Ma Baker (Boney M. album)

Infobox Album
Name = Ma Baker
Type = Greatest Hits
Artist = Boney M.


Released = 1989
Recorded = 1976-1984
Genre = Pop music, Disco
Label = flagicon|West Germany Hansa Records (FRG)

Producer = Frank Farian
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.allmusicguide.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:hcfrxq9jld6e link]
Last album = "Greatest Hits of All Times - Remix '88"
(1988)
This album = "Ma Baker"
(1989)
Next album = "Greatest Hits of All Times - Remix '89 - Volume II"
(1989)|

"Ma Baker" is a compilation album of recordings by Boney M. released by budget label Ariola Express in Germany, 1989. The CD is basically a revised edition of the 1984 CD compilation "Fantastic Boney M." - while omitting several hit singles "Daddy Cool", "Rivers of Babylon" and "Rasputin", it premiered rare single versions of "Baby Do You Wanna Bump", "Dancing in the Streets" and "Children of Paradise".

Track listing

#"Sunny" (Bobby Hebb) - 3:14
#* Edited version from "The Magic Of Boney M. - 20 Golden Hits"
#"Ma Baker" (Farian, Jay, Reyam) - 3:44
#* Edited version from "The Magic Of Boney M. - 20 Golden Hits"
#"Hooray! Hooray! It's a Holi-Holiday" (Farian, Jay) - 3:11
#* Edited version from "The Magic Of Boney M. - 20 Golden Hits".
#"I See a Boat on the River" (Farian, Jay, Rulofs) - 3:09
#* Edited version
#"Baby Do You Wanna Bump" (Zambi) - 3:40
#* Original 7" Version.
#"Kalimba de Luna" (Amoruso, DiFranco, Esposito, Licastro, Malavas) - 4:31
#*Original 7" mix
#"Belfast" (Billsbury, Deutscher, Menke) - 2:25
#* Edited version from "The Magic Of Boney M. - 20 Golden Hits"
#"We Kill the World (Don't Kill the World)" (Farian, Sgarbi) - 4:12
#*7" version, fade-out
#"El Lute" (Farian, Jay, Klinkhammer, Kolonovits) - 4:24
#* Edited version from "The Magic Of Boney M. - 20 Golden Hits"
#"Felicidad (Margherita)" (Conz, Massara) - 4:31
#*Original 7" mix
#"Mary's Boy Child/Oh My Lord" (Jester Hairston, Farian, Jay, Lorin) - 4:31
#* Edited version from "The Magic Of Boney M. - 20 Golden Hits"
#"Children of Paradise" (Farian, Reyam, Jay) - 5:19
#* Original 12" mix
#"Somewhere in the World" (Davis, Grohe, Keilhauer) - 3:01
#*Edited version
#"He Was a Steppenwolf" (Farian, Klinkhammer, Jay) - 6:51
#*Original album version
#"Dancing in the Streets" (Farian) - 3:57
#*Original single version
#"Brown Girl in the Ring" (Farian) - 3:04
#* Edited version from "The Magic Of Boney M. - 20 Golden Hits"

Personnel

* Liz Mitchell - lead vocals, backing vocals
* Marcia Barrett - lead vocals, backing vocals
* Frank Farian - lead vocals, backing vocals
* Bobby Farrell - spoken vocal (trk. 8)
* Brian Paul - vocals (trk. 8)
* Reggie Tsiboe - lead vocals, backing vocals (tracks 9. 10 & 15)

Production

* Frank Farian - producer

Release history

* Germany: CD Ariola 295 660-200

ources and external links

* [http://rateyourmusic.com/search?searchterm=boney+m&searchtype=a Rate Your Music, detailed discography]
* [http://www.discogs.com/artist/Boney+M., Discogs.com, detailed discography]
* [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:a9foxqr5ldte~T1, All Music Guide, biography, discography etc.]