The Magic of Boney M. [IMPORT] [ORIGINAL RECORDING REMASTERED]

Boney M

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 6, 2006)
• Original Release Date: January 1, 1993
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import, Original recording remastered
• Label: Sony/Bmg Int'l
• ASIN: B000IOM9QG
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #56,747 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Track Listings

1. Daddy Cool

2. Sunny

3. Rivers of Babylon

4. Lute

5. No Woman No Cry

6. Hooray! Hooray! It's a Holi-Holiday

7. Rasputin

8. Painter Man

9. Belfast

10. Brown Girl in the Ring

11. Kalimba de Luna

12. Happy Song

13. Still I'm Sad

14. Mary's Boy Child/Oh My Lord

15. Baby Do You Wanna Bump

16. Felicidad

17. Gotta Go Home

18. Ma Baker

19. Sunny [Remix by Mousse T.][*]

20. Moment of Love [*] - Boney M., Liz Mitchell

Editorial Reviews

Product Description

Subtitled: 20 Golden Hits. Limited Edition digipak reissue of this compilation by the Europop quartet that scored dozens of chart hits worldwide, but only achieved brief, albeit minor, success in the U.S. at the tail end of the Disco era. 20 tracks including 'Rivers Of Babylon', 'Sunny', 'Daddy Cool', 'Ma Barker' and their popular holiday hit, 'Mary's Boy Child'. MCI. 2006. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Customer Reviews

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Dance-pop delight, July 11, 2007

By	Pieter "Toypom" (Johannesburg) - See all my reviews (TOP 50 REVIEWER)

This collection contains the pop-disco group Boney M's greatest hits from their heyday in the late 1970s and early 1980s. The styles include hardcore disco (Daddy Cool, Sunny) and bouncy reggae like Rivers of Babylon (a remake of a Melodians song) and Brown Girl In The Ring. (As a 2-sided hit single, this was one of the biggest hits in the UK in 1978 and stayed on the charts for ages).

More buoyant reggae can be found on Hooray Hooray, No Woman No Cry and their lovely Christmas song Mary's Boy Child. There's also pure pop like Rasputin, Painter Man and El Lute. Besides the aforementioned songs, other great numbers include of course the brilliant Ma Baker (which tells the story of Chicago gangster Ma Barker) and the deceptively airy Belfast which commented upon the troubles in Ulster. (Disco music wasn't meant to be serious).

Like ABBA, Boney M made superb pop music. All the songs have aged well and it's good to hear dance music with personality again. Although the tracks are not arranged chronologically, this is a great compilation, well worth the price.

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