The Best of Boney M.

Infobox Album |
Name = The Best of Boney M.
Type = compilation
Artist = Boney M.


Released = 1997
Recorded = 1976-1979, 1988
Genre = Eurodance, Pop, Disco
Length = 71:40
Label = flagicon|United Kingdom Camden/BMG (UK)
Producer = Frank Farian
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:kvftxqujld0e link]
Last album = "Best in Spain"
(1996)
This album = "The Best of Boney M."
(1997)
Next album = "Norske Hits"
(1998)

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

This compilation includes material from original albums "Love for Sale" and "Nightflight to Venus", 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

#"Rivers of Babylon" (Farian, Reyam) - 3:47
#* 1988 PWL remix from "Greatest Hits Of All Times - Remix '88"
#"Ma Baker" (Farian, Jay, Reyam) - 4:37
#* Original album version
#"Rasputin" (Farian, Jay, Reyam) - 5:54
#* Original album version, cold start.
#"He Was a Steppenwolf" (Farian, Jay, Klinkhammer) - 6:53
#* Original album version
#"Daddy Cool" (Farian, Reyam) - 3:29
#* Original album version
#"Motherless Child" (Farian, Mitchell) - 4:59
#* Original album version
#"Brown Girl in the Ring (Farian) - 4:04
#* Original album version
#"Sunny" (Bobby Hebb) - 3:17
#* Edited version from "The Magic of Boney M. - 20 Golden Hits"
#"No Woman, No Cry" (Ford, Bob Marley) - 3:38
#* 1988 PWL remix from "Greatest Hits Of All Times - Remix '88"
#"Mary's Boy Child/Oh My Lord" (Farian, Jester Hairston) - 4:25
#* 1988 PWL remix from "Greatest Hits Of All Times - Remix '88"
#"Hooray! Hooray! It's a Holi-Holiday" - (Farian, Jay) - 3:12
#* Edited version from "The Magic of Boney M. - 20 Golden Hits". Original 7" mix remains unreleased on CD.
#"Never Change Lovers in the Middle of the Night" (Björklund, Forsey, Jay) - 5:35
#* Original album version
#"Voodoonight" (Sgarbi) - 3:33
#* Original album version
#"Still I'm Sad" (McCarty, Samwell-Smith) - 4:36
#* Original album version
#"Nightflight to Venus" (Farian, Jay, Kawohl) - 4:49
#* Original album version, fade-out
#"Heart of Gold" (Neil Young) - 4:07
#* Original album version
#"Gotta Go Home" (Farian, Jay, Klinkhammer) - 4:40
#* 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

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.]