''No Man's Land'' is the third studio album by

Lene Lovich Lene Lovich (; born Lili-Marlene Premilovich; March 30, 1949) is an English-American singer, songwriter and musician. She first gained attention in 1979 with the release of her hit single "Lucky Number", which peaked at number 3 on the UK Singl ...

, released on 12 November 1982 by Stiff Records. It is her last album to be released on the Stiff Records label. The album is produced by Lovich and Les Chappell. It contains songs from her previously released extended play, ''

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'', since the album was planned to be already released in 1981, but was postponed following the disagreements with the record company. The lead single, "It's You, Only You (Mein Schmerz)", reached number 25 on the ''Billboard'' Hot Dance Club Songs and number 51 on the

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chart. It also peaked at number 68 on the

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. "Blue Hotel" was released as the next single. After its release, ''No Man's Land'' received mixed reviews from the music critics and was a less commercial success compared to her previous albums, '' Stateless'' (1978) and '' Flex'' (1979). It peaked at number 188 on the ''Billboard'' 200.No Man's Land - Lene Lovich , Awards
, ''AllMusic''.

Track listing

Personnel

*Lene Lovich – vocals, saxophone, trumpet *Les Chappell – guitar, synthesizer, vocals *Jeff Smith – synthesizer *Mark Heyward-Chaplin – bass *Bogdan Wiczling – drums *Justin Hildreth – drums *Dean Klevatt – piano *Nick Plytas – keyboards *

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– synthesizer on "Rocky Road" *

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– rhythm synthesizer, vocals on "Sister Video" *Alvin Clark, Bryan Evans, Damian Korner, Gordon Fordyce, Jon Walls,

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, Peter Rackham, Steve Nye ;Technical *Recording Engineer - Jon Walls *Produced by Lene Lovich, Les Chappell *Remixed by

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with Lene Lovich, Les Chappell and Dick Wingate

Notes

References

External links

* ''No Man's Land''at

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