No Man's Land (Jacques Higelin album)

For other uses, see No Man's Land (disambiguation).
No Man's Land
Studio album by
Jacques Higelin
ReleasedApril 1978
RecordedSeptember 1977 at the Château d'Hérouville, France
GenreFrench rock
LabelPathé-Marconi/EMI
ProducerJacques Higelin
Jacques Higelin chronology
15 chansons d'avant le déluge, suite et fin
(1976) 		No Man's Land
(1978) 		Champagne et Caviar
(1978)

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

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

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Banlieue Boogie Blues"Jacques Higelin4:10
2."Pars"Higelin3:48
3."Denise"Higelin3:04
4."Un aviateur dans l'ascenseur"Higelin4:29
5."Lettre à la p'tite amie de l'ennemi public no 1"Higelin4:09
6."L... comme beauté"Higelin5:03
7."Les Robots"Higelin3:14
8."L'Amour sans savoir ce que c'est"Higelin10:28

Charts and certifications

Charts

Chart (1978) Peak
position
France (SNEP)[2] 1

Certification

Region Certification Certified units/sales
France (SNEP)[3] Gold 100,000*

* Sales figures based on certification alone.

Personnel

Musicians

Production

  • Laurent Thibault, Christophe Bonno, Michel Marie: recording
  • Christian Orsini, studio Translab: mastering
  • Dominique Mallegni: photographs
  • Bruno Ducourant: design

References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ InfoDisc (ed.). "Classements d'albums par artiste (cliquer sur Jacques HIGELIN)". Archived from the original on July 31, 2014. Retrieved 30 June 2014.
  3. ^ "French album certifications – Jacques Higelin – No Man's Land" (in French). InfoDisc. Retrieved 12 July 2022. Select JACQUES HIGELIN and click OK.