No Angels – Now... Us! / Polydor Audio Cassette 2002 / 589 958-4
UPC 731458995845
Now... Us! is the second studio album by German girl group No Angels. It was released by Polydor and Cheyenne Records on June 24, 2002, in German-speaking Europe. Recorded after the release of the band's majorly successful debut album Elle'ments (2001), the group consulted work by frequent collaborators Thorsten Brötzmann, Peter Ries, and Leslie Mándoki as well as international songwriters and producers such as Anders Bagge, Figge Boström, Dennis Dowlut, Mousse T., Pontus Söderqvist, and Quiz & Larossi, while taking a wider role in contributing own lyrics and melodies to the album.
Upon its release, Now... Us! received a mixed reception from music critics, many of whom praised band for their vocal performances and the inclusion of self-penned solo songs but found the material too generic and cliché-addled. Commercially, it became No Angels's second album to debut atop the German Albums Chart and was eventually certified double platinum by the Bundesverband Musikindustrie (BVMI), finishing twelfth on the national year-end chart in 2002. Now... Us! also opened at number two and number four in Austria and Switzerland, where it reached gold status respectively.
The album spawned three singles, including the band's third non-consecutive number-one "Something About Us", summer-lite "Still in Love with You" and funk-influenced "Let's Go to Bed", A pop version of its fourth single, the Alison Moyet cover "All Cried Out", appeared on a Special Winter Edition reissue of the album, released in November 2002. To promote Now... Us!, No Angels embarked on the Four Seasons Tour, covering Austria, Germany, and Switzerland, in fall 2002. It would remain the group's final album as a quintet after Jessica Wahls's departure in 2003 and their reformation as a quartet in 2007.
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Polydor – 589 958-4 |
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Cassette, Album
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| Country: |
Poland |
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Released:
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2002 |
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| Genre: |
Pop |
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Tracklist:
A1
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No Angels– |
Anchor Your Love
Acoustic Guitar – Stavros Iannou, Sven Bünger
Arranged By [Strings] – P. Hinderthür
Arranged By [Vocals] – Royal Garden Sound
Electric Piano – Jewgeni Birkhoff
Percussion – B. La
Producer – Royal Garden Sound
Producer [Supervising] – Nik Hafemann
Rhythm Guitar – Ingo Schröder
Strings – B. Matchin, D. Pöhl, D. Matchin, D. Crisan, J. Folkers, J. Holz, K. Ibarra, R. Christiansen, R. Reichel, S. Pintev, T. Frank
Written-By – Kaidy-Ann Morgan, Marc Quast, Oliver Dommaschk
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3:38
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| A2 |
No Angels– |
Something About Us
Co-producer, Mixed By – Jeo
Drum Programming, Producer – Thorsten Brötzmann
Guitar – Peter Weihe
Keyboards – Jeo, Thorsten Brötzmann
Lyrics By – Vanessa Petrou
Music By – Alexander Geringas, Thorsten Brötzmann, Vanessa Petrou
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3:25
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| A3 |
No Angels– |
Still In Love With You
Guitar – Johan Lindman
Instruments [All], Producer, Programmed By – Nick Nice, Pontus Söderqvist
Mixed By – Nick Nice, Peter "Boris" Boström
Producer [Supervising] – Nik Hafemann
Remix – Leslie Mandoki
Written-By – Figge Boström, Johan Lindman
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3:33
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| A4 |
No Angels– |
Push Me To The Limit
Engineer, Mixed By – Mike "Spike" Streefkerk, Pit Floss, Stephan Zeh
Musician – Bernie Schwarz, George Kopecsni, Julian Feifel, Laszlo Bencker, Leslie Mandoki, Ossi Schaller, Peter Wölpl, Sami Khatib, Stephan Zeh
Producer [Supervising] – Nik Hafemann
Written-By – Laszlo Bencker, Leslie Mandoki
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3:23
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| A5 |
No Angels– |
Say Goodbye
Engineer [Guitar Recording] – Dirk Kurock
Guitar – Curly Ausmer
Instruments [All], Mixed By, Producer, Programmed By, Recorded By – Peter Ries
Lyrics By – Celitia Martin, Sandy Mölling
Music By – Celitia Martin, Ian Pitter, Sandy Mölling, Velroy Baily
Producer [Supervising] – Nik Hafemann
Recorded By [Vocals] – Dirk Kurock, Peter Ries
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3:37
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| A6 |
No Angels– |
Like Ice In The Sunshine
Arranged By [Vocals] – Nik Hafemann
Music By, Lyrics By – Hanno Haders, Holger-Julian Copp
Producer – D.Fact*, Frank Lio, N-Dee
Producer [Supervising] – Nik Hafemann
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3:00
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| A7 |
No Angels– |
Lovestory
Arranged By [Vocals] – Christoph Leis-Bedorff
Co-producer – Jeo
Drum Programming – Martin Langer
Engineer, Mixed By – Mike "Spike" Streefkerk
Keyboards – Michael Knauer, Thorsten Brötzmann
Producer – Thorsten Brötzmann
Producer [Supervising] – Nik Hafemann
Written-By – Anders Bagge, Par Astron, Reed Vertelney
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3:42
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| A8 |
No Angels– |
Shield Against My Sorrow
Engineer, Mixed By – Mike "Spike" Streefkerk, Pit Floss, Stephan Zeh
Lyrics By – Jessica Wahls, Nik Hafemann
Music By – Laszlo Bencker, Leslie Mandoki, Nik Hafemann
Musician – Bernie Schwarz, George Kopecsni, Julian Feifel, Laszlo Bencker, Leslie Mandoki, Ossi Schaller, Peter Wölpl, Sami Khatib, Stephan Zeh
Producer – Leslie Mandoki
Producer [Supervising] – Nik Hafemann
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3:29
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No Angels– |
Autumn Breeze
Instruments [All], Producer, Programmed By – Nick Nice, Pontus Söderqvist
Mixed By – Nick Nice, P Diamond
Written-By – D. Dowlut, D. Dowlut
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3:33
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| B2 |
No Angels– |
Now That We Found Love
Engineer, Mixed By – Mike "Spike" Streefkerk
Keyboards – Jeo, Thorsten Brötzmann
Lyrics By – Ulrich Wehner
Mixed By – Jeo
Music By – Thorsten Brötzmann, Ulrich Wehner
Producer – Thorsten Brötzmann
Producer [Supervising] – Nik Hafemann
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3:36
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| B3 |
No Angels– |
Stay
Lyrics By – Lucy Diakovska
Music By – Christian Geller, Lucy Diakovska
Producer, Recorded By, Mixed By – Ch. Kelvin, O. Fahrenheit
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4:15
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| B4 |
No Angels– |
Let's Go To Bed
Arranged By [Vocals] – Mousse T., Nik Hafemann
Engineer, Mixed By – Mousse T., Spok
Guitar – Fan Fan La Tulip
Producer – Mousse T.
Written-By – Eroll Rennals, Mousse T.
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4:14
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| B5 |
No Angels– |
2 Get Over U
Guitar – Peter Koobs
Producer – Sandi S., Tim Brettschneider
Producer [Supervising] – Nik Hafemann
Written-By – Alan Glass, Sandi S., Tim Brettschneider
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3:25
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| B6 |
No Angels– |
Lost In You
Guitar – Peter Koobs
Producer – Sandi S., Tim Brettschneider
Written-By – Alan Glass, Sandi S., Tim Brettschneider
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3:30
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| B7 |
No Angels– |
Come Back
Directed By [Strings] – Daniel Troha, Manfred Honetschläger, Peter Sielaczek, Tadeusz Mieszkowski
Guitar – Daniel Troha, Thorsten Fuchs
Lyrics By – Nadja Benaissa
Mixed By – Daniel Troha
Music By – Cal Abate, Daniel Troha
Producer – Daniel Troha
Producer [Supervising] – Nik Hafemann
Programmed By, Keyboards, Percussion – Daniel Troha
Recorded By [Vocals] – Cal Abate, Daniel Troha, Nik Hafemann, Roland Steiner
Vocals [Gospelsingers] – Daniel Troha, Franca Morgano, Inez Haynes, James Caldwell, Linda Freeland
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4:02
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Bonus Track |
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| B8 |
No Angels With Donovan– |
Atlantis 2002
Engineer [Recording, Assistant] – Felix Knöchel
Engineer [Recording, Mixing] – Mike "Spike" Streefkerk
Producer – Leslie Mandoki
Vocals – Donovan, No Angels
Written-By – Donovan Leitch
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- Artwork – Ronald Reinsberg
- Photography By – Ben Wolf (2), Sven Jacobsen (2)
