Boney M - Christmas With Boney M
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Artist: Boney MEdition: Music CD
Format: Import
CD Release Date: 2007-11-19
Music Label: Sony Bmg Europe
Free Music Notes for Christmas With Boney M
Free Music Review: Plenty of great Christmas music
Hit: 5 Stars
The album opens with their disco adaptation of Mary's boy child, which provided them with a British number one hit to emulate Harry Belafonte's achievement with his original recording. The remainder of the album is, for the most part, somewhat mellower and more faithful to the original arrangements. Many of the songs are familiar classics including When a child is born (a British number one for Johnny Mathis), Feliz Navidad (originally written and recorded by Jose Feliciano), Auld lang syne (originally written by Robert Burns, the Scottish poet who also wrote some songs), White Christmas, Jingle bells, Hark the herald angels sing, Little drummer boy, The first Noel, O Christmas tree, O come all ye faithful and Joy to the world.
One song that I expected to be familiar but wasn't is I'll be home for Christmas. Boney M's song is an original that just happens to use the same title as the famous song I expected to hear. It's actually my favorite among the three apparent originals, the other two being Zion's daughter and Darkness is falling. I say apparent, because I think I may have heard the other two somewhere before, possibly on German Christmas albums. Still, they're worth hearing. Also here is Boney M's fine cover of the French Christmas song, Petit Papa Noel. A Christmas medley, mainly sung in German, comprises four songs of which Silent night is by far the most famous, though I suspect the others may be well-known in Germany.
The album closes with a re-working of Mary's boy child. This version was recorded (it says) by Boney M featuring the Daddy Cool Kids, but the kids are more in evidence than any members of Boney M. Some reviewers wish this had been left out altogether, but as it's the final track, you can always stop the CD player when you reach this track if you don't want to hear it. That still leaves 18 other great tracks.
If you like Boney M's standard music, it's likely that you'll also enjoy this. If you aren't familiar with their other music (and why not?) then you should enjoy this as long as long as you like easy listening pop music, seventies style.
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2007 reissue of Boney M's holiday album featuring bonus tracks. Long sought after by Christmas music fans, the quartet's disco-fied version of 'Mary's Boy Child' is one of the most requested Christmas tunes in the world (and this release features two versions)! This Euro-Disco quartet were put together by producer/songwriter Frank Farian and their albums and singles were aimed directly at the dancefloors across the world. Boney M's sound featured male/female harmony vocals, a stomping Disco beat, swooping strings, funky guitar and hook-filled melodies that are still fondly remembered by millions of fans worldwide. 17 tracks.Dance & DJ Music CDs
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