Best of Sweetbox

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Best Of Sweetbox
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Greatest hits album by
Released2005
Genre
  • Pop
  • rock
  • classical
  • dance
Label
  • Avex Trax
  • Sony BMG
  • HIM
Producer Geo Rosan
Sweetbox chronology
After the Lights
(2005)
Best Of Sweetbox
(2005)
Raw Treasures Vol#1
(2005)
Singles from Best Of Sweetbox

Best of Sweetbox 1995-2005 (also titled The Greatest Hits) is a compilation album of Sweetbox with Jade Villalon as frontwoman. It was released in 2005 in three different editions. It contains the previously unreleased tracks Crown of Thorns and Don't Wanna Kill You, along with several remixes, demo versions, new versions of songs and Jade's brand-new, changed-lyric version of Everything's Gonna Be Alright, which was a song made famous by Sweetbox' previous vocalist Tina Harris.

Contents

Track listing

The Greatest Hits

  1. Everything's Gonna Be Alright -Reborn-
  2. Life Is Cool
  3. For The Lonely (Even Sweeter Version)
  4. Waterfall
  5. After The Lights
  6. Killing Me DJ
  7. Hate Without Frontiers
  8. Read My Mind
  9. Don't Wanna Kill You
  10. Piano In The Dark
  11. Every Time (All Grown Up Version)
  12. Crown of Thorns
  13. Utopia
  14. Lighter Shade Of Blue (European Version)
  15. On The Radio
  16. Somewhere
  17. Chyna Girl
  18. Cinderella (Electric Spice Mix)
  19. Everything's Gonna Be Alright (Classic Mix)
  20. Unforgiven (Unreleased Demo Version)

Best of Sweetbox 1995–2005 (European version)

  1. Everything's Gonna Be Alright -Reborn-
  2. Life Is Cool
  3. For The Lonely
  4. Waterfall
  5. After The Lights
  6. Killing Me DJ (European Version)
  7. Hate Without Frontiers
  8. Every Time (New Version)
  9. Piano In The Dark
  10. On The Radio
  11. Lighter Shade Of Blue (European Version)
  12. God On Video
  13. More Than Love
  14. Chyna Girl
  15. Crazy (Unreleased Demo Version)
  16. Tour De France (Unreleased Demo Version)
  17. Cinderella (Electric Spice Mix)
  18. Don't Push Me
  19. Booyah - Here We Go (Bonus Track)
  20. Shakalaka (Bonus Track)

Best of Sweetbox 1995–2005 (Korean version, 2 CD)

  1. Everything's Gonna Be Alright -Reborn-
  2. Life Is Cool
  3. For The Lonely (Even Sweeter Version)
  4. Every Time (New Version)
  5. Read My Mind
  6. Cinderella (Electric Spice Mix)
  7. Lighter Shade Of Blue (European Version)
  8. On The Radio
  9. Chyna Girl
  10. Liberty
  11. Human Sacrifice
  12. Unforgiven
  13. Sorry
  14. Don't Push Me
  15. I'll Be There
  16. Crazy (Unreleased Demo Version)

Disc 2

  1. Everything's Gonna Be Alright (Classic Mix)
  2. Alright (Unplugged)
  3. Unforgiven (Unplugged)
  4. Utopia (Unplugged)
  5. Read My Mind (Acoustic Version)
  6. Unforgiven (Unreleased Demo Version)
  7. Booyah - Here We Go
  8. Shakalaka

Best of Sweetbox 1995–2005 (Taiwanese Version)

  1. Everything's Gonna Be Alright -Reborn-
  2. Read My Mind
  3. That Night
  4. For The Lonely (Even Sweeter Version)
  5. More Than Love
  6. Life Is Cool
  7. Every Time (New Version)
  8. Chyna Girl
  9. Superstar
  10. Killing Me DJ
  11. Somewhere
  12. Cinderella (Electric Spice Mix)
  13. Unforgiven (Geo's Mix)
  14. After The Lights
  15. On The Radio
  16. Hate Without Frontiers
  17. Here On My Own (Lighter Shade Of Blue) (European Version)
  18. Piano In The Dark
  19. Crazy
  20. Tour De France

Singles

Chart performance

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Japan (RIAJ) [1] Gold100,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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References

  1. "Japanese album certifications – Sweetbox – THE GREATEST HITS" (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan.Select 2005年2月 on the drop-down menu