Fantastic Boney M.

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Fantastic Boney M. is a compilation album of recordings by Boney M. released by Hansa Records in Germany in December 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.

Track listing

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/single 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
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
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 from Kalimba de Luna - 16 Happy Songs
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, early 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

Personnel

• Liz Mitchell - lead vocals, backing vocals
• Bobby Farrell - spoken vocal (trk. 14)
• Marcia Barrett - lead vocals, backing vocals
• Frank Farian - lead vocals, backing vocals
• Brian Paul - vocals (trk. 14)
• Reggie Tsiboe - lead vocals, backing vocals (tracks 9 & 15)

Production

• Frank Farian - producer

Release history

• Germany: CD Hansa Records 610 214–222.
• The Boney M. Discography mentions also a Cassette release (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boney_M._discography)
• The Boney M. Discography mentions also a Vinyl release (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boney_M._discography)

References

Sources and external links

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