Ultimate (Boney M. album)

Ultimate
Compilation album by Boney M.
Released	July 1999
Recorded	1976-1981, 1984, 1998, 1999
Genre	Eurodance, pop, Euro disco
Label	BMG-Ariola (France)
Producer	Frank Farian
Boney M. chronology
Norske Hits (1998) Ultimate (1999) 20th Century Hits (1999)

Ultimate is a compilation album of recordings by Boney M. released by BMG-Ariola France. Early 1999 saw the release of "Ma Baker - Somebody Scream" which was a collaboration with Horny United and German band Sash! which peaked at #22 in the UK and was also a Top 30 hit in Germany. In France the single was followed up by compilation Ultimate which in addition to the new remix contained edited versions of the band's hits previously issued on The Magic Of Boney M. - 20 Golden Hits and Fantastic Boney M., an extended version of single "Kalimba De Luna" from Kalimba de Luna - 16 Happy Songs and two tracks from 1993's More Gold - 20 Super Hits Vol. II.

Track listing

1. "Ma Baker '99" (Farian, Jay, Reyam) - 3:44
   • Boney M. vs. Sash!, radio edit
2. "Rivers of Babylon" (Farian, Reyam) - 3:59
   • Edited version from The Magic Of Boney M. - 20 Golden Hits
3. "Daddy Cool" (Farian, Reyam) - 3:25
   • Original album version
4. "Sunny" (Bobby Hebb) - 3:14
   • Edited version from The Magic Of Boney M. - 20 Golden Hits
5. "Rasputin" (Farian, Jay, Reyam) - 3:40
   • Edited version from The Magic Of Boney M. - 20 Golden Hits. Original 7" mix ( - 4:43) remains unreleased on CD.
6. "Ma Baker" (Farian, Jay, Reyam) - 3:44
   • Edited version The Magic Of Boney M. - 20 Golden Hits
7. "El Lute" (Farian, Jay, Klinkhammer, Kolonovits) - 4:24
   • Edited version from The Magic Of Boney M. - 20 Golden Hits
8. "Painter Man" (Phillips, Pickett) - 3:10
   • Edited version from The Magic Of Boney M. - 20 Golden Hits
9. "Brown Girl in the Ring" (Farian) - 3:06
   • Edited version from The Magic Of Boney M. - 20 Golden Hits
10. "Kalimba de Luna" (Amoruso, DiFranco, Esposito, Licastro, Malavasi) - 7:18
    • Edited US Club Mix, from Kalimba de Luna - 16 Happy Songs
11. "Belfast" (Billsbury, Deutscher, Menke) - 2:25
    • Edited version from The Magic Of Boney M. - 20 Golden Hits
12. "No Woman, No Cry" (Ford, Bob Marley) - 2:58
    • Edited version from The Magic Of Boney M. - 20 Golden Hits
13. "Gotta Go Home" (Farian, Jay, Klinkhammer) - 3:45
    • Oceans Of Fantasy album edit
14. "I See a Boat on the River" (Farian, Jay, Rulofs) - 3:03
    • Edited version taken from Fantastic Boney M.
15. "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
16. "Ribbons of Blue" (Keith Forsey) - 3:04
    • Edited version from The Magic Of Boney M. - 20 Golden Hits
17. "Still I'm Sad" (McCarthy, Samwell-Smith) - 3:40
    • Edited version from The Magic Of Boney M. - 20 Golden Hits
18. "Love for Sale" (Cole Porter) - 4:15
    • 1993 overdub edit from More Gold - 20 Super Hits Vol. II
19. "I Shall Sing" (Van Morrison) - 3:09
    • 1993 overdub version from More Gold - 20 Super Hits Vol. II
20. "Hooray! Hooray! It's a Holi-Holiday" (Farian, Jay) - 3:11
    • Edited version from The Magic Of Boney M. - 20 Golden Hits. Original 7" mix available on 2007 remaster kalimba da luna.

Personnel

• Liz Mitchell - lead vocals, backing vocals except track 10
• Marcia Barrett - lead vocals, backing vocals except track 10
• Frank Farian - lead vocals, backing vocals
• Reggie Tsiboe - lead vocals, backing vocals (track 10)

Production

• Frank Farian - producer, remixer
• Sash! - remixers (track 1)

Release history

• 1999 France: BMG 74321 68338 2

Sources and external links

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