Step One

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For the record label, see Step One Records.

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Step One
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Studio album by Steps
Released 11 September 1998
Recorded 1997–1998
Genre Pop
Length 39:08
Label Jive
Producer Mark Topham, Karl Twigg, Pete Waterman, Andrew Frampton, Dan Sanders, W.I.P
Steps chronology
Step One
(1998)		 Steptacular
(1999)Steptacular1999
Singles from Step One
  1. "5, 6, 7, 8"
    Released: 17 November 1997
  2. "Last Thing on My Mind"
    Released: 17 April 1998
  3. "One for Sorrow"
    Released: 31 August 1998
  4. "Heartbeat / Tragedy"
    Released: 6 November 1998
  5. "Better Best Forgotten"
    Released: 8 March 1999
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
AllMusic 4/5 stars[1]
Answers.com 3.5/5 stars[2]
DooYoo.co.uk 4/5 stars[3]

Step One is the debut album by British pop group Steps. It was released in the UK and Europe on 11 September 1998. The album charted at number two on UK Albums Chart upon its release. In 2000, the album was re-released in the US, containing songs from both Step One and its successor, Steptacular. The tracks "5, 6, 7, 8", "Last Thing on My Mind", "One for Sorrow", "Heartbeat" and "Better Best Forgotten" were released as the singles in UK. In 2000, the album was certified 5× Platinum by the British Phonographic Industry for selling over 1.4 million copies in UK.[4] It is also considered to be one of the biggest-selling albums in United Kingdom by a band/group.

The album contains some covers—"Last Thing on My Mind" was originally released as a single by female pop group Bananarama, while "Love U More" was originally recorded by techno/house band Sunscreem, "Experienced" was originally recorded by boyband Worlds Apart and "Stay With Me" appears on Romeo's Daughters' self-titled début album.

"Tragedy", which was recorded for the Bee Gees tribute album, was paired up with "Heartbeat" as a double A-side single and also featured as a bonus track on some international editions of the album.

Track listing

  1. "Steptro" (Mike Stock, Pete Waterman, Sara Dallin, Keren Woodward) — 0:56
  2. "Last Thing on My Mind" (Stock, Waterman, Dallin, Woodward) — 3:04
  3. "5,6,7,8" (Barry Upton, Steve Crosby) — 3:22
  4. "One for Sorrow" (Mark Topham, Karl Twigg, Lance Ellington) — 4:20
  5. "Heartbeat" (Jackie James) — 4:24
  6. "This Heart Will Love Again" (Andrew Frampton, Waterman) — 3:48
  7. "Experienced" (H solo) (Stock, Waterman) — 3:27
  8. "Too Weak to Resist" (H solo) (Frampton, Waterman) — 3:50
  9. "Better Best Forgotten" (Frampton, Waterman) — 3:42
  10. "Back to You" (Topham, Twigg) — 4:04
  11. "Love U More" (Lucia Holm, Paul Cannell) — 3:57
  12. "Stay with Me" (Olga Lange, Leigh Matty, Craig Joiner, Anthony Mitman) — 4:04

Australian bonus tracks

  1. "One for Sorrow" (Remix) — 6:53
    • Also called the W.I.P Remix.
  2. "Tragedy" (Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb, Maurice Gibb) — 4:30 (hidden track)
    • Included on later prints.

Japanese bonus tracks

  1. "Tragedy" (Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb, Maurice Gibb) — 4:30
  2. "5,6,7,8" (W.I.P. Remix)
  3. "One for Sorrow" (W.I.P. Remix)
  4. "Better Best Forgotten" (W.I.P. Remix)

American release

The United States version included several tracks from Steptacular, and also "Better the Devil You Know", while omitting most of the album-only tracks from the UK version of Step One. In this respect, it essentially serves as a Steps best of for their UK releases through to "Deeper Shade of Blue".

Notably, "Better Best Forgotten" was not included on this version, while the UK version of "One for Sorrow" was omitted to include Tony Moran's remixed track.

  1. "Tragedy" — 4:32
  2. "Say You'll Be Mine" — 3:33
  3. "One for Sorrow" (US Mix) — 3:30
  4. "Last Thing on My Mind" — 3:05
  5. "5, 6, 7, 8" — 3:23
  6. "Stay with Me" — 4:05
  7. "Love's Got a Hold on My Heart" — 3:20
  8. "After the Love Has Gone" — 4:35
  9. "Heartbeat" — 4:25
  10. "Deeper Shade of Blue" — 4:16
  11. "Better the Devil You Know" — 3:48

US singles:

  1. "One for Sorrow" (US Mix)
  2. "Tragedy"

Personnel

Chart positions and certifications

End-of-year charts

End-of-year chart (1998) Position
Australian Albums Chart[26] 35
Belgian Albums Chart (Flanders)[27] 4

Release history

Country Release date Format Label Catalogue
United Kingdom[28] 11 September 1998 Standard edition (CD) Jive / EBUL 015911-2
Standard edition (cassette) 015911-4
Australia[28] 11 September 1998 Limited edition (CD + Dance routine booklet) Jive / Liberation MUSH33147-2
Hong Kong[28] 11 September 1998 Limited edition (CD + VCD) Rock (HK) ROD-9115
Indonesia[28] 11 September 1998 Standard edition (CD) Zomba Z-CD-0110798
Netherlands[28] 11 September 1998 Jive / EBUL 015911-2
Japan[28] 1 January 1999 Jive / AVEX AVCZ-95107
Germany[28] 2 March 1999 Jive / EBUL
Canada[28] 9 July 1999 01241-44149-2
United States[28] 8 February 2000 Jive 01241-41688-4
Brazil[28] 21 August 2000 01241-41635-2

References

  1. ↑ AllMusic review
  2. ↑ Answers.com review
  3. ↑ DooYoo.co.uk review
  4. ↑ Step One gone 8x Platinum in UK. Retrieved 9 June 2009.
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  12. ↑ IFPI Taiwan - International Top 10 (1998/32)
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  28. ↑ 28.0 28.1 28.2 28.3 28.4 28.5 28.6 28.7 28.8 28.9 "Release dates, editions, and chart positions of Step One". gensteps.co.uk Retrieved 5 March 2010
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