Ma Baker (album)

Ma Baker
Greatest hits album by Boney M.
Released 1989
Recorded 1976-1984
Genre Pop, disco
Label Hansa Records (FRG)
Producer Frank Farian
Boney M. chronology

Greatest Hits of All Times - Remix '88
(1988)		 Ma Baker
(1989)		 Greatest Hits of All Times - Remix '89 - Volume II
(1989)
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Ma Baker is a compilation album of recordings by Boney M. released by budget label Ariola Express in Germany, 1989. The CD is basically a revised edition of the 1984 CD compilation "Fantastic Boney M." - while omitting several hit singles "Daddy Cool", "Rivers of Babylon" and "Rasputin", it premiered rare single versions of "Baby Do You Wanna Bump", "Dancing in the Streets" and "Children of Paradise".

Track listing

  1. "Sunny" (Bobby Hebb) - 3:14
    • Edited version from The Magic Of Boney M. - 20 Golden Hits
  2. "Ma Baker" (Farian, Jay, Reyam) - 3:44
    • Edited version from The Magic Of Boney M. - 20 Golden Hits
  3. "Hooray! Hooray! It's a Holi-Holiday" (Farian, Jay) - 3:11
    • Edited version from The Magic Of Boney M. - 20 Golden Hits.
  4. "I See a Boat on the River" (Farian, Jay, Rulofs) - 3:09
    • Edited version
  5. "Baby Do You Wanna Bump" (Zambi) - 3:40
    • Original 7" Version.
  6. "Kalimba de Luna" (Amoruso, DiFranco, Esposito, Licastro, Malavas) - 4:31
    • Original 7" mix
  7. "Belfast" (Billsbury, Deutscher, Menke) - 2:25
    • Edited version from The Magic Of Boney M. - 20 Golden Hits
  8. "We Kill the World (Don't Kill the World)" (Farian, Sgarbi) - 4:12
    • 7" version, fade-out
  9. "El Lute" (Farian, Jay, Klinkhammer, Kolonovits) - 4:24
    • Edited version from The Magic Of Boney M. - 20 Golden Hits
  10. "Felicidad (Margherita)" (Conz, Massara) - 4:31
    • Original 7" mix
  11. "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
  12. "Children of Paradise" (Farian, Reyam, Jay) - 5:19
    • Original 12" mix
  13. "Somewhere in the World" (Davis, Grohe, Keilhauer) - 3:01
    • Edited version
  14. "He Was a Steppenwolf" (Farian, Klinkhammer, Jay) - 6:51
    • Original album version
  15. "Dancing in the Streets" (Farian) - 3:57
    • Original single version
  16. "Brown Girl in the Ring" (Farian) - 3:04
    • Edited version from The Magic Of Boney M. - 20 Golden Hits

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References

  1. ↑ Ma Baker (album) at AllMusic

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