Released 11 September 1998 Length 39:08 Artist Steps Label Jive Records | Recorded 1997–1998 Step One
(1998) Steptacular
(1999) Release date 11 September 1998 Genre Pop music | |
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Producer Mark Topham, Karl Twigg, Pete Waterman, Andrew Frampton, Dan Sanders, W.I.P Similar Steps albums, Pop music albums | ||
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, going on to spend 64 weeks in the chart. It was beaten to number one by This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours by Manic Street Preachers, who also beat their single One for Sorrow to number one on the UK Singles Chart. 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.
Contents
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. The album cover itself was the inspiration behind the group's 2017 album Tears on the Dancefloor.
"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.
Steps step one full album
American release
The United States version included several tracks from Steptacular, and "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.
- "One for Sorrow" (US Mix)
- "Tragedy"
Songs
1Steptro0:57
2Last Thing on My Mind3:05
35 - 6 - 7 - 83:22