The Official Sweetbox Thread
 

With the release of their fantastic album 'Addicted' I decided since there seems to be alot of fans of Sweetbox out there in the forum I thought it'd be cool to have an officla discussion thread which we can all chat about what we like about Jade and Sweetbox as a whole without any bias, or any comments we don't have time for. Heh. Sorry if that sounds vicious I just thought I'd say that since Jade and Sweetbox seem to get alot of abuse and bad comments because of her Koda Kumi covers, and now her english versions of Ayu songs which imo are very good indeed!

I'm going to upload the PV for 'Here On My Own' a.k.a 'Lighter Shade of Blue' incase anyone hasn't seen it. I'll also upload the Here On My Own single which I bought on ebay. It has an instrumental which is hella cool!

So let's talk Sweetbox!

What's everyones favourite songs out there?

A few of mine are:

Lighter Shade of Blue (My all time favourite and the video is VERY sexy.)
After the lights
Stay (Okay so it's a cover of a song by british band, Shakespeare Sister but it rawks.)
Killing Me DJ
Break Down
Addicted
Everything's Gonna Be Allright (Reborn ver.)
For the Lonely
China Girl
Lacrimosa
Piano in the dark

I hope lots of people join in with the thread and have fun. <3

Yay, a Sweetbox thread ^^!
Thanks in advance for uploading the Here on My Own single. I can upload a few of her PVs if anyone is interested.
My personal favorites of Sweetbox are the following:
Sacred
That Night
Human Sacrifice
Read My Mind
Don't Push Me
On the Radio
Fool Again
Chyna Girl
Miss You
More than Love
Piano in the Dark
For the Lonely(Even Sweeter ver.)
Everytime(all grown up ver.)
Crown of Thorns
Unforgiven(demo ver.)
Addicted
Pride
Every Step
Happy Tears
Million Miles

She copied Mariah Carey in Breakdown :(

Hey, could anyone upload ''everythings gonna be alright?'
I can never find it online :(
I love Sweetbox!
I love the new album, if I can find an OS version on Yesasia, I'll buy it :)
I'm also going to get the greatest hits album soon, when I order Ayu's new CDL dvd :D

Disclaimer to all the Sweetbox-haters out there: get out of this thread because it's pointless and immature to bash someone in a fan thread.
@pri0256: Are you looking for the PV or the song itself?

Just the MP3, if you have it :)

Everything's Gonna be Alright
Greatest Hits would definitely be a good buy. You won't regret it.

Oh my gah!
Thank you ever so much :)

Ilike

piano in the dark
more than
everythings gonna be alright
waterfall

I like For the Lonely, especially the even sweeter version. :)

Does anyone know why they chose the name 'sweetbox'?

I'm not to sure I think I saw it on an old Sweetbox fansite, I'll have a look see if I can still find the site!

I'm glad we've got Sweetbox fans here. <3 I've got to hunt my Sweetbox Here on my own single out of a box downstairs as seeing I'm only living temporarily with my parents everything of mine is boxed away as soon as I get it I'll rip it and upload a.s.a.p.

EDIT: Hm can't seem to find it. Jade says she writes her songs to be personal, honest and enjoyable maybe that has something to do with the 'Sweet' side. Correct me anyone if I'm wrong. ^^;

I love Sweetbox! HUGE fan! I have too many fave songs to name, but to name 5 would be:
Human Sacrifice,
Graceland,
Alright,
Don't Push Me,
Liberty.

At the moment i'm enjoying the 'Jade Silver Edition' album, the unplugged songs are wicked.

If anyone wants me to upload a few songs, just ask! I have almost every album with Jade (I don't have Best-of Korea, China or Taiwan, nor do I have 13 chapters).

The name 'Sweetbox' came before Jade joined, I think GEO came up with it, but maybe it was one of the singers in Sweetbox before Jade came?

Breakdown wasn't a bad song...at least it wasn't a complete copy, it had different tones etc.

Well the covers of koda kumi sound horrible, that's a fact. Since it was the very first sweetbox material I was exposed to, that totally removed any interest on listening to any other songs of them. Then recently, with ayu's interest in SWEETBOX and GEo lending his compositions to ayumi, it actually made me interested in listening to other songs of them and I actually liked them.
As for the new album "addicted", I found it funny because allç the songs covered by ayumi sound crap in my opinion (i'd rather listen zillion times to "Unforgiven" than, let's say, Jade's horrid Bold & Delicious). However, funny enough all the other tracks all sound much much better and are far superior in my opinion. I really love "Breakdown", "Over and Over" and "Graceland" which is a good album opening.
I'm not particularly excited at how GEO composes by using collages of classical songs though...I think he should be more original and create his own orchestrated material (If you don't know what I'm talking about, listen to "Everything's gonna be alright")

One of the reasons I enjoy Sweetbox is because of the orchestral peices used in their songs especially Everything's Gonna Be Allright and Addicted, It's because I enjoy classical music and it's nice to see contemporary music added to some nice classic orchestral pieces.

I like the fact that they're blending in Classical pieces with contemporary style.
More than Love, though, is one of their best non-classical-inspired songs.

I like the mixes of classical music and pop too, and that's one interesting thing about them, but I just wish he would create his own classical music though. I do actually love Everything's Gonna Be Alright, despite the fact I'm complaining about that though.

yep, ur right..

It would be so great if you could upload the 'Here On My Own' single <3
I love Sweetbox. I have all the Japanese releases of their albums with Jade.
Maybe I could upload some PVs or songs later for people who want them :)

Hey, I download 'Everything's gonna be alright' from Ares, but it wasn't the Sweetbox I know, it was a coloured woman, also called Sweetbox.
Anyone know more about this?
Does anyone else think a lot of her songs sound disantly like other songs?
I can't put my finger on what Chyna Girl reminds me of... But I love that song :D

That's the original version by Tina Harris, the lead singer before Jade.
No, not all of their songs sound like other songs.

Sweetbox has had a few different female singers, Jade is the current and longest one. The one in that song was Tina. Jade covered this song on the Greatest Hits album.

Chinese girl group S.H.E use a few of Sweetbox's music in their songs (Like Ayu used a few of Sweetbox's), and in the song 'Super Star' they have the same music as 'Chyna Girl'. Maybe that's where you heard it from before? Sweetbox also use many Classical samples and mix them in with their songs.

EDIT: You beat me to it while I was looking for that S.H.E song lol!

Little question... Can someone put a list of all the songs they have covered? And songs they have and other artist have too (like "B&D", "Ladies Night...")?

News: I'll be uploading the single tomorrow sorry for the delay I'm so slow. XD Hehe. So glad lots of people are chatting in this thread it rawks. Sweetbox rule!

Um one of the songs I can tell you Sweetbox have covered is 'Stay' by Shakespeare Sister. I prefer the original because it was the very first song I herd (By that I mean the very first song I was exposed to in my life. LOL.) but it's a nice softer version.

Jade also sang A Whole New World, Always on My Mind, 1000 Words, Real Emotion, Merry X-Mas, O Come All Ye Faithful, and Silent Night.
As for other artists covering, I know of Ayu and S.H.E. S.H.E. has done Chyna Girl(Superstar) and More than Love(Wo Ai Ni) as far as I know.

Ah thank you :)
You're probably right, it's mostly the violin bits that make me think 'wait... haven't I heard this before'? :p
Could anyone please upload 1,000 words and real emotion from Adagio (what exactly does that mean?)? I can only find the ones ripped from the game (shorter Real Emotion, and shorter 1,000 Words with thunder noises and Yuna and lenne talking over it!)

Adagio is a tempo in music. It's slower than Adante(moderately slow) but definitely than Largo(slow and prolonging).
I will upload 1000 Words and Real Emotion.
-edit-
1000 Words
Real Emotion

Oh I see. Thanx for explaining :)
And thanx for the uploads! I appreciate it :)

S.H.E have also done Read My Mind (Always On My Mind).

Dont Push Me
Lighter Shade Of Blue
Lacrimosa
are my top 3

Here as promised is the single 'Here On My Own' otherwise known as 'Lighter shade of blue' enjoy! ^_^

The files are hosted on mytempdir and the password is: sweetbox

<a href="http://www.mytempdir.com/516699" target="_blank">01 Here On My Own (Radio Ver.)</a>
<a href="http://www.mytempdir.com/516711" target="_blank">02 Here On My Own (Japanese Album Ver.)</a>
<a href="http://www.mytempdir.com/516734" target="_blank">03 Here On My Own (H-Run Dadas Remix)</a>
<a href="http://www.mytempdir.com/516752" target="_blank">04 Here On My Own (Instrumental)</a>
<a href="http://www.mytempdir.com/516767" target="_blank">05 One Kiss (Acoustic Ver.)</a>

^O my gosh, thank you so much ^^!

You're welcome! ^^ Hopefully I'm getting For the lonely and Cinderella on ebay if I do I'll upload them too. =D

Thankyou! <3

Thankyou!!

S.H.E. covered these songs as well:
Superstar
That Night
Everytime

Someone said a while back that Superstar was actually a composition that GEO gave to S.H.E. then used for Sweetbox as well. Probably the same situation as the (m)u songs..

Yeah but Jade sounds SO much better. I hate Mariah.

did anyone notice she sampled Missy Elliot's "Pass That Dutch" in Vya Con Dios? (or however its spelled)

I love Jade's voice, it's amazing!
Could someone upload Chyna Girl, and possibly real emotion and 1000 words if that's alright.
i haven't actually seen any Sweetbox videos...can anyone recommend me a really good video by them?

nice. I hope this thread gives me more info about her n_n. I got into her with Real Emotion and 1000 Words, about 2 months ago I downloaded greatest hits where my favs are Human Sacrifice, Cinderella (Electric Spice Mix) and Crazy (Unreleased Demo Version)
now with addicted album where I only heared addicted full, and I really like it n_n

Chyna Girl is one of my favorites by Sweetbox ... I'll upload it as soon as I get home.

Chyna Girl
1000 Words
Real Emotion
And I'll try to reupload some PVs over at the Sweetbox download thread.

Thank you!:)

I love Jade!:love Cant wait to the remix vinyl is out

Source: http://www.sweetbox.com/index_engl.php

My fav songs:

Lighter Shade of Blue
Addicted
Ladies Night
Human Sacrifice
Every Step
China Girl
Life is Cool
Everything's Gonna Be Allright (Reborn ver.)

BTW: How much did Addicted sell in Japan?

I love Sweetbox! Their latest album is really good, I enjoyed all of the songs on it. Jade has a wonderful voice and I find every Sweetbox song I listen to addicting xD So far I only have Adaigo but I plan to get some more albums soon. I had hoped they were going to put Addicted on YesAsia but they didn't, sigh :/