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 This actually is the "Best Of Steps". Sep 24, 2009
After 5,6,7,8 & Last Thing On My Mind, everyone of their many singles placed in the Top 5 in the UK. A record held only by the Beatles. Although cheesy, and campy it still provides a great listen. Steps greatest hits, in my opinion, are It's The Way You Make Me Feel, One For Sorrow, Deeper Shade Of Blue & Chain Reaction. All of them made this version (the US version), and the only singles left off this collection are Here And Now (one of their better songs), When I Said Goodbye (one of their weakest), Better The Devil You Know (Kylie cover, amazing track), You'll Be Sorry, I Know Him So Well & After The Love Has Gone (one of their bigger hits and best songs). These are 13 really great tracks and range from super poppy (5,6,7,8, Last Thing On My Mind, Better Best Forgotten) to down tempo tracks (Heartbeat, Words Are Not Enough) and contain a nice variety of playful pop.
Best songs: It's The Way You Make Me Feel, One For Sorrow, Deeper Shade Of Blue, Words Are Not Enough & Chain Reaction.
Worst: 5,6,7,8 & Heartbeat
Should Have Been Included: Here And Now, Better The Devil You Know, After The Love Has Gone & You'll Be Sorry.
If this album leaves you interested in more Steps, their album "Buzz" is amazing and has great songs all over it.
 Two Songs Make This Worth the Price Jan 09, 2007
"One for Sorrow" is a marvelous song, and the female vocalist (sorry, I don't know which of the three women is lead singer on this) is absolutely terrific, right on target every time she hits the stratospheric high notes. Great pipes, and she must have perfect pitch to be so on target. Wow! "The Last Thing on My Mind" is also a true winner, beautifully sung to an impressive arrangement. By the way, this is not Tom Paxton's folk song of the same name (for which I recommend Tom's own version or, even better yet, the jaw-droppingly fabulous recording by the Australian supergroup, The Seekers, with Bruce Woodley as lead singer). Other material on the disc is pretty good, too, but the two I have mentioned more than qualify this release as a good investment in pop excellence.
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Everybody loves Steps! May 07, 2005
Steps is one of the hottest groups in the UK, where their records sell like hotcakes! This is their amazing hits album, which has a cover of the Bee Gees "Tragedy." Well, it'd be a "tragedy" if you skipped this CD, because Steps are among the best. Buy now!
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Steps...why did you leave us? Dec 03, 2003
Steps may be gone now, but at least we can still listen to them through their albums. This is the slimmed down version of Gold: Greatest Hits. People complain about the lack of tracks on this album, however people have to remember that this version of the greatest hits is marketed towards the US...which would mean...us! Like,no way. Avid Steps fans will buy Gold, while the casual listener will pleasently enjoy this best of. It has the disco thriller "Chain Reaction" (which is reason enough for a purchase) plus other fantastic Steps classics. Worthy of a purchase for the young and the young at heart. Plus, who can resist "Tragedy"?
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 Getting Stepped On Oct 12, 2002
Steps were a contagious five piece pop act, a guilty pleasure of ABBA-esque pop brilliance, but never managed to breakthrough in the United States. They released two albums, "Step One" and "Buzz", which yielded some singles, none of which were hits on these shores. The albums however, were both great, the latter being almost the same as the Brit edition, while the former is a unique mash-up of their first two albums in the UK. Almost every track on that release was a British hit single, so the need for this set is very low honestly. Only a few songs are different, with the Best Of's "One For Sorrow" being the original version not released here. The hit single "Better Best Forgotten", which was not included on the first album is finally released here, and two of the Steps "Gold" singles are included too. While all the songs are great, every last on a hooky pop tune, the packaging and release are all generally weak. Why release a best of in a country were you never had any hits? It reaks of money lust, in my opinion. A good bunch of tracks, but for the real deal hits collection, go after "Gold".
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