assertive rock songs like "Joe The Lion." The best of these is the superb "Beauty And The Beast", one of the most under-rated songs in the Bowie canon with its rasping treated guitar and vociferous backing vocals."V2 Schneider" with it,s bubbling bass is inspired by and a tribute to Kraftwerks Florian Schneider while the static hiss of "Sons Of The Silent Age" and the diaphanous dark fugue of "Blackout" add even more textures to this excellent album. "Heroes" is also an album that has dated extraordinarily well. Certainly compared to a lot of what was considered seminal at the time "Heroes" is an album that sounds as if it could have been released last week. ...although the fixation of a divided city has long since ceased to be a reality. A truly great album whose themes may touch on the bleaker aspects if humanity but is more the less curiously uplifting . Heroes never go out of fashion after all.
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