The Complete Collection (Boney M. album)
The Complete Collection | ||||
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Euro disco | ||||
Length | 158:14 | |||
Label | BMG/CMC (Denmark) | |||
Producer | Frank Farian | |||
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The Complete Collection is a compilation album of recordings by Boney M. released by BMG/CMC Records in Denmark in late 2000.
Just like the Dutch
The Complete Collection was a major commercial success in Denmark, peaking at #7 in the albums chart, which made it Boney M.'s best chart entry in the country since the late 1970s and the compilation was later awarded with a Platinum disc.
Track listing
Disc one
- "Daddy Cool" (Farian, Reyam) - 3:29
- Original album version
- "Sunny" (Bobby Hebb) - 4:03
- Original album version
- "No Woman, No Cry" (Vincent Ford, Bob Marley) - 4:21
- 1992 overdub edit from Gold - 20 Super Hits
- 1992 overdub edit from
- "Ma Baker" (Farian, Jay, Reyam) - 4:36
- Original album version
- "Love for Sale" (Cole Porter) - 4:47
- Original album version
- "Belfast" (Hillsbury, Deutscher, Menke) - 3:31
- Original album version
- "Have You Ever Seen the Rain?" (John Fogerty) - 2:40
- Original album version
- "Still I'm Sad" (Jim McCarty, Paul Samwell-Smith) - 4:34
- Original album version
- "Rivers of Babylon" (Farian, Reyam) - 4:18
- Original album version
- "Brown Girl in the Ring" (Farian) - 4:02
- Original album version
- "Heart of Gold" (Neil Young) - 4:00
- Original album version
- "Rasputin" (Farian, Jay, Reyam) - 4:24
- 1992 overdub edit from Gold - 20 Super Hits. Original 7" mix ( - 4:43) remains unreleased on CD
- 1992 overdub edit from
- "Painter Man" (Phillips, Pickett) - 3:10
- Original album version
- "Nightflight to Venus" (Frank Farian, Fred Jay, Kawohl) - 3:50
- 1992 edit from Gold - 20 Super Hits
- 1992 edit from
- "Hooray! Hooray! It's a Holi-Holiday" (Farian, Jay) - 3:56
- 1992 overdub version from Gold - 20 Super Hits. Original 7" mix remains unreleased on CD
- 1992 overdub version from
- "El Lute" (Farian, Jay, Klinkhammer, Kolonovits) - 4:00
- 1989 remix from Greatest Hits Of All Times - Remix '89 - Volume II, edited
- 1989 remix from
- "Gotta Go Home" (Farian, Jay, Klinkhammer) - 3:45
- Oceans of Fantasy album edit. Original 7" mix (- 4:00) remains unreleased on CD.
- "I'm Born Again" (Fred Jay, Helmut Rulofs) - 4:09
- Original album version
- "Hold On I'm Coming" (Isaac Hayes, David Porter) - 3:38
- Performed by Precious Wilson. 1994 CD edit.
- "The Summer Mega Mix" (Bobby Hebb, Farian, Jay, Reyam, Klinkhammer, Amoruso, Esposito, Licastro, Malavasi) - 4:28
Disc two
- "The Calendar Song (January, February, March...)" (Frank Farian) - 2:41
- Oceans of Fantasy CD edit
- "Ribbons Of Blue" (Keith Forsey) - 2:00
- Oceans of Fantasy album edit
- "I See a Boat on the River" (Farian, Jay, Rulofs) - 4:31
- 1993 overdub version from More Gold - 20 Super Hits Vol. II. Original 7" mix (- 4:40) remains unreleased on CD.
- 1993 overdub version from
- "My Friend Jack" (The Smoke) - 4:28
- Edited album version from The Magic of Boney M. - 20 Golden Hits
- Edited album version from
- "Children of Paradise" (Farian, Jay, Reyam) - 3:18
- Edited version from More Gold - 20 Super Hits Vol. II. Original 7" mix ( - 4:28) remains unreleased on CD.
- Edited version from
- "Felicidad (Margherita)" (Conz, Massara) - 4:31
- Original 7" version
- "Malaika" (Fadhili William Mdawida) - 3:26
- Edited 7" version from Boonoonoonoos limited edition double album. Original 7" mix ( - 5:02) remains unreleased on CD.
- "We Kill the World (Don't Kill the World)" (Farian, Sgarbi) - 6:33
- Original album version
- "I Shall Sing" (Van Morrison) - 3:08
- 1993 overdub version from More Gold - 20 Super Hits Vol. II
- 1993 overdub version from
- "The Carnival Is Over (Goodbye True Lover)" (Chappell, Farian, Tom Springfield, Traditional) - 4:52
- Original 7" version
- "Kalimba de Luna" (Amoruso, DiFranco, Esposito, Licastro, Malavas) - 4:13
- 1992 overdub version from Gold - 20 Super Hits
- 1992 overdub version from
- "Happy Song" (Abacab, Bacciocchi, Spagna) - 3:54
- Original 7" version (released as Boney M. with Bobby Farrell & The School Rebels)
- "Jambo - Hakuna Matata (No Problems)" (Bischof, Harrison) - 3:38
- Original 7" version
- "My Cherie Amour" (Cosby, Moy, Stevie Wonder) - 4:04
- Original album version
- "Young, Free and Single" (Applegate, Farian, Rayen) - 4:10
- Original album version
- "Dreadlock Holiday" (Graham Gouldman, Eric Stewart) - 4:52
- Original album version
- "Bang Bang Lulu" (Farian) - 3:01
- Original album version
- "Feliz Navidad" (José Feliciano) - 2:21
- 1986 version from The 20 Greatest Christmas Songs
- "Mary's Boy Child/Oh My Lord" (Farian, Hairston) - 5:09
- 1992 overdub edit from The Most Beautiful Christmas Songs of the World
- "White Christmas" (Irving Berlin) - 3:21
- 1986 edit from The 20 Greatest Christmas Songs
Certifications
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Denmark (IFPI Danmark)[1] | Platinum | 50,000^ |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |
Release history
- 2000 Denmark: BMG/CMC Records 7432 1 81195 2 1
Personnel
- backing vocals
- Marcia Barrett - lead vocals, backing vocals
- Frank Farian - lead vocals, backing vocals
- Reggie Tsiboe - lead vocals, backing vocals
- Bobby Farrell - rap on Happy Song,vocoder vocals on Young,free & single
Production
- Frank Farian - remixer
Sources and external links
- Rate Your Music, detailed discography
- Discogs.com, detailed discography
- Allmusic, biography, discography etc.
- ^ "Danish album certifications – Boney M – The Complete Collection". IFPI Danmark. Retrieved 1 July 2019.