The Magic of Boney M.

The Magic of Boney M.
Greatest hits album by Boney M.
Released October 27, 2006
Recorded 1975-1984, 1989, 1992, 2006
Genre Eurodance, Pop, Euro disco
Length 74:24
Label Sony BMG (EU)
Producer Frank Farian
Boney M. chronology
The Greatest Hits
(2001)The Greatest Hits2001		 The Magic of Boney M.
(2006)		 Hit Collection
(2007)Hit Collection2007
Professional ratings
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Allmusic [1]

The Magic of Boney M. is a greatest hits album of recordings by Boney M. released by Sony BMG in October 2006.

The compilation which is an updated version of 1993's Gold - 20 Super Hits and 2001's The Greatest Hits includes eighteen of Boney M's best known hits from the 1970s and 1980s, a new remix of 1976 single "Sunny" by German DJ and record producer Mousse T. as well as one new recording featuring original Boney M. lead vocalist Liz Mitchell.

While this compilation is digitally remastered it contains both original recordings and overdubbed or remixed versions dating from Gold - 20 Super Hits.

Track listing

  1. "Daddy Cool" (Farian, Reyam) - 3:26
    • Original album version
  2. "Sunny" (Bobby Hebb) - 3:56
  3. "Rivers of Babylon" (Farian, Reyam) - 4:15
  4. "El Lute" (Blum, Farian, Jay) - 4:00
  5. "No Woman, No Cry" (Bob Marley) - 4:20
  6. "Hooray! Hooray! It's a Holi-Holiday" (Farian, Jay) - 3:55
    • 1992 overdub version from Gold - 20 Super Hits. Original 7" mix released on CD compilation "Kalimba de luna" (2007).
  7. "Rasputin" (Farian, Jay, Reyam) - 4:26
    • 1992 overdub edit from Gold - 20 Super Hits. Original 7" mix ( - 4:43) released on the double CD compilation "Let it all be music" (2009).
  8. "Painter Man" (Phillips, Pickett) - 3:15
  9. "Belfast" (Billybury, Deutscher, Menke) - 3:25
  10. "Brown Girl in the Ring" (Farian) - 4:00
  11. "Kalimba de Luna" (Amoruso, Esposito, Licastro, Malavasi) - 4:13
    • 1992 overdub edit from Gold - 20 Super Hits Original 7" mix ( -4:31) released on the double CD compilation "Let it all be music" (2009)
  12. "Happy Song" (Abacab, Bacciocci, Spagna) - 3:56
    • Edited 7" version. Original 7" mix (- 4:20) released on the double CD compilation "Let it all be music" (2009)
  13. "Still I'm Sad" (April, McCarty, Samwell-Smith) - 4:32
  14. "Mary's Boy Child/Oh My Lord" (Jester Hairston, Farian, Jay, Lorin) - 4:01
  15. "Baby Do You Wanna Bump" (Zambi) - 2:25
  16. "Felicidad (Margherita)" (Conz, Massara) - 2:50
  17. "Gotta Go Home" (Farian, Huth, Jay) - 2:30.
    • 1992 overdub edit from Gold - 20 Super Hits. Original 7" mix ( - 4:40) released on the double CD compilation "Let it all be music" (2009).
  18. "Ma Baker" (Farian, Jay, Reyam) - 4:34
    • Original album version
  19. "Sunny" (Bobby Hebb) - 3:30
  20. "A Moment of Love" (Bofaba, Farian) - 3:20
    • 2006 recording featuring Liz Mitchell

UK edition

  1. Rivers of Babylon
  2. Brown Girl in the Ring
  3. Daddy Cool
  4. Sunny
  5. Mary's Boy Child/Oh My Lord
  6. Rasputin
  7. El Lute
  8. Hooray! Hooray! It's a Holi-Holiday
  9. No Woman No Cry
  10. Painter Man
  11. Belfast
  12. Kalimba De Luna
  13. Happy Song
  14. Still I'm Sad
  15. Baby Do You Wanna Bump
  16. Felicidad
  17. Gotta Go Home
  18. Ma Baker
  19. Sunny (remix by Mousse T.)
  20. A Moment of Love

Release history

  • 2006 EU: Sony-BMG 88697 03290 2.

Alternative album editions

  • 2006 bonus CD edition, Sony BMG 88697 02966 2.
  1. "Magic Megamix 2006" - 5:11.
  • The Magic of Boney M. - The Danish Collection is a Danish 2CD comprises The Magic of Boney M. and 2007 compilation Christmas With Boney M.. The album peaked at #16 in the Danish album charts.

Personnel

Production

Single release

  1. "Sunny" (Mousse T. Radio Mix) - 3:21
  2. "Sunny" (Mousse T. Sexy Disco Radio Mix) - 3:27
  3. "Sunny" (Mousse T. Extended Radio Mix) - 4:17
  4. "Sunny" (Mousse T. Sexy Disco Club Mix) - 5:48
  1. ↑ The Magic of Boney M. at AllMusic
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