Christmas with Boney M. (2007)

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Christmas With Boney M. (2007)
Christmas With Boney M. (2007) cover
Compilation album by Boney M.
Released November 16, 2007
Recorded 1978, 1981, 1984
Genre R&B, Pop music, Disco
Producer Frank Farian
Boney M. chronology
Hit Collection Christmas With Boney M. (2007) The Collection (Boney M. Box Set)

Christmas With Boney M. is another Christmas compilation by Boney M., released November 16, 2007, containing all 12 songs from their original 1981 Christmas Album plus six later songs, recorded in 1984 for the album Christmas with Boney M. (1984). The new compilation follows the 2007 re-release of Boney M.'s original studio albums.

In Canada, the release of this album by Sony BMG Music (Canada) Inc. does not include the last two tracks, tracks 18 and 19.

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Mary's Boy Child/Oh My Lord" (Jester Hairston, Lorin, Frank Farian, Fred Jay) - 5:09
    • Edited version
  2. "When a Child Is Born" (Fred Jay, Zacar) - 3:20
  3. "White Christmas" (Irving Berlin) - 3:21
    • 1982 edit
  4. "Feliz Navidad" (José Feliciano) - 2:21
    • 1986 remix edit
  5. "Jingle Bells" (James Lord Pierpont, Frank Farian) - 2:53
    • 1986 remix
  6. "Zion's Daughter (Tochter Zion)" (Traditional, George Frideric Handel, Frank Farian, Fred Jay, Helmut Rulofs) - 3:51
    • 1986 remix
  7. "Darkness Is Falling" (Fred Jay, Helmut Rulofs) - 3:02
    • 1986 remix
  8. "Hark the Herald Angels Sing" (Felix Mendelssohn, Charles Wesley, Farian) - 3:03
    • recorded 1984
  9. "Little Drummer Boy" (Katherine K. Davis, Henry Onorati, Harry Simeone) - 4:27
  10. "The First Noel" (William B. Sandys) - 3:03
    • recorded 1984
  11. "Oh Christmas Tree" (Traditional, Farian) - 2:57
    • recorded 1984
  12. "I'll Be Home for Christmas" (Catherine Courage, Frank Farian, Helmut Rulofs) - 3:54
  13. "Oh Come All Ye Faithful" (Traditional, Farian) - 3:41
    • recorded 1984
  14. "Petit Papa Noël" (Martinet, Vincy) - 1:41
  15. "Winter Fairy-Tale" (Instrumental) (Baierl) - 2:58
  16. "Joy to the World" (Lowell Mason, Isaac Watts) - 2:32
    • recorded 1984
  17. "Auld Lang Syne" (Robert Burns) - 2:34
    • recorded 1984
  18. Christmas Medley: "Silent Night, Holy Night (Stille Nacht, Heilige Nacht)"/ "Snow Falls Over The Ground (Leise Rieselt Der Schnee)" / "Hear Ye the Message" / "Sweet Bells (Süßer die Glocken nie klingen)" (Traditional, Frank Farian, Fred Jay) - 7:51
  19. Mary's Boy Child / Oh My Lord - 4:45
    • new recording 2007 feat. The Daddy Cool Kids

[edit] Personnel

  • Liz Mitchell - lead vocals
  • Marcia Barrett - backing vocals
  • Reggie Tsiboe - lead vocals "Joy To The World", "The First Noel", "Auld Lang Syne", backing vocals (1984 recordings)
  • Frank Farian - lead vocal "I'll Be Home for Christmas", backing vocals
  • The Christmas Choir from London - backing vocals (1981 recordings)
  • Amy & Elaine Goff - lead vocals "Oh Come All Ye Faithful", backing vocals (1984 recordings)



v • d • e
Boney M.
Studio albums and
main compilations
(1976 – 1985)
Main compilations
and remix albums
(1986 – 2008)
The Best of 10 Years - 32 Superhits (1986) · The 20 Greatest Christmas Songs (1986) – Greatest Hits of All Times - Remix '88 (1988) · Greatest Hits of All Times - Remix '89 - Volume II (1989) · The Collection (1991) · Daddy Cool - Star Collection (1991) · The Most Beautiful Christmas Songs of the World (1992) · Gold - 20 Super Hits (1992) – The Greatest Hits (1993) · More Gold - 20 Super Hits Vol. II (1993) · Hit Collection (1996) · Best In Spain (1996) · The Best of Boney M. (1997) – Norske Hits (1998) · Ultimate (1999) · 20th Century Hits (1999) · 25 Jaar Na Daddy Cool (2000) · The Complete Collection (2000) – Their Most Beautiful Ballads (2000) · The Greatest Hits (2001) · The Magic of Boney M. (2006) · Hit Collection (2007) · Christmas With Boney M. (2007) · The Collection (2008) · Rivers Of Babylon (A Best Of Collection) (2008)
Main single discography
(1975-1990)
Baby Do You Wanna Bump (1975) · Daddy Cool (1976) · Sunny (1976) · Ma Baker (1977) · Belfast (1977) · Rivers of Babylon / Brown Girl in the Ring (1978) · Rasputin (1978) · Mary's Boy Child / Oh My Lord (1978) · Hooray! Hooray! It's a Holi-Holiday (1979) · El Lute / Gotta Go Home (1979) · I'm Born Again / Bahama Mama (song) (1979) · I See a Boat on the River / My Friend Jack (1980) · Children of Paradise / Gadda-Da-Vida (1980) · Felicidad (Margherita) (1980) · Malaika / Consuela Biaz (1981) · We Kill the World / Boonoonoonoos (1981)) · Little Drummer Boy / 6 Years of Boney M. Hits (1981) · The Carnival Is Over / Going Back West (1982) · Zion's Daughter (1982) · Jambo - Hakuna Matata (No Problems) (1983) · Somewhere in the World (1984) · Kalimba de Luna (1984) · Happy Song (1984) · My Cherie Amour (1985) · Young Free and Single (1985) · Daddy Cool (Anniversary Recording '86) (1986) · Bang Bang Lulu (1986) · Rivers of Babylon (Remix) / Mary's Boy Child / Oh My Lord (Remix)´ (1988) · Megamix (1988) · The Summer Mega Mix (1989) · Malaika (Lambada Remix) (1989) · Everybody Wants to Dance Like Josephine Baker (1989) · Stories (1990)