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''Pure'' is the third studio album by all-female German pop group No Angels. It was released by Polydor's subsidiary Cheyenne Records on August 25, 2003 in German-speaking Europe and is the band's only album without founding member Jessica Wahls, who later rejoined the group for their ''The Best of No Angels'' the same year. Recorded during Wahls's pregnancy break — which would result into officially leaving the group prior to the album's release —, the album marked the No Angels' first studio release as a quartet and their final album before their temporary disbandment in fall 2003. Production was helmed by frequent collaborators Thorsten Brötzmann and Peter Ries, with additional songwriting and production contribution from Siedah Garrett, Perky Park, Nigel Rush, Twin, and band member Lucy Diakovska. Despite not selling as well as their previous two albums ''Elle'ments'' (2001) and ''Now... Us!'' (2002), it became the No Angels' third consecutive chart-topper on the German ''Media Control'' albums chart and was eventually certified gold by the BVMI. It peaked at number two and nine in Austria and Switzerland, respectively. Media reception for ''Pure'' was generally mixed, although it earned the group their strongest reviews yet.〔〔 ''Pure'' spawned three singles, including the band's fourth number-one hit "No Angel (It's All in Your Mind)", summer-lite "Someday" and Twin-produced "Feelgood Lies." ==Production== In June 2002, No Angels released their second album, ''Now... Us!'', which received critical acclaim from many critics who believed the band would not last past their first album. Another major commercial success for the group, it debuted at number one on the German Album Chart. Following an exclusive swing concert at the Berlin Tränenpalast in October, No Angels soon followed with a swing album, titled ''When the Angels Swing'', featuring their biggest hits and selected songs from their first two albums, re-arranged by Grammy Award-nominated jazz musician Till Brönner.〔 〕 Critically acclaimed by critics, the album reached number nine of the German Albums Chart, eventually going gold.〔 In November, the girls embarked on their second national concert tour, the ''Four Seasons Tour'', playing sell-out shows in theatres across German-speaking Europe. After Jessica Wahls' pregnancy break from the group and the end of the tour, the remaining four members of the No Angels began intensifying work on their then-untitled third studio album. Encouraged to exercise more self-control on the longplayer,〔(【引用サイトリンク】work=Star Channel )〕 the band took over responsibility in composing, recording and selecting songs to guarantee a more personal theme on the album — a step that challenged criticism and growing scepticism among the band's label Cheyenne Records and recording company Polydor.〔 Intermitted by a pause due to Nadja Benaissa's knee operation and a following physical therapy,〔 almost all tracks except parts of the solo songs were entirely recorded at the Department-2-Studios in Frankfurt am Main, Germany.〔 Although the album saw the quartet mainly reuniting with longtime contributors such as Thorsten Brötzmann and Peter Ries, a wider team of foreign producers was consulting. William Orbit also was in negotiations with the label, but plans fell through.〔(【引用サイトリンク】work=laut.de )〕 "We selected song for us, which are best pop music, sort absolutely well with us, and represent at best what we want to talk about," band member Sandy Mölling said in an interview during the album's release.〔 Impressed by the intensity of the musical output, the group settled on the album title ''Pure''. "The music is very, very pure, () there's nothing we had to dissemble for, the album shows who we really are ()."〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Pure (No Angels album)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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