David Bowie - Heroes

David Bowie - Heroes (Author) | Format: Vinyl

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• Vinyl
• Label: Victor
• ASIN: B002A3N2BY
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
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TRACKS: BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, JOE THE LION, HEROS, SONS OF THE SILENT AGE, BLACKOUT, V-2 SCHNEIDER, MOSS GARDEN, NEUKOLN, THE SECRET LIFE OF ARABIA

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4.0 out of 5 stars Forever and ever, August 3, 2009

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Pieter "Toypom" (Johannesburg) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: David Bowie - Heroes (Vinyl)

Heroes was the second album in Bowie's trilogy of Brian Eno produced electronic albums. It follows the pattern of Low in its mix of short pop/rock songs and moody instrumentals and semi-instrumentals. Somehow it lacks the trenchant edge of Low, although the title track is truly spectacular in its evocative imagery and great emotional impact.

On the title track, Bowie's voice is as emotive as on Word On A Wing (from Station to Station) over the wailing drone of the synths as it paints a scenario of lovers meeting beneath the Berlin wall. Truly breathtaking, this song was also released as a single in German and French versions in the seventies.

The melancholy Sons Of The Silent Age has a spacey feel, beautiful lyrics and a ghostly chorus, while Blackout is harsh and discordant. I love the sax and the driving beat of V2 Schneider as Bowie's voice intones the title. Moss Garden is a delicate instrumental, a sound I recognized later in some pieces by e.g. Autechre and Cabaret Voltaire, but Secret Life Of Arabia drags a bit.

Lodger, the third album in the trilogy, is nowhere near as good as the first two. Heroes remains my favorite of the three, primarily on account of the unsurpassable title track.