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Released
  
December 1984

Length
  
59:37

Release date
  
December 1984

Label
  
Hansa Records

Recorded
  
1976-84

Artist
  
Boney M.

Producer
  
Frank Farian

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Fantastic Boney M. (1984)
  
Christmas with Boney M. (1984)

Genres
  
Disco, Pop music, Euro disco, Rhythm and blues, Reggae

Similar
  
Boney M albums, Disco albums

Fantastic Boney M. is a compilation album of recordings by Boney M. released by Hansa Records in Germany in December 1984.

Contents

This collection, subtitled Die Grossen Erfolge, which was issued shortly after Kalimba de Luna - 16 Happy Songs focuses on the early career of the band and their best-known hits such as "Daddy Cool", "Ma Baker" and "Rivers Of Babylon" but also includes their latest single releases at the time, cover version "Kalimba de Luna", "Somewhere In The World" from album Ten Thousand Lightyears, 1983's non-album single "Jambo - Hakuna Matata (No Problems)", as well as 1981's "We Kill The World (Don't Kill The World)" and "Felicidad (Margherita)".

Most of the versions used on this release are edits taken from 1980's The Magic Of Boney M. - 20 Golden Hits.

Track listing

Side A:

  1. "Rivers of Babylon" (Farian, Reyam) - 3:59
  2. Edited version from The Magic Of Boney M. - 20 Golden Hits
  3. "Daddy Cool" (Farian, Reyam) - 3:25
  4. Original album version
  5. "Sunny" (Bobby Hebb) - 3:14
  6. Edited version from The Magic Of Boney M. - 20 Golden Hits
  7. "Belfast" (Billsbury, Deutscher, Menke) - 2:25
  8. Edited version from The Magic Of Boney M. - 20 Golden Hits
  9. "Rasputin" (Farian, Jay, Reyam) - 3:40
  10. Edited version from The Magic Of Boney M. - 20 Golden Hits.
  11. "Mary's Boy Child/Oh My Lord" (Jester Hairston, Farian, Jay, Lorin) - 4:31
  12. Edited version from The Magic Of Boney M. - 20 Golden Hits
  13. "El Lute" (Farian, Jay, Klinkhammer, Kolonovits) - 4:24
  14. Edited version from The Magic Of Boney M. - 20 Golden Hits
  15. "Hooray! Hooray! It's a Holi-Holiday" (Farian, Jay) - 3:11
  16. Edited version from The Magic Of Boney M. - 20 Golden Hits.
  17. "Kalimba de Luna" (Amoruso, DiFranco, Esposito, Licastro, Malavas) - 4:31
  18. Original 7" mix
  19. "Somewhere in the World" (Davis, Grohe, Keilhauer) - 3:01
  20. Edited version
  21. "I'm Born Again" (Jay, Rulofs) - 3:57
  22. Edited version from The Magic Of Boney M. - 20 Golden Hits
  23. "I See a Boat on the River" (Farian, Jay, Rulofs) - 3:09
  24. Edited version
  25. "Felicidad (Margherita)" (Conz, Massara) - 4:31
  26. Original 7" mix
  27. "We Kill the World (Don't Kill the World)" (Farian, Sgarbi) - 5:12
  28. 7" version, fade-out
  29. "Jambo - Hakuna Matata (No Problems)" (Bischof, Harrison) - 3:38
  30. Original 7" version
  31. "Ma Baker" (Farian, Jay, Reyam) - 3:44
  32. Edited version from The Magic Of Boney M. - 20 Golden Hits

Personnel

  • Liz Mitchell - lead vocals, backing vocals
  • Bobby Farrell - spoken vocal (trk. 14)
  • Marcia Barrett - lead vocals, backing vocals
  • Maizie Williams - lead vocals, backing vocals
  • Frank Farian - lead vocals, backing vocals
  • Brian Paul - vocals (trk. 14)
  • Reggie Tsiboe - lead vocals, backing vocals (tracks 9 & 15)

    • Production

  • Frank Farian - producer

    • Release history

  • Germany: CD Hansa Records 610 214-222.

    • Songs

    1Rivers of Babylon4:00
    2Daddy Cool3:28
    3Sunny3:16

    References

    Fantastic Boney M. Wikipedia
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