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Destiny (No Angels album)
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Destiny is the fourth studio album
by German
pop
group No Angels
, released by Polydor Records
and Universal Music Domestic on April 13, 2007 (see 2007 in music
). Primarily produced by production teams Jiant
and Twin
, with additional contribution from Max Martin
, Steve Mac
, Adrian Newman
and Tobias Gustafsson among others, it was the band's first commercial album release since their disbandment in the fall of 2003 and the first album to feature the No Angels' current lineup, excluding original band member Vanessa Petruo
.
Recorded within a period of a few weeks only, the album was generally lukewarm-received by music critics. On the charts, Destiny peaked at number four in Germany
, and reached number fourteen and number twenty-two in Austria
and Switzerland
respectively, barely selling 30,000 copies within the first three month of release. Altogether, Destiny spawned five singles with Twin-produced "Goodbye to Yesterday
" and "Maybe
," the ballad "Amaze Me
," the Womack & Womack cover "Teardrops" and the German ESC entry
"Disappear." Previously unreleased, latter two appeared on a re-release edition of the album, branded Destiny Reloaded and released on March 14, 2008.
, Germany
in January 2007 to intensify work on their then-untitled fourth album. Although the band members each had written or pre-recorded demo songs for the album, they eventually decided not to record self-written material as Benaissa
, Diakovska, Mölling
, and Wahls
found themselves struggling to find a stylistic "main thread" within their own songs. Instead, the band focused on collecting and selecting adaptable songs with a "typical but contemporary No Angels sound," of which some were penned exclusively for the group by various producers and songwriters from Sweden, England
, and Australia
.
With most of the album's instrumental
s being produced in absence of the band, all vocals for the album were recorded simultaneously in two studios and control rooms to get all the vocals done in around eighteen days and meet the deadline. In-house studio engineer
s Nico Schütte and Tobias Eichelberg were consulted for recording at the Sound Studio N, with the first half of the album recorded in mid-January 2007 and the rest wrapped in late February 2007, interrupted by several promotional appearances. In the end, thirteen out of a total of sixteen fully recorded and mixed
tracks made it to the final tracklisting.
The album's opening track, "Goodbye to Yesterday
," was an eleventh-hour addition to Destiny`s recording list, handed in by longtime contributors Niclas Molinder, Pelle Ankarberg and Joacim Persson. It was eventually selected as the album's lead single out of a total of seven candidates, and the first song confirmed to be appearing on the album, reaching the top 5 of the German Singles Chart upon its release. Molinder and Persson's other offerings on the album include guitar
-driven "Back Off" and the album's second single "Maybe
," a cover version
of Norwegian
singer Trine Rein
's Melodi Grand Prix 2007
entry. The quartet worked with Swedish production team Ghost
on "I Believe in You," and Arnthor Birgisson on "I Had a Feeling," both being remake
s of the same-titled songs on Agnes Carlsson
's 2006 album Stronger
. As reported, latter track occupied the longest work until complementation. "Been Here Before" was written and produced by Itchycoo band members [Tobias Gustafsson and Mia Bergström. It has been described as the moxt experimental record on the album, radiating "pure sexyness," according to Mölling. Steve Mac
and Karen Poole
contributed "Amaze Me
," the album's third single; while newcomer Adrian Newman
produced the "spheric" mid-tempo ballad "What If." "Make a Change," the group's favourite song on the album, is an English language
remake of French girl band L5's single "Reste Encore" (2003); it was one of the first song first songs assuredly to be included on the album, alongside "Misguided Heart" and "I Don't Wanna Talk about It." Dana Glover track "A Reason" has been described as a highbrow track, comprising a complex musical mixture by the likes of Tori Amos
and Amanda Marshall
, and a perfect introduction of the album's last song, "The Rhythm of My Heart."
instead of a musical reorientation in the course of the reunion, containing "powerful up-tempo songs, beat-driven tracks and empathic ballds" in similar style of the band's pre-disbandment releases. However, although incorporating elements of rock
, soul
and dance music
, the songs are mainly affected by keyboards
and string instrument
s. Commenting on the albums lyrics and their tendency to post-break up issues, Benaissa said: "I'd say, we're offering a broad range [of topics] with different directions [...] We just chose [the songs] for their statements, their energy and the feeling."
Although the quartet had several titles for the album in mind at one time or another, including "platitudinous und boring names such as Comeback, Reunion, Chapter Four and New Beginning," the title of the longplayer was actually inspired by a demo recording for the album, named "Destiny Calls." The record failed to make the cut on the final track listing, but widely served as a metaphor
for the band's "emotional relation" to the band.
on songs such as "Been Here Before" and "Make a Change."
Nana Heyman of Der Tagesspiegel
complimented Destiny a "solid pop album, well-produced [and] straightforward. But principally: [it's] not maudlin
; while MusicHeadQuarter writer Astrid Weist wrote: "The album comes as no real surprise but is a bit more rocking
in comparison with the No Angels' previous efforts. Altogether the musical direction is well-balanced. She gave Destiny seven out of nine stars.
, number 14 in Austria
and number 22 in Switzerland
, making it the band's first regular studio album release not to reach the top position on the German Media Control Charts
and the top 10 in Austria and Switzerland respectively; Billboard
ranked the album fourteenth on its European Top 100 Albums
chart. As of June 2007, the album had sold about 30,000 copies domestically, also making it the No Angels' lowest selling album to date. While plans for a Special Winter Edition of the album were eventually scrapped, both a Limited Pur Edition, containing the previously unreleased single "Disappear
," and a Reloaded edition of the album, including a second disc, were released on March 14, 2008 and re-entered the German Albums Chart at number 75.
Although scheduled to spawn a fourth single, the original album produced three singles only: Redfly-penned "Goodbye to Yesterday
", the album's lead single and the band's first release after a three years absence, reached number 4 in Germany
, and peaked within the top 20 in Switzerland
and the top 30 in Austria
. By contrast, follow-up "Maybe
," a Trine Rein
cover
, and a third single, consisting of "Amaze Me
" and a previously unreleased cover of Womack & Womack's "Teardrops," both saw moderate impact on the charts with peak position of numbers 36 and 62 in Germany and Austria, and number 25 respectively, becoming the band's lowest-charting singles to date. "Disappear," which served as Germany's entry for the 53rd Eurovision Song Contest 2008
in Belgrade
, reached number 4 on the German Singles Chart, where it became the band's biggest-selling single since the reformation in fall 2006. It also reached the top 30 of the Hungarian Airplay Chart
and peaked at number 21 on the Eurochart Hot 100 Singles
.
Looking back, No Angels member Sandy Mölling
admitted she would have re-worked the promotional strategy for the album following the mediocre success of the Destiny: "I love this album very much [but] the only thing I'd fault is the lack of courage [we had] when it came to seletion of the singles. The album contains a lot more stronger songs, which would've have been more daring probably.
1Contains an uncredited sample of Supertramp
's "Breakfast in America
"; cover from Agnes Carlsson
's 2006 album Stronger
2Contains an uncredited sample of The Beatles
' 1969 record "Come Together
"; re-recorded version of the same-titled 2006 song by Trine Rein
3Cover taken from Agnes Carlsson's 2006 album Stronger
4Re-written English language
cover of French girl band L5
's 2003 single "Reste Encore"
5Cover from Dana Glover's 2002 album Testimony cut
6Cover of off Womack & Womack's 1988 album Conscience
7Cover from Celine Dion
's 2004 live album A New Day... Live in Las Vegas
Studio album
A studio album is an album made up of tracks recorded in the controlled environment of a recording studio. A studio album contains newly written and recorded or previously unreleased or remixed material, distinguishing itself from a compilation or reissue album of previously recorded material, or...
by German
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
pop
Pop music
Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...
group No Angels
No Angels
The No Angels are an all-female pop trio from Germany, consisting of band members Lucy Diakovska, Sandy Mölling, and Jessica Wahls. Critically acclaimed, the band has won dozen of awards and prizes since their establishment in the early 2000s, including three ECHOs, a World Music Awards, a NRJ...
, released by Polydor Records
Polydor Records
Polydor is a record label owned by Universal Music Group, headquartered in the United Kingdom.-Beginnings:Polydor was originally an independent branch of the Deutsche Grammophon Gesellschaft. Its name was first used as an export label in 1924, the British and German branches of the Gramophone...
and Universal Music Domestic on April 13, 2007 (see 2007 in music
2007 in music
This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 2007.-January:*January 1 - George Shearing is knighted for services to music in the Queen's New Year Honours List. Evelyn Glennie becomes a Dame...
). Primarily produced by production teams Jiant
Jiant
Jiant was a British record production and songwriting team, headed by Tim Hawes and Pete Kirtley, working in the genres of pop, R&B and dance...
and Twin
Twin (production team)
Twin is a Swedish record production and songwriting team, consisting of Niclas Molinder and Joacim Persson, who are working in the genres of pop, R&B and rock.- Charlotte Perrelli - Miss Jealousy :* 02. "Miss Jealousy"...
, with additional contribution from Max Martin
Max Martin
Martin Karl Sandberg, known professionally as Max Martin, is a Swedish music producer and songwriter. Raised in Stenhamra, a suburb of Stockholm, Sweden, he broke through as a producer and songwriter in the mid to late 1990s after crafting a string of hits for pop artists like the Backstreet Boys,...
, Steve Mac
Steve Mac
Steve Mac , is a songwriter, record producer and owner of Rokstone Studios in London.He has produced more than 22 number one singles in the UK and had several multi-million selling albums worldwide...
, Adrian Newman
Adrian Newman
Adrian Newman is a multi-platinum songwriter/producer.4 Multi Platinum, 2 Platinum & 2 GoldUSANo.127 Billboard Album with Boa JapanNo.1 Album with Boa No.1 Album with Kumi Koda...
and Tobias Gustafsson among others, it was the band's first commercial album release since their disbandment in the fall of 2003 and the first album to feature the No Angels' current lineup, excluding original band member Vanessa Petruo
Vanessa Petruo
Vanessa Anneliese Petruo , also known as Vany, is a German singer–songwriter and actress. She came to international prominence as a member of the all–female pop band No Angels that was created during the talents show Popstars...
.
Recorded within a period of a few weeks only, the album was generally lukewarm-received by music critics. On the charts, Destiny peaked at number four in Germany
Media Control Charts
The official music charts in Germany are gathered and published by the company Media Control GfK International on behalf of Bundesverband Musikindustrie...
, and reached number fourteen and number twenty-two in Austria
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
and Switzerland
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
respectively, barely selling 30,000 copies within the first three month of release. Altogether, Destiny spawned five singles with Twin-produced "Goodbye to Yesterday
Goodbye to Yesterday
"Goodbye to Yesterday" is a pop song performed by German pop group the No Angels. It was written and produced by Pelle Ankarberg, David Jassy, Niclas Molinder, and Joacim Persson and co-produced by Twin and Ankarberg for the band's fourth studio album Destiny...
" and "Maybe
Maybe (No Angels song)
"Maybe" is a pop-rock song performed by German pop group No Angels. It was written and composed by Pelle Ankarberg, Niclas Molinder, Maryann Morgan, and Joacim Persson and originally recorded by Norwegian singer Trine Rein, featuring strings by violinist Andreas Ljones...
," the ballad "Amaze Me
Amaze Me
"Amaze Me" is a pop ballad performed by German pop group No Angels. It was written by British songwriters Steve Mac and Karen Poole, and produced by Boogieman and Roland Spremberg for the band's fourth studio album Destiny ....
," the Womack & Womack cover "Teardrops" and the German ESC entry
Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008
As a "Big 4" member , Germany qualifies directly for the final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 alongside last year's winner Serbia and the three other "Big 4" members France, Spain and the United Kingdom....
"Disappear." Previously unreleased, latter two appeared on a re-release edition of the album, branded Destiny Reloaded and released on March 14, 2008.
Conception and production
Following their secret reformation in mid-2006 and several early meetings in Stockholm, Sweden at the end of the year the No Angels finally entered the Sound N recording studios in CologneCologne
Cologne is Germany's fourth-largest city , and is the largest city both in the Germany Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia and within the Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan Area, one of the major European metropolitan areas with more than ten million inhabitants.Cologne is located on both sides of the...
, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
in January 2007 to intensify work on their then-untitled fourth album. Although the band members each had written or pre-recorded demo songs for the album, they eventually decided not to record self-written material as Benaissa
Nadja Benaissa
Nadja Benaissa is a German singer, songwriter and occasional actress, who rose to fame as one of the founding members of the successful all-female pop band No Angels, the "biggest-selling German girlband to date", according to the German media.After a series of commercially successful releases...
, Diakovska, Mölling
Sandy Mölling
Sandy Mölling , known professionally as Sandy, is a German singer-songwriter, dancer, television presenter and occasional actress, who rose to fame as one of the founding members of the successful all-female pop band No Angels, the "biggest-selling German girlband to date," according to the German...
, and Wahls
Jessica Wahls
Jessica Martina Wahls , also known under her nickname Jess, is a German pop singer, songwriter and television host, who rose to fame as one of the founding members of the successful all-female pop band No Angels, the "biggest-selling German girlband to date," according to the German media.-Early...
found themselves struggling to find a stylistic "main thread" within their own songs. Instead, the band focused on collecting and selecting adaptable songs with a "typical but contemporary No Angels sound," of which some were penned exclusively for the group by various producers and songwriters from Sweden, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
, and Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
.
With most of the album's instrumental
Instrumental
An instrumental is a musical composition or recording without lyrics or singing, although it might include some non-articulate vocal input; the music is primarily or exclusively produced by musical instruments....
s being produced in absence of the band, all vocals for the album were recorded simultaneously in two studios and control rooms to get all the vocals done in around eighteen days and meet the deadline. In-house studio engineer
Engineer
An engineer is a professional practitioner of engineering, concerned with applying scientific knowledge, mathematics and ingenuity to develop solutions for technical problems. Engineers design materials, structures, machines and systems while considering the limitations imposed by practicality,...
s Nico Schütte and Tobias Eichelberg were consulted for recording at the Sound Studio N, with the first half of the album recorded in mid-January 2007 and the rest wrapped in late February 2007, interrupted by several promotional appearances. In the end, thirteen out of a total of sixteen fully recorded and mixed
Audio mixing (recorded music)
In audio recording, audio mixing is the process by which multiple recorded sounds are combined into one or more channels, most commonly two-channel stereo. In the process, the source signals' level, frequency content, dynamics, and panoramic position are manipulated and effects such as reverb may...
tracks made it to the final tracklisting.
Tracks and recording
Goodbye to Yesterday
"Goodbye to Yesterday" is a pop song performed by German pop group the No Angels. It was written and produced by Pelle Ankarberg, David Jassy, Niclas Molinder, and Joacim Persson and co-produced by Twin and Ankarberg for the band's fourth studio album Destiny...
," was an eleventh-hour addition to Destiny`s recording list, handed in by longtime contributors Niclas Molinder, Pelle Ankarberg and Joacim Persson. It was eventually selected as the album's lead single out of a total of seven candidates, and the first song confirmed to be appearing on the album, reaching the top 5 of the German Singles Chart upon its release. Molinder and Persson's other offerings on the album include guitar
Guitar
The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
-driven "Back Off" and the album's second single "Maybe
Maybe (No Angels song)
"Maybe" is a pop-rock song performed by German pop group No Angels. It was written and composed by Pelle Ankarberg, Niclas Molinder, Maryann Morgan, and Joacim Persson and originally recorded by Norwegian singer Trine Rein, featuring strings by violinist Andreas Ljones...
," a cover version
Cover version
In popular music, a cover version or cover song, or simply cover, is a new performance or recording of a contemporary or previously recorded, commercially released song or popular song...
of Norwegian
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
singer Trine Rein
Trine Rein
Trine Rein is a Norwegian-American singer, who belongs to the exclusive group of Norwegian artists who have sold more than a million records. Trine was born in San Francisco in 1970, and therefore has both US and Norwegian citizenship.-Successful debut:...
's Melodi Grand Prix 2007
Melodi Grand Prix 2007
Melodi Grand Prix 2007 was the television show in which the Norwegian entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 was chosen....
entry. The quartet worked with Swedish production team Ghost
Ghost (production team)
Ghost is a Swedish record producing and songwriting team, composed of Ulf Lindström and Johan Ekhé, based in New York City. They are perhaps best known for writing and producing Swedish singer Robyn's three first studio albums, Robyn Is Here , My Truth , and Don't Stop the Music...
on "I Believe in You," and Arnthor Birgisson on "I Had a Feeling," both being remake
Remake
A remake is a piece of media based primarily on an earlier work of the same medium.-Film:The term "remake" is generally used in reference to a movie which uses an earlier movie as the main source material, rather than in reference to a second, later movie based on the same source...
s of the same-titled songs on Agnes Carlsson
Agnes Carlsson
Agnes Emilia Carlsson, also known mononymously as Agnes , is a Swedish recording artist. She rose to fame as the winner of Idol 2005, the second season of the Swedish Idol series...
's 2006 album Stronger
Stronger (Agnes album)
-Release history:-Charts and certifications:...
. As reported, latter track occupied the longest work until complementation. "Been Here Before" was written and produced by Itchycoo band members [Tobias Gustafsson and Mia Bergström. It has been described as the moxt experimental record on the album, radiating "pure sexyness," according to Mölling. Steve Mac
Steve Mac
Steve Mac , is a songwriter, record producer and owner of Rokstone Studios in London.He has produced more than 22 number one singles in the UK and had several multi-million selling albums worldwide...
and Karen Poole
Karen Poole
Karen Poole is an English songwriter and singer, who gained initial fame with her younger sister, Shelly Poole, as the duo / band, Alisha's Attic.-List of compositions:...
contributed "Amaze Me
Amaze Me
"Amaze Me" is a pop ballad performed by German pop group No Angels. It was written by British songwriters Steve Mac and Karen Poole, and produced by Boogieman and Roland Spremberg for the band's fourth studio album Destiny ....
," the album's third single; while newcomer Adrian Newman
Adrian Newman
Adrian Newman is a multi-platinum songwriter/producer.4 Multi Platinum, 2 Platinum & 2 GoldUSANo.127 Billboard Album with Boa JapanNo.1 Album with Boa No.1 Album with Kumi Koda...
produced the "spheric" mid-tempo ballad "What If." "Make a Change," the group's favourite song on the album, is an English language
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
remake of French girl band L5's single "Reste Encore" (2003); it was one of the first song first songs assuredly to be included on the album, alongside "Misguided Heart" and "I Don't Wanna Talk about It." Dana Glover track "A Reason" has been described as a highbrow track, comprising a complex musical mixture by the likes of Tori Amos
Tori Amos
Tori Amos is an American pianist, singer-songwriter and composer. She was at the forefront of a number of female singer-songwriters in the early 1990s and was noteworthy early in her career as one of the few alternative rock performers to use a piano as her primary instrument...
and Amanda Marshall
Amanda Marshall
Amanda Meta Marshall is a Canadian pop-rock singer.She grew up in Toronto in a biracial family to a White Canadian father and a Black Trinidadian mother...
, and a perfect introduction of the album's last song, "The Rhythm of My Heart."
Style and lyrical content
The No Angels have described the album as "more of a continuation" of earlier projectsPure (No Angels album)
Limited edition bonus CD-Credits and personnel:* Thomas Blug - guitar* Thorsten Brötzmann - keyboards* Alan Darby - acoustic guitar, electric guitar* Flo Daunber - drums* Stefan Hansen - keyboards* Clemens Heger - bass* Jeo - keyboards...
instead of a musical reorientation in the course of the reunion, containing "powerful up-tempo songs, beat-driven tracks and empathic ballds" in similar style of the band's pre-disbandment releases. However, although incorporating elements of rock
Rock music
Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...
, soul
Soul music
Soul music is a music genre originating in the United States combining elements of gospel music and rhythm and blues. According to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, soul is "music that arose out of the black experience in America through the transmutation of gospel and rhythm & blues into a form of...
and dance music
Dance music
Dance music is music composed specifically to facilitate or accompany dancing. It can be either a whole musical piece or part of a larger musical arrangement...
, the songs are mainly affected by keyboards
Keyboard instrument
A keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...
and string instrument
String instrument
A string instrument is a musical instrument that produces sound by means of vibrating strings. In the Hornbostel-Sachs scheme of musical instrument classification, used in organology, they are called chordophones...
s. Commenting on the albums lyrics and their tendency to post-break up issues, Benaissa said: "I'd say, we're offering a broad range [of topics] with different directions [...] We just chose [the songs] for their statements, their energy and the feeling."
Although the quartet had several titles for the album in mind at one time or another, including "platitudinous und boring names such as Comeback, Reunion, Chapter Four and New Beginning," the title of the longplayer was actually inspired by a demo recording for the album, named "Destiny Calls." The record failed to make the cut on the final track listing, but widely served as a metaphor
Metaphor
A metaphor is a literary figure of speech that uses an image, story or tangible thing to represent a less tangible thing or some intangible quality or idea; e.g., "Her eyes were glistening jewels." Metaphor may also be used for any rhetorical figures of speech that achieve their effects via...
for the band's "emotional relation" to the band.
Critical response
Destiny received a mixed reception from music critics, with most professional reviewers praising the quartet for their "unmistakable singing pleasure" and "strong vocal performance" on the album, also citing the band's modern understanding of "solid pop music." Others called the album a "well-produced comeback missing a big bang," with laut.de and CDStarts especially critizising the abundance of fillers on Destiny and the songwriters' tendency for semi-plagiarismPlagiarism
Plagiarism is defined in dictionaries as the "wrongful appropriation," "close imitation," or "purloining and publication" of another author's "language, thoughts, ideas, or expressions," and the representation of them as one's own original work, but the notion remains problematic with nebulous...
on songs such as "Been Here Before" and "Make a Change."
Nana Heyman of Der Tagesspiegel
Der Tagesspiegel
Der Tagesspiegel is a classical liberal German daily newspaper...
complimented Destiny a "solid pop album, well-produced [and] straightforward. But principally: [it's] not maudlin
Sentimentality
Sentimentality originally indicated the reliance on feelings as a guide to truth, but current usage defines it as an appeal to shallow, uncomplicated emotions at the expense of reason....
; while MusicHeadQuarter writer Astrid Weist wrote: "The album comes as no real surprise but is a bit more rocking
Rock music
Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...
in comparison with the No Angels' previous efforts. Altogether the musical direction is well-balanced. She gave Destiny seven out of nine stars.
Commercial performance
Released on April 13, 2007, Destiny debuted at number 4 in GermanyGermany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
, number 14 in Austria
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
and number 22 in Switzerland
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
, making it the band's first regular studio album release not to reach the top position on the German Media Control Charts
Media Control Charts
The official music charts in Germany are gathered and published by the company Media Control GfK International on behalf of Bundesverband Musikindustrie...
and the top 10 in Austria and Switzerland respectively; Billboard
Billboard (magazine)
Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...
ranked the album fourteenth on its European Top 100 Albums
European Top 100 Albums
The European Top 100 Albums chart is the European adaptation of the Billboard 200 albums chart. It was created in March 1984.The European Top 100 Albums, commonly referred to as Eurochart Top 100 Albums shows the sales of an act in 19 European countries based on IFPI data.The European Top 100...
chart. As of June 2007, the album had sold about 30,000 copies domestically, also making it the No Angels' lowest selling album to date. While plans for a Special Winter Edition of the album were eventually scrapped, both a Limited Pur Edition, containing the previously unreleased single "Disappear
Disappear (No Angels song)
"Disappear" is a pop song recorded by German pop band No Angels. It was written by Scandinavian songwriters Remee, Hanne Sørvaag, and Thomas Troelsen and co-produced by Remee and Troelsen. The track served as Germany's entry for the 53rd Eurovision Song Contest 2008 in Belgrade, having earned tight...
," and a Reloaded edition of the album, including a second disc, were released on March 14, 2008 and re-entered the German Albums Chart at number 75.
Although scheduled to spawn a fourth single, the original album produced three singles only: Redfly-penned "Goodbye to Yesterday
Goodbye to Yesterday
"Goodbye to Yesterday" is a pop song performed by German pop group the No Angels. It was written and produced by Pelle Ankarberg, David Jassy, Niclas Molinder, and Joacim Persson and co-produced by Twin and Ankarberg for the band's fourth studio album Destiny...
", the album's lead single and the band's first release after a three years absence, reached number 4 in Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
, and peaked within the top 20 in Switzerland
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
and the top 30 in Austria
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
. By contrast, follow-up "Maybe
Maybe (No Angels song)
"Maybe" is a pop-rock song performed by German pop group No Angels. It was written and composed by Pelle Ankarberg, Niclas Molinder, Maryann Morgan, and Joacim Persson and originally recorded by Norwegian singer Trine Rein, featuring strings by violinist Andreas Ljones...
," a Trine Rein
Trine Rein
Trine Rein is a Norwegian-American singer, who belongs to the exclusive group of Norwegian artists who have sold more than a million records. Trine was born in San Francisco in 1970, and therefore has both US and Norwegian citizenship.-Successful debut:...
cover
Cover version
In popular music, a cover version or cover song, or simply cover, is a new performance or recording of a contemporary or previously recorded, commercially released song or popular song...
, and a third single, consisting of "Amaze Me
Amaze Me
"Amaze Me" is a pop ballad performed by German pop group No Angels. It was written by British songwriters Steve Mac and Karen Poole, and produced by Boogieman and Roland Spremberg for the band's fourth studio album Destiny ....
" and a previously unreleased cover of Womack & Womack's "Teardrops," both saw moderate impact on the charts with peak position of numbers 36 and 62 in Germany and Austria, and number 25 respectively, becoming the band's lowest-charting singles to date. "Disappear," which served as Germany's entry for the 53rd Eurovision Song Contest 2008
Eurovision Song Contest 2008
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in Belgrade
Belgrade
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, reached number 4 on the German Singles Chart, where it became the band's biggest-selling single since the reformation in fall 2006. It also reached the top 30 of the Hungarian Airplay Chart
Mahasz
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and peaked at number 21 on the Eurochart Hot 100 Singles
Eurochart Hot 100 Singles
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.
Looking back, No Angels member Sandy Mölling
Sandy Mölling
Sandy Mölling , known professionally as Sandy, is a German singer-songwriter, dancer, television presenter and occasional actress, who rose to fame as one of the founding members of the successful all-female pop band No Angels, the "biggest-selling German girlband to date," according to the German...
admitted she would have re-worked the promotional strategy for the album following the mediocre success of the Destiny: "I love this album very much [but] the only thing I'd fault is the lack of courage [we had] when it came to seletion of the singles. The album contains a lot more stronger songs, which would've have been more daring probably.
Track listing
Destiny Reloaded
Notes1Contains an uncredited sample of Supertramp
Supertramp
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's "Breakfast in America
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"Breakfast in America" is the title track from Supertramp's 1979 album Breakfast in America. The song was a minor hit on the singles charts in the US but is a staple of classic rock radio. The song's lyrics tell about a person who has never been to America...
"; cover from Agnes Carlsson
Agnes Carlsson
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's 2006 album Stronger
Stronger (Agnes album)
-Release history:-Charts and certifications:...
2Contains an uncredited sample of The Beatles
The Beatles
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' 1969 record "Come Together
Come Together
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"; re-recorded version of the same-titled 2006 song by Trine Rein
Trine Rein
Trine Rein is a Norwegian-American singer, who belongs to the exclusive group of Norwegian artists who have sold more than a million records. Trine was born in San Francisco in 1970, and therefore has both US and Norwegian citizenship.-Successful debut:...
3Cover taken from Agnes Carlsson's 2006 album Stronger
4Re-written English language
English language
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cover of French girl band L5
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L5 was a French girl group playing pop music. The group is known for their participation in the French Popstars TV programme in its first season in 2001....
's 2003 single "Reste Encore"
5Cover from Dana Glover's 2002 album Testimony cut
6Cover of off Womack & Womack's 1988 album Conscience
7Cover from Celine Dion
Celine Dion
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's 2004 live album A New Day... Live in Las Vegas
A New Day... Live in Las Vegas
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Charts
| Chart (2007) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Austrian Albums Chart | 14 |
| European Top 100 Albums European Top 100 Albums The European Top 100 Albums chart is the European adaptation of the Billboard 200 albums chart. It was created in March 1984.The European Top 100 Albums, commonly referred to as Eurochart Top 100 Albums shows the sales of an act in 19 European countries based on IFPI data.The European Top 100... |
14 |
| German Albums Chart Media Control Charts The official music charts in Germany are gathered and published by the company Media Control GfK International on behalf of Bundesverband Musikindustrie... |
4 |
| Swiss Albums Chart Swiss Music Charts The Swiss Music Charts are Switzerland's main music sales charts. The charts are a record of the highest-selling singles and albums in various genres in Switzerland.The Swiss Charts include:* Singles Top 75... |
22 |
External links
- NoAngels-Music.de — official site