Step by Step (New Kids on the Block album)

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Step by Step
File:Stepbystep album cover.jpg
Studio album by New Kids on the Block
Released June 5, 1990
Recorded September 1, 1989–April 30, 1990
Genre Pop
Length 47:44
Label Columbia
Producer Maurice Starr
New Kids on the Block chronology
Hangin' Tough
(1988)Hangin' Tough1988		 Step by Step
(1990)		 Face the Music
(1994)
Singles from Step by Step
  1. "Step By Step"
    Released: May 10, 1990[1]
  2. "Valentine Girl"
  3. "Tonight"
    Released: July 26, 1990[1]
  4. "Let's Try It Again"
    Released: September 20, 1990[1]

Face the Music1994
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 3/5 stars[2]
Entertainment Weekly C+[3]
Rolling Stone 2/5 stars[4]
Smash Hits (8/10)[5]

Step by Step is the third studio album, and fourth album overall, by American boy band New Kids on the Block, released in June 1990 via Columbia Records.

Background

At the time of release the group was very popular and was being heavily merchandised, with everything from pillowcases, to marbles, to dolls, to a Saturday morning cartoon with their name and likeness. Step by Step went to number one on both the Billboard 200 and the UK Albums Chart, with the lead-off title track single topping the charts simultaneously and selling nearly three million copies, making it their highest selling single.

Another top ten single, "Tonight", followed, as the group embarked on their most ambitious world tour to date. After having earned success with Hangin' Tough, the group took a more active role creatively on this album, co-writing and producing several of its tracks. They even started playing instruments on most of their songs.

By the end of 1990, in spite of the album having gone multi-platinum, a public backlash against the group occurred, as is evident with the third and last single, "Let's Try It Again," failing to crack the Billboard Hot 100 top fifty and the album receiving much lower certifications than Hangin' Tough in the United States.

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Maurice Starr, unless otherwise noted. 

No. Title Lead vocals Length
1. "Step by Step"   Jordan Knight 4:29
2. "Tonight" (Al Lancellotti/Starr) New Kids on the Block 3:28
3. "Baby, I Believe In You"   Jordan Knight 4:42
4. "Call It What You Want"   Jordan Knight, Donnie Wahlberg, Joe McIntyre 4:12
5. "Let's Try It Again"   Danny Wood, Jordan Knight 3:53
6. "Happy Birthday" (Starr/Michael Jonzun) Jonathan Knight 2:48
7. "Games" (Donnie Wahlberg/Starr) Donnie Wahlberg 3:29
8. "Time Is on Our Side" (Lancellotti/Starr) Donnie Walhberg 3:49
9. "Where Do I Go from Here?"   Joe McIntyre 3:50
10. "Stay with Me Baby"   Donnie Wahlberg 4:21
11. "Funny Feeling"   Joe McIntyre, Jordan Knight 3:50
12. "Never Gonna Fall in Love Again" (Danny Wood/T. Ra/Taharqa Aleem/Starr) Danny Wood 5:07
Total length:
 47:44

Charts and certifications

Chart positions

Chart (1990)[6] Peak
position
Australian ARIA Albums Chart 4
Austrian Albums Chart 6
Belgian Albums Chart 4
Canadian Albums Chart 1
Dutch Albums Chart 11
European Albums Chart[7] 1
Finnish Albums Chart[8] 3
French Albums Chart[9] 6
German Albums Chart 1
Hungarian Albums Chart[10] 14
Irish Albums Chart[11] 6
Italian Albums Chart[12] 13
Japanese Albums Chart 10
New Zealand RIANZ Albums Chart 1
Norwegian Albums Chart 4
Spanish Albums Chart[13] 8
Swedish Albums Chart 12
Swiss Albums Chart 8
UK Albums Chart 1
U.S. Billboard 200 1

Sales and certifications

Region Certification Sales/shipments
Australia (ARIA)[14] Gold 35,000
Austria (IFPI Austria)[15] Platinum 50,000
Brazil (ABPD)[16] Gold 100,000
Canada (Music Canada)[17] 7× Platinum 700,000
Finland (Musiikkituottajat)[18] Gold 50,100[18]
France (SNEP)[19] Platinum 456,900[20]
Germany (BVMI)[21] Platinum 500,000
Japan (RIAJ)[22] Platinum 210,480
Netherlands (NVPI)[23] Gold 50,000
New Zealand (RMNZ)[24] Platinum 15,000
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[25] Platinum 100,000
Sweden (GLF)[26] Gold 50,000
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[27] Platinum 50,000
United Kingdom (BPI)[28] Platinum 300,000
United States (RIAA)[29] 3× Platinum 3,000,000
Summaries
Europe (IFPI)[30] Platinum 1,000,000

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone
xunspecified figures based on certification alone

Year-end charts

Chart (1990) Peak
position
Austrian Albums Chart[31] 20
Canadian Albums Chart[32] 12
Dutch Albums Chart[33] 48
French Albums Chart[34] 10
Italian Albums Chart[35] 69
New Zealand Albums Chart[36] 17
Norwegian Albums Chart (Sommer Period)[37] 6
Swiss Albums Chart[38] 26
UK Albums Chart[39] 20
US Albums Chart[40] 34


Preceded by Billboard 200 number-one album
June 30 - July 6, 1990		 Succeeded by
Please Hammer Don't Hurt 'Em by M.C. Hammer
Preceded by UK number one album
June 30, 1990 – July 6, 1990		 Succeeded by
The Essential Pavarotti by Luciano Pavarotti

References

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  11. ↑ http://irish-charts.com/
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  15. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Enter New Kids on the Block in the field Interpret. Enter Step by Step in the field Titel. Select album in the field Format. Click Suchen
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  20. ↑ http://www.infodisc.fr/CDCertif_P.php?debut=600
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  24. ↑ THE FIELD id (chart number) MUST BE PROVIDED for NEW ZEALAND CERTIFICATION.
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  28. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Enter Step by Step in the field Keywords. Select Title in the field Search by. Select album in the field By Format. Select Platinum in the field By Award. Click Search
  29. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH
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  31. ↑ http://www.austriancharts.at/year.asp?cat=a&id=1990
  32. ↑ http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?brws_s=1&file_num=nlc008388.9145&type=1&interval=24&PHPSESSID=mhe12pta2k83e08udtq66ot062
  33. ↑ http://www.dutchcharts.nl/jaaroverzichten.asp?year=1990&cat=a
  34. ↑ http://www.infodisc.fr/B-CD_1990.php
  35. ↑ http://www.hitparadeitalia.it/hp_yenda/lpe1990.htm
  36. ↑ http://nztop40.co.nz/chart/albums?chart=3879
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  38. ↑ http://www.hitparade.ch/charts/jahreshitparade/1990
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  40. ↑ http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1990/the-billboard-200?
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