Ma Baker (album)

Ma Baker
Greatest hits album by Boney M.
Released	1989
Recorded	1976-1984
Genre	Pop, disco
Label	Hansa Records (FRG)
Producer	Frank Farian
Boney M. chronology
Greatest Hits of All Times - Remix '88 (1988) Ma Baker (1989) Greatest Hits of All Times - Remix '89 - Volume II (1989)

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Ma Baker is a compilation album of recordings by Boney M. released by budget label Ariola Express in Germany, 1989. The CD is basically a revised edition of the 1984 CD compilation "Fantastic Boney M." - while omitting several hit singles "Daddy Cool", "Rivers of Babylon" and "Rasputin", it premiered rare single versions of "Baby Do You Wanna Bump", "Dancing in the Streets" and "Children of Paradise".

Track listing

1. "Sunny" (Bobby Hebb) - 3:14
   • Edited version from The Magic Of Boney M. - 20 Golden Hits
2. "Ma Baker" (Farian, Jay, Reyam) - 3:44
   • Edited version from The Magic Of Boney M. - 20 Golden Hits
3. "Hooray! Hooray! It's a Holi-Holiday" (Farian, Jay) - 3:11
   • Edited version from The Magic Of Boney M. - 20 Golden Hits.
4. "I See a Boat on the River" (Farian, Jay, Rulofs) - 3:09
   • Edited version
5. "Baby Do You Wanna Bump" (Zambi) - 3:40
   • Original 7" Version.
6. "Kalimba de Luna" (Amoruso, DiFranco, Esposito, Licastro, Malavas) - 4:31
   • Original 7" mix
7. "Belfast" (Billsbury, Deutscher, Menke) - 2:25
   • Edited version from The Magic Of Boney M. - 20 Golden Hits
8. "We Kill the World (Don't Kill the World)" (Farian, Sgarbi) - 5:12
   • 7" version, fade-out
9. "El Lute" (Farian, Jay, Klinkhammer, Kolonovits) - 4:24
   • Edited version from The Magic Of Boney M. - 20 Golden Hits
10. "Felicidad (Margherita)" (Conz, Massara) - 4:31
    • Original 7" mix
11. "Mary's Boy Child/Oh My Lord" (Jester Hairston, Farian, Jay, Lorin) - 4:31
    • Edited version from The Magic Of Boney M. - 20 Golden Hits
12. "Children of Paradise" (Farian, Reyam, Jay) - 5:19
    • Original 12" mix
13. "Somewhere in the World" (Davis, Grohe, Keilhauer) - 3:01
    • Edited version
14. "He Was a Steppenwolf" (Farian, Klinkhammer, Jay) - 6:51
    • Original album version
15. "Dancing in the Streets" (Farian) - 3:57
    • Original single version
16. "Brown Girl in the Ring" (Farian) - 3:04
    • Edited version from The Magic Of Boney M. - 20 Golden Hits

Personnel

• Liz Mitchell - lead vocals, backing vocals
• Marcia Barrett - lead vocals, backing vocals
• Frank Farian - lead vocals, backing vocals
• Bobby Farrell - spoken vocal (track 8)
• Brian Paul - vocals (track 8)
• Reggie Tsiboe - lead vocals, backing vocals (tracks 6 & 13)

Production

• Frank Farian - producer

Release history

• Germany: CD Ariola 295 660-200

References

Sources and external links

• Rate Your Music, detailed discography
• Discogs.com, detailed discography
• Allmusic, biography, discography etc.

Boney M.
Liz Mitchell Marcia Barrett Maizie Williams Bobby Farrell Reggie Tsiboe
Studio albums and main compilations (1976–1985)	Take the Heat off Me (1976) Love for Sale (1977) Nightflight to Venus (1978) 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) Boonoonoonoos (1981) Christmas Album (1981) Ten Thousand Lightyears (1984) Kalimba de Luna - 16 Happy Songs (1984) Fantastic Boney M. (1984) Christmas with Boney M. (1984) Eye Dance (1985)
Main compilations and remix albums (1986–present)	The Best of 10 Years - 32 Superhits (1986) The 20 Greatest Christmas Songs (1986) Greatest Hits of All Times - Remix '88 (1988) Ma Baker (1989) Greatest Hits of All Times - Remix '89 - Volume II (1989) The Collection (1991) Daddy Cool - Star Collection (1991) The Most Beautiful Christmas Songs of the World (1992) Gold - 20 Super Hits (1992) The Greatest Hits (1993) More Gold - 20 Super Hits Vol. II (1993) Hit Collection (1996) Best in Spain (1996) The Best of Boney M. (1997) Norske Hits (1998) Ultimate (1999) 20th Century Hits (1999) 25 Jaar Na Daddy Cool (2000) The Complete Collection (2000) Their Most Beautiful Ballads (2000) The Greatest Hits (2001) The Magic of Boney M. (2006) Hit Collection (2007) Christmas With Boney M. (2007) The Collection (2008) Rivers of Babylon (A Best of Collection) (2008) Ultimate Boney M. - Long Versions & Rarities, Volume 1 (2008) Christmas Time (2008) The Complete Boney M. (2008) In the Mix (2008) The Magic of Boney M. - The Danish Collection (2008) Ultimate Boney M. - Long Versions & Rarities, Volume 2 (2009) Let It All Be Music - The Party Album (2009) Ultimate Boney M. - Long Versions & Rarities, Volume 3 (2009)
Main single discography	"Baby Do You Wanna Bump" (1975) "Daddy Cool" (1976) "Sunny" (1976) "Ma Baker" (1977) "Belfast" (1977) "Rivers of Babylon"/"Brown Girl in the Ring" (1978) "Rasputin" (1978) "Mary's Boy Child – Oh My Lord" (1978) "Painter Man" (1979) "Hooray! Hooray! It's a Holi-Holiday" (1979) "El Lute"/"Gotta Go Home" (1979) "I'm Born Again"/"Bahama Mama" (1979) "I See a Boat on the River"/"My Friend Jack" (1980) "Children of Paradise"/"Gadda-Da-Vida" (1980) "Felicidad (Margherita)" (1980) "Malaika"/"Consuela Biaz" (1981) "We Kill the World"/"Boonoonoonoos" (1981) "The Little Drummer Boy"/"6 Years of Boney M. Hits" (1981) "The Carnival Is Over"/"Going Back West" (1982) "Zion's Daughter" (1982) "Jambo - Hakuna Matata (No Problems)" (1983) "Somewhere in the World" (1984) "Kalimba de Luna" (1984) "Happy Song" (1984) "My Cherie Amour" (1985) "Young, Free and Single" (1985) "Daddy Cool (Anniversary Recording '86)" (1986) "Bang Bang Lulu" (1986) "Rivers of Babylon (Remix)"/"Mary's Boy Child – Oh My Lord (Remix)" (1988) "Megamix" (1988) "The Summer Mega Mix" (1989) "Malaika (Lambada Remix)" (1989) "Everybody Wants to Dance Like Josephine Baker" (1989) "Stories" (1990) "Christmas Mega Mix" (1992) "Megamix" (1992) "Brown Girl in the Ring (Remix)" (1993) "Ma Baker (Remix)" (1993) "Papa Chico" (1994) "Somebody Scream - Ma Baker" (1998) "Daddy Cool '99" (1999) "Hooray! Hooray! (Caribbean Night Fever)" (1999) "Sunny (Remix)" (2000) "Daddy Cool 2001" (2001) "Sunny (Mousse T. Remix)" (2006) "Felicidad America (Obama-Obama)" (2009)
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