{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2021}} {{Infobox album | name = Elle'ments | type = Album | artist = No Angels | cover = No-angels-ellements.jpg | alt = | released = 12 March 2001 | recorded = 2000–2001 | venue = | studio = | genre = *Pop<ref name="siegelrev"/> *dance-pop<ref name="siegelrev"/> *Europop<ref name="intro"/> | length = {{Duration|m=46|s=52}} | label = *Polydor *Zeitgeist *Cheyenne | producer = *Thorsten Brötzmann *Patrik Majer *Leslie Mándoki *Plate & Sommer *Peter Ries *Soul-O-Matic | prev_title = | prev_year = | next_title = Now... Us! | next_year = 2002 | misc = {{Singles | name = Elle'ments | type = studio | single1 = Daylight in Your Eyes | single1date = 5 February 2001 | single2 = Rivers of Joy | single2date = 30 April 2001 | single3 = There Must Be an Angel | single3date = 12 August 2001 | single4 = When the Angels Sing"/"Atlantis | single4date = 19 November 2001 }} }} '''''Elle'ments''''' is the debut studio album by German girl group No Angels. It was first released by Polydor–Zeitgeist and Cheyenne Records on 12 March 2001 in German-speaking Europe. After winning the inaugural season of the reality talent contest ''Popstars'' in late 2000, Polydor consulted a small team of German-based musicians to work with the quintet, including Thorsten Brötzmann, Peter Ries, Leslie Mándoki, and Peter Plate. ''Elle'ments'' is a pop record with an inclusion of styles such as dance, R&B, Latin and rock. Conceptually, the album centered on the idea of the classical elements, and during that time was compared to English girl group the Spice Girls' ''Forever'' (2000) era.
Upon its release, ''Elle'ments'' became an instant smash hit. The album peaked at number one in Austria, Germany, and Switzerland, and was eventually certified 7× Gold in Germany and reached Platinum status in both Austria and Switzerland. Additionally, it was certified Platinum by the European International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI). ''Elle'ments'' became Germany's top-selling album of 2001, with 500,000 copies sold in its first six month of release. In total, ''Elle'ments'' sold 1.1 million copies worldwide, becoming one of the biggest-selling girl group albums in music history and one of the best-selling German albums of all time.
The album yielded the record-breaking number-one hit single "Daylight in Your Eyes", and produced three further singles, including "Rivers of Joy", "When the Angels Sing" and a remake of British pop duo Eurythmics' 1985 single "There Must Be an Angel," the theme song to the animated feature ''The Little Polar Bear'' (2001), their second number-one hit in Austria and Germany. The latter song also appeared on Special Winter Edition reissue of the album, released in October 2001, along with several new songs. In fall 2001, No Angels embarked on their first concert tour, the Rivers of Joy Tour, in support of the album.
==Background== No Angels were formed in 2000 on the debut season of the RTL2 series ''Popstars'', the German adaption of the international reality television franchise which set about producing a five-piece girl group.<ref name="hrm">{{cite web|first=Marika|last=Schaertl|title=Holger, der Engel-Macher|date=19 February 2001|work=Focus|url=http://www.focus.de/panorama/boulevard/pop-holger-der-engel-macher_aid_189253.html|access-date=26 April 2009|language=German|archive-date=26 February 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120226090239/http://www.focus.de/panorama/boulevard/pop-holger-der-engel-macher_aid_189253.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> After several elimination rounds, Nadja Benaissa, Lucy Diakovska, Sandy Mölling, Vanessa Petruo and Jessica Wahls were chosen, and signed a recording contract with Cheyenne Records.<ref name="hrm"/> With the final members of the group in place, the program followed the group during its recording sessions, photo and music video shoots and other promotional commitments such as showcases and instores.<ref name="hrm"/> For their English language debut album, the band worked with a small group of German-based music producers, including Thorsten Brötzmann, Peter Ries, and Leslie Mándoki, as well as Rosenstolz member Peter Plate and his partner Ulf Leo Sommer, many who would become frequent collaborators on subsequent projects.<ref name="hrm"/> Stylistically, ''Elle'ments'' takes influence from a number of different genres, such as Europop, teen pop, electro, and dance, and combines elements from pop rock, drum and bass, and contemporary R&B.<ref name=laut>{{cite web|last=Dobler |first=Eberhard|url=http://www.laut.de/No-Angels/Alben/Ellements-1181 |title= Keine Frage, wir befinden uns auf internationalem Pop-Niveau. |work=laut.de |date=12 March 2001 |access-date=16 April 2015}}</ref> The album received comparisons to artists such as Britney Spears, Destiny's Child, and the Spice Girls.<ref name=laut/>
==Recording== Following their formation, the band members moved into a house in Munich and began work on their debut album at the Park Studios, in Tutzing, Bavaria where most their songs would be recorded.<ref name="doku">{{cite web|title=No Angels - Der Weg nach oben|work=RTL2|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7-CCIzE8OI |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/h7-CCIzE8OI |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|access-date=27 July 2020|language=German}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Parts of the recording sessions were tracked for the final episodes of ''Popstars'', particularly the vocal recording of "Daylight in Your Eyes", "When the Angels Sing" and the leftover track "So Wanna Be with You".<ref name="doku"/> Album opener "Daylight in Your Eyes", a cover version of singer Victoria Faiella's 2000 pop rendition of the rock-tinged original song by American rock band New Life Crisis,<ref name="spi">{{cite web|author=dpa|title=Wem gehört der Song?|work=Der Spiegel|url=http://www.spiegel.de/kultur/musik/0,1518,117703,00.html|date=15 February 2001|access-date=7 December 2020|language=German}}</ref> was produced by Thorsten Brötzmann.<ref name=linernotes/> Set against a "knee-bobbing dance beat",<ref name="billboardsinglesreview">{{cite magazine|first=Chuck|last=Taylor|title=Previews & Reviews: Singles|magazine=Billboard|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HBQEAAAAMBAJ|date=6 June 2001|access-date=7 December 2020}}</ref> the "exhilarating production" features an "anthemic chorus".<ref name="billboardsinglesreview"/> Brötzmann also contributed "Cold as Ice", a "cool, atmospheric" and "soft electro pop" ballad,<ref name="laut"/> in which a lovelorn woman realizes that her love interest is giving her the cold shoulder,<ref name="laut"/> and "Go Ahead and Take It", an uptempo fight song with a cheerleading motif that promotes female empowerment.<ref name="laut"/> "Send Me Flowers" is a pop rock song that is backed by a gospel choir.<ref name="laut"/> Lyrically, it has a woman demanding an apology from her lover.<ref name="laut"/> Closing track "That's the Reason", another Brötzmann production, co-written by Alexander Geringas,<ref name=linernotes/> is a piano-led pop ballad with soft string arrangements and lyrics that talk about reminiscing past memories with a loved one.<ref name="laut"/>
Former Dschinghis Khan member Leslie Mándoki contributed the Eastern-flavored R&B track "Be My Man (The Plan)" in which a woman asks her lover to let her know about his motives,<ref name=linernotes/><ref name="laut"/> as well as the "moody" mid-tempo song "Faith Can Move a Mountain" that talks about finding comfort in others.<ref name="laut"/> "You Could Be the First" was produced by Patrik Majer and duo Plate & Sommer.<ref name=linernotes/> Lyrically, the guitar-led mid-tempo song is about a woman who asks her husband to stop playing games with her; otherwise he would make her cry.<ref name="laut"/> Most of the other half of ''Elle'ments'' was produced by Peter Ries.<ref name=linernotes/> Ries co-penned the mid-tempo ballad "When the Angels Sing" that features a cascading piano arrangement and dominant drum pattern. Lyrically, it finds the group thinking deeply over their relationship with their love interests from whom they parted.<ref name="laut"/> Uptempo song "Promises Can Wait" has a woman looking for fun instead of a love at first sight,<ref name="laut"/> while on mid-tempo ballad "Couldn't Care Less", built upon a pulsating backbeat and a harp pattern, she assures that she has recovered from a painful heartbreak.<ref name="laut"/> Dance-pop track "Rivers of Joy", another anthemic song about self-empowerment, combines elements of gospel music and Eurodance with prominent usage of a piano sample.<ref name="laut"/> Ballad "Cry for You", co-written by Thomas Anders,<ref name=linernotes/> is a gentle, breezy pop song that is set against an acoustic guitar-driven instrumentation and a prominent saxophone riff.<ref name="laut"/> Lyrically, it talks about a woman's desire to reconcile with her former lover, who has broken up with her because of her own mistakes, leaving her in a devastated state of mind.<ref name="laut"/>
==Singles== After their formation, there was a period of indecision about what song would be released as No Angels' debut single.<ref name="alleswirdgut">{{Cite book|title=Alles wird gut|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AhMsAwAAQBAJ&q=nadja+benaissa+alles+wird+gut|last=Dippel|first=Tinka|date=1 October 2010|access-date=8 December 2020|publisher=Kontor New Media GmbH|isbn = 9783841900661|language=de}}</ref> Cheyenne Records executives believed that the first single should be "Go Ahead and Take It", which had previously been promoted during the ''Popstars'' re-call sessions on Mallorca,<ref name="alleswirdgut"/> while the group was adamant that their debut song should be "Daylight in Your Eyes".<ref name="alleswirdgut"/> The executives at Cheyenne relented, and the song was chosen as their first single out of a total of ten songs that had been pre-selected to lead the parent album.<ref name="alleswirdgut"/> Released on 5 February 2001,<ref name="spahr">{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/00s/2001/BB-2001-03-10.pdf|title=Global Music Pulse|last=Spahr|first=Wolfgang|editor-last=Williamson|editor-first=Nigel|editor-link=Nigel Williamson|magazine=Billboard|volume=113|issue=10|page=63|date=10 March 2001|access-date= 9 December 2020}}</ref> the song went gold within twenty-four hours in Germany and sold more than 500,000 copies within its first week of release.<ref>{{cite web|author=ots|date=15 February 2001|title=NO ANGELS: Daylight in Your Eyes-Hit definitiv nicht 'geklaut'!|work=Presseportal|url=http://www.presseportal.de/pm/6605/221290/rtl_ii/|access-date=9 December 2020}}</ref><ref name="ten">{{cite web|author=dpa|date=14 December 2001|title=Popgruppe Bro'Sis schon erfolgreicher als No Angels|work=Die Welt|url=https://www.welt.de/print-welt/article492849/Popgruppe_BroSis_schon_erfolgreicher_als_No_Angels.html|access-date=9 December 2020}}</ref> "Daylight in Your Eyes" peaked at number one on the German, Austrian and Swiss Singles and Airplay Charts,<ref name="Alles wird gut">{{cite book |last=Dippel |first=Tinka |date=2010 |title=Alles wird gut |trans-title= |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=96raSAAACAAJ |language=German |location= |publisher= Edel |isbn=9783941378759}}</ref> while also reaching the top of the Estonian Singles Chart.<ref name="Alles wird gut"/> It became the second fastest-selling single ever in Germany up to then as well as one of the biggest-selling German singles of the 2000s.<ref name="focus">{{cite web|first=Marika|last=Schaertl|date=19 February 2001|title=Holger, der Engel-Macher|work=Focus|url=http://www.focus.de/panorama/boulevard/pop-holger-der-engel-macher_aid_189253.html|access-date=9 December 2020|language=German|archive-date=26 February 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120226090239/http://www.focus.de/panorama/boulevard/pop-holger-der-engel-macher_aid_189253.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
"Rivers of Joy" was released as the album's second single on 30 April 2001. The gospel-tinged dance-pop track became the group's second top ten single in Germany and Switzerland but was significantly less successful than "Daylight in Your Eyes" and ended its chart run as ''Elle'ments''{{'}}s lowest-selling single.<ref name="ger year-end">{{cite web|url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/charts/single-jahr/for-date-2001|title=Top 100 Singles-Jahrescharts (2001)|publisher=Offiziellecharts.de|access-date=9 December 2020}}</ref> "There Must Be an Angel", a cover version of the 1985 song by British musical duo Eurythmics, was released as the third single from ''Elle'ments'' which was reissued on 1 October 2001.<ref>{{cite web|title=Geheimer Video-Dreh der No Angels auf dem Airport Gatow|first=Beate|last=Willer|work=Berliner Kurier|url=http://www.berlinonline.de/berliner-kurier/archiv/.bin/dump.fcgi/2001/0719/szene/0046/index.html|access-date=9 December 2020|language=German}}</ref> An instant smash, it debuted at number one on the German Singles Chart and also went gold in Germany and Switzerland.<ref name="ger year-end"/> "There Must Be an Angel" also reached the top in Austria and peaked at number two in Switzerland.<ref name="swi-yearend">{{cite web|url=http://swisscharts.com/charts/jahreshitparade/2001|title=Swiss Year-End Charts 2001|website=swisscharts.com|access-date=9 December 2020|language=German}}</ref> The mid-tempo ballad "When the Angels Sing" was released as album's fourth and final single on a double A-side along with a duet with Scottish singer Donovan on a re-recording of his 1968 song "Atlantis", the theme song for Walt Disney's animated feature ''Atlantis: The Lost Empire'' (2001). Released on 19 November 2001, the single peaked at number five on the Austrian and German Singles Chart.<ref name="ger year-end"/>
==Critical reception== {{Music ratings |rev1 = ''laut.de'' |rev1score = {{Rating|2|5}}<ref name="laut"/> }} The album received generally mixed reviews. ''laut.de'' editor Eberhard Dobler felt that the producers on the album "built No Angels a easily digestible dance-love-star-nest [...] on an international pop level – the Eurodance track 'Rivers of Joy' proves it." He remarked that "while the thirteen songs are tailored to the market [with] a little bit of Spicy (the whole band concept), a little bit of Britney ('Be My Man (The Plan)'), a little bit of R&B ('Couldn't Care Less') and even guitar pop/rock ('Send Me Flowers') [...] the laughing potential of the lyrics is hard to beat."<ref name="laut"/> Linus Volkmann from ''Intro'' found that ''Elle'ments'' lacked "recognition value", but admitted that it "sounds pretty good – despite the tight studio time". He complimented the album for its "varied" mix of elements, with "each song describing excursions into different pop genres: A few times R&B, a few times Katrina and the Waves uptempo, a few times disco in 1970s funk fashion."<ref name="intro">{{cite web|first= Linus|last= Volkmann|title=No Angels, Elle'ments|work=intro.de|url=http://www.intro.de/platten/kritiken/23027750|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080322045004/http://www.intro.de/platten/kritiken/23027750|access-date=7 December 2020|archive-date= 22 March 2008|language=German}}</ref>
''Der Spiegel'' called the songs "professionally arranged ready-made goods".<ref name="siegelrev">{{cite web|title=No Angels und die "Luft"-Masche|work=Der Spiegel|url=https://www.spiegel.de/kultur/musik/musikgeschaeft-no-angels-und-die-luft-masche-a-125896.html|access-date=7 December 2020|date=31 March 2001|language=German}}</ref> In their review of the ''Special Winter'' reissue of the album, the editorial department of German television network ProSieben wrote: "Even the reissue of ''Elle'ments'' can't hide the fact that the rest of the girls' repertoire lacks the quality of their singles 'Daylight In Your Eyes', 'Rivers of Joy' and 'There Must Be an Angel'. 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, tested and well-known knitting patterns." As with Dobler, the staff compared the material to Britney Spears, the Spice Girls and Toni Braxton and concluded: "If you don't mind No Angels' lack of independence, ''Elle'ments'' undoubtedly offers a nice best-of-pop album [...] But if you look for authenticity and uniqueness, you are knocking at the wrong door."<ref name="prosieben">{{cite web|title=Elle'ments|work=ProSieben|url=http://www.prosieben.de/music_cd/showmusic/index.php?5954|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041112053549/http://www.prosieben.de/music_cd/showmusic/index.php?5954|access-date=7 December 2020|archive-date=12 November 2004|language=German}}</ref>
==Chart performance== In March 2001, No Angels released ''Elle'ments'' in German-speaking Europe where it became an unprecedented success due to the sheer volume of interest in the group.<ref name="bb5"/> The album debuted at number one on the Austrian, German, and Swiss Albums Charts, making the band the first act ever to simultaneously top the albums, singles, and airplay charts – along with "Daylight in Your Eyes" – in all three territories.<ref name="bb6">{{Cite magazine|first=Nigel|last=Williamson|title=Hits of the World|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=whMEAAAAMBAJ&q=%22NO+ANGELS%22+%22ELLE%27MENTS%22&pg=PA55 |magazine=Billboard |publisher=Prometheus Global Media |date=14 April 2001|access-date=3 December 2016}}</ref> In Germany, ''Elle'ments'' peaked at number one for three consecutive weeks in which it passed the sales mark of 500,000 units.<ref name="bb6"/> By August 2001, it had reached double platinum status, indicating sales in excess of 600,000 copies.<ref>{{Cite web|title=RTL II informiert: NO ANGELS erhalten Triple Gold und Doppel Platin für "Daylight In Your Eyes" und "ELLE'MENTS" |url=http://www.presseportal.de/pm/6605/280579false|work= RTL2|publisher=Presseportal |date=7 September 2001 |access-date=3 December 2016}}</ref> Following the release of its Special Winter Edition in October, ''Elle'ments'' re-entered the top ten at number seven.<ref>{{Cite magazine|title=Hits of the World|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fhEEAAAAMBAJ&q=no+angels+%22elle%27ments%22&pg=PA42 |magazine=Billboard |publisher=Prometheus Global Media |date=20 October 2001|access-date=3 December 2016}}</ref> In total, the album spent 74 consecutive weeks within the top 100 of the German Albums Chart and was eventually certified triple platinum and 7× Gold by the Bundesverband Musikindustrie (BVMI) for domestic sales in excess of 1.05 million copies.<ref name="gercert"/> It was the highest-selling album of 2001 in Germany.<ref name="geryearend2001"/>
In Austria, ''Elle'ments'' charted four non-consecutive weeks at the top of the Ö3 Austria Top 40 Longplay chart.<ref name="autchart">{{cite web|title=''Now... Us!''|work=Austriancharts|url=http://www.austriancharts.at/showitem.asp?interpret=No+Angels&titel=Now+%2E%2E%2E+Us&cat=a|access-date=1 June 2007}}</ref> It was certified platinum by IFPI Austria, indicating sales in excess of 40,000 units,<ref name="autcert"/> and became the fifth highest-selling album that year.<ref name="autyearend2001"/> In Switzerland, the album sold further 40,000 copies and also was awarded a platinum certification by IFPI Switzerland.<ref name="swicert"/> It spent four non-consecutive weeks at number-one on the Swiss Hitparade and was ranked ninth on the Swiss year-end albums chart.<ref name="swiyearend2001"/> ''Elle'ments'' also debuted at number six on ''Billboard''{{'}}s European Top 100 Albums chart,<ref name="bb5">{{Cite magazine|title=Hits of the World|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=whMEAAAAMBAJ&q=%22BILLBOARD%22+%22ELLE%27MENTS%22+%22EUROCHART%22&pg=PA55 |magazine=Billboard |publisher=Prometheus Global Media |date=14 April 2001 |access-date=3 December 2016}}</ref> and peaked at number five in its third week of release.<ref name="bb9">{{Cite magazine|title=Hits of the World|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fhQEAAAAMBAJ&q=%22ELLE%27MENTS%22&pg=PA43 |magazine=Billboard |publisher=Prometheus Global Media |date=31 March 2001 |access-date=3 December 2016}}</ref> Altogether, the album became the 41st biggest-selling album of 2001 in Europe – the only entry for any international ''Popstars'' winner that year – and was certified platinum by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) for shipments of one million copies.<ref name="bbend">{{Cite magazine|first=Paul|last=Sexton|title=Dido Rolls Snake Eyes in Europe's Year-End Charts|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sBIEAAAAMBAJ&q=%22BILLBOARD%22+%22ELLE%27MENTS%22+%22EUROCHART%22&pg=PA49|magazine=Billboard |publisher=Prometheus Global Media |date=29 December 2001 |access-date=3 December 2016}}</ref><ref name="eucert"/> In total, the album sold 1.1 million copies worldwide, becoming the most successful girl group album in German music history as well as one of the biggest-selling products to emerge from the ''Popstars'' reality television franchise.<ref name="bb5"/><ref name="bbend"/> In 2013, ''Elle'ments'' was ranked among the twenty best-selling German albums of all time.<ref>{{Cite book|first1=Peter|last1=Feierabend|first2=Karsten|last2=Zang|title=DuMont Bildband 65 Jahre Bundesrepublik Deutschland: Eine Zeitreise in Bildern|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fZhUAgAAQBAJ&q=%22NO+ANGELS%22+ELLE%27MENTS&pg=PA139|publisher=DuMont |date=1 January 2013 |isbn=9783770189427|access-date=3 December 2016}}</ref>
==Track listing== Credits adapted from the liner notes of ''Elle'ments''.<ref name=linernotes>{{cite AV media notes|title=Elle'ments|others=No Angels|year=2001|publisher=Polydor Records}}</ref> {{track listing | headline = ''Elle'ments'' {{nobold|– Standard edition}}<ref name="itunes1">{{cite web|title=Elle'ments by No Angels|publisher=Amazon (DE)|url=https://www.amazon.de/Ellements-No-Angels/dp/B00005A83L/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_1/254-9249461-0195665?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1480503760&sr=1-1-fkmr0&keywords=No+Angels+Elle%27+ments+%28Special+Winter+Edition%29|access-date=30 November 2016}}</ref> | extra_column = Producer(s) | total_length = {{Duration|m=46|s=52}}
| title1 = Daylight in Your Eyes | writer1 = {{hlist|Tony Bruno|Tommy Byrnes}} | extra1 = Thorsten Brötzmann | length1 = 3:30
| title2 = When the Angels Sing | writer2 = {{hlist|Peter Ries|Charlemaine Thomas-Schmidtmer}} | extra2 = Peter Ries | length2 = 3:42
| title3 = Promises Can Wait | writer3 = {{hlist|Ries|Dawn Faith Schönherz}} | extra3 = Ries | length3 = 3:21
| title4 = You Could Be the First | writer4 = Ralf Lübke | extra4 = {{hlist|Patrik Majer|Plate & Sommer}} | length4 = 3:27
| title5 = Cold as Ice | writer5 = {{hlist|David Brunner|Christopher Cousins|Marc Klammer}} | extra5 = Brötzmann | length5 = 4:04
| title6 = Rivers of Joy | writer6 = {{hlist|Niklas Pettersson|Hans Andersson}} | extra6 = Ries | length6 = 3:28
| title7 = Be My Man (The Plan) | writer7 = {{hlist|Leslie Mandoki|Laszlo Bencker}} | extra7 = Mandoki | length7 = 3:28
| title8 = Go Ahead And Take It | writer8 = {{hlist|Brötzmann|Ulrich Wehner}} | extra8 = Brötzmann | length8 = 2:50
| title9 = Couldn't Care Less | writer9 = {{hlist|Franciz & LePont}} | extra9 = Peter Ries | length9 = 3:33
| title10 = Faith Can Move a Mountain | writer10 = Julian Feifel | extra10 = Mandoki | length10 = 3:28
| title11 = Cry for You | writer11 = {{hlist|Thomas Anders|Christian Geller}} | extra11 = Ries | length11 = 4:49
| title12 = Send Me Flowers | writer12 = Axel Breitung | extra12 = Brötzmann | length12 = 3:49
| title13 = That's the Reason | writer13 = {{hlist|Brötzmann|Alexander Geringas}} | extra13 = Brötzmann | length13 = 3:15 }} {{track listing | headline = ''Elle'ments'' {{nobold|– Special winter edition}}<ref name="itunes2">{{cite web|title=Elle'ments (Special Winter Edition) by No Angels|publisher=Amazon (DE)|url=https://www.amazon.de/Ellements-No-Angels/dp/B00005Q4OO/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_3/254-9249461-0195665?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1480503760&sr=1-3-fkmr0&keywords=No+Angels+Elle%27+ments+%28Special+Winter+Edition%29|access-date=30 November 2016}}</ref> | extra_column = Producer(s) | total_length = {{Duration|m=57|s=57}}
| title1 = There Must Be an Angel | writer1 = {{hlist|Annie Lennox|David A. Stewart}} | extra1 = {{hlist|Majer|Plate & Sommer}} | length1 = 3:55
| title2 = When the Angels Sing | writer2 = {{hlist|Ries|Thomas-Schmidtmer}} | extra2 = Ries | length2 = 3:42
| title3 = What Am I Supposed to Do | writer3 = {{hlist|Harry Zier|Rob Hardt|Senait Mehari}} | extra3 = Soul-O-Matic | length3 = 4:08
| title4 = 100% Emotional | writer4 = {{hlist|Johan Aberg|Paul Rein|Winston Sela}} | extra4 = Peter Ries | length4 = 3:03
| title5 = Daylight in Your Eyes | writer5 = {{hlist|Bruno|Byrnes}} | extra5 = Brötzmann | length5 = 3:30
| title6 = Promises Can Wait | writer6 = {{hlist|Ries|Schönherz}} | extra6 = Ries | length6 = 3:21
| title7 = You Could Be the First | writer7 = Lübke | extra7 = {{hlist|Majer|Plate & Sommer}} | length7 = 3:27
| title8 = Cold as Ice | writer8 = {{hlist|Brunner|Cousins|Klammer}} | extra8 = Brötzmann | length8 = 4:04
| title9 = Rivers of Joy | writer9 = {{hlist|Pettersson|Andersson}} | extra9 = Peter Ries | length9 = 3:28
| title10 = Be My Man (The Plan) | writer10 = {{hlist|Mandoki|Bencker}} | extra10 = Mandoki | length10 = 3:28
| title11 = Go Ahead and Take It | writer11 = {{hlist|Brötzmann|Wehner}} | extra11 = Brötzmann | length11 = 2:50
| title12 = Couldn't Care Less | writer12 = {{hlist|Franciz & LePont}} | extra12 = Ries | length12 = 3:33
| title13 = Faith Can Move a Mountain | writer13 = Feifel | extra13 = Mandoki | length13 = 3:28
| title14 = Cry for You | writer14 = {{hlist|Anders|Geller}} | extra14 = Peter Ries | length14 = 4:49
| title15 = Send Me Flowers | writer15 = Breitung | extra15 = Brötzmann | length15 = 3:49
| title16 = That's the Reason | writer16 = {{hlist|Brötzmann|Geringas}} | extra16 = Brötzmann | length16 = 3:15 }}
==Credits and personnel== Credits adapted from the liner notes of ''Elle'ments''.<ref name=linernotes/>
'''Performers and musicians''' {{div col}} * Laszlo Bencker – various instruments * Christoph Leis-Bendorff – vocal assistance * Thorsten Brötzmann – keyboards * Joan Faulkner – vocal assistance * Nico Fintzen – keyboards * Stefan Hansen – keyboards * Tony Laketos – saxophone * Ralf Lübke – guitar * Anja Mähnken – vocal assistance * Leslie Mándoki – various instruments * Ossi Schaller – guitar * Marion Schwaiger – vocal assistance * Peter Weihe – guitar {{div col end}}
'''Technical''' {{div col}} * Thorsten Brötzmann – production * Lines Hutter – engineer * Jeo – mixing * Stuart Jones – assistant engineer * Söhnke Kirchner – mixing * J. Quincy Kramer – mastering * Bernhardt Kühmstedt – photography * Patrik Majer – production * Leslie Mándoki – production * Plate & Sommer – production * Ronald Reinsberg – art direction * Peter Ries – production, mixing * Mike Streefkerk – engineer * Stefan Zeh – assistant engineer * Martin Zehetbauer – engineer * Ulf Zwerger – engineer {{div col end}}
== Leftover tracks== * "Don't Hesitate" (appeared on the 2001 ''Magix Video Maker'' DVD/CD)<ref name="leftover">{{cite web|title=''Magix Video Maker''|work=Amazon.de|url=https://www.amazon.de/dp/B00005B25D|access-date=1 June 2007}}</ref> * "Let Me Be the One" (''Magix Video Maker'')<ref name="leftover"/> * "Nitelife" (''Magix Video Maker'')<ref name="leftover"/> * "So Wanna Be with You" <small>(produced by Thorsten Brötzmann)</small> (appeared on the 2004 compilation album ''History of Popstars'')<ref name="leftover1">{{cite web|title=''History of Popstars''|work=Musicload.de|url=http://www.musicload.de/item.ml?releaseid=354595_4|access-date=1 June 2007}}</ref> * "Wherever You Go" (''Magix Video Maker'')<ref name="leftover"/>
==Charts== {{col-begin}} {{col-2}}
===Weekly charts=== {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |+ Weekly chart performance for ''Elle'ments'' |- ! scope="col"| Chart (2001) ! scope="col"| Peak<br />position |- {{album chart|Austria|1|M|title=No Angels - Elle'ments |url=http://austriancharts.at/showitem.asp?interpret=No+Angels&titel=Elle%27ments&cat=a |publisher=austriancharts.at. Hung Medien|accessdate=30 May 2011|artist=No Angels|album=Elle'ments|rowheader=true}} |- !scope="row" align="left"|European Top 100 Albums (''Billboard'')<ref name="bb9"/> |align="center"|5 |- {{album chart|Germany|1|M|id=3609|title=No Angels - Elle'ments |url=http://www.officialcharts.de/showitem.asp?interpret=No+Angels&titel=Elle%27ments&cat=|publisher=charts.de|accessdate=30 May 2011|artist=No Angels|album=Elle'ments|rowheader=true}} |- {{album chart|Switzerland|1|M|title=No Angels - Elle'ments |url=http://swisscharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=No+Angels&titel=Elle%27ments&cat=a|publisher=swisscharts.com. Hung Medien|accessdate=30 May 2011|artist=No Angels|album=Elle'ments|rowheader=true|refname=Hung}} |- |} {{col-2}}
===Year-end charts=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="text-align:center" |+ 2001 year-end chart performance for ''Elle'ments'' |- !scope="col"|Chart (2001) !scope="col"|Position |- !scope="row"|Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)<ref name="autyearend2001">{{cite web|url=http://www.austriancharts.at/year.asp?id=2001&cat=a |title=Jahreshitparade Alben 2001 |language=German |publisher=www.austriancharts.at |access-date=26 February 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131231024258/http://www.austriancharts.at/year.asp?id=2001&cat=a |archive-date=31 December 2013 }}</ref> |5 |- !scope="row"|German Albums (Official Top 100)<ref name="geryearend2001">{{cite web|url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/charts/album-jahr/for-date-2001|title=Top 100 Album-Jahrescharts (2001)|publisher=Offiziellecharts.de|access-date=22 November 2015}}</ref> |1 |- !scope="row"|Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)<ref name="swiyearend2001">{{cite web |url= http://hitparade.ch/charts/jahreshitparade/2001|title=Jahreshitparade 2001|language=German|publisher=swisscharts.com. Hung Medien|access-date=26 February 2014}}</ref> |9 |} {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="text-align:center" |+ 2002 year-end chart performance for ''Elle'ments'' |- !scope="col"|Chart (2002) !scope="col"|Position |- !scope="row"|Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)<ref name="autyearend2002">{{cite web |url=http://www.austriancharts.at/year.asp?id=2002&cat=a|title=Jahreshitparade Alben 2002|language=German|publisher=www.austriancharts.at|access-date=6 December 2016}}</ref> |62 |- !scope="row"|German Albums (Official Top 100)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/charts/album-jahr/for-date-2002|title=Top 100 Album-Jahrescharts (2002)|publisher=Offiziellecharts.de|access-date=22 November 2015}}</ref> |47 |- |} {{col-end}}
==Certifications== {{Certification Table Top|caption=Certifications for ''Elle'ments''}} {{certification Table Entry|title=Elle’ments|type=album|artist=No Angels|region=Austria|award=Platinum|relyear=2001|refname="autcert"}} {{certification Table Entry|title=Elle'ments|type=album|artist=No Angels|region=Germany|award=Gold|number=7|relyear=2001|best=no|refname="gercert"}} {{certification Table Entry|type=album|title=No Angels|region=Switzerland|award=Platinum|relyear=2001|refname="swicert"}} {{certification Table Summary}} {{certification Table Entry|title=Elle'ments|type=album|artist=No Angels|region=Europe|award=Platinum|certyear=2001|refname="eucert"}} {{certification Table Bottom}}
== Release history == {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" |+ ''Elle'ments'' release history ! Region ! Date ! Edition(s) ! Format(s) ! Label(s) ! Ref. |- ! scope="row"| Austria | rowspan="3"|12 March 2001 | rowspan="3"|{{hlist|Standard|limited}} | rowspan="6"|{{hlist|Digital download|CD}} | rowspan="6"|{{hlist|Polydor|Zeitgeist|Cheyenne}} | align="center" rowspan="3"|<ref name="itunes1"/> |- ! scope="row"| Germany |- ! scope="row"| Switzerland |- ! scope="row"| Austria | rowspan="3"|1 October 2001 | rowspan="3"| Special winter | align="center" rowspan="3"|<ref name="itunes1"/> |- ! scope="row"| Germany |- ! scope="row"| Switzerland |- ! scope="row"| Various | 26 November 2021 | 20th anniversary | Vinyl | BMG | align="center"|<ref>{{Cite web|title=Elle'ments (20th Anniversary Edition) - No Angels: Amazon.de|language=de|url=https://www.amazon.de/ElleMents-20th-Anniversary-Vinyl-LP/dp/B09KDYSKFC/ref=sr_1_1?__mk_de_DE=%C3%85M%C3%85%C5%BD%C3%95%C3%91&keywords=ELLE%E2%80%99MENTS+%2820TH+Anniversary+Edition&qid=1637860502&sr=8-1|access-date=25 November 2021|website=Amazon}}</ref> |}
==See also== *List of best-selling albums in Germany
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * [http://www.noangels-music.de/ NoAngels-Music.de] — official site
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