page_title: Destiny (No Angels album)
section_title: Music and title
hierarchical_section_title: Destiny (No Angels album) / Music and title
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Pressekonferenz nach dem deutschen Vorentscheid des Eurovision Song Contest 2008. (Im Bild: Die No Angels und Thomas Hermanns). English: Press conference after the German national final of the Eurovision Song Contest
context_page_description: Destiny is the fourth regular studio album by all-female German pop group No Angels, released by Polydor Records and Universal Music Domestic on April 13, 2007 in German-speaking Europe. A comeback release, it marked the return of No Angels after the group went into hiatus in the fall of 2003, which allowed each member to launch solo careers. Primarily produced by production duo Twin, with additional contribution from Jiant, Max Martin, Adrian Newman, and Thorsten Brötzmann as well as several new producers, it was the first album to feature the No Angels's third lineup, excluding original band member Vanessa Petruo.
  Recorded at the Sound Studio N in Cologne within a period of a few weeks only, Destiny is composed of uptempo songs and ballads that are subsequent continuations of the band's previous material such as Now ... Us! and Pure. A pop album, it combines pop rock with elements of contemporary R&B and dance music. Lyrically, it includes themes of friendship, monogamous love and relationship issues.
context_section_description: Most songs on Destiny were contributed by Niclas Molinder and Joacim Persson from Swedish procution team Twin, including the album's opening track and first single "Goodbye to Yesterday" which was an eleventh-hour addition to Destiny's recording listing. The duo's other offerings on the album include guitar-driven uptempo song "Back Off", which critics compared to Destiny's Child's 2001 song "Survivor", was well as the album's second single "Maybe," a cover version of Norwegian singer Trine Rein's Melodi Grand Prix 2007 entry that is built around an uncredited sample of The Beatles' 1969 number-one record "Come Together". Twin, along with GrooveFactory, also co-produced "A Reason", a remake of the same-titled Dana Glover which has been described as a highbrow track, comprising a complex musical mixture by the likes of Tori Amos and Amanda Marshall. Steve Mac and Karen Poole contributed to "Amaze Me," a pulasting hymn-like pop ballad, while newcomer Adrian Newman produced the spheric mid-tempo ballad "What If." Another ballad, "The Rhythm of My Heart", saw the band reteaming with Thorsten Brötzmann, who had previously produced three number-one singles for them.
  Tim Hawes and Pete Kirtley from British production duo Jiant provided co-production on the piano-led ballad "Make a Change", an English language cover of the 2003 song "Reste Encore", recorded by French girl band and fellow Popstars winners L5 and initially produced by Fred Fraikin. The No Angels's favourite song on Destiny, it was one of the first songs assuredly to be included on the album alongside dark ballad "Misguided Heart", another Jiant contribution, and "I Don't Wanna Talk About It". Production on the latter was overseen by Ivar Lisinski and David Clewett who also worked on the song "Secret's Out" that mixes soft rock and contemporary R&B elements. The quartet also collaborated with Swedish production team Ghost on "I Believe in You," and Arnthor Birgisson and Max Martin on "I Had a Feeling," both being remakes of the same-titled songs on Swedish singer Agnes Carlsson's 2006 album Stronger. As reported, "I Had a Feeling" occupied the longest work until complementation. Uptempo dance track "Been Here Before" was written and produced by Itchycoo band members Tobias Gustafsson and Mia Bergström and features distorted vocals. With an instrumentation that includes a pounding bass beat, electronic chords, and drum machine sounds, it has been described as the most experimental as well as the sexiest record on the album. 
  Thirteen out of a total of sixteen tracks made it to the final track listing of the standard album, while "Ain't Gonna Look the Other Way" and "Secret's Out" served a b-sides and were later included on the reissue of Destiny. Musically, the No Angels have described the album as "more of a continuation" of earlier projects instead of a musical reorientation in the course of the reunion. Therefore, they decided to include "powerful up-tempo songs, beat-driven tracks and empathic ballads" which they considered similar to their pre-disbandment releases. However, although incorporating elements of rock, soul and dance music, the songs are mainly affected by keyboards and string instruments. When asked about the album's lyrics and their tendency to post-break up issues, Benaissa commented: "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.
caption: The No Angels along with TV presenter Thomas Hermanns at the Grand Prix Vorentscheid 2008.
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