Fantastic Boney M.

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Fantastic Boney M.
Compilation album by Boney M.
Released	December 1984
Recorded	1976-1984
Genre	Pop music, Disco
Length	59:37
Label	Hansa Records (FRG)
Producer	Frank Farian
Professional reviews
All Music Guide [1]
Boney M. chronology
Kalimba de Luna - 16 Happy Songs Fantastic Boney M. Christmas With Boney M. (1984)

Fantastic Boney M. is a compilation album of recordings by Boney M. released by Hansa Records in Germany in December of 1984.
This collection, subtitled Die Grossen Erfolge, which was issued shortly after Kalimba de Luna - 16 Happy Songs focuses on the early career of the band and their best-known hits such as "Daddy Cool", "Ma Baker" and "Rivers Of Babylon" but also includes their latest single releases at the time, cover version "Kalimba de Luna", "Somewhere In The World" from album Ten Thousand Lightyears, 1983's non-album single "Jambo - Hakuna Matata (No Problems)", as well as 1981's "We Kill The World (Don't Kill The World)" and "Felicidad (Margherita)".
Most of the versions used on this release are edits taken from 1980's The Magic Of Boney M. - 20 Golden Hits.

Contents 1 Track listing 2 Personnel 3 Production 4 Release history 5 Sources and external links

[edit] Track listing

Side A:

1. "Rivers of Babylon" (Farian, Reyam) - 3:59
   • Edited version from The Magic Of Boney M. - 20 Golden Hits
2. "Daddy Cool" (Farian, Reyam) - 3:25
   • Original album version
3. "Sunny" (Bobby Hebb) - 3:14
   • Edited version from The Magic Of Boney M. - 20 Golden Hits
4. "Belfast" (Billsbury, Deutscher, Menke) - 2:25
   • Edited version from The Magic Of Boney M. - 20 Golden Hits
5. "Rasputin" (Farian, Jay, Reyam) - 3:40
   • Edited version from The Magic Of Boney M. - 20 Golden Hits. Original 7" mix ( - 4:43) remains unreleased on CD.
6. "Mary's Boy Child/Oh My Lord" (Jester Hairston, Farian, Jay, Lorin) - 4:31
   • Edited version from The Magic Of Boney M. - 20 Golden Hits
7. "El Lute" (Farian, Jay, Klinkhammer, Kolonovits) - 4:24
   • Edited version from The Magic Of Boney M. - 20 Golden Hits
8. "Hooray! Hooray! It's a Holi-Holiday" (Farian, Jay) - 3:11
   • Edited version from The Magic Of Boney M. - 20 Golden Hits. Original 7" mix remains unreleased on CD.
9. "Kalimba de Luna" (Amoruso, DiFranco, Esposito, Licastro, Malavas) - 4:31
   • Original 7" mix
10. "Somewhere in the World" (Davis, Grohe, Keilhauer) - 3:01
    • Edited version
11. "I'm Born Again" (Jay, Rulofs) - 3:57
    • Edited version from The Magic Of Boney M. - 20 Golden Hits
12. "I See a Boat on the River" (Farian, Jay, Rulofs) - 3:09
    • Edited version
13. "Felicidad (Margherita)" (Conz, Massara) - 4:31
    • Original 7" mix
14. "We Kill the World (Don't Kill the World)" (Farian, Sgarbi) - 4:12
    • 7" version, fade-out
15. "Jambo - Hakuna Matata (No Problems)" (Bischof, Harrison) - 3:38
    • Original 7" version
16. "Ma Baker" (Farian, Jay, Reyam) - 3:44
    • Edited version from The Magic Of Boney M. - 20 Golden Hits

[edit] Personnel

• Liz Mitchell - lead vocals, backing vocals
• Marcia Barrett - lead vocals, backing vocals
• Frank Farian - lead vocals, backing vocals
• Reggie Tsiboe - lead vocals, backing vocals (tracks 9. 10 & 15)

[edit] Production

• Frank Farian - producer

[edit] Release history

• Germany: CD Hansa Records 610 214-222.

[edit] Sources and external links

• Rate Your Music, detailed discography
• Discogs.com, detailed discography
• All Music Guide, biography, discography etc.

v • d • e Boney M. Studio albums and main compilations (1976 – 1985) Take the Heat Off Me (1976) · Love for Sale (1977) · Nightflight to Venus (1978) · Oceans of Fantasy (1979) – The Magic of Boney M. - 20 Golden Hits (1980) · Children of Paradise - The Greatest Hits of Boney M. - Vol. 2 (1981) · Boonoonoonoos (1981) · Christmas Album (1981) · Ten Thousand Lightyears (1984) · Kalimba de Luna - 16 Happy Songs (1984) · Fantastic Boney M. (1984) · Christmas with Boney M. (1984) · Eye Dance (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)