The Similarities Engine

Albums similar to “Heroes”

These are the albums most often named alongside David Bowie - “Heroes” by people listing five favorite records. If you are looking for artists similar to David Bowie, this is where their listeners went. Nobody wrote these recommendations and no algorithm guessed at them: every album below is one that a real person put on the same list.

1. Alabama - Feels So Right
2. David Bowie - Rodger
3. Frank Zappa - Weasels Ripped My Flesh
4. Headless Chickens - Body Blow
5. Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill
6. Tubeway Army - Replicas
7. Channel Light Vessel - Automatic
8. Conlon Nancarrow - Studies for Player Piano
9. Grimes - Miss Anthropocene
10. Public Image Ltd. - Metal Box
11. Roachford - Permanent Shade of Blue
12. Duran Duran - Big Thing
13. Einsterzende Neubauten - Kollaps
14. Lana Del Rey - Honeymoon
15. Mindless Self Indulgence - If
16. Deerhunter - Microcastle / Weird Era Cont.
17. Michael Brook - Cobalt Blue
18. Robert Wyatt - Rock Bottom
19. Gojira - From Mars to Sirius
20. Madonna - Ray of Light
21. Maroon 5 - Songs About Jane
22. Brian Eno - Music for Airports
23. Talking Heads - Little Creatures
24. New Order - Power, Corruption & Lies
25. Belle and Sebastian - If You’re Feeling Sinister
26. Depeche Mode - Some Great Reward
27. Lou Reed - Transformer
28. Laurie Anderson - Big Science
29. Gorillaz - Plastic Beach
30. Gene - Olympian

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