Magic of [Import, Original recording remastered]

Boney M | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 27, 2006)
• Original Release Date: 2006
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import, Original recording remastered
• Label: Sony Australia
• ASIN: B000K4X576
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #119,595 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Daddy Cool

2. Sunny

3. Rivers of Babylon

4. El 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. Feliz Navidad

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. A Moment of Love [*]

Editorial Reviews

2006 compilation by the Europop quartet brought together by producer/songwriter Frank Farian (also the man behind Milli Vanilli). Boney M scored dozens of chart hits in the UK and worldwide, but only achieved brief success in the U.S. at the tail end of the Disco era with their ultra-catchy 'Rivers Of Babylon'. . 20 tracks including 'Sunny' (Original and Mousse T Remix), 'Daddy Cool', 'Ma Baker' and their popular holiday hit, 'Mary's Boy Child'. Also features 'The Moment Of Love', a new song taken from the musical Daddy Cool. MCI. 2006. --This text refers to an alternate Audio CD edition.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Disco-Carribean superhits of the 70's, February 13, 2007

By 

Gary Selikow (Great Kush) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Magic of (Audio CD)

Boney M was one of the best known bands of the 70's.
Famed for their disco hits, with a prominent Caribbean style.
This album takes you back to the best of their work, when they were being played all over the place, during the glorious 70's,
Personal favourites include Daddy Cool which is pure glorious 70's, the beautiful gospel sounds of Rivers Of Babylon-the way the words of the psalm are set to music is done so beautifully it gives me goosebumps,the hope-filled Sunny, the wonderful Boney M version of the Bob Marley classic No Women no Cry-I can actually hear the words much better when Boney M sing it then when Bob Marley sings it , the bouncy Brown Girl In The Ring, the infectious Rasputin, the jolly calypso Hooray Hooray It's A Holi-Holiday, the soulful El Lute, the cute Happy Song, the gentle Still Im Sad, the pure disco of Baby Do You Wanna Bump, the catchy Ma Baker and the Latin Felicidad; as well as a brand new song from 2006,featuring original member lead singer Liz Mitchell, A Moment Of Love.
Let's recreate the 70's and start with something like this funky disco and Caribbean album.

8 of 8 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
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This review is from: Magic of (Hk) (Audio CD)

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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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The Magic Of Boney M, January 17, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Magic of (Audio CD)

I originally heard this album on my parents record player in the eighties and was amazed by the fantastic rythem of the entire record. The contrast between the crystal clear female vocals and the deepness of the male vocals adds a freshness to the album.