- Christmas Time (Boney M. album)
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Christmas Time 
Compilation album by Boney M. Released September 26, 2008 Recorded 1978, 1981, 1984 Genre R&B, Pop music, Disco Length 46:26 Producer Frank Farian Boney M. chronology Ultimate Boney M. – Long Versions & Rarities, Volume 1
(2008)Christmas Time
(2008)The Complete Boney M.
(2008)Christmas Time is another Christmas compilation by Boney M., released 2008, containing most of the songs from their original 1981 Christmas Album plus a selection of songs recorded in 1984 for the album Christmas with Boney M. (1984). For the first time released on CD since the mid-1980s are both the full original 1981 versions of "White Christmas" and "Feliz Navidad". "Jingle Bells" is however presented here in a 30 seconds shorter version and "Mary's Boy Child/Oh My Lord" is an edited remix dating back to 1992. "Darkness Is Falling", "Oh Christmas Tree (O Tannenbaum)", the instrumental "Winter Fairy-Tale" and the eight-minute "Christmas Medley" are completely omitted on this release.
Track listing
- "Zion's Daughter (Tochter Zion)" (Traditional, George Frideric Handel, Frank Farian, Fred Jay, Helmut Rulofs) - 3:51
- "Jingle Bells" (James Lord Pierpont, Frank Farian) - 2:53
- "Feliz Navidad" (José Feliciano) - 3:07
- "Hark the Herald Angels Sing" (Felix Mendelssohn, Charles Wesley, Farian) - 3:03
- recorded 1984
- "Oh Come All Ye Faithful" (Traditional, Farian) - 3:41
- recorded 1984
- "Joy to the World" (Lowell Mason, Isaac Watts) - 2:32
- recorded 1984
- "The First Noel" (William B. Sandys) - 3:03
- recorded 1984
- "Petit Papa Noël" (Martinet, Vincy) - 1:41
- "White Christmas" (Irving Berlin) - 4:19
- "When a Child Is Born" (Fred Jay, Zacar) - 3:20
- "Mary's Boy Child/Oh My Lord" (Jester Hairston, Lorin, Frank Farian, Fred Jay) - 4:01
- 1992 Christmas Mega Mix radio version
- "Little Drummer Boy" (Katherine K. Davis, Henry Onorati, Harry Simeone) - 4:27
- "I'll Be Home for Christmas" (Catherine Courage, Frank Farian, Helmut Rulofs) - 3:54
- "Auld Lang Syne" (Robert Burns) - 2:34
- recorded 1984
Personnel
- Liz Mitchell - lead vocals
- Marcia Barrett - backing vocals
- Reggie Tsiboe - lead vocals "Joy To The World", "The First Noel", "Auld Lang Syne", backing vocals (1984 recordings)
- Frank Farian - lead vocal "I'll Be Home for Christmas", backing vocals
- The Christmas Choir from London - backing vocals (1981 recordings)
- Amy & Elaine Goff - lead vocals "Oh Come All Ye Faithful", backing vocals (1984 recordings)
Marcia Barrett · Liz Mitchell · Maizie Williams
Bobby Farrell † · Reggie TsiboeStudio albums and
main compilations
(1976–1985)Take the Heat off Me (1976) · Love for Sale (1977) · Nightflight to Venus (1978) · Oceans of Fantasy (1979) – The Magic of Boney M. - 20 Golden Hits (1980) · Children of Paradise - The Greatest Hits of Boney M. - Vol. 2 (1981) · Boonoonoonoos (1981) · Christmas Album (1981) · Ten Thousand Lightyears (1984) · Kalimba de Luna - 16 Happy Songs (1984) · Fantastic Boney M. (1984) · Christmas with Boney M. (1984) · Eye Dance (1985)
Main compilations
and remix albums
(1986–present)The Best of 10 Years - 32 Superhits (1986) · The 20 Greatest Christmas Songs (1986) · Greatest Hits of All Times - Remix '88 (1988) · Ma Baker (1989) · Greatest Hits of All Times - Remix '89 - Volume II (1989) · The Collection (1991) · Daddy Cool - Star Collection (1991) · The Most Beautiful Christmas Songs of the World (1992) · Gold - 20 Super Hits (1992) · The Greatest Hits (1993) · More Gold - 20 Super Hits Vol. II (1993) · Hit Collection (1996) · Best in Spain (1996) · The Best of Boney M. (1997) · Norske Hits (1998) · Ultimate (1999) · 20th Century Hits (1999) · 25 Jaar Na Daddy Cool (2000) · The Complete Collection (2000) · Their Most Beautiful Ballads (2000) · The Greatest Hits (2001) · The Magic of Boney M. (2006) · Hit Collection (2007) · Christmas With Boney M. (2007) · The Collection (2008) · Rivers of Babylon (A Best of Collection) (2008) · Ultimate Boney M. - Long Versions & Rarities, Volume 1 (2008) · Christmas Time (2008) · The Complete Boney M. (2008) · In the Mix (2008) · The Magic of Boney M. - The Danish Collection (2008) · Ultimate Boney M. - Long Versions & Rarities, Volume 2 (2009) · Let It All Be Music - The Party Album (2009) · Ultimate Boney M. - Long Versions & Rarities, Volume 3 (2009)
Main single
discography"Baby Do You Wanna Bump" (1975) · "Daddy Cool" (1976) · "Sunny" (1976) · "Ma Baker" (1977) · "Belfast" (1977) · "Rivers of Babylon"/"Brown Girl in the Ring" (1978) · "Rasputin" (1978) · "Mary's Boy Child – Oh My Lord" (1978) · "Painter Man" (1979) · "Hooray! Hooray! It's a Holi-Holiday" (1979) · "El Lute"/"Gotta Go Home" (1979) · "I'm Born Again"/"Bahama Mama" (1979) · "I See a Boat on the River"/"My Friend Jack" (1980) · "Children of Paradise"/"Gadda-Da-Vida" (1980) · "Felicidad (Margherita)" (1980) · "Malaika"/"Consuela Biaz" (1981) · "We Kill the World"/"Boonoonoonoos" (1981) · "The Little Drummer Boy"/"6 Years of Boney M. Hits" (1981) · "The Carnival Is Over"/"Going Back West" (1982) · "Zion's Daughter" (1982) · "Jambo - Hakuna Matata (No Problems)" (1983) · "Somewhere in the World" (1984) · "Kalimba de Luna" (1984) · "Happy Song" (1984) · "My Cherie Amour" (1985) · "Young, Free and Single" (1985) · "Daddy Cool (Anniversary Recording '86)" (1986) · "Bang Bang Lulu" (1986) · "Rivers of Babylon (Remix)"/"Mary's Boy Child – Oh My Lord (Remix)" (1988) · "Megamix" (1988) · "The Summer Mega Mix" (1989) · "Malaika (Lambada Remix)" (1989) · "Everybody Wants to Dance Like Josephine Baker" (1989) · "Stories" (1990) · "Christmas Mega Mix" (1992) · "Megamix" (1992) · "Brown Girl in the Ring (Remix)" (1993) · "Ma Baker (Remix)" (1993) · "Papa Chico" (1994) · "Somebody Scream - Ma Baker" (1998) · "Daddy Cool '99" (1999) · "Hooray! Hooray! (Caribbean Night Fever)" (1999) · "Sunny (Remix)" (2000) · "Daddy Cool 2001" (2001) · "Sunny (Mousse T. Remix)" (2006) · "Felicidad America (Obama-Obama)" (2009)
Book:Boney M.Categories:- 2008 Christmas albums
- Christmas albums by German artists
- Albums produced by Frank Farian
- Christmas compilation albums
- 2008 compilation albums
- Boney M. compilation albums
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