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The Best of Boney M. is a compilation album of recordings by Boney M. released by BMG UK's midprice label Camden in 1997.

For Hot Town Music/Paradiso 2001 release The Best of Boney M. - Original Hits see 25 Jaar Na Daddy Cool
The Best of Boney M.
Greatest hits album by
Boney M.
Released1997
Recorded1976-1979, 1988
GenreEurodance, pop, Euro disco
Length71:40
LabelCamden/BMG (UK)
ProducerFrank Farian
Boney M. chronology
Best in Spain
(1996)		 The Best of Boney M.
(1997)		 Norske Hits
(1998)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic link

This compilation includes material from original albums Take the Heat off Me, Love for Sale and Nightflight to Venus. It also features edited versions of hits from 1980 compilation The Magic of Boney M. - 20 Golden Hits as well as tracks from remix album Greatest Hits Of All Times - Remix '88.


Track listing


  1. "Rivers of Babylon" (Farian, Reyam) - 3:47
    • 1988 PWL remix from Greatest Hits Of All Times - Remix '88
  2. "Ma Baker" (Farian, Jay, Reyam) - 4:37
    • Original album/single version
  3. "Rasputin" (Farian, Jay, Reyam) - 5:54
    • Original album version, cold-start
  4. "He Was a Steppenwolf" (Farian, Jay, Klinkhammer) - 6:53
    • Original album version
  5. "Daddy Cool" (Farian, Reyam) - 3:29
    • Original album/single version
  6. "Motherless Child" (Farian, Mitchell) - 4:59
    • Original album version
  7. "Brown Girl in the Ring" (Farian) - 4:04
    • Original album/single version
  8. "Sunny" (Bobby Hebb) - 3:17
    • Edited version from The Magic of Boney M. - 20 Golden Hits
  9. "No Woman, No Cry" (Ford, Bob Marley) - 3:38
    • 1988 PWL remix from Greatest Hits Of All Times - Remix '88
  10. "Mary's Boy Child/Oh My Lord" (Farian, Jester Hairston) - 4:25
    • 1988 PWL remix from Greatest Hits Of All Times - Remix '88
  11. "Hooray! Hooray! It's a Holi-Holiday" (Farian, Jay) - 3:12
  12. "Never Change Lovers in the Middle of the Night" (Björklund, Forsey, Jay) - 5:35
    • Original album version
  13. "Voodoonight" (Sgarbi) - 3:33
    • Original album version
  14. "Still I'm Sad" (McCarty, Samwell-Smith) - 4:36
    • Original album version
  15. "Nightflight to Venus" (Farian, Jay, Kawohl) - 4:49
    • Original album version, fade-out
  16. "Heart of Gold" (Neil Young) - 4:00
    • Original album version
  17. "Gotta Go Home" (Farian, Jay, Klinkhammer) - 4:40
    • 1988 PWL remix from Greatest Hits Of All Times - Remix '88

Personnel



Production



Certifications


Region CertificationCertified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[1] Platinum 70,000^
Finland (Musiikkituottajat)[2] Gold 20,205[2]
United Kingdom (BPI)[3] Gold 100,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.


References


  1. "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2002 Albums" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
  2. "Boney M" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
  3. "British album certifications – Boney M – The Best of". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 27 November 2019.




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