The Ultimate Collection (Steps album)
The Ultimate Collection is the second greatest hits album released by pop group Steps, released in October 2011, by Sony Music Entertainment. The album was released to mark the anniversary of the group's original greatest hits collection, Gold: Greatest Hits, and was Steps' first release since the release of their 2002 compilation, The Last Dance. The Ultimate Collection coincided with the reformation of the band for the Sky Living documentary, Steps Reunion.
The album features Steps' first recording in ten years, a cover of the Abba hit "Dancing Queen". It entered the UK Albums Chart at number-one.
Album information
The tracklisting takes the single release order and is similar to the 2001 Gold: Greatest Hits compilation. However, The Ultimate Collection includes the singles "I Know Him So Well" and "You'll Be Sorry", not featured on Gold but excludes the single "Words Are Not Enough" (although the music video is included on the DVD edition).
A re-recorded version of ABBA's "Dancing Queen" will feature as a bonus track. The group did initially record a cover version of this track in 1999, but the version featured here is a newly recorded version. The deluxe edition of the album will also be released including a DVD containing all of Steps' music videos and a live recording of "I Know Him So Well" from the Abbamania TV Special.
The standard version of the album featured a black cover with, while the deluxe edition has a white cover and both have a cardboard sleeve surrounding the jewel case. Steps have signed the booklets on both CD and deluxe editions.
In its first week of release The Ultimate Collection sold 34,200 copies entering the chart at no.1.
Track listing
CD
- 5,6,7,8 (Upton/Crosby) – 3:21
- Last Thing on My Mind (Stock/Waterman/Dallin/Woodward) – 3:04
- One for Sorrow (Topham/Twigg/Ellington) – 4:21
- Heartbeat (Jackie James) – 4:23
- Tragedy (Gibb, Gibb, Gibb) – 4:30
- Better Best Forgotten (Frampton/Waterman) – 3:42
- Love's Got a Hold on My Heart (Frampton/Waterman) – 3:19
- After the Love Has Gone (Topham/Twigg/Ellington) – 4:34
- Say You'll Be Mine (Frampton/Waterman) – 3:31
- Better the Devil You Know (Stock/Aitken/Waterman) – 3:48
- Deeper Shade of Blue (Radio Edit) (Topham/Twigg) – 3:44
- When I Said Goodbye (Topham/Twigg) – 3:32
- Summer Of Love (Topham/Twigg) – 3:51
- Stomp (Topham/Twigg/Campbell) – 3:21
- It's the Way You Make Me Feel (J. Elofssen) – 3:16
- Here And Now (Album Version) (A. Carlsson/A. Thomson) – 3:44
- You'll Be Sorry (Album Version) (Topham/Twigg) – 4:05
- Chain Reaction (Gibb, Gibb, Gibb) – 3:56
- I Know Him So Well (Andersson/Rice/Ulvaeus) – 4:15
- Dancing Queen (Bonus Track) (Andersson/Ulvaeus/Anderson) – 3:25
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DVD
- "5, 6, 7, 8"
- "Last Thing on My Mind"
- "One for Sorrow"
- "Heartbeat"
- "Tragedy"
- "Better Best Forgotten"
- "Love's Got a Hold on My Heart"
- "After the Love Has Gone"
- "Say You'll Be Mine"
- "Better the Devil You Know"
- "Deeper Shade of Blue"
- "When I Said Goodbye"
- "Summer of Love"
- "Stomp"
- "It's the Way You Make Me Feel"
- "Here and Now"
- "You'll Be Sorry"
- "Chain Reaction"
- "Words Are Not Enough"
- "I Know Him So Well"
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Chart positions
Release history
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