Jade (Sweetbox album)

Jade is the third album of Sweetbox and the second with Jade Villalon as a frontwoman. It was released in 2002 in Japan and Europe, 2003 in Taiwan, and 2004 in Korea. Although similar to Classified, the album saw new influences emerging, and showcased a number of tracks, such as "Lighter Shade of Blue", which did not sample any previously written classical pieces.

A year later, Jade (Silver edition) was released with acoustic versions of some of the songs, including remixes and the re-vamped, re-done version of "Lighter Shade of Blue" that was featured on the "Here on My Own" music video, and a bonus DVD with three music videos.^[1]

All songs are written by Villalon and Geoman, except for "Stay", which is a cover of the Shakespears Sister song of the same name, and a cover of Always on My Mind featured as a Japanese bonus track.

Track listing

1. Human Sacrifice – 3:19
2. Read My Mind – 3:05
3. Unforgiven – 3:08
4. Lighter Shade of Blue – 3:49
5. Utopia – 3:00
6. Don't Push Me – 3:14
7. On the Radio – 3:12
8. Alright – 3:02
9. Stay – 3:32
10. Falling – 3:58
11. Fool Again – 3:04
12. Easy Come, Easy Go – 2:52

The Korean version only has 12 tracks.^[2] The Japanese version includes the bonus songs Always on My Mind (2:48) and One Kiss (Acoustic Version) (3:18),^[3] while the Taiwanese version includes the bonus songs Read My Mind (Acoustic Version) and Unforgiven (Geo's Mix).

Silver Edition

Part I - Private Session

1. Alright – 3:04
2. Don't Push Me – 3:26
3. Utopia – 3:00
4. Lighter Shade of Blue – 3:52
5. Not Your Doctor – 3:43
6. Human Sacrifice – 3:05
7. Unforgiven – 3:00
8. Easy Come, Easy Go – 2:43

Part II - Remixes

1. Read My Mind (Acoustic Version) – 3:23
2. Unforgiven (Geo's Mix) – 3:16
3. Here on My Own (Lighter Shade of Blue) (European version) – 3:32
4. Read My Mind (Jazztronik Remix) – 3:19

DVD (Video Clips)

1. Read My Mind
2. Unforgiven
3. Here on My Own (Lighter Shade of Blue) (European Version)

Singles

• Here on My Own (Lighter Shade of Blue)
• Read My Mind (Promo)
• Read My Mind (Crystal Edition) (Promo)
• Read My Mind EP

Samples

• "Human Sacrifice" samples Gabriel Fauré's Pavane.
• "Don't Push Me" samples Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata

References