No Man's Land (Frank Turner album)

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No Man's Land
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Studio album by
Frank Turner
Released16 August 2019
Recorded2019
Genre Folk punk, [1] folk rock [2]
Length48:09
Label
Producer Catherine Marks
Frank Turner chronology
Be More Kind
(2018)		No Man's Land
(2019)		 West Coast vs. Wessex
(2020)
Singles from No Man's Land
  1. "Sister Rosetta"
    Released: 3 July 2019

No Man's Land is the eighth studio album by English singer-songwriter Frank Turner, released on 16 August 2019 [3] by Xtra Mile Recordings.

Contents

It is a concept album with songs about women from history, often with connections to music. [4]

Background

The album was announced alongside the release of the single "Sister Rosetta" on July 3, 2019. [5] Turner wrote the album as a way of drawing attention to the lives of "fascinating women" whose amazing lives were overlooked due to their gender. [6] These women include Byzantine princess Kassiani, Huda Sha'arawi, Nannie Doss, Nica Rothschild, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Jinny Bingham, Dora Hand and the CPR training manikin Resusci Anne. [7] Alongside the album's release, Turner and Somethin' Else released a podcast entitled "Tales From No Man's Land" in which he discusses the story of every woman that the songs are based on. [8] The album also features a new recording of the song "Silent Key" previously released on Turner's sixth album "Positive Songs for Negative People." [9]

Reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 63/100 [10]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Evening Standard Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [11]
The Times Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [12]
The Independent Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [13]
NME Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]
The Arts Desk Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [14]
The Spill MagazineStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [15]

The album received generally favorable reviews with an aggregate score of 63/100 on Metacritic. [16] Many praised Turner's return to folk instead of the indie pop sound of his previous album "Be More Kind." [1] However, the idea of the album saw much controversy and the album received incredibly negative reviews from publishers such as The Independent and NME. The Independent described the album as "extreme mansplaining" and criticised the instrumentation as being "plodding" and Turner's limited vocal range being incredibly evident. [13] NME stated that the album was too similar to Turner's previous work, leading to the voices of the woman involved being completely overshadowed. [2] The Mic, however, argued that No Man's Land succeeded as an "astoundingly versatile and sensitive" concept album, noting that "overwhelmingly Turner opts for well realised curveballs as opposed to safe and unadventurous folk music". [17]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Frank Turner, except where noted

No.TitleSubjectLength
1."Jinny Bingham's Ghost" Jinny Bingham 2:55
2."Sister Rosetta" Sister Rosetta Tharpe 3:48
3."I Believed You William Blake" Catherine Blake 3:35
4."Nica" Pannonica de Koenigswarter 4:35
5."A Perfect Wife" Nannie Doss 2:36
6."Silent Key" Christa McAuliffe 3:57
7."Eye of the Day" Mata Hari 5:14
8."The Death of Dora Hand" Dora Hand 4:16
9."The Graveyard of the Outcast Dead"The "Winchester Geese" buried in Cross Bones burial ground3:39
10."The Lioness" Huda Sha'arawi 3:10
11."The Hymn of Kassiani" Kassia 3:30
12."Rescue Annie" Resusci Anne 4:14
13."Rosemary Jane"Frank Turner's mother3:45
Total length:48:09

Personnel

Adapted from Allmusic. [18]

Charts

Chart (2019)Peak
position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [19] 49
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [20] 22
Scottish Albums (OCC) [21] 4
UK Albums (OCC) [22] 3

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