The Most Beautiful Christmas Songs of the World

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The Most Beautiful Christmas Songs of the World
Compilation album by Boney M.
Released	November 1992
Recorded	1981, 1984, 1986, 1992
Genre	R&B, Pop music, Disco
Length	56:16
Label	MCIBMG (FRG)
Producer	Frank Farian
Professional reviews
All Music Guide [1]

A Wonderful Christmas Time (1998)
Compilation album by Boney M.

Christmas Party (1998)
Compilation album by Boney M.

Christmas Party (2003)
Compilation album by Boney M.
Boney M. chronology
Gold - 20 Super Hits The Most Beautiful Christmas Songs of the World The Greatest Hits

The Most Beautiful Christmas Songs of the World is a compilation/remix album by Boney M. released simultaneously with greatest hits package Gold - 20 Super Hits in November 1992. The album is a slightly re-edited and remixed version of 1986's The 20 Greatest Christmas Songs.
After the chart success of the 1992 "Megamix", the 1978 Christmas number one "Mary's Boy Child/Oh My Lord" was also re-issued as a single under the name "Christmas Megamix".
The Most Beautiful Christmas Songs of the World has since been re-packaged with new artwork and re-issued as A Wonderful Christmas Time in 1998 and Christmas Party in both 1998 and 2003.

Contents 1 Track listing 2 Personnel 3 Production 4 Release history 5 Single releases 6 Sources and external links

[edit] Track listing

1. "Christmas Medley ("Silent Night, Holy Night" / "Snow Falls Over the Ground" / "Hear Ye the Message" / "Sweet Bells") (Traditional, Farian, Jay) - 7:15
   • Includes all three verses of "Silent Night, Holy Night" sung in English (as on the 1981 "Mary's Boy Child - The Christmas Album" UK album pressing)
2. "Oh Christmas Tree" (Traditional, Farian) - 2:54
3. "Hark the Herald Angels Sing" (Felix Mendelssohn, Charles Wesley, Farian) - 3:03
4. "Zion's Daughter" (George Frideric Handel, Traditional, Farian, Jay, Rulofs) - 3:50
5. "The First Noel" (William B. Sandys) - 3:03
6. "Oh Come All Ye Faithful" (Traditional, Farian) - 3:41
7. "Petit Papa Noël" (Martinet, Vincy) - 1:41
8. "Darkness Is Falling" (Jay, Rulofs) - 3:02
9. "Joy to the World" (Lowell Mason, Isaac Watts) - 2:32
10. "White Christmas" (Irving Berlin) - 3:21
    • Edited version
11. "Jingle Bells" (James Lord Pierpont, Farian) - 3:28
12. "Feliz Navidad" (José Feliciano) - 2:21
13. "When a Child Is Born" (Jay, Rulofs) - 3:19
14. "Little Drummer Boy" (Katherine K. Davis, Henry Onorati, Harry Simeone) - 4:21
15. "Medley: Mary's Boy Child / Oh My Lord" (Jester Hairston, Farian) - 5:09
    • 1992 remix
16. "Auld Lang Syne" (William Burns, Traditional) - 2:34

[edit] Personnel

• Liz Mitchell - lead vocals (except trk. 2, 5, 6, 9, 16), backing vocals
• Marcia Barrett - backing vocals (track 11, 12, 15)
• Frank Farian - backing vocals
• Reggie Tsiboe - lead vocals, backing vocals (tracks 2, 3, 5, 6, 9 & 16)
• London Christmas Choir - choir (tracks 1, 5, 7, 8, 10, 13 & 14)
• Amy & Elaine Goff - lead- and backing vocals (tracks 2, 3, 5, 6, 9 & 16)
• London Philharmonic Orchestra - orchestra

[edit] Production

• Frank Farian - producer, remixer

[edit] Release history

• 1992 EU: Hansa / BMG 74321 119332.
• 1998 Germany: "A Wonderful Christmas Time" BMG-Ariola
• 1998 UK: "Christmas Party" Camden 74321 607882.
• 2003 UK: "Christmas Party" Camden 74321 607882 (alternate album art).

[edit] Single releases

Germany
7"

• "Christmas Megamix" ("Mary's Boy Child/Oh My Lord") (Radio Edit) - 3:58 / "Zion's Daughter" (MCI/BMG 74321 11933-7, 1992)

CD

• "Christmas Megamix" (MCI/BMG 74321 11933-2, 1992)
  1. "Christmas Megamix" (Radio Edit) - 3:58
  2. "Zion's Daughter"
  3. "When a Child Is Born"
  4. "Christmas Megamix" - 5:09

[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)  · Painter Man (1979)  · ) 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)