HEROES

Working again with Brian Eno (and this time with Robert Fripp on some guitar solos), Bowie here makes one of his most experimental albums. And like many experiments, not everything here works. But when it does, it produces a number of really refreshing and new sonic landscapes. The album starts off with the very good "Beauty and the Beast", which, with "Joe the Lion", harken back to the music on Low. This is followed by "Heroes", by now one of Bowie's most iconic songs. Although I agree and I quite like the song, it is not my favourite on the album (indeed, its three-chord structure has worn on me over the decades). What I really like here though are the tracks that follow and make up most of the second side of the album. Here is where Bowie once again becomes a key innovator, with the help of Eno, and the result is a very memorable and different collection of music. While the album Heroes is not quite as good as Low (nor Station to Station), it is MUCH better than the album that would follow (Lodger), which I understand was made quickly in order to fulfill contractual obligations more than anything. I give this album 7.5 out of 10 on my 10-point scale, which translates to high-ish 3 PA stars.

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