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 | |||
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| DooYoo.co.uk | |
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. 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.
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".
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