I remember LOVING Steps as a kid, but I honestly can't remember most of those singles! :o 5 6 7 8 and Tragedy are completely blanking my memory of the rest I think. :lol:

 

If I have time to listen to their back catalogue (which I doubt I will!), I'll rate though. Tragedy will probably get my 11 I'd imagine though...didn't realise they'd released that many singles. :o

I WILL calculate the results of this but it'd be good to get a few more rates in first! I'll leave it open for a few more days.

Man i love Steps :wub:

 

08 5, 6, 7, 8

08 Last Thing On My Mind

11 One For Sorrow

08 Heartbeat

09 Tragedy

08 Better Best Forgotten

08 Thank Abba For The Music

10 Love's Got A Hold On My Heart

09 After The Love Has Gone

09 Say You'll Be Mine

08 Better The Devil You Know

08 Deeper Shade Of Blue

06 When I Said Goodbye

10 Summer Of Love

10 Stomp

07 It's The Way You Make Me Feel

07 Too Busy Thinking About My Baby

09 Here And Now

07 You'll Be Sorry

09 Chain Reaction

07 One For Sorrow (2001/Tony Moran US mix)

06 Words Are Not Enough

06 I Know Him So Well

 

(The member rank is from the time, i imagine it will have changed a bit now...)

 

Lisa Scott-Lee

Ian 'H' Watkins

Faye Tozer

Lee Latchford-Evans

Claire Richards

 

03 5, 6, 7, 8

09 Last Thing On My Mind

09 One For Sorrow

09 Heartbeat

06 Tragedy

11 Better Best Forgotten

03 Thank Abba For The Music

09 Love's Got A Hold On My Heart

08 After The Love Has Gone

07 Say You'll Be Mine

07 Better The Devil You Know

08 Deeper Shade Of Blue

07 When I Said Goodbye

09 Summer Of Love

07 Stomp

10 It's The Way You Make Me Feel

04 Too Busy Thinking About My Baby

07 Here And Now

10 You'll Be Sorry

06 Chain Reaction

06 One For Sorrow (2001/Tony Moran US mix)

05 Words Are Not Enough

03 I Know Him So Well

Edited August 21, 201113 yr by -SCOTT-

Might as well give this a go. :D Songs in bold are imo Steps best singles. They sure released a load of absolute non songs in their career though. :(

 

06 = 5, 6, 7, 8

11 = Last Thing On My Mind :D

05 = One For Sorrow

02 = Heartbeat

07 = Tragedy

04 = Better Best Forgotten

03 = Thank Abba For The Music

02 = Love's Got A Hold On My Heart

01 = After The Love Has Gone

08 = Say You'll Be Mine

00 = Better The Devil You Know

09 = Deeper Shade Of Blue

00 = When I Said Goodbye

08 = Summer Of Love

02 = Stomp

08 = It's The Way You Make Me Feel

00 = Too Busy Thinking About My Baby

00 = Here And Now

00 = You'll Be Sorry

02 = Chain Reaction

04 = One For Sorrow (2001/Tony Moran US mix)

03 = Words Are Not Enough

00 = I Know Him So Well

 

5 = Faye Tozer

4 = Claire Richards

3 = Lisa Scott-Lee

2 = Ian 'H' Watkins

1 = Lee Latchford-Evans

Surely one of the most vapid, insincere and utterly JOYLESS groups in music history but let's see anyway. I'm going to try and rate them relative to each other (i.e. how good it is by Steps' lowly standards).

 

04 - 5, 6, 7, 8

05 - Last Thing On My Mind

08 - One For Sorrow (I adored this at the time, massive nostalgia points)

10 - Heartbeat (same as above, cute video too that reminds me massively of Xmas time '98)

07 - Tragedy

03 - Better Best Forgotten

09 - Thank Abba For The Music (only in 1999 could this have happened... for that, 9 points!)

00 - Love's Got A Hold On My Heart (non-event of a song, thank God Ricky Martin was around to beat it to #1, and I never thought I'd be saying that)

01 - After The Love Has Gone

03 - Say You'll Be Mine (video more memorable than song = says it all)

04 - Better The Devil You Know (pointless cover, though not necessarily bad)

09 - Deeper Shade Of Blue (shockingly credible by their standards)

07 - When I Said Goodbye

02 - Summer Of Love (bit late for the Latin bandwagon :manson: Crap anyway)

-1 - Stomp (joyless, formulatic "party" music, sadly there was no Ricky Martin-type song to keep this crap from #1 - should have been Baha Men[!!!])

04 - It's The Way You Make Me Feel (god, how awful is Lisa Scott-Lee's bit on this song?)

00 - Too Busy Thinking About My Baby (jesus christ, f***ing horrible cover, Marvin must have been spinning in his grave when this was out)

03 - Here and Now (too cheesy Europop-ish :/)

04 - You'll Be Sorry

08 - Chain Reaction (now this is a cover! Crap and everything that you should hate about Steps but for once it's actually ridiculously good fun)

02 - One For Sorrow (2001/Tony Moran US Mix) (horribly camped up version iirc, I'll pass)

06 - Words Are Not Enough

03 - I Know Him So Well

 

Not doing the member rank as I don't care enough.

I completely disagree, short of ABBA I really can't think of a pop band who were as JOYOUS as Steps. They might not have been remotely original or creative, but there is simply no arguing the sheer feelgood factor of songs like Tragedy.

I remember LOVING Steps as a kid, but I honestly can't remember most of those singles! :o 5 6 7 8 and Tragedy are completely blanking my memory of the rest I think. :lol:

 

If I have time to listen to their back catalogue (which I doubt I will!), I'll rate though. Tragedy will probably get my 11 I'd imagine though...didn't realise they'd released that many singles. :o

They didn't release THAT many singles but they were the giants of AA-side singles at the time, hence their release list looks longer. So Tragedy was paired with Heartbeat for release, Say You'll Be Mine with Better The Devil You Know, and so on and so forth. Although in reality they had a 4-year run with few noticeable gaps in terms of release times so the list is obviously longer than a lot of similar acts.

 

I completely disagree, short of ABBA I really can't think of a pop band who were as JOYOUS as Steps. They might not have been remotely original or creative, but there is simply no arguing the sheer feelgood factor of songs like Tragedy.

Clearly you and I have a different definition of "joyful". To me there's nothing joyous about Steps' music because it's so cold and manufactured - even by late 90s pop standards. At least S Club 7 and Spice Girls made fun cheerful pop music like, for example, Reach or Wannabe - not mechanical dance-pop which is about as joyless as any type of music I can imagine for me.

 

I agree that Tragedy is reasonably feel good though. Obviously it would have had to be to become such a staple at dodgy parties and the like. Probably 5, 6, 7, 8 too if only for how ridiculous it was as a debut single. But most of their catalogue doesn't fit my definition of the word.

 

(On another note, this thread has just reminded me that we never got the results of the All Saints rate :drama: Where did the person running it disappear off to?)

Edited August 21, 201113 yr by superbossanova

05 5, 6, 7, 8

08 Last Thing On My Mind

09 One For Sorrow

04 Heartbeat

07 Tragedy

06 Better Best Forgotten

00 Thank Abba For The Music

08 Love's Got A Hold On My Heart

10 After The Love Has Gone

07 Say You'll Be Mine

06 Better The Devil You Know

10 Deeper Shade Of Blue

05 When I Said Goodbye

11 Summer Of Love

06 Stomp

08 It's The Way You Make Me Feel

03 Too Busy Thinking About My Baby

08 Here And Now

07 You'll Be Sorry

07 Chain Reaction

07 One For Sorrow (2001/Tony Moran US mix)

06 Words Are Not Enough

03 I Know Him So Well

 

And just 'for the lolz' we'll have a member rank as well - 1st gets 5 points, 2nd gets 4 points and so on down to 5th gets 1 point. The members are;

 

01' Lisa Scott-Lee

Faye Tozer

Claire Richards

Ian 'H' Watkins

Lee Latchford-Evans

 

 

I USED TO LOVE 'STOMP'. Now not so much :( Summer of Love and After The Love Has Gone will always remain their best. <3 LISA SCOTT-LEE IS LIFE.

Edited August 21, 201113 yr by Casey__

10 - 5, 6, 7, 8

08 - Last Thing On My Mind

07 - One For Sorrow

09 - Heartbeat

11 - Tragedy

08 - Better Best Forgotten

09 - Thank ABBA For The Music

06 - Love's Got A Hold On My Heart

05 - After The Love Has Gone

10 - Say You'll Be Mine

08 - Better The Devil You Know

07 - Deeper Shade Of Blue

06 - When I Said Goodbye

07 - Summer of Love

09 - Stomp

10 - It's The Way You Make Me Feel

04 - Too Busy Thinking About My Baby

08 - Here and Now

06 - You'll Be Sorry

09 - Chain Reaction

08 - One For Sorrow (2001/Tony Moron US mix)

06 - Words Are Not Enough

05 - I Know Him So Well

 

MEMBER RANK

 

[FAVE - LEAST]

 

Claire Richards

Lisa Scott Lee

Lee Latchford-Evans

Faye Tozer

Ian 'H' Watkins

Edited August 21, 201113 yr by -Gary

Now I'm hiding my collection in the corner but I used to love these guys ^_^

 

07 5, 6, 7, 8

08 Last Thing On My Mind

10 One For Sorrow

07 Heartbeat

08 Tragedy

08 Better Best Forgotten

07 Thank Abba For The Music

10 Love's Got A Hold On My Heart

08 After The Love Has Gone

09 Say You'll Be Mine

06 Better The Devil You Know

08 Deeper Shade Of Blue

08 When I Said Goodbye

10 Summer Of Love

08 Stomp

11 It's The Way You Make Me Feel

06 Too Busy Thinking About My Baby

08 Here And Now

08 You'll Be Sorry

08 Chain Reaction

06 One For Sorrow (2001/Tony Moran US mix)

07 Words Are Not Enough

05 I Know Him So Well

 

Claire Richards 3 points

Faye Tozer 4 points

Ian 'H' Watkins 1 point

Lee Latchford-Evans 2 points

Lisa Scott-Lee 5 points

Bit disappointed at the lack of Lee Latchford Evans loving. I think he was possibly my first love when I was a youngster. He used to always have his shirt half undone and I was like hyponatized.

 

He's bulked up alot now, and looks even better.

 

http://i1.cdnds.net/10/34/550w_gayspy_lee_latchford_evans_1.jpg

 

But, yes, I voted Claire top because I used to have a crush on her. I know. I know. It must have been the short hair.

Oh God :drama: That is pure NOM.

Oh God :drama: That is pure VOM.

Bit disappointed at the lack of Lee Latchford Evans loving. I think he was possibly my first love when I was a youngster. He used to always have his shirt half undone and I was like hyponatized.

 

THIS :wub: Well, hypnotised :kink: Looks so so hot still. Anyway can't believe I didn't do this yet :drama:

 

08 - 5, 6, 7, 8

09 - Last Thing On My Mind

10 - One For Sorrow

07 - Heartbeat

09 - Tragedy

08 - Better Best Forgotten

10 - Thank ABBA For The Music

07 - Love's Got A Hold On My Heart

06 - After The Love Has Gone

08 - Say You'll Be Mine

07 - Better The Devil You Know

11 - Deeper Shade Of Blue

05 - When I Said Goodbye

10 - Summer of Love (not their best song but brings back great memories)

08 - Stomp

08 - It's The Way You Make Me Feel

07 - Too Busy Thinking About My Baby

07 - Here and Now

09 - You'll Be Sorry

07 - Chain Reaction

08 - One For Sorrow (2001/Tony Moran US mix) :kink:

06 - Words Are Not Enough

08 - I Know Him So Well

 

MEMBER RANK

 

[FAVE - LEAST]

 

Lee Latchford-Evans

Claire Richards

Ian 'H' Watkins

Faye Tozer

Lisa Scott Lee

 

Could never stand Lisa for some reason. My first BF told me that he used to go out with H, I believed him at the time but wasn't he in an LTR with their manager?

THIS :wub: Well, hypnotised :kink: Looks so so hot still. Anyway can't believe I didn't do this yet :drama:

 

08 - 5, 6, 7, 8

09 - Last Thing On My Mind

10 - One For Sorrow

07 - Heartbeat

09 - Tragedy

08 - Better Best Forgotten

10 - Thank ABBA For The Music

07 - Love's Got A Hold On My Heart

06 - After The Love Has Gone

08 - Say You'll Be Mine

07 - Better The Devil You Know

11 - Deeper Shade Of Blue

05 - When I Said Goodbye

10 - Summer of Love (not their best song but brings back great memories)

08 - Stomp

08 - It's The Way You Make Me Feel

07 - Too Busy Thinking About My Baby

07 - Here and Now

09 - You'll Be Sorry

07 - Chain Reaction

08 - One For Sorrow (2001/Tony Moran US mix) :kink:

06 - Words Are Not Enough

08 - I Know Him So Well

 

MEMBER RANK

 

[FAVE - LEAST]

 

Lee Latchford-Evans

Claire Richards

Ian 'H' Watkins

Faye Tozer

Lisa Scott Lee

 

Could never stand Lisa for some reason. My first BF told me that he used to go out with H, I believed him at the time but wasn't he in an LTR with their manager?

 

Why did you bold Moran? Am I missing something? :lol:

I copied the format from Gary's rate which said Moron :lol:

I copied the format from Gary's rate which said Moron :lol:

 

Oh right! I wonder if Gary knows this Tony in order to cast such aspersions? :heehee:

My Secret Obsession lol

 

 

01 5, 6, 7, 8

09 Last Thing On My Mind

09 One For Sorrow

04 Heartbeat

06 Tragedy

07 Better Best Forgotten

08 Thank Abba For The Music

10 Love's Got A Hold On My Heart

08 After The Love Has Gone

06 Say You'll Be Mine

08 Better The Devil You Know

07 Deeper Shade Of Blue

05 When I Said Goodbye

09 Summer Of Love

08 Stomp

10 It's The Way You Make Me Feel

07 Too Busy Thinking About My Baby

10 Here And Now

07 You'll Be Sorry

11 Chain Reaction

07 One For Sorrow (2001/Tony Moran US mix)

09 Words Are Not Enough

08 I Know Him So Well

 

 

Claire Richards

Lisa Scott-Lee

Lee Latchford-Evans

Faye Tozer

Ian 'H' Watkins

07.0 - 5, 6, 7, 8

06.0 - Last Thing On My Mind

07.5 - One For Sorrow

08.0 - Heartbeat

-01.0 - Tragedy

06.0 - Better Best Forgotten

07.0 - Thank ABBA For The Music

08.0 - Love's Got A Hold On My Heart

09.0 - After The Love Has Gone

10.0 - Say You'll Be Mine

06.0 - Better The Devil You Know

06.5 - Deeper Shade Of Blue

05.5 - When I Said Goodbye

06.0 - Summer of Love

06.5 - Stomp

11.0 - It's The Way You Make Me Feel

??? - Too Busy Thinking About My Baby

10.0 - Here and Now

07.5 - You'll Be Sorry

06.0 - Chain Reaction

??? - One For Sorrow (2001/Tony Moran US mix)

06.0 - Words Are Not Enough

09.0 - I Know Him So Well

 

MEMBER RANK

[FAVE - LEAST]

Faye Tozer

THE REST.