Children of Paradise - The Greatest Hits of Boney M. - Vol. 2

Infobox Album
Name = Children of Paradise - The Greatest Hits of Boney M. - Vol. 2
Type = greatest hits
Artist = Boney M.


Released = June 1981
Recorded = 1976-1980
Genre = R&B, Pop music, Disco
Length =
Label = flagicon|West Germany Hansa Records (West Germany)
Producer = Frank Farian
Reviews =
Last album = "The Magic of Boney M. - 20 Golden Hits"
(1980)
This album = "Children of Paradise - The Greatest Hits of Boney M. - Vol. 2"
(1981)
Next album = "Boonoonoonoos"
(1981)

"Children of Paradise - The Greatest Hits of Boney M. - Vol. 2" is a greatest hits album by Boney M. issued in June 1981 in Germany. The album wasn't commercially available but a Club Edition release only. Vol. 1 - "Greatest Hits of Boney M." - was a 16 track Club Edition of "The Magic of Boney M. - 20 Golden Hits", excluding four of the tracks, namely "Painter Man", "No Woman No Cry", "Baby Do You Wanna Bump" and "Oceans of Fantasy", which instead appeared on "Children Of Paradise", all in their original album versions.The compilation also included their two 1980 non-album singles "Children Of Paradise" / "Gadda-Da-Vida" and "Felicidad" / "Strange" as well as the 1978 B-side "Dancing In The Streets". The front cover photo was taken in Jamaica where the group had just been filming a TV special for the upcoming "Boonoonoonoos" album in May 1981.

Additional info

Up to 1980, all Boney M. vocals had been sung by group members Liz Mitchell and Marcia Barrett together with Frank Farian. By 1980, Farian had hired vocal group La Mama (Cathy Bartney, Patricia Shockley, and Madeleine Davis) as backing singers for Precious Wilson's first album but since Farian also used them to do demos, their vocals were in some cases kept in the final mix on some 80s Boney M. recordings. The single "Gadda-Da-Vida" was one track which featured only La Mama and Frank Farian on all of the vocals. Rumours about a frosty relationship at the time between Farian and the group because of royalty disputes indicate that Farian's intention was to show them that he could do a Boney M. record without their help. Farian tried the same thing with "Felicidad" but the record company eventually declined to release it, so Liz Mitchell was called in to overdub the song with her lead vocal.

Track listing

Side A
#"Felicidad (Margherita)" (Conz, Massara) - 4:31
#*Original 7" mix
#"Painter Man" (Phillips, Pickett) - 3:10
#* Original album version
#"Heart of Gold" (Neil Young) - 4:00
#* Original album version
# "Love for Sale" (Cole Porter) - 4:47
#* Original album version
# "A Woman Can Change A Man" (Frank Farian, Fred Jay) - 3:33
#* Original album version
#"No Woman, No Cry" (Vincent Ford, Bob Marley) - 4:59
#* Original album version
#"Baby Do You Wanna Bump" (Zambi (Frank Farian)) - 6:53
#* Original album versionSide B
#"Children of Paradise" (Farian, Jay, Reyam) - 4:23
#* Original 7" mix
#"Oceans Of Fantasy" (Kawohl, Zill, Jay) - 5:05
#* Edited album version
# "Still I'm Sad" (Jim McCarty, Paul Samwell-Smith) - 4:34
#* Original album version
#"Gadda-Da-Vida" (Doug Ingle) - 4:58
#* Original 7" mix
#"Strange" (Bobby Dobson) - 3:18
#* Edited 7" Mix
# "Motherless Child" (Frank Farian, Liz Mitchell) - 4:58
#* Original album version
#"Dancing in the Streets" (Farian) - 3:43
#* Original 7" mix

Personnel

* Liz Mitchell - lead vocals (A1 - A6, B1, B3, B5, B6) backing vocals
* Marcia Barrett - lead vocals, backing vocals
* Frank Farian - lead vocals (A7, B2, B7), backing vocals
* La Mama (Cathy Bartney, Patricia Shockley, Madeleine Davis) - lead vocals (B4), backing vocals (A1)
* Black Beautiful Circus - backing vocals (B3)

Production

* Frank Farian - producer

Release history

* Germany: Hansa Records (LP, 32 748 6)

ingle releases

Germany 7"
* "Children of Paradise" - 4:23 / "Gadda Da Vida" - 4:58 (Hansa Records 102 400-100, 1980)
* "Felicidad (Margherita)" (Reno Massara, Rosella Conz) - 4:32 / "Strange" (Bobby Dobson) - 3:28 (Hansa Records 102 681-100, 1980) 12"
* "Gadda Da Vida" (12" Mix) - 8:50 / "Children of Paradise" (12" Mix) - 5:18 (Hansa 600 280-213, 1980)
* "Felicidad (Margherita) (12" Mix) - 11:46 / "Strange" - 3:28 (Hansa 600 311-213, 1981)
* "Boney M For Dancin'" (12" double-pack) (Hansa 301 500-565, 1980)Side A
# "Gadda Da Vida" (12" Mix) - 8:50 Side B

# "Children of Paradise" (12" Mix) - 5:18Side C

# "Felicidad (Margherita) (12" Mix) - 11:46 Side D

# "Strange" - 3:28 UK 7"

* "Children of Paradise" (Farian, Jay, Reyam) - 4:23 / "Gadda-Da-Vida" (Doug Ingle) - 4:58 (Atlantic Records K11673, 1980)

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.]
* [http://pub19.bravenet.com/faq/show.php?usernum=1587861940&catid=3231&keywords=&q=7594&v=n, Boney M. FAQ]