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For Steps fans, Christmas 2001 will be remembered as the bleak time when the fab five announced that they were splitting.
The End of the Road is the recording of their final performance at Manchester's MEN Arena. Deceptively more polished and cohesive than their previous performances, the show does retain some of the traditions of previous Steps tours. More of a holiday-camp spectacular than a traditional live concert, the majority of the tracks appear to be pre-recorded, with only the slower tracks being performed with "live" vocals. As expected, all of their biggest hits are staged but a disproportionate amount of album and new compositions are also included. These impromptu moments were undoubtedly added to provide convenient costume change breaks, with the five each taking turns to perform tracks individually. First off is H who swoops over the audience on a trapeze at the start of his rendition of Cher's "Believe". To anyone other than a star-struck 10-year-old, H's stage behaviour comes across as a tad annoying not to say patronising. He also manages to ruin most of the up-tempo tracks by encouraging the audience to shout "ooh, ooh". In retrospect, the show is fascinating to watch for other reasons, particularly as band member Claire looks close to tears throughout, ominously hinting at her insider knowledge of the impending split.
On the DVD: Steps: The End of the Road features the following candid warning: "Our apologies for the slight drop out in the programme. This was unavoidable but it does not mean your copy is faulty!". Luckily the glitch in "Love's Got a Hold on My Heart" only lasts a couple of seconds, resulting in a brief loss of sound, with the visual and audio recording immediately returning to standard. Appealing to fans of dance computer games, the lightweight extras are focused around mastering 30-second dance routines of some of Steps' greatest hits. --John Galilee
Special Features
'Stepping Out' (dance routines of their biggest hits)
'Do You Remember?' (inter active memory test of Steps dance routines)
Picture: Colour PAL 16:9
Concert Running Time: 90 mins. approx
Languages: English
Audio: English Dolby Digital Stereo
Region Code: 2
Subtitles: None
Track listing
(1) One For Sorrow (Sleazesisters Mix)
(2) Deeper Shade Of Blue (Sleazesisters Mix)
(3) Love's Got A Hold On My Heart
(4) 5,6,7,8
(5) Believe
(6) After The Love Has Gone
(7) Heartbeat (Simon Hill Mix)
(8) Here & Now
(9) If You Believe
(10) It's The Way You Make Me Feel
(11) Hand On My Heart
(12) Words Are Not Enough
(13) I Know Him So Well
(14) Bittersweet
(15) Baby Don't Dance
(16) Last Thing On My Mind
(17) Close To Me
(18) You'll Be Sorry
(19) Medley (Better The Devil You Know; Summer of Love; Better Best Forgotten)
(20) Encore (Video of 'Words Are Not Enough')
(21) Stomp (W.I.P. Mix)
(22) Tragedy
(23) Chain Reaction
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