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The Collection (1991 Boney M. album)

The Collection is a compilation album of recordings by Boney M. released by label BMG-Ariola in 1991. <br /> The Collection was part of BMG's first mid-price CD campaign, the company released many Collections containing back-catalogue material by artists ranging from Modern Talking, Imagination and Amanda Lear to Chuck Berry, Glenn Miller and Elvis Presley. <br /> The majority of the tracks on this release are taken from 1980 compilation The Magic of Boney M. - 20 Golden Hits, subsequently most of them appear in slightly edited form.<br /> BMG-Ariola France has re-issued this compilation with new artwork as Cristal Collection in 1994 and as Sunny, Daddy Cool, Rivers Of Babylon and L'Essentiel, both in 2001.

Track listing

  1. "Rivers of Babylon" (Farian, Reyam) - 3:59
  2. * Edited version from The Magic of Boney M. - 20 Golden Hits
  3. "Daddy Cool" (Farian, Reyam) - 3:25
  4. * Original album version
  5. "Sunny" (Bobby Hebb) - 3:14
  6. * Edited version from The Magic of Boney M. - 20 Golden Hits
  7. "My Friend Jack" (The Smoke) - 4:31
  8. * Edited album version from The Magic of Boney M. - 20 Golden Hits
  9. "I See a Boat on the River" (Farian, Jay, Rulofs) - 3:03
  10. * Edited version from Fantastic Boney M.
  11. "Brown Girl in the Ring" (Farian) - 3:06
  12. * Edited version from The Magic of Boney M. - 20 Golden Hits
  13. "Mary's Boy Child/Oh My Lord" (Jester Hairston, Farian, Jay, Lorin) - 4:31
  14. * Edited version from The Magic of Boney M. - 20 Golden Hits
  15. "Bahama Mama" (Farian, Jay) - 3:17
  16. * Oceans Of Fantasy album edit
  17. "I'm Born Again" (Jay, Rulofs) - 3:57
  18. * Edited version from The Magic of Boney M. - 20 Golden Hits
  19. "Oceans of Fantasy" (Kawohl & Towers) - 3:19
  20. * Edited version from The Magic of Boney M. - 20 Golden Hits
  21. "Ribbons of Blue" (Keith Forsey) - 3:04
  22. * Edited version from The Magic of Boney M. - 20 Golden Hits

Personnel

Production

Release history

  • 1991 Germany: BMG-Ariola 261 670, 616 701.
  • 1994 France: Cristal Collection BMG-Ariola 74321 0007 208.
  • 2001 France: L'Essentiel BMG-Ariola 74321 844 902.

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