No Man's Land (Jacques Higelin album)
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| Released | April 1978 | |||
| Recorded | September 1977 at the Château d'Hérouville, France | |||
| Genre | French rock | |||
| Label | Pathé-Marconi/EMI | |||
| Producer | Jacques Higelin | |||
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No Man's Land is the seventh album by French rock singer Jacques Higelin, released in April 1978. The song "Pars" was covered by Grace Jones on her Warm Leatherette album in 1980.
Recording
[edit]Higelin was reportedly dissatisfied with the record, and wanted to destroy the tapes to avoid releasing it, but was persuaded otherwise by his friends, musicians Laurent Thibaut and Francis Moze. Higelin came later to appreciate it somewhat.[1]
Track listing
[edit]| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Banlieue Boogie Blues" | Jacques Higelin | 4:10 |
| 2. | "Pars" | Higelin | 3:48 |
| 3. | "Denise" | Higelin | 3:04 |
| 4. | "Un aviateur dans l'ascenseur" | Higelin | 4:29 |
| 5. | "Lettre à la p'tite amie de l'ennemi public no 1" | Higelin | 4:09 |
| 6. | "L... comme beauté" | Higelin | 5:03 |
| 7. | "Les Robots" | Higelin | 3:14 |
| 8. | "L'Amour sans savoir ce que c'est" | Higelin | 10:28 |
Charts and certifications
[edit]Charts
[edit]| Chart (1978) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| France (SNEP)[2] | 1 |
Certification
[edit]| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
|---|---|---|
| France (SNEP)[3] | Gold | 100,000* |
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* Sales figures based on certification alone. | ||
Personnel
[edit]Musicians
[edit]- Jacques Higelin: vocals, keyboards, Korg, pianos, accordion, bass guitar
- Pierre Chérèze: guitars
- Dan Ar Braz: guitars
- Jacky Thomas: bass guitar
- Serge Perathoner: keyboards
- Jean Cirillo: drums
- Michel Santangeli: drums
- Christian Leroux: guitar
- Les petits chanteurs de l'école de Bondy: background vocals
Production
[edit]- Laurent Thibault, Christophe Bonno, Michel Marie: recording
- Christian Orsini, studio Translab: mastering
- Dominique Mallegni: photographs
- Bruno Ducourant: design
References
[edit]- ^ Pierrick Allain; Valérie Lehoux (28 March 2013). Télérama (ed.). "Higelin au fil de ses albums, "No man's land" (1978) : "J'aimais pas… je m'aimais pas"". Retrieved 30 June 2014.
- ^ InfoDisc (ed.). "Classements d'albums par artiste (cliquer sur Jacques HIGELIN)". Archived from the original on July 31, 2014. Retrieved 30 June 2014.
- ^ "French album certifications – Jacques Higelin – No Man's Land" (in French). InfoDisc. Retrieved 12 July 2022. Select JACQUES HIGELIN and click OK.
