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Love for Sale is the second studio album by Euro-Caribbean group Boney M. The album includes the hits "Ma Baker" and "Belfast". It also includes covers: "Love for Sale" (by Cole Porter), "Have You Ever Seen the Rain?" (by Creedence Clearwater Revival), and "Still I'm Sad" (by The Yardbirds). It has been released on vinyl, cassette and later on CD.

Love for Sale
Cover art of standard edition
Studio album by
Boney M.
ReleasedMay 2, 1977
RecordedAugust 1976 – March 1977
Genre
  • Eurodisco
  • reggae
  • R&B
Length41:17
Label
  • Atlantic
  • Hansa
ProducerFrank Farian
Boney M. chronology
Take the Heat off Me
(1976)		 Love for Sale
(1977)		 Nightflight to Venus
(1978)
Alternative cover
Cover art of U.S. and Canadian editions, also served as back cover art of standard edition
Singles from Love for Sale
  1. "Ma Baker"
    Released: May 2, 1977
  2. "Still I'm Sad"
    Released: May 1977
  3. "Belfast"
    Released: September 19, 1977
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]

Artwork


The standard cover art features the male member Bobby Farrell "naked [with] a futuristic golden thong"[2] chaining female members, resembling African sexual slaves.[3][4] American label Atlantic Records found the cover "raunchy",[5] so they used the standard back cover of a vinyl sleeve featuring the band wearing clothes[6][7] as the alternative front cover of American and Canadian edition.[5][8][9] One of the female group members, Liz Mitchell, told The Sydney Morning Herald:[10]

They wanted to photograph us all totally naked in chains with [band member Bobby Farrell] standing over us like it was bondage[...] I wept—trust me. When they showed us the costumes, it was just heavy gold chains.

The front cover of the South Korean vinyl edition features the band in one live performance, and the back cover of the edition features the band in a studio photo session.[11]


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" (Jimmy Bilsbury, Drafi Deutscher, Joe Menke) – 3:31
    "Daddy Cool" (U.S. edition only) from the previous album Take the Heat off Me – 3:27
  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

Personnel



Production



Charts



Certifications and sales


Region CertificationCertified units/sales
Denmark & Sweden — 250,000[27]
Finland (Musiikkituottajat)[28] Gold 26,218[28]
Germany (BVMI)[29] Platinum 500,000^
Greece (IFPI Greece)[30] Gold 50,000^
Hong Kong (IFPI Hong Kong)[31] Platinum 20,000*
Israel[32] 2× Gold 40,000[33]
Spain
combined sales with first album 		— 300,000[27]
Sweden (GLF)[34] Gold 50,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[35] Gold 100,000^

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.


References


  1. Allmusic review
  2. Petridis, Alexis (January 16, 2006). "Comedy doesn't go with our music". The Guardian. Retrieved January 22, 2014.
  3. "Boney M". Bad Record Covers and Others. Retrieved January 22, 2014.
  4. "5 Funny, Outrageous and Just Plain Awful Disco Album Covers".
  5. Perrone, Pierre (January 1, 2011). "Bobby Farrell: Dancer and frontman of the Euro-disco group Boney M". The Independent. Retrieved January 22, 2014.
  6. German release (back cover) at Discogs
  7. UK release (back cover) at Discogs
  8. Canadian release
  9. American release at RateYourMusic
  10. "Disco infernal". The Sydney Morning Herald. August 30, 2002. Retrieved January 22, 2014.
  11. http://farianmania.blogspot.com/2011/05/rare-editions-of-boney-m.html (South Korean release: front, back)
  12. "International Best Sellers" (PDF). Cash Box. April 1, 1978. p. 69. ISSN 0008-7289.
  13. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 41. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  14. "Austriancharts.at – Boney M. – Love for Sale" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
  15. "Hits of the World" (PDF). Billboard. July 2, 1977. p. 74. ISSN 0006-2510.
  16. Nyman, Jake (2005). Suomi soi 4: Suuri suomalainen listakirja (in Finnish) (1st ed.). Helsinki: Tammi. ISBN 951-31-2503-3.
  17. "Dutchcharts.nl – Boney M. – Love for Sale" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
  18. "Offiziellecharts.de – Boney M. – Love for Sale" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
  19. "Charts.nz – Boney M. – Love for Sale". Hung Medien. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
  20. "Norwegiancharts.com – Boney M. – Love for Sale". Hung Medien. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
  21. "Swedishcharts.com – Boney M. – Love for Sale". Hung Medien. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
  22. "Boney M. | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
  23. "Jahreshitparade Alben 1977" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved October 21, 2021.
  24. "Jaaroverzichten – Album 1977" (in Dutch). Dutch Charts. Retrieved October 21, 2021.
  25. "Top 100 Album-Jahrescharts" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved October 21, 2021.
  26. "Top 100 Album-Jahrescharts" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved October 21, 2021.
  27. "Sounding Board Q". Billboard. July 16, 1979. p. 76. Retrieved May 29, 2021 – via Google Books. {{cite magazine}}: Cite magazine requires |magazine= (help)
  28. "Boney M" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland. Retrieved August 28, 2013.
  29. "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Boney M.; 'Love for Sale')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. Retrieved August 20, 2017.
  30. "From The Music Capitols Of The World - Athens" (PDF). Billboard. August 12, 1978. p. 74. Retrieved November 29, 2019 – via American Radio History.
  31. "IFPIHK Gold Disc Award − 1979". IFPI Hong Kong. Retrieved November 17, 2018.
  32. "Boney Gold" (PDF). Billboard. May 29, 1982. p. 96.
  33. "Israeli Awards". Billboard. August 18, 1982. p. 58. Retrieved October 21, 2019.
  34. "No Bones To Make" (PDF). Cash Box. October 15, 1977. p. 55. Retrieved November 29, 2019 – via American Radio History.
  35. "British album certifications – Boney M. – Love for Sale". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved April 25, 2018.



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[ru] Love for Sale (альбом Boney M.)

Love for Sale (с англ. — «Любовь на продажу») — второй студийный альбом евро-карибской группы Boney M., выпущенный в 1977 году лейблах Atlantic Records и Hansa Records. В альбом вошли такие хиты, как «Ma Baker» и «Belfast». Он также включает в себя кавер-версии песен: «Love for Sale» (Коул Портер): «Have You Ever Seen the Rain?» (Creedence Clearwater Revival) и «Still I'm Sad» (The Yardbirds).


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