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Released
  
25 October 1999

Length
  
55:25

Artist
  
Steps

Label
  
Jive Records

Recorded
  
1998–1999

Steptacular (1999)
  
Buzz (2000)

Release date
  
25 October 1999

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

Steptacular is the second studio album by British pop group Steps, released in the United Kingdom on 25 October 1999, through Jive Records. The album was preceded by five singles "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" all hitting the UK top 5, making Steptacular the first album to contain 6 consecutive UK top 5 hits.

Contents

Steptacular debuted at number one on the UK Albums Chart where it remained on the position for three weeks, selling 260,000 copies in the same time frame.

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Background and release

Like the group's debut album, Steptacular also contains covers, including a song originally released by female pop group Bananarama entitled "Movin' On", "Make It Easy On Me" originally recorded by Sybil and "Deeper Shade of Blue" originally recorded by Tina Cousins. The album also includes the group's version of Tragedy, which was originally recorded for the Bee Gees tribute album "Gotta Get A Message To You", which was released shortly after Step One. 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.

Commercial performance

On 31 October 1999, the album debuted at number one in the United Kingdom and remained for three consecutive weeks. The album sold 84,000 units in its first week – only 1,000 copies ahead of Westlife's debut album, Westlife, beating the Irish boy band.

Track listing

Notes

  • "Steptacular" was released in Australia with a revised track listing, including two bonus tracks.
  • "Steptacular" was released in Hong Kong, Malaysia and Taiwan in a boxed set limited edition, containing the UK track list of the album and the CD single for "After the Love Has Gone".

    • Songs

    1Tragedy4:31
    2After the Love Has Gone4:35
    3Love's Got a Hold on My Heart3:20

    References

    Steptacular Wikipedia
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