Studio Album · No. 11
Heroes Songwriting Credits by David Bowie
Produced by David Bowie, Tony Visconti · Engineered by Tony Visconti, Colin Thurston, David Richards, Eugene Chaplin
Holds writing credit on 10 of 10 tracks
Authorship Breakdown 10 / 10 documented
Scored across the 10 tracks with documented writers, by whether David Bowie carries a lyricist or composer credit.
Share of the 10 tracks where a band member is credited, by role.
By the Numbers
"Heroes" is the only album in David Bowie's Berlin trilogy recorded entirely in Berlin, and Bowie wrote it in close collaboration with Brian Eno. Bowie wrote several tracks alone, while Eno co-wrote the title track, "Moss Garden," "Neukoln," and "The Secret Life of Arabia," with guitarist Carlos Alomar also credited on the last of those. Bowie produced the record with Tony Visconti, who engineered the sessions, and the instrumental second half leans heavily on Eno's ambient and electronic approach.
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 10 tracks
| # | Title | Lyricist(s) | Composer(s) | Producer(s) | Performers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Beauty and the Beast
#39
|
David Bowie | David Bowie | David BowieTony Visconti | David Bowie (Lead Vocals) |
| 2 |
Joe the Lion
|
David Bowie | David Bowie | David BowieTony Visconti | David Bowie (Lead Vocals) |
| 3 |
"Heroes"
|
David BowieBrian Eno | David BowieBrian Eno | David BowieTony Visconti | David Bowie (Lead Vocals) |
| 4 |
Sons of the Silent Age
|
David Bowie | David Bowie | David BowieTony Visconti | David Bowie (Lead Vocals) |
| 5 |
Blackout
|
David Bowie | David Bowie | David BowieTony Visconti | David Bowie (Lead Vocals) |
| 6 |
V-2 Schneider
|
David Bowie | David Bowie | David BowieTony Visconti | David Bowie (Saxophone) |
| 7 |
Sense of Doubt
|
David Bowie | David Bowie | David BowieTony Visconti | David Bowie (Keyboards) |
| 8 |
Moss Garden
|
David BowieBrian Eno | David BowieBrian Eno | David BowieTony Visconti | David Bowie (Koto) |
| 9 |
Neuköln
|
David BowieBrian Eno | David BowieBrian Eno | David BowieTony Visconti | David Bowie (Saxophone) |
| 10 |
The Secret Life of Arabia
|
David BowieBrian EnoCarlos Alomar | David BowieBrian EnoCarlos Alomar | David BowieTony Visconti | David Bowie (Lead Vocals) |