The Collection (Boney M.)

Infobox Album
Name = The Collection
Type = Compilation
Artist = Boney M.


Released = 1991
Recorded = 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980
Genre = Pop, Disco, Euro Disco
Length = 40:45
Label = flagicon|West Germany BMG-Ariola (FRG)

Producer = Frank Farian
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:dcfrxq9jld6e link] [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:0bfwxqw0ldhe link]
Last album = "Greatest Hits Of All Times - Remix '89 - Volume II"
(1989)
This album = "The Collection"
(1991)
Next album = "Daddy Cool - Star Collection"
(1991)Infobox Album
Name = Cristal Collection (1994)
Type = Compilation
Artist = Boney M.

Infobox Album
Name = Sunny, Daddy Cool, Rivers Of Babylon (2001)
Type = Compilation
Artist = Boney M.

Infobox Album
Name = L'Essentiel (2001)
Type = Compilation
Artist = Boney M.

The Collection is a compilation album of recordings by Boney M. released by label BMG-Ariola in 1991.
"The Collection" was part of BMG's first mid-price CD campaign, the company released a large number of "Collection"s containing back-catalogue material by artists ranging from Modern Talking, Imagination and Amanda Lear to Chuck Berry, Glenn Miller and Elvis Presley.
The majority of the tracks on this release are taken from 1980 compilation "The Magic of Boney M. - 20 Golden Hits", subsequently most of them appear in slightly edited form.
BMG-Ariola France has re-issued this compilation with new artwork as "Cristal Collection" in 1994 and as "Sunny, Daddy Cool, Rivers Of Babylon" and "L'Essentiel", both in 2001.

Track listing

#"Rivers of Babylon" (Farian, Reyam) - 3:59
#* Edited version from "The Magic of Boney M. - 20 Golden Hits"
#"Daddy Cool" (Farian, Reyam) - 3:25
#* Original album version
#"Sunny" (Bobby Hebb) - 3:14
#* Edited version "The Magic of Boney M. - 20 Golden Hits"
#"My Friend Jack" (The Smoke) - 4:31
#* Edited album version from "The Magic of Boney M. - 20 Golden Hits"
#"I See a Boat on the River" (Farian, Jay, Rulofs) - 3:03
#* Edited version from "Fantastic Boney M."
#"Brown Girl in the Ring" (Farian) - 3:06
#* Edited version from "The Magic of Boney M. - 20 Golden Hits"
#"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"
#"Bahama Mama" (Farian, Jay) - 3:17
#* "Oceans Of Fantasy" album edit
#"I'm Born Again" (Jay, Rulofs) - 3:57
#* Edited version from "The Magic of Boney M. - 20 Golden Hits"
#"Oceans of Fantasy" (Kawohl & Towers) - 3:19
#* Edited version from "The Magic of Boney M. - 20 Golden Hits"
#"Ribbons of Blue" (Keith Forsey) - 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

Production

* Frank Farian - producer

Release history

* 1991 Germany: BMG-Ariola 261 670, 616 701.
* 1994 France: "Cristal Collection" BMG-Ariola 74321 0007 208.
* 2001 France: "L'Essentiel" BMG-Ariola 74321 844 902.

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.]