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David Bowie FAQ:Music:Albums:
"Heroes" (1977)
After playing the piano on Iggy Pop's 1977 tour, Bowie returned to Berlin to
record "Heroes" with Eno and Visconti.
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On the "Heroes" title track, Robert Fripp, the leader of King Crimson, appeared
as a guest playing a clarion guitar.
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The album included tributes to American performance artist Chris Burden (Joe The
Lion) and Kraftwerk's Florian Schneider (V2-Schneider).
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"Heroes" followed the same "side one pop - side two electronic instrumental"
format as Low. By now, the critics had copped on that this new music Bowie was
making was ground-breaking and important , and "Heroes" got a much easier ride
from the critics, becoming one of the most acclaimed albums of 1977.
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In the US, it continued Bowie's commercial decline, reaching only #35 on the
chart (his worst peak position since Ziggy Stardust). It spent 19 weeks on the
chart there. It fared much better in the UK, reaching #3 and spending 18 weeks
on the chart.
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In 1983, RCA re-released the album to cash in on the success of Let's Dance. The
album spent eight weeks on the UK charts, peaking at #75. Ryko and EMI
re-released the album on CD with bonus tracks in 1990. The EMI reissue spent two
weeks on the UK charts (peaking at #39). A 1997 EMI mid-price CD reissue spent
several more weeks on the UK charts, peaking at #74.
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