Heroes is the twelfth studio album by David Bowie, released in October 1977 on RCA Records and produced by David Bowie and Tony Visconti. The second part of the Berlin Trilogy, the album was recorded at Hansa Studio by the Wall in divided Berlin and drew inspiration from the Cold War geography of the city, creating music that felt simultaneously alien and urgently human. The title track, built on Robert Fripp's sustained guitar processing and Carlos Alomar's driving rhythm guitar, became one of Bowie's most beloved songs and an anthem of romantic defiance, with the image of two lovers meeting in the shadow of the Wall elevated into myth. Brian Eno's ambient influence pervades the album's longer instrumental pieces on side two, which push toward pure textural abstraction. Heroes is one of the most critically acclaimed and artistically important albums of the 1970s.
Track Listing & Credits
| # | Title | Lyricist(s) | Composer(s) | Producer(s) | Performers |
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| 1 | Beauty and the Beast | David Bowie | David Bowie | David Bowie, Tony Visconti |
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| 2 | Joe the Lion | David Bowie | David Bowie | David Bowie, Tony Visconti |
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| 3 | "Heroes" | David Bowie, Brian Eno | David Bowie, Brian Eno | David Bowie, Tony Visconti |
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| 4 | Sons of the Silent Age | David Bowie | David Bowie | David Bowie, Tony Visconti |
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| 5 | Blackout | David Bowie | David Bowie | David Bowie, Tony Visconti |
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| 6 | V-2 Schneider | David Bowie | David Bowie | David Bowie, Tony Visconti |
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| 7 | Sense of Doubt | David Bowie | David Bowie | David Bowie, Tony Visconti |
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| 8 | Moss Garden | David Bowie, Brian Eno | David Bowie, Brian Eno | David Bowie, Tony Visconti |
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| 9 | Neuköln | David Bowie, Brian Eno | David Bowie, Brian Eno | David Bowie, Tony Visconti |
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| 10 | The Secret Life of Arabia | David Bowie, Brian Eno, Carlos Alomar | David Bowie, Brian Eno, Carlos Alomar | David Bowie, Tony Visconti |
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Data note: Second album of the Berlin Trilogy, recorded at Hansa Studios in West Berlin. Several tracks co-written with Brian Eno and Carlos Alomar. Credits compiled from Wikipedia and liner notes.