- Adagio (album)
Infobox Album
Name = Adagio
Type = studio
Artist =Sweetbox
Released = 2004
Recorded =
Genre =
Length =
Label =Avex Trax
Producer =
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Last album = Jade
(2002)
This album = Adagio
(2004)
Next album =13 Chapters
(2004)
Misc =Extra album cover 2
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Type = studio
Lower caption = European cover"Adagio" is the fourth album of
Sweetbox and the third album withJade Villalon as frontwoman. It was released in 2004. There are two different versions of the album. One was released inJapan and the other was released inEurope ,Korea andTaiwan . "Adagio" debuted at #3 in Japan.Adagio sees new sounds of music that were left out of Sweetbox when
Tina Harris left, like R&B, Rap, and Hip-Hop, although it keeps the pop and dance sound which Sweetbox are famous for, with guest vocalist RJ bringing rap to many songs on the album. Also, Adagio may be the most classically influenced album, with almost every song sampling a classical piece. Lyrically, this album is Jade's deepest yet, taking on themes of depression and suicide. There are also a handful of more bright, 'Life Is Cool' songs in the album as reminders to keep trying and enjoy life.The songs "1000 Words" and "real Emotion" were recorded for the
console game "Final Fantasy X-2 ".The song called "Lacrimosa", meaning 'tearful' in Italian, is musically based on Mozart's 'Lacrimosa' from his unfinished Requiem in D Minor, which he died while writing. The song "Chyna Girl" refers to theporcelain china, whereas saying the girl in the song is delicate, much like porcelain, not meaning the country ofChina . Mandopop groupS.H.E had originally released "Super Star", a song with the same music, in August 2003. [zh icon [http://www.him.com.tw/Artists/i-5-204-5.html HIM's official press release for the album "SuperStar"] . Retrieved January 25, 2007.] "Chyna Girl" was then covered bySkye Sweetnam .The chorus in the demo version of the song "Liberty", featured in the Raw Treasures album, has a girl named Adriana's name in it, asking why she gave up her life and committed suicide. This chorus's lyrics were cut and changed for the final version of "Liberty".Track listing
Japanese edition
# Liberty (featuring RJ)
# Life Is Cool
# Somewhere
# Hate Without Frontiers
# Far Away
# Testimony (featuring RJ)
# I'll Be There (featuring RJ)
# Lacrimosa (featuring RJ)
# Sorry
# I Don't Wanna Be (featuring Nicco)
# Chyna Girl
# Everybody (featuring Meguo)
# Miss You "(Japan only)"
# You Can't Hide "(Japan only)"
# real Emotion (Special Bonus Track)
# 1000 Words (Special Bonus Track)European, Korean, & Taiwanese Versions
# Beautiful "(Bonus Track)"
# Life Is Cool
# Somewhere
# Hate Without Frontiers
# Testimony (featuring RJ)
# Liberty (featuring RJ)
# Far Away
# Lacrimosa (featuring RJ)
# Sorry
# I'll Be There (featuring RJ)
# Chyna Girl
# Everybody (featuring Meguo)
# I Don't Wanna Be (featuring Nicco)ingles
* Life Is Cool
* Life Is Cool EPReferences
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