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Originally Posted by SteveMacD

Considering they didn’t have a lot of time to flesh out arrangements, Heroes is an extraordinary album.

I agree. It’s pretty sophisticated music. Mick mentions (in his first book) that the band had long discussions during that time about the direction of their sound and musical style. I get the sense it was the first album since Future Games that was made with a conscious direction in mind. So many of those early (and excellent) 70s Mac records seem the result of whatever the contributing songwriters had available. It sounds like the ethos for each record emerged while it was being recorded rather than a clear agenda spelled out beforehand. Heroes, by contrast, sounds intentional—they wanted to make adult, sophisticated rock that was no longer homespun using mobile units.

Of all the early 70s Mac albums, Heroes sounds the most tethered to its times. The band’s reliance on then current studio affects and then contemporary arrangements shows how committed they were to making an important album THEN. Minus the success, it’s the Tango of the 70s…