Oceans of Fantasy [Import]

1. Let It All Be Music [4:46]

2. Gotta Go Home [3:45]

3. Bye Bye Bluebird [4:47]

4. Bahama Mama [3:16]

5. Hold On I'm Coming [3:32]

6. Two Of Us [3:18]

7. Ribbons Of Blue [1:02]

8. Oceans Of Fantasy [5:05]

9. El Lute [5:48]

10. No More Chain Gang [5:17]

11. I'm Born Again [4:08]

12. No Time To Lose [2:52]

13. Calendar Song [2:37]

Tracks:

Let It All Be Music
Gotta Go Home
Bye Bye Bluebird
Bahama Mama
Hold on I'm Coming
Two of Us
Ribbons of Blue
Oceans of Fantasy
Lute
No More Chain Gang
I'm Born Again
No Time to Lose
Calendar Song (January, February, March...)
I See a Boat on the River [*]
My Friend Jack [*]

Album Description

2007 reissue. Faria.

Album Details

2007 Digitally Remastered Reissue from the Legendary Europop Group.

Customer Reviews:

another boney m re-re-release.......2007-04-29

Finally, after it's original cd release in the early 90's here is a new remaster of the 4th boney m cd.
The cd (tracks-runningtime) is the same as the the first release except for 2 bonus tracks, that were recorded/ released after this album, but before the boonoonoonoos album. When this album was originally released on vinyl in 1979 it saw no less then 9 different pressings with different timings of the tracks. For me, as fan/ collector I am mostly intrested in the longest versions and that's not what this cd brings. No rare releases, just the tracks as given already so many times.
Even though some tracks appear to be ust a few seconds longer, they somethimes are completely different.

AS an example, here is the original cd tracklisting (which was the 6th vinyl lp pressing) with times and the second time is that of another version of that same song, but then from a different vinyl recording.
Let It All Be Music 4:55 (5:28)
Gotta Go Home 3:45 (4:24 and even a 2:58 version)
Bye Bye Bluebird 4:50 (5:15)
Bahama Mama 3:17 (3:30)
Hold On! I'm Comin' 3:37 (4:07)
Two of Us 3:16 (3:14)
Ribbons of Blue 2:00 (3:54 > as released on a Italian 7inch single)
Oceans of Fantasy 5:07 (5:27)
El Lute 5:57 (that is the longest version, though the 12inch ran 5:07)
No More Chain Gang 5:25 (5:50)
I'm Born Again 4:09
No Time to Lose 2:56 (3:23)
Calendar Song (January, February, March...) 2:43 (3:20)
I See A Boat On The River (Bonus track)
My Friend Jack (Bonus track)

As you can see, most songs appears in longer different versions as well, and then I did not even mention the 12inch versions for hold on I'm coming 5:46 / gotta go home 5:04 / bahama mama 5:12 / i'm born again 4:17

And what happened to the single (3:50) hooray hooray it's a holi-holiday that was released that same year but was never included on any album. Or the very short 1:02 version of ribbons of blue, that one was actually on the 6th pressing (the later cd version), but was removed and the 2 minute version was used instead, but why not the full 3:54 version???
I guess we will never know.
Hopefully, one day, they release this cd as limited edition 2 disc, with the original album and the longer/shorter versions from the other vinyl releases.

And, when can we finally expect a cd with all those great original 12inch version?

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Lover of the Russian Queen...
Come Share With Me The Oceans!
Another masterpiece of Boney M. magic
As mesmerizing as the "Nightflight To Venus".

Oceans of Fantasy
Boney M.
Manufacturer: Bmg Int'l
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000006T9J
Release Date: 1998-06-30

Tracks:

Let It All Be Music [4:46]
Gotta Go Home [3:45]
Bye Bye Bluebird [4:47]
Bahama Mama [3:16]
Hold On I'm Coming [3:32]
Two Of Us [3:18]
Ribbons Of Blue [1:02]
Oceans Of Fantasy [5:05]
El Lute [5:48]
No More Chain Gang [5:17]
I'm Born Again [4:08]
No Time To Lose [2:52]
Calendar Song [2:37]

Customer Reviews:

Lover of the Russian Queen..........2005-10-22

This multi Platinum record selling group was formed in Germany in the mid 70s with Marcia Barrett, Liz Mitchell, Maizie Williams and Bobby Farrell. The project was put together by the German record producer Frank Farian. Coincidently all 4 members were from the West Indies area and different time of their life they all were settled in Europe.
It is sad that Boney M didn't have much success in America, but they had HUGE success in Europe and Asia. I was probably 4/5 yrs old when I first saw this tape. My elder brother used to listen to them. Needless to say I'd not understand all the wording, but I clearly recall even being a kid, I found their music just stunningly melodious. I don't think there is another band quite like Boney M or there will ever be another one!
20/25 years later I see some of the newer hip hop rap artist try to dance the way Bobby Farrell did back in the mid 70s! I was born in Bangladesh and grew up in US. While going to college I was working at a music store and I've asked dozens of my music customers if they have heard of Boney M. The response was always "who"?
Music that gets produced now days are often intended to last for maybe 2 tops 3 years. After that either the band breaks up or they just can't score any other track, but group like Boney M ruled the European chart for nearly 20 years!!! I wish there were such melody and simplicity in today's music, but I know I'm asking for a lil too much.

See my screen name. Do i need to say one more time how big of Boney M fan i'm? :)
If u r reading this review and don't have a single Boney M cd, get any of their cds and you won't be disappointed!

Come Share With Me The Oceans!.......2002-11-03

Speaking as a casual Boney M. fan (is there such a thing?!), I have to say that this is a truly catchy and funky album. It was bought for my Dad by my Aunt as a birthday present back in '79 when I was just two years of age. During the ensuing years it was rarely off of our record player as my sister and I would listen to it continuously, whilst dancing round the living room miming to the lyrics. As children we appreciated its simplistic qualities: strong beats and memorable tunes. As an adult I indulged myself and bought the album on CD, if only to take a little trip down Nostalgia Lane. It was a wonderful experience to hear the music I knew so well as a crisp and clear digital recording. I remembered it as a rather scratchy and crackly affair due to the years of abuse my sister and I put the original vinyl LP through!

Let's not kid ourselves, this is no musical materpiece, but there is a certain something there. It's a very neatly produced album with tight disco beats and wonderful bass tracks provided by Gary Unwin (whatever happened to him?!). It isn't just for nostaligic and rose-coloured reasons that I like this album. The title track is a personal favourite because it seems to sum up the whole experience: competent session musicianship, solid production, odd and intriguing lyrics, a weird fusing of German/European and Carribean cultures, and probably best of all, producer and closet singer Frank Farian's blatantly egotistical but amazingly successful attempt to replace the entire band with his own voice singing all the parts. Bizarre!

Another masterpiece of Boney M. magic.......2000-03-17

After the enormeous success of Boney M.'s third album "Nightflight To Venus" that spent 65 weeks on the UK charts, expectations were sky high to Boney M.'s fourth LP, and the release would also be postponed several times until finally seeing the light of day in September 1979. The group was also starting to have serious problems within, Marcia Barrett claimed that they were being paid far too little, and dancer Bobby Farrell was threatening to leave if producer Frank Farian didn't allow him to sing for real on the records (Farian had done all the male vocals in the studio himself whereas Bobby Farrell would only sing for real in their live concerts). Furthermore, the lead singer of one of Farian's other groups Eruption, Precious Wilson, had left the group, now wanting to go solo, and although Farian offered her to take dancer (but not singer) Maizie Williams' place in Boney M., she declined. Precious Wilson would, however, be featured as a Special Guest Star on the opening track of the new album, the pounding disco-rock-stomper "Let It All Be Music" with solo parts by Farian, Boney M. singers Liz Mitchell & Marcia Barrett, and a goosebumping finale with Precious Wilson crying out on top of her lungs. Stellar! Right on to "Gotta Go Home" which was the flagship single with "El Lute" as a double A-side, another frenetic disco track with oil drums as a hint to Boney M.'s Caribbean roots. Mastermind Frank Farian would, due to his anger about Bobby Farrell's threats, show off on this L.P. that the vocals of Boney M. were only done by himself, Liz Mitchell, and Marcia Barrett (The original L.P. even features track-by-track vocal credits), thus he would duet with himself on "Bye Bye Bluebird", a tight, funky disco track with flute and sax solos, and singing with his incredible falsetto voice as well as his deep male voice. "Bahama Mama" is a catchy disco track about Bahama Mama who has six daughters and none of them is married yet, it was released as the second single flip-to-flip with "I'm Born Again" but not charting as high as their previous singles due to the disco backlash at the end of the decade. Next is Precious Wilson's first solo single, a funky cover of "Hold On I'm Coming" with Farian on the backing vocals, Farian was hoping that the inclusion on the album would support the single but it did disappointingly. "Two Of Us" is a surprising reggae-ish version of The Beatles-song before side 1 closes with one of Boney M.'s most romantic songs, the country-flavoured "Ribbons Of Blue", penned by their drummer Keith Forsey. It had been issued earlier that year as the B-side of the non-album single "Hooray Hooray It's A Holi-Holiday", and due to space limitations on the album, it is only a 2-min. edit version, sadly BMG didn't put the full 4-min. version on the CD. Whereas side 1 of the album is much dominated by a disco beat, side 2 is more diverse, opening with the magnificent title track, a funky, almost Earth Wind & Fire-esque opus with Frank Farian singing all the vocals himself! Then follows "El Lute" (the first single), a beautiful mid-tempo song, somewhat reminiscent of ABBA's "Fernando". The mood shifts on "No More Chain Gang" with its heavy, monotonous drum beat, after which the accordion intro of the next song "I'm Born Again" is effectively surprising. This soft song with Liz Mitchell on the lead vocal was released in the fall of 1979 as the second single and was apparently thought as the ideal single for the Holiday season but in the UK, it reached only a disappointing #35 after a string of Top 10-singles. Marcia Barrett sings the funky "No Time To Lose" about her man being free again and coming home to her before the album closes with a Calypso flavoured version of a South African traditional, "The Calendar Song", a song which is still popular today. Although "Oceans Of Fantasy" isn't quite as magical as the previous "Nightflight To Venus"-LP, it is still a bonafide album with an outstanding production and sound. It's a shame, though, that BMG hasn't made an effort to reproduce the stunning LP poster cover in the CD booklet.

As mesmerizing as the "Nightflight To Venus"........1999-05-26

Good music. Stunning vocals. Melodious. Boney M to a T! Cannot be missed

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