Editing No Angels (section)

===2003–2004: ''Pure'' era and disbandment===
In early 2003, the remaining four members of No Angels began intensifying work on their third regular album. Encouraged to exercise more self-control on the longplayer, the band took over responsibility in recording and selecting songs to guarantee a more personal effort &mdash; a step that challenged criticism and growing scepticism among the band's label [[Polydor|Cheyenne Records]] and recording company [[Polydor]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Band Biography|work=Star Channel|url=http://www.star-channel.de/bands/n/no-angels/biographie/|access-date=29 December 2007|language=de|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090203020827/http://www.star-channel.de/bands/n/no-angels/biographie/|archive-date=3 February 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref> Titled ''[[Pure (No Angels album)|Pure]]'', the album was eventually released in August 2003 and became the band's third number-one album in Germany.<ref>{{cite web|title=No Angels/''Pure'' - Produkt Infos|work=[[Media Control]]|publisher=Musicline|url=http://musicline.de/de/product/602498078242|access-date=3 May 2009|language=de}}</ref> Sporting a more mature side of [[pop music]], it earned them their best reactions yet, drawing comparisons to [[Madonna]]'s album ''[[Ray of Light]]'' (1998) as well as other female groups such as [[All Saints (group)|All Saints]] and the [[Sugababes]].<ref>{{cite web|first=Matthias|last=Reichel|title=''Pure'' review|work=CDstarts|url=http://www.cdstarts.de/kritiken/85136-Pure.html|access-date=29 December 2007}}</ref> With a total of about 150,000 copies sold however, it failed to achieve the success of its two best-selling predecessors, still going [[gold certification|gold]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Jahrescharts 2003|work=Music-Central|url=http://www.music-central.de/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=53|access-date=29 December 2007|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090203062805/http://www.music-central.de/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=53|archive-date=3 February 2009}}</ref> The [[pop rock]]-influenced leading single "[[No Angel (It's All in Your Mind)]]" became the group's fourth non-consecutive number-one single in Germany and seventh top ten hit in Austria,<ref>{{cite web|title=Chartverfolgung - NO ANGELS: No Angel (It's All in Your Mind)|work=[[Media Control]]|publisher=Musicline|url=http://musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/title/NO+ANGELS/No+Angel+%28it%2527s+All+In+Your+Min/single|access-date=3 May 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090921070826/http://musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/title/No+Angels/No+Angel+%28it%2527s+All+In+Your+Min/single|archive-date=21 September 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref> while mediterran "[[Someday (No Angels song)|Someday]]" and [[Contemporary R&B|R&B]]-driven "[[Feelgood Lies]]" both reached the top five of the charts.<ref>{{cite web|title=Chartverfolgung - NO ANGELS: Someday|work=[[Media Control]]|publisher=Musicline|url=http://musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/title/NO+ANGELS/Someday/single|access-date=3 May 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090921074431/http://musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/title/No+Angels/Someday/single|archive-date=21 September 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Chartverfolgung - NO ANGELS: Feelgood Lies|work=[[Media Control]]|publisher=Musicline|url=http://musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/title/NO+ANGELS/Feelgood+Lies/single|access-date=3 May 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090922022527/http://musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/title/No+Angels/Feelgood+Lies/single|archive-date=22 September 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Further planned single releases off the album never materialised. On 7 September 2003, the quartet announced that they would not come together for a new No Angels project in 2004 due to lasting exhaustion and instead were preparing their official disbandment towards the end of the year.<ref>{{cite web|title=Natürlich sind auch Tränen geflossen|work=[[Der Spiegel]]|url=http://www.spiegel.de/kultur/musik/0,1518,264692,00.html|date=7 September 2003|access-date=2 April 2007}}</ref><ref name="welt">{{cite news|first=Jessica|last=Schulte am Hülse|date=29 July 2007|title=Popstar sein ist ein Pakt mit dem Teufel|work=[[Die Welt]]|url=https://www.welt.de/berlin/article1063875/Popstar_sein_ist_ein_Pakt_mit_dem_Teufel.html|access-date=26 June 2008}}</ref> While the media began a never-ending speculation about the reasons for their split and the pro and contra of a "creative pause", the girls and their management arranged the cancellation of all dates of their scheduled 2004 ''Pure Acoustic Tour''.<ref>{{cite web|first=Joachim|last=Gauger|date=10 September 2003|title=''Pure''-Tour definitiv abgesagt|work=laut.de| url=http://www.laut.de/vorlaut/news/2003/09/10/05609/index.htm|access-date=2 April 2007}}</ref> Even so, the band agreed on releasing a final album, ''[[The Best of No Angels]]'', in December 2003. Apart from a collection of all singles, the band had released between the years of 2001 and 2003, the [[compilation album]] also contained a reworked version of one of the debut album tracks, "[[Reason (No Angels song)|Reason]]". Involving a re-joined Jessica Wahls, it was released as the band's final single before their split and became another top ten success for the group.<ref name="l1">{{cite web|first=Joachim|last=Gauger|date=20 November 2003|title=No Angels: Da waren's wieder fünf|work=laut.de| url=http://www.laut.de/vorlaut/news/2003/11/20/06624/|access-date=3 May 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Chartverfolgung - NO ANGELS: Reason|work=[[Media Control]]|publisher=Musicline|url=http://musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/title/No+Angels/Reason/single|access-date=3 May 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090921064623/http://musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/title/No+Angels/Reason/single|archive-date=21 September 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref> A [[charity single]] featuring the band's vocals, "[[Do They Know It's Christmas?]]", was released simultaneously and reached number three on the [[GfK Entertainment charts|German singles chart]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Chartverfolgung - Do They Know It's Christmas?|work=[[Media Control]]|publisher=Musicline|url=http://musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/title/No+Angels/Reason/single|access-date=3 May 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090921064623/http://musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/title/No+Angels/Reason/single|archive-date=21 September 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref>

After a farewell concert in the [[Munich]] [[Olympiahalle]] on 28 November, several promotional television appearances, and a private [[acoustic music|unplugged performance]] in the Munich ''P1'' club on 12 December 2003, No Angels each went their separate ways, concentrating on their individual solo careers in music, theatre, television and film.<ref name="l1"/> A [[live album|live compilation]] of their ''P1'' concert, titled ''[[Acoustic Angels]]'', would become their final release on the Cheyenne label in July 2004.<ref>{{cite web|first=Joachim|last=Gauger|title=''Acoustic Angels'' review|work=laut.de|url=http://www.laut.de/lautstark/dvd_reviews/n/no_angels/acoustic_angels/index.htm|access-date=3 May 2009}}</ref>