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The Best of Boney M.

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Released
  
1997

Length
  
71:40

The Best of Boney M. (1997)
  
Norske Hits (1998)

Release date
  
1997

Recorded
  
1976-1979, 1988

Label
  
Camden/BMG (UK)

Artist
  
Boney M.

Producer
  
Frank Farian


Genres
  
Disco, Pop music, Eurodance, Euro disco

Similar
  
Boney M albums, Pop music albums

The Best of Boney M. is a compilation album of recordings by Boney M. released by BMG UK's midprice label Camden in 1997.

Contents

This compilation includes material from original albums Take the Heat off Me, Love for Sale and Nightflight to Venus. It also features edited versions of hits from 1980 compilation The Magic of Boney M. - 20 Golden Hits as well as tracks from remix album Greatest Hits Of All Times - Remix '88.

Track listing

  1. "Rivers of Babylon" (Farian, Reyam) - 3:47
  2. 1988 PWL remix from Greatest Hits Of All Times - Remix '88
  3. "Ma Baker" (Farian, Jay, Reyam) - 4:37
  4. Original album version
  5. "Rasputin" (Farian, Jay, Reyam) - 5:54
  6. Original album version, cold start.
  7. "He Was a Steppenwolf" (Farian, Jay, Klinkhammer) - 6:53
  8. Original album version
  9. "Daddy Cool" (Farian, Reyam) - 3:29
  10. Original album version
  11. "Motherless Child" (Farian, Mitchell) - 4:59
  12. Original album version
  13. "Brown Girl in the Ring (Farian) - 4:04
  14. Original album version
  15. "Sunny" (Bobby Hebb) - 3:17
  16. Edited version from The Magic of Boney M. - 20 Golden Hits
  17. "No Woman, No Cry" (Ford, Bob Marley) - 3:38
  18. 1988 PWL remix from Greatest Hits Of All Times - Remix '88
  19. "Mary's Boy Child/Oh My Lord" (Farian, Jester Hairston) - 4:25
  20. 1988 PWL remix from Greatest Hits Of All Times - Remix '88
  21. "Hooray! Hooray! It's a Holi-Holiday" - (Farian, Jay) - 3:12
  22. Edited version from The Magic of Boney M. - 20 Golden Hits. Original 7" mix remains unreleased on CD.
  23. "Never Change Lovers in the Middle of the Night" (Björklund, Forsey, Jay) - 5:35
  24. Original album version
  25. "Voodoonight" (Sgarbi) - 3:33
  26. Original album version
  27. "Still I'm Sad" (McCarty, Samwell-Smith) - 4:36
  28. Original album version
  29. "Nightflight to Venus" (Farian, Jay, Kawohl) - 4:49
  30. Original album version, fade-out
  31. "Heart of Gold" (Neil Young) - 4:00
  32. Original album version
  33. "Gotta Go Home" (Farian, Jay, Klinkhammer) - 4:40
  34. 1988 PWL remix from Greatest Hits Of All Times - Remix '88

Personnel

  • Liz Mitchell - lead vocals, backing vocals
  • Marcia Barrett - lead vocals, backing vocals
  • Frank Farian - lead vocals, backing vocals

    • Production

  • Frank Farian - producer
  • Pete Hammond - remixer

    • References

    The Best of Boney M. Wikipedia
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