Elle'ments

Elle'ments
No Angels studio album
Publication (s)	March 12, 2001
Label (s)	Cheyenne Records / Polydor
Format (s)	CD
Genre (s)	pop
Title (number)	13
running time	47:10
occupation	Nadja Benaissa Lucy Diakovska Sandy Mölling Vanessa Petruo Jessica Wahls
production	Thorsten Brötzmann Peter Ries Leslie Mandoki Patrik Majer Plate & Sommer
Studio (s)	FM Studios, Frankfurt Westpark Studios, Munich Park Studios, Tutzing
chronology - Elle'ments Now ... Us!

Elle'ments is the debut album by the German pop band No Angels . The LP was released in March 2001 and reached number one in the German, Austrian and Swiss album charts as a newcomer . With more than a million copies sold, seven gold and three platinum awards , the album is one of the most successful productions ever released by a German group.

background

After participating in the talent show Popstars , in which they emerged victorious, Nadja Benaissa , Lucy Diakovska , Sandy Mölling , Vanessa Petruo and Jessica Wahls started preparations for their first single in Munich in November 2000 . Accompanied by their already existing popularity through the casting show and by skillful marketing, combined with a large number of promotional appearances and interviews, the release of the pre-release single Daylight in Your Eyes on February 5, 2001 was a great success. The title reached number one in the German, Brazilian, Swiss and Austrian charts. In Germany the song became the most successful single of 2001 with over 1,000,000 copies sold.

With the album Elle'ments released in March 2001 , the No Angels were staged as a German version of the Spice Girls . As with the Spice Girls, each band member was given an image: With the No Angels, these attributions were based on the elements fire (Lucy), ice (Sandy), earth (Vanessa), air (Nadja) and spirit (Jessica).

In addition to the successful single Daylight in Your Eyes , twelve other pop titles were written and produced for the album. A large team of copywriters and musicians around the producers Thorsten Brötzmann, Peter Ries and Patrik Majer were involved. The entry of the No Angels project into the music industry was strategically planned and implemented by the management, which is quantitatively reflected in the sales figures for the album. In terms of quality, mainstream pop music was solidly tailored to the market, with little claim to profound lyrics.

music

In the overall impression of the album, the music of the No Angels can be compared with songs by the Spice Girls. The group moves stylistically across the typical pop areas. Ballads, gospel and guitar pop / rock songs alternate. Lyrically, the English sung titles do not correspond to the musical quality. Half-sentences, frequent repetitions in the chorus and the inflationary use of the topic “love” are in the foreground.

Track list

Chart positions Explanation of the data

Albums

Elle'ments   DE 1 03/26/2001 (75 weeks)   AT 1 03/25/2001 (48 weeks)   CH 1 03/25/2001 (44 weeks)

Singles

Daylight in Your Eyes   DE 1 02/19/2001 (15 weeks)   AT 1 02/18/2001 (19 weeks)   CH 1 02/25/2001 (24 weeks) Rivers of Joy   DE 7th 05/14/2001 (11 weeks)   AT 11 05/13/2001 (12 weeks)   CH 10 05/13/2001 (14 weeks) There must be an angel   DE 1 08/27/2001 (17 weeks)   AT 1 08/26/2001 (21 weeks)   CH 2 08/26/2001 (20 weeks) Atlantis / When the Angels Sing   DE 5 12/03/2001 (14 weeks)   AT 5 12/02/2001 (14 weeks)   CH 16 12/02/2001 (12 weeks)

#	title	Music / Lyrics
1.	Daylight in Your Eyes	Tony Bruno, Tommy Byrnes	3:30
2.	When the Angels Sing	Peter Ries , Charlemaine	3:44
3.	Promises Can Wait	Peter Ries, Dawn Faith Schönherz	3:27
4th	You could be the first	Ralf Lübke	3:26
5.	Cold as Ice	David Brunner, Christopher Cousins, Marc Klammek	4:04
6th	Rivers of Joy	Petterson, Haze	3:30
7th	Be My Man (The Plan)	Leslie Mandoki , Laszlo Bencker	3:32
8th.	Go Ahead and Take It	Thorsten Brötzmann, Ulrich Wehner	2:57
9.	Couldn't Care Less	Franciz, Lepont	3:20
10.	Faith Can Move a Mountain	Julian Feifel	3:32
11.	Cry for you	Thomas Anders , Christian Geller	4:50
12.	Send me flowers	Axel spread	3:54
13.	That's the reason	Alexander Geringas , Thorsten Brötzmann	3:24

In the course of the sales success, the album was re-released two more times, modified. On the one hand appeared a Karaoke Edition , on the other hand, a special winter edition , which the single There Must Be an Angel and the not yet published titles 100% Emotional and What Am I Supposed to Do contained.

#	title	Music / Lyrics
1.	There must be an angel	Annie Lennox , David A. Stewart	3:55
2.	When the Angels Sing	Peter Ries, Charlemaine	3:44
3.	What Am I Supposed to Do	Senait , R. Hardt, H. Zier	4:08
4th	100% emotional	J. Åberg, P. Rein, W. Sela	3:03
5.	Daylight in Your Eyes	Tony Bruno, Tommy Byrnes	3:30
6th	Promises Can Wait	Peter Ries, Dawn Faith Schönherz	3:27
7th	You could be the first	Ralf Lübke	3:26
8th.	Cold as Ice	David Brunner, Christopher Cousins, Marc Klammek	4:04
9.	Rivers of Joy	Petterson, Haze	3:30
10.	Be My Man (The Plan)	Leslie Mandoki, Laszlo Bencker	3:32
11.	Go Ahead and Take It	Thorsten Brötzmann, Ulrich Wehner	2:57
12.	Couldn't Care Less	Franciz, Lepont	3:20
13.	Faith Can Move a Mountain	Julian Feifel	3:32
14th	Cry for you	Thomas Anders, Christian Geller	4:50
15th	Send me flowers	Axel spread	3:54
16.	That's the reason	Alexander Geringas, Thorsten Brötzmann	3:24

Singles

• Daylight in Your Eyes (release: February 5th, 2001)
• Rivers of Joy (released April 30, 2001)
• There Must Be an Angel (released August 13, 2001)
• When the Angels Sing / Atlantis (release: November 16, 2001)

Reviews

• Eberhard Dobler, Laut.de : “What else should be on the five chic girls who dance around our ears with chart-compatible teen pop à la Spice Girls and Britney Spears? 'Charting' is an understatement, to say the least. Because the women are currently breaking all sales records. Four producers have built the No Angels a musically easily digestible dance love star nest. No question about it, we are on an international pop level. "

• Susanne Frömel, Berliner Zeitung : “Maybe such pop stars can't really touch you, but maybe that's not important at all. The 'No Angels' are doing a great show and you get the feeling that they are actually better than the musical format that is planned for them. They will probably go down the path of all girl bands at some point. For any one of them, reality and self-assessment will overlap and she will suddenly want to become an individual. "

• ProSieben review: "Without a recognizable style of their own, without a recognizable line of their own,« Elle'ments »offers a collection of well-made pop songs, which unfortunately all too often fall back on tried-and-tested and therefore well-known knitting patterns [...] If this lack of independence of the Angels does not bother you, you can do so «Elle'ments» is undoubtedly a nice best-of-pop album enriched with all of the band's hits. But if you are looking for independence, authenticity and uniqueness, you have come to the wrong address with a drawing board band like the No Angels. "

See also

• List of the best-selling music albums certified by BVMI in Germany

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Gold / platinum database - Bundesverband Musikindustrie e. V.
2. ↑ Brazil Top 20 - Daylight in Your Eyes on top40-charts.com.
3. ↑ The 50 most successful songs of 2001 on mix1.de.
4. ↑ Biography: No Angels on laut.de.
5. ↑ ^{a b} Eberhard Dobler, CD Review: No Angels - Elle'Ments on laut.de.
6. ↑ Chart tracking for "Elle'Ments". ( Memento of the original from September 28, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. musicline.de 
7. ↑ Chart rating for "Elle'Ments". austriancharts.at
8. ↑ Chart rating for "Elle'Ments". hitparade.ch
9. ↑ Susanne Frömel:, Popstars . In: Berliner Zeitung , October 31, 2001, concert report.
10. ↑ ProSieben review: No Angels - Elle'ments on prosieben.de.