Ultimate (Boney M.)

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Ultimate
Compilation album by Boney M.
Released	July 1999
Recorded	1976-1981, 1984, 1998, 1999
Genre	Eurodance, Pop, Disco
Label	BMG-Ariola (France)
Producer	Frank Farian
Professional reviews
All Music Guide
Boney M. chronology
Norske Hits Ultimate 20th Century Hits

Ultimate is a compilation album of recordings by Boney M. released by BMG-Ariola France. Early 1999 saw the release of "Ma Baker - Somebody Scream" which was a collaboration with Horny United and German band Sash! which peaked at #22 in the UK and was also a Top 30 hit in Germany. In France the single was followed up by compilation Ultimate which in addition to the new remix contained edited versions of the band's hits previously issued on The Magic Of Boney M. - 20 Golden Hits and Fantastic Boney M., an extended version of single "Kalimba De Luna" from Kalimba de Luna - 16 Happy Songs and two tracks from 1993's More Gold - 20 Super Hits Vol. II.

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

[edit] Track listing

1. "Ma Baker '99" (Farian, Jay, Reyam) - 3:44
   • Boney M. vs. Sash!, radio edit
2. "Rivers of Babylon" (Farian, Reyam) - 3:59
   • Edited version from The Magic Of Boney M. - 20 Golden Hits
3. "Daddy Cool" (Farian, Reyam) - 3:25
   • Original album version
4. "Sunny" (Bobby Hebb) - 3:14
   • 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. "Ma Baker" (Farian, Jay, Reyam) - 3:44
   • Edited version 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. "Painter Man" (Phillips, Pickett) - 3:10
   • Edited version from The Magic Of Boney M. - 20 Golden Hits
9. "Brown Girl in the Ring" (Farian) - 3:06
   • Edited version from The Magic Of Boney M. - 20 Golden Hits
10. "Kalimba de Luna" (Amoruso, DiFranco, Esposito, Licastro, Malavasi) - 7:18
    • Edited US Club Mix, from Kalimba de Luna - 16 Happy Songs
11. "Belfast" (Billsbury, Deutscher, Menke) - 2:25
    • Edited version from The Magic Of Boney M. - 20 Golden Hits
12. "No Woman, No Cry" (Ford, Bob Marley) - 2:58
    • Edited version from The Magic Of Boney M. - 20 Golden Hits
13. "Gotta Go Home" (Farian, Jay, Klinkhammer) - 3:45
    • Oceans Of Fantasy album edit
14. "I See a Boat on the River" (Farian, Jay, Rulofs) - 3:03
    • Edited version taken from Fantastic Boney M.
15. "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
16. "Ribbons of Blue" (Keith Forsey) - 3:04
    • Edited version from The Magic Of Boney M. - 20 Golden Hits
17. "Still I'm Sad" (McCarthy, Samwell-Smith) - 3:40
    • Edited version from The Magic Of Boney M. - 20 Golden Hits
18. "Love for Sale" (Cole Porter) - 4:15
    • 1993 overdub edit from More Gold - 20 Super Hits Vol. II
19. "I Shall Sing" (Van Morrison) - 3:09
    • 1993 overdub version from More Gold - 20 Super Hits Vol. II
20. "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 available on 2007 remaster kalimba da luna.

[edit] Personnel

• Liz Mitchell - lead vocals, backing vocals except track 10
• Marcia Barrett - lead vocals, backing vocals except track 10
• Frank Farian - lead vocals, backing vocals
• Reggie Tsiboe - lead vocals, backing vocals (track 10)

[edit] Production

• Frank Farian - producer, remixer
• Sash! - remixers (track 1)

[edit] Release history

• 1999 France: BMG 74321 68338 2

[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)