Love for Sale is the second album by Boney M. The album includes the hits "Ma Baker" (#96 on the Billboard Hot 100

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, #31 on the Club Play Singles chart), and "Belfast". It also includes covers: "Love for Sale" (by Cole Porter), "Have You Ever Seen the Rain?" (by Creedence Clearwater Revival

Creedence Clearwater Revival

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, and "Still I'm Sad" (by The Yardbirds

The Yardbirds

- Current :* Chris Dreja - rhythm guitar, backing vocals * Jim McCarty - drums, backing vocals * Ben King - lead guitar * David Smale - bass, backing vocals...

).

Track listing

Side A

1. "Ma Baker
   Ma Baker
   "Ma Baker" is a 1977 disco hit single by German disco band Boney M. It was the first single of their second album Love for Sale and their third consecutive chart-topper in Germany and their best yet placing in the UK, peaking at #2 although only a minor single in the US .-The song:Frank Farian's...
   
   " (Frank Farian, Fred Jay, George Reyam (Hans-Jörg Mayer)) - 4:36
2. "Love for Sale" (Cole Porter
   Cole Porter
   Cole Albert Porter was an American composer and songwriter. Born to a wealthy family in Indiana, he defied the wishes of his domineering grandfather and took up music as a profession. Classically trained, he was drawn towards musical theatre...
   
   ) - 4:47
3. "Belfast
   Belfast (Boney M. song)
   "Belfast" is the second single of the disco band Boney M.'s 1977 album Love for Sale. "Belfast" was the first Boney M. single to feature lead vocals by Marcia Barrett and became their 4th consecutive German chart-topper. In the UK it peaked at #8...
   
   " (Hillsbury, Deutscher, Menke) - 3:31
4. "Have You Ever Seen the Rain?
   Have You Ever Seen the Rain?
   "Have You Ever Seen the Rain?" is a song written by John Fogerty and released in 1970 on the album Pendulum by American roots rock group Creedence Clearwater Revival. The song charted highest in Canada, reaching number one on the RPM 100 national album chart in March 1971. In the U.S., it peaked at...
   
   " (John Fogerty
   John Fogerty
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   ) - 2:40
5. "Gloria, Can You Waddle" (Frank Farian, George Reyam) - 3:57

Side B

1. "Plantation Boy" (Fred Jay, King) - 4:27
2. "Motherless Child
   Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child
   "Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child" is a traditional Negro spiritual.The song dates back to the era of slavery in the United States when it was common practice to sell children of slaves away from their parents. An early performance of the song dates back to the 1870s by the Fisk Jubilee...
   
   " (Frank Farian, Liz Mitchell) - 4:58
3. "Silent Lover" (Frank Farian, Keith Forsey
   Keith Forsey
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   , Fred Jay) - 4:14
4. "A Woman Can Change a Man" (Frank Farian, Fred Jay) - 3:33
5. "Still I'm Sad" (Jim McCarty
   Jim McCarty
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   , Paul Samwell-Smith
   Paul Samwell-Smith
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   ) - 4:34

Personnel

• Liz Mitchell
  Liz Mitchell
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   - lead vocals (tracks A2, A4, B1, B2, B4, B5), backing vocals
  Backing vocalist
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• Marcia Barrett
  Marcia Barrett
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   - lead vocals (tracks A3, B3), backing vocals
• Frank Farian
  Frank Farian
  Frank Farian , is a German record producer and songwriter. He started out as a trained cook before moving into the music industry...
  
   - lead vocals (A5), backing vocals
• Linda Blake - voice of "Ma Baker" on A1
• Bill Swisher - speaker voice on A1
• The Rhythm Machine - musicians
• Gary Unwinn - bass guitar
  Bass guitar
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• Keith Forsey
  Keith Forsey
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   - drums
  Drum kit
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• Todd Canedy - drums
• Nick Woodland - guitar
  Guitar
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• Johan Daansen - guitar
• Thor Baldursson - keyboards
  Keyboard instrument
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• The Black Beautiful Circus - performers on tracks A5 and B5

Production

• Frank Farian - producer
  Record producer
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• Stefan/Stephen Klinkhammer - arranger
  Arranger
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  , conductor
• Christian Kolonovits - arranger
• Johann Daansen - arranger
• Thor Baldursson - arranger
• Fred Schreier - sound engineer
• Hartmut Pfannmüller - sound engineer
• John Lund - sound engineer
• Michael Lammert - sound engineer
• Recorded and mixed at Union Studios, Munich, and Europe Sound Studios, Offenbach.

Release history

• UK: Atlantic Records
  Atlantic Records
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   K50385.
• US: Atlantic SD 19145.
• Germany: Hansa Records
  Hansa Records
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   28 888 OT.

CD releases

• Germany 1994: BMG
  BMG
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   74321 21270 2.
• EU & US 2007: Sony-BMG Sony-BMG 88697-08261-2. Bonus tracks: "Ma Baker - Somebody Scream" (Sash!
  Sash!
  SASH! is a German DJ / producer team, fronted by Sascha Lappessen , who works in the recording studio with Ralf Kappmeier and Thomas "Alisson" Lüdke. They have sold over 18 million albums worldwide and earned more than 65 Gold and Platinum awards.-History:Sascha Lappessen, Thomas "Alisson" Lüdke,...
  
   radio edit) (1999) - 3:23, "Stories" (radio mix) (Boney M. Feat Liz Mitchell 1990) - 4:16.

Single releases

UK

7"

• "Ma Baker" - 4:32 / "Still I'm Sad" - 4:36 (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...
  
   K10965, 1977)
• "Belfast" - 3:30 / "Plantation Boy" - 4:03 (Atlantic K11020, 1977)

US

7"

• "Ma Baker" 4:32 / "Gloria Can You Waddle" (Atlantic SD 19145, 1977)

German

7"

• "Ma Baker" (Early version) - 4:47 /"Still I'm Sad" - 4:36 (Hansa Records
  Hansa Records
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   17 888 AT (17 888 A-4/77 B-1/77), 1977)
• "Ma Baker" - 4:32 / "Still I'm Sad" - 4:36 (Hansa 17 888 AT, 1977)
• "Belfast" - 3:30 / "Plantation Boy" - 4:03 (Hansa 11 537 AT, 1977)
• "Love for Sale" (Edit) - 4:15 / "Gloria, Can You Waddle" - 4:00 (Cancelled single release 11 809 AT)

Charts

Album

Year	Chart	Position	Weeks on chart
1977	UK albums chart	13
	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	2	28

Single

Year	Single	Chart	Position	Weeks on chart
1977	"Ma Baker"	UK single chart	2
		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 single chart	1	23
	"Belfast"	UK single chart	8

External links

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