No Man's Land (Jacques Higelin album)

No Man's Land
No Man's Land
Studio album by Jacques Higelin
Released	April 1978
Recorded	September 1977 at the Château d'Hérouville, France
Genre	French rock
Label	Pathé-Marconi/EMI
Producer	Jacques Higelin
Jacques Higelin chronology

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^*
^* 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.

[telerama-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.

[FranceJacques_HigelinNo_Man's_LandalbumCertRef-3] "French album certifications – Jacques Higelin – No Man's Land" (in French). InfoDisc. Retrieved 12 July 2022. Select JACQUES HIGELIN and click OK.

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v t e Jacques Higelin
Studio albums	Jacques "Crabouif" Higelin (1971) BBH 75 (1974) Irradié (1976) Alertez les bébés ! (1976) No Man's Land (1978) Champagne et Caviar (1979) La Bande du Rex (1980)
Compilation albums	Inédits 1970 (1980)
with Areski Belkacem	Higelin et Areski (1969)
with Brigitte Fontaine	12 chansons d'avant le déluge (1966) 15 chansons d'avant le déluge, suite et fin (1976)
Related	Arthur Higelin Izïa Higelin Kên Higelin