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I can't believe Amazon carries this selection. You can't find Boney M readily in the U.S. I'm so happy that I can finally purchase a Boney M CD so I don't have to listen to my old Boney M tapes that friends sent me from Europe over 10 years ago. For all your Eastern Europeans out there who grew up on this music - you need to buy yourself the CD version. It's great.

I was just too disgusted when I listened to the version of "Rivers Of Babylon" that opens this CD. The greatest Boney M hit appears here in a sort of remixed dance version that made me feel like smashing the disc. Forget about this little mistake of a release and go for the 1992 Boney M compilation named "Gold".

I grew up in the Soviet Union. Boney M was one of the first Western dance music bands my buddies and I taped and DJed in our "homemade" discos! What a grand time it was! In the early 80s, the band became a living legend with their songs "Rasputin" "Sunny" "Nightflight to Venus" etc. I am very happy you have such a great selection of their albums. This one has all their truly best titles!

I am very excited that I finally found Boney M's CD in the States.
I remember that about 15 years ago when I was in China, my cousin
gave me a casset of Boney M's muisc one day, and I was immediately caught by the voice and rytheme of their songs. Surprisingly, it
seems that nobody in the States knows about Boney M-- My american friend who is a music fan (he has thousands of CD collections) never heard about their name. I finally got it from amazon! This is a very good collection of Boney M. "Ma Baker" and "Rasputin" are
my favarites: the way they sang and told the story is very unique and catching. After I got this CD, I've studied more about Boney M , searching the information on them on the web, and I am happy that I know more about this singing group and their music. I believe that everybody who likes Boney M music before and wouldn't have chance to hear it in the States will have very special feeling when listening to this CD.

more than 20 years ago Boney M came to the USSR for just a few shows. I, a college student at the time, spent two very cold winter nights in a huge line for tickets - and did not get them... Listening to these great tunes did some magic to me: it carried me to my youth - to that Moscow winter of 1979, to those evenings in our dorm filled with Boney M, Smokey, and Genghiz Khan... Thanks, Amazon for reviving those memories!

This is one of the best CDs I have ever owned. Beautiful renditions on Sunny, By The Rivers of babylon and Motherless Child. I usually don't like remakes, but I love these remakes. And the other songs are fabulous, especially Rasputin, as well as the classic Daddy Cool.

This is a cool CD, it has the best of that great band, since i was 10 years (im 30 now) i count Boney M as ne of my favorite. this CD will prove that for you why they are best?

This music compilation is one of the best that Boney M have ever bought out. It contains all those wonderful classics from the 1970s that had my generation dancing from dusk 'till dawn. Who can forget the catchy beat from "Ma Baker" and the toe tapping "Sunny"? If you want good music for a party or for a theme night then you won't go wrong by adding this to your CD collection. It's the bomb!

growing up in canada and moving to the states at the age of 15, one of the first major differences i noticed between the two so-called similar nations is america's lack of any knowledge of boney m! you can keep new kids on the block and tiffany, they pale in comparison to the schlocky, campy, and all-around greatness of this carribean cast! the only damage with this album is a few obscure songs i had never even heard of until i heard the greatest hits. they shouldn't have been included, that aside, it's hard to narrow just one song down as my favourite, but ma baker, daddy cool, and rasputin would be contenders. america, you may think you have had it all, but you missed out big time not knowing this band!

I gave this CD collection 4 stars because three great songs, "El Lute", "I'm Born Again" & "Malaika" were omitted. Nevertheless, I have listened to this CD over and over and over again without ever getting bored or tired of hearing this group's melodious rhythm. For me, it's very difficult to choose a favourite song but the ones that stand out the most are "Ma Baker", "Rasputin", "Rivers Of Babylon", "He Was A Steppenwolf" & "Gotta Go Home. Listening to Boney M takes me back to a time in my life when I didn't have a care in the world. All I had to do was eat, sleep, play, attend school and of course do the one and two chores around the house but I digress. Boney M... A GREAT GROUP!!! I now realise that this group didn't get the worldwide recognition that they truly deserved.