Heroes

"Heroes" is the second installment of David Bowie's Berlin Trilogy, recorded at Hansa Tonstudio in West Berlin in the summer of 1977. The studio sat approximately 500 yards from the Berlin Wall, and the Cold War geography saturated every aspect of the album's atmosphere and themes.

More song-focused than the preceding "Low," the album features ten tracks co-produced by Bowie and Tony Visconti, with Brian Eno playing a more prominent compositional role than on any previous Bowie record. King Crimson guitarist Robert Fripp contributed distinctive sustained guitar lines to several key tracks, including the title song.

NME and Melody Maker both named it album of the year for 1977. Its title track, one of the most celebrated songs in rock history, endures as an anthem of defiance and transient courage.