Take the Heat Off Me (Hk) (Reis) [Import, Original recording remastered]

Boney M | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 9, 2007)
• Original Release Date: 2007
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import, Original recording remastered
• Label: Faria
• ASIN: B000NJLXLI
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #196,268 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Daddy Cool

2. Take the Heat off Me

3. Sunny

4. Baby Do You Wanna Bump

5. No Woman No Cry

6. Fever

7. Got a Man on My Mind

8. Lovin' or Leavin'

9. New York City [*]

10. Perfect [*]

Editorial Reviews

2007 digitally remastered and expanded reissue of Boney M's debut album, originally released in 1976, featuring two bonus tracks: 'New York City' and 'Liz Mitchell' . This Euro-Disco quartet were put together by producer/songwriter Frank Farian and their albums and singles were aimed directly at the dancefloors across the world. Boney M's sound featured male/female harmony vocals, a stomping Disco beat, swooping strings, funky guitar and hook-filled melodies that are still fondly remembered by millions of fans worldwide. After Boney M, Farian's next successful project was the equally popular but ill-fated Milli Vanilli. 10 tracks including 'Daddy Cool', 'Sunny' and 'Baby Do You Wanna Bump?'. Faria.

Customer Reviews

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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Finally, new boney m releases, April 29, 2007

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E. A. Verheijen "abeldoorn" (netherlands) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Take the Heat Off Me (Hk) (Reis) (Audio CD)

Although the songs from Boney M have been released many and many times over on compilation cd's, this is actually the second time that this album is going to be released on cd. As a fan and collector I was hoping that this release would bring some rareties that were still not released on cd before. Partly that's what we get.
The tracklisting remains partially the same with the old vinyl release and the later cd release:

Daddy Cool
Take the Heat off Me
Sunny
Baby Do You Wanna Bump
No Woman, No Cry
Fever
Got a Man on My Mind
Lovin' or Leavin'

And there are two bonus tracks:
New York City (This was the B-side from the Sunny 7inch and has so far only been released on a belgium released best of cd)
Perfect: Liz Mitchell (the solo single also not very common available).

BUT, as the cd now plays for some 45 minutes. It would have been nice if the very rare track 'help help' was included (this one was only available on the very first vinyl pressing of the album and was then withdrawn for copyright reasons). But 30 years later, could that not have been solved?
And for me, pure for collectors reasons, the A and B side from baby do you wanna bump could have been included, or maybe the belgium released 7inch for no woman no cry which did not fade at the end. Or, the first solo single from marcia barret if we are including other solo singles as well... Then I would have been a happy collector.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Audio Quality!!! Beautiful CD!!!, September 2, 2011

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Edward III "Alpha Sixx" (Military/ all over the world) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Take the Heat Off Me (Hk) (Reis) (Audio CD)

Im no audiophile Im thinking I just may be a little fanatical when it comes to audio because my car is even more extensive than this but in my home I have a 9.4 setup consisting of a Onkyo 5008 a Emotiva XPA-5 amplifier, 4 Mythos STS's, 4 Mythos Gem XL's, 4 Super cube Reference sub woofers and a Oppo bluray player as my main CD player witch sounds better than my PS3 when playing music or movies. I also have over $2,000 of acoustic panels and bass traps in my room. With the Onkyo and the Emotiva together they pump out around 2,300 watts to my 9 speakers and with the 4 Super cube Refs and built in amps in the Mythos STS's I have a total of 8,400 watts of powered subs. So audio is very important to me! And when buying older music that I am already familiar with the thing that I am looking for most is has the audio quality improved on the remastered or re issued versions of my old favorites. The vocals are very clear and distinct on this album they are just right not too loud and not too quiet. In my opinion I would have liked the vocals to be just a bit louder and more pronounced. Bass is pretty good for the age of the music I do find myself turning the bass up slightly here and there and fiddling with it. The audio quality of this CD is pretty good for music from the 70's and it does not disappoint. The audio is not going to blow you away but it is better than most of their stuff I have heard in the past. The music here is really beautiful and if you are looking at this disk and reading this review and are familiar with Boney M then you already know this. I have bought another 3 Cd's from Boney M all remastered and reissued and all of them sound identical musically and sound as if they are all on the same disk if they are played in succession. I went with 4 different Cd's from Boney M and not with one of the greatest hit's albums because I didn't want to be missing any of my favorites from them. I have the same review on the other disks I bought from them since all the disks sound Identical. One thing that I was really pleased with is that the disks don't have loud hiss in the back ground like many of the older Cd's I have recently bought. I give the audio quality of this CD 4 stars and the CD it self 5 stars.