{"id":1346429,"date":"2023-08-23T09:26:45","date_gmt":"2023-08-23T08:26:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/publish.entertainment-focus.com\/?p=1346429"},"modified":"2023-08-23T09:26:51","modified_gmt":"2023-08-23T08:26:51","slug":"claire-richards-euphoria-album-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment-focus.com\/2023\/08\/23\/claire-richards-euphoria-album-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Claire Richards \u2013 ‘Euphoria’ album review"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Claire Richards is undoubtedly best-known as one fifth of Steps, the iconic British pop group who staged one of the most remarkable comebacks in music history. Following their decision to reform in 2017 for new album \u2018Tears on the Dancefloor\u2019, the group has gone on to release three hugely successful albums and a greatest hits, and have sold thousands of tickets for their arena tours and summer shows. In 2019 during some downtime from the group, Richards released her debut solo album \u2018My Wildest Dreams<\/a>\u2019, which charted at number 9 on the album chart. Now with the group on hiatus once again, Richards is taking the opportunity to continue her solo interests with the release of new album \u2018Euphoria\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unlike \u2018My Wildest Dreams\u2019, an album of original material, \u2018Euphoria\u2019 is a collection of covers and even more surprisingly, most of them are uptempo. The idea for the album can be tracked back to the pandemic when Richards performed Clareoke for her fans on YouTube. Lead single, a disco take on Celine Dion\u2019s \u2018I Surrender\u2019, goes back even further with Richards having sung it on Steps\u2019 \u2018The Ultimate Tour\u2019 back in 2012. It takes a brave person to take on a Celine track but Richards acquits herself well, wrapping her huge voice around the challenging track and taking it in a new uptempo direction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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