The Best of No Angels
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| Released | 1 December 2003 | |||
| Recorded | 2001–2003 | |||
| Length | 56:06 | |||
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| Singles from The Best of No Angels | ||||
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The Best of No Angels is a
German-speaking Europe, coinciding with the group's first disbandment. A best-of album, it features all the singles from their first three studio albums Elle'ments (2001), Now... Us! (2002) and Pure (2003), as well as three additional album cuts from each album, including production from Thorsten Brötzmann, Leslie Mándoki, Mousse T., Perky Park, Peter Plate, Peter Ries, Ulf Leo Sommer, and Twin
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Following its release, Best of No Angels received positive reviews from music critics who praised the included material as the highlights of the group's music career. The compilation debuted and peaked at number five on the
German Albums Chart and reached the top twenty in Austria. In addition to already existing material, the band recorded a slightly reworked version of their debut album closing track "That's the Reason" for the album. Re-titled "Reason
", the ballad was released as the album's only single, also reaching the top ten in Germany
Background
In late 2002, the No Angels management forced original band member
Lucy Diakovska, Sandy Mölling, and Vanessa Petruo, released their third regular studio album Pure. It became the band's third number-one album and reached Gold status in Germany,[2][3] while also spawing the pop rock-influenced number-one leading single "No Angel (It's All in Your Mind)," their fourth non-consecutive chart topper.[4]
On 7 September 2003, a few days after the
pre-sales start for their 2004 concert tour, the quartet announced that due to lasting exhaustion, they would not come together for a new No Angels project the following year and instead were preparing their official disbandment towards the end of 2003.[5][6] While the media began a never-ending speculation about the reasons for their split,[5] the girls and their management arranged the cancellation of all dates of their scheduled 2004 Pure Acoustic Tour,[7] with the band agreeing on releasing a farewelll compilation album, The Best of No Angels.[5]
Promotion
Apart from a collection of all singles which the band had released between the years of 2001 and 2003, The Best of No Angels also contains a reworked version of "That's the Reason," the closing track from No Angels' debut album German Singles Chart while also reached number 12 in Austria and number 28 in Switzerland. No Angels promoted the song at several television events.[8]
Release and reception
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| Source | Rating |
| laut.de |   [10] |
Stefan Johannesberg from laut.de found that The Best of No Angels "portrays the three-year rise from the RTL 2 gutter to a real divas combo with an experienced selection of songs [...] No matter how you feel about music, this advancement of No Angels deserves respect. As well as the decision to quit."[10]
Released on 1 December 2003, The Best of No Angels debuted and peaked at number five on the
German Albums Chart in the week ending 15 December 2003. This marked the band's fifth consecutive top ten album on the chart.[11] Elsewhere, it entered the top twenty in Austria, peaking at number 17, and the top sity in Switzerland.[12] In Germany, The Best of No Angels was ranked eighty-seventh on the 2003 year-end chart.[11]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | " Tony Swain | Perky Park | 3:38 | |
| 10. | "No Angel (It's All in Your Mind)" |
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| 3:14 |
| 11. | "Someday" |
| Brötzmann | 3:16 |
| 12. | "Feelgood Lies" |
| Twin | 3:22 |
| 13. | "That's the Reason" |
| Brötzmann | 3:15 |
| 14. | "Faith Can Move a Mountain" | Julian Feifel | Mándoki | 3:28 |
| 15. | "Autumn Breeze" | Dennis Dowlut |
| 3:32 |
| 16. | "Eleven Out of Ten" |
| Lundgren | 3:37 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Daylight in Your Eyes" |
| 4:49 |
| 2. | "All Cried Out" |
| 3:11 |
| 3. | "Rivers of Joy" |
| 4:51 |
| 4. | "Faith Can Move a Mountain" | Julian Feifel | 4:17 |
| 5. | "Someday" |
| 3:24 |
| 6. | "No Angel (It's All in Your Mind)" |
| 3:58 |
| 7. | "Still in Love with You" |
| 4:47 |
| 8. | "Something About Us" |
| 4:06 |
| 9. | "Washes Over Me" | Ries | 5:08 |
Charts
Weekly charts
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Year-end charts
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Release history
| Region | Date | Edition | Format | Label | Ref. |
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| Austria | 1 December 2003 |
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References
- ^ We Love No Angels documentation. PRO Sieben. Retrieved on 25 August 2024.
- Media Control(in German). Musicline. Retrieved 25 August 2024.
- ^ "Jahrescharts 2003". Music-Central. Archived from the original on 3 February 2009. Retrieved 25 August 2024.
- Media Control. Musicline. Archived from the originalon 21 September 2009. Retrieved 25 August 2024.
- ^ a b c "Natürlich sind auch Tränen geflossen". Der Spiegel. 7 September 2003. Retrieved 2 April 2007.
- ^ Schulte am Hülse, Jessica (29 July 2007). "Popstar sein ist ein Pakt mit dem Teufel". Die Welt. Retrieved 25 August 2024.
- ^ Gauger, Joachim (10 September 2003). "Pure-Tour definitiv abgesagt". laut.de. Retrieved 25 August 2024.
- ^ a b c Gauger, Joachim (20 November 2003). "No Angels: Da waren's wieder fünf". laut.de. Retrieved 25 August 2024.
- ^ The Best of No Angels (Media notes). No Angels. Cheyenne Records. 2003.
{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link) - ^ a b c Johannesberg, Stefan. "Aus der RTL 2-Gosse zur echten Diven-Combo". laut.de (in German). Retrieved 25 August 2024.
- ^ GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 11 April 2017.
- ^ a b "Austriancharts.at – No Angels – The Best of No Angels" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 11 April 2017.
- ^ "Swisscharts.com – No Angels – The Best of No Angels". Hung Medien. Retrieved 11 April 2017.
- ^ "Top 100 Album-Jahrescharts (2004)". Retrieved 11 April 2017.
