Live! 2012 - O2 Arena, London

So happy that Steps reunited. They sound as good as ever. And I'm so glad to see this got a US release!!!

Oh, wow! I ordered this from the UK because I never thought it would make it onto American iTunes. I'm glad to see I was wrong. Love this group and wish that I could have attended one of their reunion concerts this year. This is the first time that their version of Dancing Queen (which is awesome) has been available in America. I love all their songs, but Stomp, Chain Reaction, and the Dance Game Medley are stand outs for me. Lee's solo on "Moves Like Jagger/S&M" is FANTASTIC and so is Faye's version of "One Night Only." American iTunes needs to release both versions of the Ultimate Collection next. Edit: Steps' new single Light Up the World is released tomorrow (10/22/2012) and their new album Light Up the World is released on Nov. 12. I hope that iTunes is planning on making both of these available here in America.

This new live album from STEPS at their London show at the O2 Arena sounds pretty awesome, very good and totally cool! My favorite parts are with H singing Journey's "Don't Stop Believin'" (one of my personal favorites as he did a really good job on so far), Lisa singing her mash-up solo medley of Bryan Adams' "Heaven", Chris Brown's "Beautiful People", and her own solo hit "Lately" (from her first post-STEPS career as it was short-lived after the original split of the band and a decade prior to the band's reunion), Claire's glorious rendition of Celine Dion's "I Surrender", Faye's version of "One Night Only" (from the film and musical versions of "Dreamgirls", originally sung by Beyonce and American Idol star Jennifer Hudson (Season 3) who also star in the film), even Lee's mash-up mix medley of two songs "Moves Like Jagger/S&M" (Maroon 5/Rihanna) sound pretty awesome as their solos on tour. I also loved it when they always performed one of their classics, their famous Bee Gees cover of the "Tragedy" song as the main encore they've been doing since the Steptacular/Next Step Live Tours in the UK. It's the most ever part that all STEPS fans will always enjoy, and they have been for years. "Tragedy" is also one of my favorites by STEPS, along with "It's The Way You Make Me Feel", "One For Sorrow" (we have the US remix right here in The States, as their American debut single from the 1999 film "Drive Me Crazy"), "5, 6, 7, 8" (their biggest UK debut in the same year they first formed as a group), and even "Here And Now"/"You'll Be Sorry" plus "Stomp" were big hits for them in the UK. I've always been such a STEPS fanatic ever since I was around 15, when I remember after I've first heard of them and I first bought their American debut CD version of Step One (Steptacular was the only one was never released here in this country). Then the following year at 16, I bought the US version of BUZZ on CD the day it first came out in America and then I watched their TEENick concert at the same time I taped it from off the TV on Nickelodeon. Then the following year on my last day of at 17 years old, the day before my 18th birthday I also bought "Best of STEPS" as their third and final album (their greatest hits collection known as Gold: Greatest Hits in the UK) released in America. I had all three of their US albums on CD over the years. Years later, I now buy, download and purchase their songs right here on iTunes through digital download format into my iPod and iPad so now I can listen to them often as I can while I reminisce the good old times of listening to STEPS from back in my teen years. I love STEPS, especially the whole group, all five members, and every one of their songs. They are so awesome and they sounded so great altogether! And last, but not least, please release their second greatest hits album "The Ultimate Collection" into your store catalog through digital download format as well as the 2012 Live! concert film footage for their Ultimate Tour in London. It would be great for the American STEPS fans like myself who would never seen or heard of anything like that from STEPS ever here in America! Thanks! STEPS ROCKS!