Which albums form the Berlin trilogy?

Hunky Dory, Ziggy Stardust and Aladdin Sane

Station to Station, Young Americans and Diamond Dogs

What is notable about Low's second side?

It is mostly ambient instrumentals

Which two Iggy Pop albums did Bowie help make in 1977?

Blah-Blah-Blah and Zombie Birdhouse

Bowie Berlin Trilogy Quiz: Low, Heroes and Lodger

David Bowie left Los Angeles in 1976 to escape fame and addiction, and this Bowie Berlin trilogy quiz follows the albums he made next with Brian Eno and Tony Visconti. Play 10 interactive questions on Low and its ambient side, Heroes at Hansa Studios, Lodger, the Chateau d'Herouville, Iggy Pop's albums, Robert Fripp, Oblique Strategies and the 1987 Reichstag concert.

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🎯 Daily Trivia Challenge • 🧠 10 Questions • ⏱️ 150 Seconds

Question 1 / 10 Time: 150s

Albums
Which albums form the Berlin trilogy?
Eno
Which musician collaborated closely on all three?
Producer
Who co-produced the trilogy with Bowie?
Studio
Which Berlin studio near the Wall was used for Heroes?
Low
Where was most of Low recorded?
Side
What is notable about Low's second side?
Guitar
Who played the soaring guitar on Heroes?
Cards
What were Oblique Strategies?
Iggy
Which two Iggy Pop albums did Bowie help make in 1977?
Concert
Where did Bowie play a 1987 concert heard across the Wall?

Explanations: answer key for all 10 questions

Q1: Which albums form the Berlin trilogy?
Answer: Low, Heroes and Lodger
They came out in 1977 and 1979.
Q2: Which musician collaborated closely on all three?
Answer: Brian Eno
He brought ambient ideas.
Q3: Who co-produced the trilogy with Bowie?
Answer: Tony Visconti
He had worked with Bowie since the 1960s.
Q4: Which Berlin studio near the Wall was used for Heroes?
Answer: Hansa Studios
Visconti called it the Hall by the Wall.
Q5: Where was most of Low recorded?
Answer: Chateau d'Herouville in France
Mixing was done in Berlin.
Q6: What is notable about Low's second side?
Answer: It is mostly ambient instrumentals
Warszawa opens it.
Q7: Who played the soaring guitar on Heroes?
Answer: Robert Fripp
He recorded his parts in a few hours.
Q8: What were Oblique Strategies?
Answer: Cards with creative prompts
Eno and Peter Schmidt created them.
Q9: Which two Iggy Pop albums did Bowie help make in 1977?
Answer: The Idiot and Lust for Life
They lived near each other in Berlin.
Q10: Where did Bowie play a 1987 concert heard across the Wall?
Answer: In front of the Reichstag
East Berliners gathered to listen.

Bowie Berlin Trilogy Quiz – Low, Heroes and Lodger

David Bowie's Berlin trilogy consists of Low and Heroes, both from 1977, and Lodger from 1979. He moved to Berlin to escape fame and addiction, working with Brian Eno and co-producer Tony Visconti.

Most of Low was recorded at the Chateau d'Herouville in France, and its second side is largely ambient instrumentals. Heroes was the only one recorded entirely at Berlin's Hansa Studios, near the Wall, with Robert Fripp's soaring guitar. Lodger was recorded in Montreux and New York.

Eno's Oblique Strategies cards shaped sessions, and Bowie also helped Iggy Pop make The Idiot and Lust for Life. In 1987 Bowie played near the Reichstag, heard by crowds in East Berlin.

What This Quiz Teaches

Rock fans will enjoy these questions.

Which albums form the trilogy
Who worked on them
Where they were recorded
What made them experimental
How Berlin shaped them

Did You Know?

The song Heroes tells of lovers by the Wall.
Germany's foreign office thanked Bowie in 2016.
Sound and Vision was a hit from Low.
Bowie lived in Schoneberg.
Lodger includes Boys Keep Swinging.