Amazon.co.uk Review
Countless tribute and sound-a-like bands have had various stabs at mimicking the magic of ABBA. Of the bunch,
Steps have been the most successful in their attempts to nurture a similar ABBA-esque musical style and image. It comes as no surprise that Steps should call their "best of" anthology
Gold, just like the bestselling "best of" from their Swedish heroes. The ABBA influences can be heard right from their earliest material--"One For Sorrow" to "After The Love Has Gone" (October 1999), through to newer compositions such as "Baby Don't Dance" (an updated version of "Voulez-Vous?"). Released at the peak of the line-dancing craze in the UK, their thigh-slapping debut "5,6,7,8" thus sounds remarkably out of place. Proving that they're no puppets of Mr Waterman, the Euro-pop style "Only In My Dreams" is the first song written by Steps as a group. Their cover of Diana Ross's 1986 number one "Chain Reaction" looks destined, along with "Tragedy" and the 70s disco inspired hit "Stomp", to become the songs which future generations will best remember Claire, Faye, Lisa, H and Lee for. --
John Galilee
CD Description
Of the twenty tracks on this collection, fifteen have reached the top 5 of the UK singles charts. 'Gold' also includes their first single '5678', alongside three previously unreleased tracks 'Words Are Not Enough', 'Baby Don't Dance' and 'Only In My Dreams'.