Love for Sale (Boney M. album)

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Love For Sale
Love For Sale cover
Studio album by Boney M.
Released May 1977
Recorded 1977
Genre R&B, Pop music, Disco
Length 41:17
Label Flag of the United Kingdom Atlantic Records (UK)
Flag of the United States Atlantic Records (USA)
Flag of West Germany Hansa Records (FRG)
Producer Frank Farian
Professional reviews

All Music Guide 2.5/5 stars [1]

Boney M. chronology
Take the Heat Off Me Love For Sale Nightflight to Venus
Alternate cover
US edition
US edition

Love for Sale is the second album by Boney M.. The album includes the hits "Ma Baker" (#96 on the Billboard Hot 100, #31 on the Club Play Singles chart), "Belfast", "Have You Ever Seen the Rain?" and "Still I'm Sad".

Contents

[edit] Track listing

Side A

  1. "Ma Baker" (Frank Farian, Fred Jay, George Reyam (Hans-Jörg Mayer)) - 4:36
  2. "Love for Sale" (Cole Porter) - 4:47
  3. "Belfast" (Hillsbury, Deutscher, Menke) - 3:31
  4. "Have You Ever Seen the Rain?" (John Fogerty) - 2:40
  5. "Gloria, Can You Waddle" (Frank Farian, George Reyam) - 3:57

Side B

  1. "Plantation Boy" (Fred Jay, King) - 4:27
  2. "Motherless Child" (Frank Farian, Liz Mitchell) - 4:58
  3. "Silent Lover" (Frank Farian, Keith Forsey, Fred Jay) - 4:14
  4. "A Woman Can Change A Man" (Frank Farian, Fred Jay) - 3:33
  5. "Still I'm Sad" (Jim McCarty, Paul Samwell-Smith) - 4:34

[edit] Alternative album editions

  • US, track A3: "Daddy Cool" - 3:27

[edit] Personnel

1977 single "Ma Baker", Hansa Records Germany
1977 single "Ma Baker", Hansa Records Germany
1977 single "Belfast", Hansa Records Germany
1977 single "Belfast", Hansa Records Germany

[edit] Production

  • Frank Farian - producer
  • Stefan/Stephen Klinkhammer - arranger, conductor
  • Christian Kolonovits - arranger
  • Johann Daansen - arranger
  • Thor Baldursson - arranger
  • Fred Schreier - sound engineer
  • Hartmut Pfannmüller - sound engineer
  • John Lund - sound engineer
  • Michael Lammert - sound engineer
  • Recorded and mixed at Union Studios, Munich, and Europe Sound Studios, Offenbach.

[edit] Release history

[edit] CD releases

  • Germany 1994: BMG 74321 21270 2.
  • EU & US 2007: Sony-BMG Sony-BMG 88697-08261-2. Bonus tracks: "Ma Baker - Somebody Scream" (Sash! radio edit) (1999) - 3:23, "Stories" (radio mix) (Boney M. Feat Liz Mitchell 1990) - 4:16.

[edit] Single releases


UK
7"

  • "Ma Baker" - 4:32 / "Still I'm Sad" - 4:36 (Atlantic Records K10965, 1977)
  • "Belfast" - 3:30 / "Plantation Boy" - 4:03 (Atlantic K11020, 1977)


US
7"

  • "Ma Baker" 4:32 / "Gloria Can You Waddle" (Atlantic SD 19145, 1977)


Germany
7"

  • "Ma Baker" (Early version) - 4:47 /"Still I'm Sad" - 4:36 (Hansa Records 17 888 AT (17 888 A-4/77 B-1/77), 1977)
  • "Ma Baker" - 4:32 / "Still I'm Sad" - 4:36 (Hansa 17 888 AT, 1977)
  • "Belfast" - 3:30 / "Plantation Boy" - 4:03 (Hansa 11 537 AT, 1977)

[edit] Charts

Album
Year Chart Position (Weeks on top) Weeks on chart
1977 UK albums chart 60
1977 Norway's album chart 2 (17) 28
Single
Year Single Chart Position (Weeks on top) Weeks on chart
1977 "Ma Baker" UK single chart 2
1977 "Ma Baker" Norway's single chart 1 (9) 23
1977 "Belfast" UK single chart 8

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