Steptacular

Steptacular
Studio album by Steps
Released	25 October 1999 (See release history)
Recorded	1998–1999
Genre	Pop
Length	55:25
Label	Jive
Producer	Mark Topham, Karl Twigg, Pete Waterman, Andrew Frampton, Dan Sanders, W.I.P
Steps chronology
Step One (1998) Steptacular (1999) Buzz (2000)
Singles from Steptacular
"Love's Got a Hold on My Heart" Released: 12 July 1999 "After the Love Has Gone" Released: 11 October 1999 "Say You'll Be Mine" Released: 13 December 1999 "Deeper Shade of Blue" Released: 3 April 2000 "When I Said Goodbye" Released: 3 July 2000

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Yahoo! Music UK	[2]
Answers.com	[3]
DooYoo.co.uk	[4]

Steptacular is the second studio album by British pop group Steps, released in the United Kingdom on 25 October 1999. It entered the UK Albums Chart at number one, where it remained on the position for three weeks, selling 260,000 copies in the same time frame. "Tragedy", "Love's Got a Hold on My Heart", "After the Love Has Gone", "Say You'll Be Mine", "Deeper Shade of Blue" and "When I Said Goodbye" were released as singles. Many of the songs also appeared on the track list of the US version of their debut album Step One.

Like the group's debut album, Steptacular also contains covers, including a song originally released by female pop group Bananarama, entitled "Movin' On" and "Deeper Shade of Blue", originally recorded by Tina Cousins. Unlike in Step One, their version of the Bee Gees' "Tragedy" was recorded in this album as a main track and not a bonus track.

It entered the UK Albums Chart at number one, selling 84,000 units in its first week—only 1,000 copies ahead of Westlife's debut album, Westlife, beating the Irish manband. Early UK copies of the album featured a holographic silver "STEPS" logo on front. It was also released in cardboard and tin boxed sets, internationally.

Track listing

1. "Tragedy" (Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb, Maurice Gibb) — 4:30
2. "After the Love Has Gone" (Mark Topham, Karl Twigg, Lance Ellington) — 4:35
3. "Love's Got a Hold on My Heart" (Andrew Frampton, Pete Waterman) — 3:19
4. "Say You'll Be Mine" (Frampton, Waterman) — 3:33
5. "I Think It's Love" (Topham, Twigg, Ellington) — 4:28
6. "Make It Easy on Me" (Mike Stock, Matt Aitken, Waterman) — 3:34
7. "Deeper Shade of Blue" (Topham, Twigg) — 4:16
8. "Movin' On" (Stock, Waterman, Sara Dallin, Keren Woodward) — 3:29
9. "Never Say Never Again" (Frampton, Waterman) — 3:51
10. "When I Said Goodbye" (Topham, Twigg) — 3:30
11. "I Surrender" (Topham, Twigg) — 3:42
12. "Since You Took Your Love Away" (Frampton, Waterman) — 4:35
13. "My Best Friend's Girl" (Topham, Twigg, Ellington) — 3:40
14. "You're Everything That Matters to Me" (Jackie James) — 4:23

Canadian bonus tracks

15. "Last Thing on My Mind" (Stock, Waterman, Dallin, Woodward) — 3:04

16. "5, 6, 7, 8" (Barry Upton, Steve Crosby) — 3:22

Japanese bonus tracks

15. "Just Like the First Time" (Frampton, Waterman) — 3:28

16. "One for Sorrow" (Tony Moran's 7" Remix) (Topham, Twigg, Ellington) — 3:30

Australian edition

Steptacular was released in Australia with a revised track listing, including two bonus tracks.

1. "After the Love Has Gone" — 4:35
2. "Say You'll Be Mine" — 3:33
3. "Tragedy" — 4:30
4. "Love's Got a Hold on My Heart" — 3:19
5. "I Think It's Love" — 4:28
6. "Make It Easy on Me" — 3:34
7. "Deeper Shade of Blue" — 4:16
8. "Movin' On" — 3:29
9. "Never Say Never Again" — 3:51
10. "When I Said Goodbye" — 3:30
11. "I Surrender" — 3:42
12. "Since You Took Your Love Away" — 4:35
13. "My Best Friend's Girl" — 3:40
14. "You're Everything That Matters to Me" — 4:23
15. "Just Like the First Time" — 3:28 (bonus track)
16. "One for Sorrow" (Tony Moran's 7" Remix) — 3:30 (bonus track)

Limited edition boxed set

Steptacular was released in Hong Kong, Malaysia and Taiwan in a boxed set limited edition, containing the UK tracklist of the album and the CD single for "After the Love Has Gone".

1. "After the Love Has Gone" — 4:35
2. "After the Love Has Gone" (W.I.P. Mix) — 5:37
3. "To Be Your Hero" (Frampton, Waterman) — 3:50
4. "One for Sorrow" (Tony Moran's 7" Remix) — 3:30

B-sides and remixes

• "To Be Your Hero" is a B-side to "Love's Got a Hold on My Heart".
• "My Best Friend's Girl" is a B-side to "After the Love Has Gone".
• "Just Like the First Time" is a B-side to the double a-side "Here and Now / You'll Be Sorry".
• The Tony Moran Remix of "One for Sorrow" is the US mix that appears on the US version of Step One.

Personnel

Producers: Topham, Twigg & Waterman (for tracks 1, 3, 5, 7, 10, 11 & 13) Frampton & Waterman (for tracks 2, 4, 9 & 12) Work in Progress (W.I.P) (for tracks 6 & 8) Sanders & Waterman (for track 14) Engineers: Chris McDonnell (for tracks 1, 3, 5, 10 & 11) McDonnell & Tim "Spag" Speight (for tracks 7 & 13) Dan Frampton (for tracks 2, 4, 9 & 12) Paul Waterman (for tracks 6 & 8) Speight & Al Unsworth (for track 14)

Mixing: Tim "Spag" Speight (for tracks 1, 5 & 7) Dan Frampton & Paul Waterman (for track 3) Frampton (for tracks 2, 4, 9, 12 & 14) Waterman (for tracks 6 & 8) Chris McDonnell (for tracks 10, 11 & 13) Backing vocals: Mary Carewe, Mae McKenna, Andrew Frampton, Lance Ellington, Bernadette Barlow Assistant engineers: Al Unsworth & Roe Waterman Photography: Mike Owen Mastered by Richard Dowling at Transfermation All tracks were recorded and mixed at PWL studios in London and Manchester.

Chart positions and certifications

Chart (1999) Peak position Australian ARIA Charts[5] 25 Belgian Ultratop Charts (Flanders)[6] 2 Irish Albums Chart[7] 32 Netherlands MegaCharts[8] 46 UK Albums Chart[9] 1

Country Provider Certification Sales United Kingdom BPI 4× Platinum[10] 1,227,000+ Europe IFPI Platinum[11] 1,500,000+

End-of-year charts

End of year chart (1999)	Position
UK Albums Chart[12]	7

Release history

Country	Release date	Format	Label	Catalogue
Japan[13]	13 October 1999	Standard edition (CD + bonus tracks)	Jive / AVEX	AVCZ-95126
United Kingdom[13]	October 25, 1999	Standard edition (CD)	Jive / EBUL	051994-2
		Standard edition (cassette)		051994-4
Australia[13]	25 October 1999	Limited edition (CD + collector card and sticker)	Jive / Zomba	051956-2
Netherlands[13]	25 October 1999	Standard edition (CD)	Jive / EBUL	051994-2
Hong Kong[13]	November 1999	Limited edition (2 CD + cardboard boxed set)	ROD	9145-4
Taiwan[13]	November 1999	Limited edition (2 CD + tin boxed set)
Canada[13]	22 February 2000	Standard edition (CD + bonus tracks)	Jive / EBUL	01241-44167-2
Germany[13]	20 March 2000	Standard edition (CD)

References

1. ^ Allmusic review
2. ^ Yahoo! Music UK review
3. ^ Answers.com review
4. ^ DooYoo.co.uk review
5. ^ "Australian Charts > Steps". australian-charts.com Hung Medien. http://australian-charts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Steps. Retrieved 15-11-2008. 
6. ^ "Belgian Charts > Steps". ultratop.be Hung Medien. http://www.ultratop.be/nl/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Steps. Retrieved 08-03-2010. 
7. ^ "Irish Charts > Steps". irish-charts.com Hung Medien. http://irish-charts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Steps. Retrieved 15-11-2008. 
8. ^ "Dutch Album Chart > Steps". dutchcharts.nl Hung Medien. http://dutchcharts.nl/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Steps. Retrieved 15-11-2008. 
9. ^ "Chart Stats > Steps". chartstats.com. http://www.chartstats.com/artistinfo.php?id=8293. Retrieved 15-11-2008. 
10. ^ "Sales information of Steps' records on the group's official site". gensteps.co.uk Retrieved 6 March 2010
11. ^ IFPI IFPI Platinum Europe Awards - 1999. International Federation of the Phonographic Industry.
12. ^ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999_in_British_music#Top_40_Singles
13. ^ ^{a b c d e f g h} "Steptacular release dates, editions, tracks and information" gensteps.co.uk Retrieved 6 March 2010

• "AllMusicGuide". Track listings, formats and chart positions. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r450743. Retrieved 30 June 2007. 

Preceded by Come on Over by Shania Twain All the Way... A Decade of Song by Celine Dion

UK number-one album 6 November 1999 – 26 November 1999 4 December 1999 – 10 December 1999

Succeeded by All the Way... A Decade of Song by Celine Dion Come on Over by Shania Twain