WHERE ARE THEY NOW? Lisa Scott-Lee – Talk About Pop Music

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Singer Lisa Scott-Lee (b.1975) was one of many unique members of Steps when it was put collectively in 1997, together with Ian ‘H’ Watkins. The eventual fivesome that will later comprise Lisa, ‘H’, Claire Richards, Faye Tozer and Lee Latchford-Evans can be taken ‘in hand’ by Pete Waterman and the remainder is historical past. However when Steps parted methods in 2001, all 5 members have been free to pursue their very own objectives and Lisa in fact launched herself as a solo artist. Her brother Andy discovered chart success as a part of the boyband 3SL in 2002 and Lisa adopted swimsuit in 2003 together with her spunky tune “Currently”, which she additionally co-wrote. With a clubby really feel to it, “Currently” was a surefire hit and entered the UK chart at No.6 that Could.

At the moment, Lisa was additionally writing and recording her debut album, titled “Unleashed”, and launched the observe up, “Too Far Gone”, in September 2003. The observe made it to No.11 on the singles chart and was a high ten hit on the UK Dance chart, Lisa second in a row. “Unleashed” was to have adopted but it surely was placed on maintain after which scrapped as Lisa left Mercury Data to affix the impartial label Idea. Additional work with writers and producers Man Chambers (Robbie Williams) and Bruce Elliott-Smith (Dannii Minogue) noticed Lisa disappear for some time, though she popped up in 2004 as vocalist on Intenso Initiatives single “Get It On”, which peaked at No.23 within the UK. Lisa herself returned in 2005 with a brand new music, “Electrical” and with the album full and with the brand new title “By no means Or Now”.

“Electrical” gave Lisa a 3rd high twenty hit (No.13) with “By no means Or Now” scheduled for early 2006 launch though this was by no means achieved and Lisa went on to be a contestant on the TV present Dancing On Ice. With “By no means Or Now”/”Unleashed” now some 4 years gone, it appeared that the album was by no means to see the sunshine of day. It did see business launch in South Africa in 2007 and was finally made accessible as a digital obtain within the UK that very same 12 months, however that’s the place Lisa’s solo profession got here to an finish. Steps reformed in 2011 and so they’ve launched 4 studio albums and a biggest hits album since then with sellout excursions and all of the love from their followers new and previous in addition. However in 2023, it was introduced that Lisa’s album would get a correct launch in spite of everything, twenty years after work on it started.

“By no means Or Now” might be made accessible for the very first time on CD, vinyl and cassette, in expanded kind and with three beforehand unheard songs! Higher late than by no means I suppose.