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No Man's Land (Jacques Higelin album)

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Released
  
April 1978

Artist
  
Jacques Higelin

Label
  
EMI Pathé Marconi

Producer
  
Jacques Higelin

Release date
  
April 1978

Genre
  
Rock music in France


Recorded
  
September 1977 at the Château d'Hérouville, France

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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.

Contents

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.

Commercial performance

The album was commercially successful, selling 312.700 copies.

Musicians

  • 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

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

    • Songs

    1Banlieue boogie blues4:11
    2Pars3:51
    3Denise2:59

    References

    No Man's Land (Jacques Higelin album) Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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