music.wikisort.org - CompositionThe Magic of Boney M. – 20 Golden Hits is a greatest hits album by Euro-Caribbean group Boney M., issued in 1980, which contained all their biggest hits up until that point, including non-album singles "Mary's Boy Child/Oh My Lord" and "Hooray! Hooray! It's a Holi-Holiday", album tracks from Take The Heat Off Me, Love for Sale, Nightflight to Venus and Oceans of Fantasy as well as their most recent double A-side single release "I See a Boat On the River"/ "My Friend Jack".
1980 greatest hits album by Boney M.
The Magic of Boney M. - 20 Golden Hits |
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Released | 1980 |
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Recorded | 1976–1980 |
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Length | 71:49 |
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Producer | Frank Farian |
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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) |
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 1992 BMG-Ariola CD re-release |
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- "I See a Boat on the River / My Friend Jack"
Released: April 1980
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The Magic of Boney M. – 20 Golden Hits entered the UK charts at number 18 on 12 April 1980,[2] and peaked at number one on 17 May 1980, becoming their third consecutive UK number one album. In Germany, it was released towards the end of April, and entered the German album charts at number three on 5 May 1980, peaking at number two the following week, and staying in the charts for a total of 25 weeks.[3]
Track listing
Side A:
- "Rivers of Babylon" (Dowe, McNaughton) - 3:59
- "Daddy Cool" (Farian, Reyam) - 3:25
- Original album/single version
- "Sunny" (Bobby Hebb) - 3:14
- "Belfast" (Billsbury, Deutscher, Menke) - 2:25
- "El Lute" (Farian, Jay, Blum) - 4:24
- "No Woman, No Cry" (Ford, Bob Marley) - 2:58
- "Rasputin" (Farian, Jay, Reyam) - 3:40
- "Painter Man" (Phillips, Pickett) - 3:10
- "Ma Baker" (Farian, Jay, Reyam) - 3:44
- "Gotta Go Home" (Farian, Jay, Huth, Huth) - 3:45
Side B:
- "My Friend Jack" (The Smoke) - 4:31
- "I See a Boat on the River" (Farian, Jay, Rulofs) - 4:04
- Edited early 7" mix. N.B. 1992 CD edition: edited version - 3:10, taken from Fantastic Boney M.
- "Brown Girl in the Ring" (Farian) - 3:06
- "Mary's Boy Child – Oh My Lord" (Jester Hairston, Farian, Jay, Lorin) - 4:31
- "Bahama Mama" (Farian, Jay) - 3:17
- "I'm Born Again" (Jay, Rulofs) - 3:57
- "Oceans of Fantasy" (Kawohl, Jay, Zill) - 3:19
- "Ribbons of Blue" (Keith Forsey) - 3:04
- "Still I'm Sad" (McCarthy, Samwell-Smith) - 3:40
- "Hooray! Hooray! It's a Holi-Holiday" (Farian, Jay) - 3:11
Alternate editions
'Greatest Hits Of Boney M.'
(German Club Edition LP)
Side A:
- "Sunny" (Bobby Hebb) - 3:14
- "Daddy Cool" (Farian, Reyam) - 3:25
- "Belfast" (Billsbury, Deutscher, Menke) - 2:25
- "Ma Baker" (Farian, Jay, Reyam) - 3:44
- "El Lute" (Farian, Jay, Blum) - 4:24
- "Rasputin" (Farian, Jay, Reyam) - 3:40
- "I'm Born Again" (Jay, Rulofs) - 3:57
- "Bahama Mama" (Farian, Jay) - 3:17
Side B:
- "I See a Boat on the River" (Farian, Jay, Rulofs) - 4:04
- "My Friend Jack" (The Smoke) - 4:31
- "Gotta Go Home" (Farian, Jay, Huth, Huth) - 3:45
- "Rivers of Babylon" (Farian, Reyam) - 3:59
- "Mary's Boy Child/Oh My Lord" (Jester Hairston, Farian, Jay, Lorin) - 4:31
- "Brown Girl in the Ring" (Farian) - 3:06
- "Ribbons of Blue" (Keith Forsey) - 3:04
- "Hooray! Hooray! It's a Holi-Holiday" (Farian, Jay) - 3:11
Personnel
- Liz Mitchell - lead vocals (A1, A3, A5, A6, A8, B2, B3, B4, B6, B8, B9 & B10), backing vocals
- Marcia Barrett - lead vocals (A4), backing vocals
- Frank Farian - lead vocals (A2, A5, A7, A9, A10, B6 & B7), backing vocals
(track denotations refer to original Hansa issue)
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На других языках
- [en] The Magic of Boney M. – 20 Golden Hits
[ru] The Magic of Boney M. — 20 Golden Hits
Альбом The Magic of Boney M. — 20 Golden Hits (англ. Волшебство Boney M. — 20 золотых хитов) является сборником лучших хитов группы Boney M., исполненных группой за все предыдущие годы, включая неальбомные синглы «Mary’s Boy Child / Oh My Lord» и «Hooray! Hooray! Holi-Holiday». Был издан в феврале 1980 году. Альбом стал очередным коммерческим успехом группы, возглавил большинство европейских чартов и стал третьим подряд альбомом группы, возглавившим британские чарты. Однако кавер-версия песни 1967 года «My Friend Jack (англ.) (рус.» группы The Smoke (англ.) (рус. оказалась в Великобритании менее успешной, не поднявшись выше 57 места.
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