Boonoonoonoos
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Boonoonoonoos is the fifth studio album
by Boney M. It was released on November 1, 1981.
Despite producer Frank Farian having announced that Boney M. were to take a break, recording sessions for a new album began in the spring of 1980, and the title "Boonoonoonoos" (a Caribbean word for "Happiness") already appeared as one of the first completed tracks, a cover of Larry Dillon's ska-title "Train to Skaville" which was intertwined with new rap parts "That's Boonoonoonoos". Two of the new recordings, "I See A Boat On The River" and "My Friend Jack" were issued to promote The Magic of Boney M. - 20 Golden Hits
in May 1980.
Farian invited the singers Liz Mitchell and Marcia Barrett and his crew of musicians to Nice in the summer of 1980 where several new songs were recorded. A new double A-side single "Children Of Paradise"/"Gadda-Da-Vida" was released in September, announcing the as of yet untitled new album to be released in November '80. The single reached number 11 in Germany, but in the UK their popularity was now quickly slipping. When released in February 1981, the single peaked at a disappointing #66. In the meantime, Farian had decided to revise the whole album.
While new pressings of "Children Of Paradise" now promoted "The Magic Of Boney M." on the back cover, the band instead issued another single in December, a cover version of "Felicidad (Margherita)" backed with "Strange". "Felicidad", originally recorded by Italian band Massara as "Margherita (Love In The Sun)" in 1979, managed to get Boney M. into the German Top 10 again (#6, 27 weeks) and it became a sizeable hit in most of Europe as well. The single, however, wasn't released by Atlantic Records
UK, nor was it released in Spain or Portugal where Massara's original version had been a huge hit two years earlier. In the Netherlands, the single was released with "Strange" as the A-side.
At the same time, singer Marcia Barrett issued the solo single "You" / "I'm Lonely", produced by John Edmed, and written by KELVIN JAMES, The single was doing to well so Frank pulled it out of the shops, not wanting Marcia to leave Boney M. Kelvin James also wrote BREAKAWAY for the album.
New recording sessions took place in the spring of 1981. The band flew to Jamaica in May 1981 to record a TV special, perform live in concert with Rita Marley
, shoot photos for the album cover, and one of the final songs "Silly Confusion" was recorded in Bob Marley
's Tuff Gong studios in Kingston.
Boonoonoonoos - originally intended to be released as a double-album - was subsequently trimmed to a one disc, thirteen track release. A limited edition double album was however issued in Germany, France and the UK, containing slightly longer versions of certain songs, but with the same number of tracks.
"We Kill The World (Don't Kill The World)" was the second single, released in September, and marked the first single since "Belfast" featuring Marcia Barrett as the lead singer. It peaked at #12 in the German charts and was their first UK Top 40 entry in two years (#39) after some disappointing placings of their previous two singles ("Children Of Paradise" #66 and "My Friend Jack" #57), but the single went to #1 in both Spain and South Africa.
The "Boonoonoonoos" album came with a picture innersleeve and a large fold-out poster with the lyrics on the back. When the LP was released in Germany in September, the album was immediately withdrawn after pressure from singer Liz Mitchell who was unhappy with a photo on the innersleeve, picturing the band in soaked clothes in the Ocho Rios waterfall. The innersleeve was redesigned with a photo of the band in a canoo, and the LP finally released on November 1, 1981. Boonoonoonoos hit the #1 spot in Spain (where the group had just done a big promotion tour) but failed to crack the UK Top 75 (after three consecutive #1 LPs). The album peaked at #16 in Germany, and while still a healthy seller, it was becoming obvious that the band, like so many of their contemporaries, was being affected by the so called "anti-disco backlash".
"Boonoonoonoos" marked Bobby Farrell's debut on record. Having previously only mimed to Frank Farian's vocals on TV (but having sung live in the group's concerts), Farrell was featured on the track "Train To Skaville" as a rapper. He also did the spoken intro on "We Kill The World".
Boney M. member Maizie Williams had also done a small part on "Train To Skaville" (featured in the group's TV special), and so the track would be the first recording to actually feature all four group members, but her part was eventually re-recorded by Liz Mitchell for the released version of the song.
"Boonoonoonoos" also marked the first time Farian used additional singers on a Boney M. record. Vocal group La Mama
(Cathy Bartney, Patricia Shockley, and Madeleine Davis) had originally been hired as backing singers for Precious Wilson's first album but since Farian also used them to do demos, their vocals were in some cases kept in the final mix.
Brian Paul was a young boy featured on the second single "We Kill The World (Don't Kill The World)". Even though the record sleeve credits "other children", Brian Paul and his friend Brian Sletten eventually sang all of the children's vocals themselves. They also appeared with the group in a number of TV shows when they promoted the song.
Soon after the release of Boonoonoonoos band member Bobby Farrell was fired from the group by producer Frank Farian, leaving the group unavailable to promote the album. Christmas Album - originally planned as a Liz Mitchell solo album - was rushed out three weeks after "Boonoonoonoos". Atlantic (UK) planned to release a new version of "Jimmy" as a single in April 1982 but those plans were eventually shelved.
Side B:
Side A
Side B
Side C
Side D
MC
Limited Edition 2LP
Both cd releases contain the versions from the one disc vinyl album release and not the (slighlty) longer mixes from the 2 disc vinyl album.
7"
12"
UK
7"
12"
Single
Studio album
A studio album is an album made up of tracks recorded in the controlled environment of a recording studio. A studio album contains newly written and recorded or previously unreleased or remixed material, distinguishing itself from a compilation or reissue album of previously recorded material, or...
by Boney M. It was released on November 1, 1981.
Despite producer Frank Farian having announced that Boney M. were to take a break, recording sessions for a new album began in the spring of 1980, and the title "Boonoonoonoos" (a Caribbean word for "Happiness") already appeared as one of the first completed tracks, a cover of Larry Dillon's ska-title "Train to Skaville" which was intertwined with new rap parts "That's Boonoonoonoos". Two of the new recordings, "I See A Boat On The River" and "My Friend Jack" were issued to promote The Magic of Boney M. - 20 Golden Hits
The Magic of Boney M. - 20 Golden Hits
The Magic of Boney M. – 20 Golden Hits is a greatest hits album by Boney M. issued in May 1980 which contained all their biggest hits up until that point, including non-album singles "Mary's Boy Child/Oh My Lord" and "Hooray! Hooray! It's A Holi-Holiday", key album tracks from Take The Heat Off Me,...
in May 1980.
Farian invited the singers Liz Mitchell and Marcia Barrett and his crew of musicians to Nice in the summer of 1980 where several new songs were recorded. A new double A-side single "Children Of Paradise"/"Gadda-Da-Vida" was released in September, announcing the as of yet untitled new album to be released in November '80. The single reached number 11 in Germany, but in the UK their popularity was now quickly slipping. When released in February 1981, the single peaked at a disappointing #66. In the meantime, Farian had decided to revise the whole album.
While new pressings of "Children Of Paradise" now promoted "The Magic Of Boney M." on the back cover, the band instead issued another single in December, a cover version of "Felicidad (Margherita)" backed with "Strange". "Felicidad", originally recorded by Italian band Massara as "Margherita (Love In The Sun)" in 1979, managed to get Boney M. into the German Top 10 again (#6, 27 weeks) and it became a sizeable hit in most of Europe as well. The single, however, wasn't released by Atlantic Records
Atlantic Records
Atlantic Records is an American record label best known for its many recordings of rhythm and blues, rock and roll, and jazz...
UK, nor was it released in Spain or Portugal where Massara's original version had been a huge hit two years earlier. In the Netherlands, the single was released with "Strange" as the A-side.
At the same time, singer Marcia Barrett issued the solo single "You" / "I'm Lonely", produced by John Edmed, and written by KELVIN JAMES, The single was doing to well so Frank pulled it out of the shops, not wanting Marcia to leave Boney M. Kelvin James also wrote BREAKAWAY for the album.
New recording sessions took place in the spring of 1981. The band flew to Jamaica in May 1981 to record a TV special, perform live in concert with Rita Marley
Rita Marley
Alpharita Constantia Anderson , better known as Rita Marley, and sometimes called "Nana Rita", is the widow of reggae legend/musician Bob Marley, and a member of the trio the I Threes, Bob Marley's backup singers.-Biography:...
, shoot photos for the album cover, and one of the final songs "Silly Confusion" was recorded in Bob Marley
Bob Marley
Robert Nesta "Bob" Marley, OM was a Jamaican singer-songwriter and musician. He was the rhythm guitarist and lead singer for the ska, rocksteady and reggae band Bob Marley & The Wailers...
's Tuff Gong studios in Kingston.
Boonoonoonoos - originally intended to be released as a double-album - was subsequently trimmed to a one disc, thirteen track release. A limited edition double album was however issued in Germany, France and the UK, containing slightly longer versions of certain songs, but with the same number of tracks.
Overview
The first single to be lifted off the finished Boonoonoonoos album in Germany was double A-side "Malaika"/"Consuela Biaz" in May 1981 which became the first Boney M. single in five years not to reach the Top 10 (#13, 16 weeks). The single was not released in the UK."We Kill The World (Don't Kill The World)" was the second single, released in September, and marked the first single since "Belfast" featuring Marcia Barrett as the lead singer. It peaked at #12 in the German charts and was their first UK Top 40 entry in two years (#39) after some disappointing placings of their previous two singles ("Children Of Paradise" #66 and "My Friend Jack" #57), but the single went to #1 in both Spain and South Africa.
The "Boonoonoonoos" album came with a picture innersleeve and a large fold-out poster with the lyrics on the back. When the LP was released in Germany in September, the album was immediately withdrawn after pressure from singer Liz Mitchell who was unhappy with a photo on the innersleeve, picturing the band in soaked clothes in the Ocho Rios waterfall. The innersleeve was redesigned with a photo of the band in a canoo, and the LP finally released on November 1, 1981. Boonoonoonoos hit the #1 spot in Spain (where the group had just done a big promotion tour) but failed to crack the UK Top 75 (after three consecutive #1 LPs). The album peaked at #16 in Germany, and while still a healthy seller, it was becoming obvious that the band, like so many of their contemporaries, was being affected by the so called "anti-disco backlash".
"Boonoonoonoos" marked Bobby Farrell's debut on record. Having previously only mimed to Frank Farian's vocals on TV (but having sung live in the group's concerts), Farrell was featured on the track "Train To Skaville" as a rapper. He also did the spoken intro on "We Kill The World".
Boney M. member Maizie Williams had also done a small part on "Train To Skaville" (featured in the group's TV special), and so the track would be the first recording to actually feature all four group members, but her part was eventually re-recorded by Liz Mitchell for the released version of the song.
"Boonoonoonoos" also marked the first time Farian used additional singers on a Boney M. record. Vocal group La Mama
La Mama (band)
La Mama is a German pop and disco trio who worked in Frank Farian's studios in the first half of the 1980s. Adapting their name from New York theatre La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club, they released three singles and two albums and worked as backing singers on a number of recordings for other...
(Cathy Bartney, Patricia Shockley, and Madeleine Davis) had originally been hired as backing singers for Precious Wilson's first album but since Farian also used them to do demos, their vocals were in some cases kept in the final mix.
Brian Paul was a young boy featured on the second single "We Kill The World (Don't Kill The World)". Even though the record sleeve credits "other children", Brian Paul and his friend Brian Sletten eventually sang all of the children's vocals themselves. They also appeared with the group in a number of TV shows when they promoted the song.
Soon after the release of Boonoonoonoos band member Bobby Farrell was fired from the group by producer Frank Farian, leaving the group unavailable to promote the album. Christmas Album - originally planned as a Liz Mitchell solo album - was rushed out three weeks after "Boonoonoonoos". Atlantic (UK) planned to release a new version of "Jimmy" as a single in April 1982 but those plans were eventually shelved.
Track listing
Side A:- "Boonoonoonoos" (Frank Farian, Giorgio Sgarbi, Catherine Courage, Fred Jay) - 4:37
- "That's Boonoonoonoos / Train to Skaville" (Frank Farian, Larry Dillon, Rainer Maria Ehrhart) / "I Shall Sing" (Van MorrisonVan MorrisonVan Morrison, OBE is a Northern Irish singer-songwriter and musician. His live performances at their best are regarded as transcendental and inspired; while some of his recordings, such as the studio albums Astral Weeks and Moondance, and the live album It's Too Late to Stop Now, are widely...
) - 5:56 - "Silly Confusion" (Frank Farian, Dietmar Kawohl, Mats Björklund, Harry Baierl, Catherine Courage) - 7:12
- "Ride to Agadir" (Mike BattMike BattMichael Philip "Mike" Batt is a British songwriter, musician, producer and Deputy Chairman of the British Phonographic Industry...
) - 5:09 - "Jimmy" (Frank Farian, Johan Daansen, Brad Howell) - 4:07
- "African Moon" (Frank Farian, Helmut Rulofs, Liz Mitchell, Catherine Courage) - 2:55
Side B:
- "We Kill the World (Don't Kill the World)" (Frank Farian, Giorgio & Giusela K. Sgarbi) - 6:28
- "Homeland Africa (Ship Ahoy)" (Kenneth Gamble, Frank Farian, Leon Huff) - 4:20
- "MalaikaMalaikaMalaika, which means "angel" in Swahili , is the most famous love song in Kenyan pop music, as well as one of the most widely known Swahili songs...
" (Farian, Reyam, Traditional) - 3:27 - "Consuela Biaz" (Farian, Courage, O'Hara) - 4:37
- "Breakaway" (Kelvin James) - 4:18
- "Sad MoviesSad Movies (Make Me Cry)"Sad Movies " is a 1961 pop song by the American singer Sue Thompson. The song was written by John D. Loudermilk and appears on Thompson's 1962 Hickory Records album Meet Sue Thompson....
" (John D. LoudermilkJohn D. LoudermilkJohn D. Loudermilk is an American singer and songwriter.-Biography:Born in Durham, North Carolina, Loudermilk grew up in a family who were members of the Salvation Army faith and was influenced by the church singing. His cousins Ira and Charlie Loudermilk were known professionally as the Louvin...
) - 3:22 - "Goodbye My Friend" (Farian, Rulofs, Courage) - 5:25
Alternative album editions
- "Boonoonoonoos" (Direct Master Cutting - Long Versions). Limited edition double album, released in Germany, France and the UK.
Side A
- "Boonoonoonoos"
- "Train to Skaville / That's Boonoonoonoos / I Shall Sing"
- "Silly Confusion"
Side B
- "Ride to Agadir"
- "Jimmy"
- "African Moon"
Side C
- "We Kill the World (Don't Kill the World)"
- "Homeland Africa (Ship Ahoy)"
- "Malaika"
Side D
- "Consuela Biaz"
- "Breakaway"
- "Sad Movies"
- "Goodbye My Friend"
Release history
LP- Germany: Test pressing 203 888-000 (Pressing O) (excluding "Malaika" and "Consuela Biaz")
- Germany: Hansa RecordsHansa RecordsHansa Records was a record label founded in the 1960s based in Berlin, Germany....
203 888-320 (A-6 / B-7) (Pressing I) (reverse running order of "Malaika" and "Consuela Biaz") - Germany: Hansa 203 888-320 (A-8 / B-3) (Pressing II) (reverse running order of "Malaika" and "Consuela Biaz")
- Germany: Hansa 203 888-320 (A-3 / B-8) (Pressing III)
- Germany: Hansa 203 888-320 (A-13 / B-13) (Pressing IV)
- UK: Atlantic RecordsAtlantic RecordsAtlantic Records is an American record label best known for its many recordings of rhythm and blues, rock and roll, and jazz...
K 50852 (Pressing VI) - Japan: Atlantic P-13010A (Pressing VII)
- Spain: Ariola I-203 888 (Pressing VIII)
- Italy: Durium DAI 30.384 (Pressing III)
- Argentina: RCA Victor AVS 4959 (Pressing VIII)
- South Africa: Gallo ML 4541 (Pressing VII)
MC
- Germany: Hansa 403 888-352. (Pressing X)
Limited Edition 2LP
- Germany: Hansa 301 850-570 (Pressing V)
- UK: Atlantic K 50852D (Pressing VIII)
- France: CarrereCarrereCarrere was a French record label which specialized in euro disco and pop. Claude Carrere was the founder. He started working with Annie Chancel in 1962 and renamed her Sheila, who remained his sole artist for a while. He set up Carrere Productions and the records were distributed by Philips...
67.831 (Pressing IX)
CD releases
- Germany 1994: BMG 74321 21267 2. (The CD cover featured slightly different photos than original LP) (Pressing XI)
- Europe 2007: Sony-BMG 88697 09481 2, including two bonus tracks: 14. Felicidad (Margherita) (Massara, Conz) - 4:33. 15. Strange (Dobson) - 3:28, both originally released on Hansa single 102 681-100 (1980).
Both cd releases contain the versions from the one disc vinyl album release and not the (slighlty) longer mixes from the 2 disc vinyl album.
Single releases
Germany7"
- "Malaika" (7" Mix) - 5:02 / "Consuela Biaz" (7" Mix) - 4:57 (Hansa 103 350-100, 1981)
- "We Kill The World (Don't Kill The World)" (7" Edit) - 5:38 / "Boonoonoonoos" (7" Edit) - 5:35 (Hansa 103 666-100, 1981)
12"
- "Malaika" (12" Mix) - 5:35 / "Consuela Biaz" (7" Mix) - 4:57 (Hansa 600 400-213, 1981)
- "Boonoonoonoos" (12" Mix) - 11:23 ("Boonoonoonoos" - 4:52 / "That's Boonoonoonoos/Train to Skaville/I Shall Sing" - 6:31) / "We Kill The World (Don't Kill The World)" - 6:32 (Hansa 600 455-213, 1981)
UK
7"
- "We Kill The World (Don't Kill The World) (UK 7" Edit) - 5:38 / "Boonoonoonoos" (7" Edit) - 5:35 (Atlantic K11689, 1981)
12"
- We Kill The World (Don't Kill The World)" - 6:30 / "6 Years Of Boney M. Hits (Boney M. on 45)" (12" Mix - long version) - 13:26 (Atlantic K 11689T, 1981)
Overview of different pressings
The Boonoonoonoos album were released in no less than 10 different pressings as well as a unique test pressing, omitting "Malaika" and "Consuela Biaz" from the track listing. Two pressings featured these two tracks in reverse order, i.e. track B3 - "Consuela Biaz", track B4 "Malaika".| Title | Description | Length | on pressings | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| O | I | II | III | IV | V | VI | VII | VIII | IX | X | XI | ||||
| Boonoonoonoos | 4:37 | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | ||||
| 4:50 | • | • | |||||||||||||
| That's Boonoonoonoos / Train To Skaville | 2:21 | • | • | • | • | • | • | ||||||||
| 2:25 | • | ||||||||||||||
| 3:24 | • | • | • | • | |||||||||||
| 3:33 | • | ||||||||||||||
| I Shall Sing | 1:00 | • | |||||||||||||
| 3:09 | • | • | • | • | |||||||||||
| 3:35 | • | • | • | • | • | ||||||||||
| 3:37 | • | ||||||||||||||
| 3:47 | • | ||||||||||||||
| Silly Confusion | 6:54 | • | • | ||||||||||||
| 7:12 | • | • | • | • | • | ||||||||||
| 7:17 | • | • | |||||||||||||
| 7:17 | • | • | • | ||||||||||||
| Ride To Agadir | 5:10 | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | ||
| Jimmy | 3:52 | • | • | • | • | • | |||||||||
| 4:10 | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | ||||||||
| African Moon | 2:37 | • | • | ||||||||||||
| 2:50 | • | • | • | • | |||||||||||
| 3:00 | • | • | |||||||||||||
| 3:19 | • | • | |||||||||||||
| 4:12 | • | • | |||||||||||||
| We Kill The World (Don't Kill The World) | 6:02 | • | |||||||||||||
| 6:05 | • | ||||||||||||||
| 6:32 | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | |||||
| Homeland Africa (Ship Ahoy) | 3:20 | • | • | • | |||||||||||
| 2 verses + 1st verse repeated | 4:20 | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | ||||||
| 5:05 | • | ||||||||||||||
| Malaika | 2:48 | • | |||||||||||||
| 2:48 | • | • | • | • | • | ||||||||||
| 3:34 | • | • | • | • | • | ||||||||||
| Consuela Biaz | 3:50 | • | • | • | • | • | • | ||||||||
| 4:36 | • | • | • | • | • | ||||||||||
| Breakaway | 3:45 | • | • | • | • | • | • | ||||||||
| 3:46 | • | ||||||||||||||
| 4:17 | • | • | • | • | |||||||||||
| 4:23 | • | ||||||||||||||
| Sad Movies | 3:22 | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | |||
| 3:40 | • | ||||||||||||||
| Goodbye My Friend | 5:26 | • | |||||||||||||
| 5:10 | • | • | |||||||||||||
| 5:27 | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | ||||||
Personnel
- Liz MitchellLiz MitchellLiz Mitchell is a singer, best known as the former lead singer of the 1970s disco/pop band, Boney M.-Early life:...
- lead vocals (A2, A5, A6, B3, B4, B6 & B7), backing vocalsBacking vocalistA backing vocalist or backing singer is a singer who provides vocal harmony with the lead vocalist or other backing vocalists... - Marcia BarrettMarcia BarrettMarcia Barrett , is one of the original singers with the vocal group, Boney M.-The early years:...
- lead vocals (B1, B5), backing vocals - Frank FarianFrank FarianFrank Farian , is a German record producer and songwriter. He started out as a trained cook before moving into the music industry...
- lead vocals (A4 & B5), backing vocals - Bobby FarrellBobby FarrellRoberto "Bobby" Alfonso Farrell was an Aruban dancer and performer, best known as the male member of the successful 1970s pop and disco group Boney M.-Early years:...
- rap (track A2), spoken intro (B1) - Cathy Bartney (La MamaLa Mama (band)La Mama is a German pop and disco trio who worked in Frank Farian's studios in the first half of the 1980s. Adapting their name from New York theatre La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club, they released three singles and two albums and worked as backing singers on a number of recordings for other...
) - backing vocals (A3, B1 ("Don't Kill the World") & B3) - Madeleine Davis (La Mama) - backing vocals (A3, B1 ("Don't Kill the World") & B3)
- Patricia Shockley (La Mama) - backing vocals (A3, B1 ("Don't Kill the World") & B3)
- Brian Paul - lead- and backing vocals (B1 ("Don't Kill the World"))
- Brian Sletten - backing vocals (B1 ("Don't Kill the World"))
- Dave King - bass guitarBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
- Günther Gebauer - bass guitarBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
- Helmut Rulofs - guitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
- Johan Daansen - guitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
- Mats Björklund - guitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
- Curt Cress - drumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
- Keith ForseyKeith ForseyKeith Forsey is an English soundtrack composer, drummer, songwriter and record producer.-Biography:Forsey's first recordings were as the younger member of the group The Spectrum, better known for the end title theme for Gerry Anderson's Captain Scarlet, but hit makers across Europe in their own...
- drumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person .... - Harry Baierl - keyboardsKeyboard instrumentA keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...
- Kristian Schultze - keyboardsKeyboard instrumentA keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...
- Andy Zaltzman- bassoonBassoonThe bassoon is a woodwind instrument in the double reed family that typically plays music written in the bass and tenor registers, and occasionally higher. Appearing in its modern form in the 19th century, the bassoon figures prominently in orchestral, concert band and chamber music literature...
- Max Greger Jr. - keyboardsKeyboard instrumentA keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...
- Dino Solera - saxophoneSaxophoneThe saxophone is a conical-bore transposing musical instrument that is a member of the woodwind family. Saxophones are usually made of brass and played with a single-reed mouthpiece similar to that of the clarinet. The saxophone was invented by the Belgian instrument maker Adolphe Sax in 1846...
(A5, A6) - Tom ScottTom Scott (musician)Tom Scott is an American saxophonist, composer, arranger, conductor and bandleader of the west coast jazz/jazz fusion ensemble The L.A. Express.-Biography:Scott was born in Los Angeles, California...
- saxophone (A1, B5) - London Philharmonic OrchestraLondon Philharmonic OrchestraThe London Philharmonic Orchestra , based in London, is one of the major orchestras of the United Kingdom, and is based in the Royal Festival Hall. In addition, the LPO is the main resident orchestra of the Glyndebourne Festival Opera...
- orchestra (A4)
Production
- Frank Farian - producerRecord producerA record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...
- Christian Kolonovits - arrangerArrangerIn investment banking, an arranger is a provider of funds in the syndication of a debt. They are entitled to syndicate the loan or bond issue, and may be referred to as the "lead underwriter". This is because this entity bears the risk of being able to sell the underlying securities/debt or the...
- Geoff Bastow - arranger
- Giorgio Sgarbi - arranger
- Harry Baierl - arranger
- Stefan Klinkhammer - arranger
- Tammy Grohé - sound engineer
- Recorded at Abbey Road StudiosAbbey Road StudiosAbbey Road Studios is a recording studio located at 3 Abbey Road, St John's Wood, City of Westminster, London, England. It was established in November 1931 by the Gramophone Company, a predecessor of British music company EMI, its present owner...
London, AIR Studios London, Audio Studio Berlin, Atlantic Studios Munich, Rainbow Studios Munich, Union Studios Munich, Vigilant Studios Nice, Bob MarleyBob MarleyRobert Nesta "Bob" Marley, OM was a Jamaican singer-songwriter and musician. He was the rhythm guitarist and lead singer for the ska, rocksteady and reggae band Bob Marley & The Wailers...
Studios Kingston Jamaica, Hitsville Recording Studios Hollywood California. Mixed at Farian Studios.
Charts
Album| Year | Chart | Position |
|---|---|---|
| 1981 | Norway Norway Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million... 's album chart |
21 |
Single
| Year | Single | Chart | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | "Children of Paradise" | UK single chart | 66 |
| "We Kill the World (Don't Kill the World)" | UK single chart | 39 |
Sources and external links
- Rate Your Music, detailed discography
- Discogs.com, detailed discography
- [ Allmusic, biography, discography etc.]
- Boney M. FAQ