Tony Visconti: “Brian Eno Didn’t Produce Bowie’s ‘Heroes’”

Tony Visconti has spoken. He did it through a social post in which he said his piece on “Heroes”, David Bowie’s historic album released in 1977 which contains the song of the same nameone of the most famous and beautiful songs in the history of music. This is a project that is part of the “Berlin Trilogy” or “Berlin Trilogy”consisting of three chronologically consecutive albums published by the British singer-songwriter in the late seventies: “Low” (1977), “Heroes” (1977) and “Lodger” (1979). They were recorded by Bowie following his move to West Berlin in late 1976 and saw the artist experimenting with elements of electronic music, krautrock, ambient and world music. in collaboration with American producer Tony Visconti and English musician Brian Eno.

It is precisely to the latter, almost exclusively, in the popular imagination, that the genial instinct that led, through these three albums, to Bowie’s rebirth in that period is attributed. In a post on Facebook, accompanied by a photo of the back cover of “Heroes” that proves him right, Tony Visconti let off steam, underlining the difference between the role of the producer, his, and that of the musician and author, that of Eno.: “I just listened to a speaker on NPR reviewing a new Brian Eno documentary that just came out. The album and single ‘Heroes’ were produced by me and David Bowie, no other producers are credited as you can see in the official album credits. In the broadcast they stated that And no produced ‘Heroes’ (he was the co-writer and played some synth parts). I know some of you will find it funny that theor I have to defend myself every time this gaffe is brought up again for the umpteenth time. I’m sure some of you will post some hilarious animation of me being silly. Eno is a fabulous and innovative musician and composer and I have great respect for him.. However, there is no need to make any mistakes in this regard.”