Description -
Christmas Album is the sixth studio album by Boney M. It was recorded in the summer of 1981 and released on 23 November 1981. The album, which in certain territories was given the alternate title Christmas with Boney M..
The album includes the million-selling 1978 Christmas number one "Mary's Boy Child/Oh My Lord" and it yielded two further single releases, "Little Drummer Boy" in 1981, which became a Top 20 hit in Germany. A second single was released for Christmas 1982, "Zion's Daughter" (with new member Reggie Tsiboe pictured on the cover), failed to chart.
Media Condition - (G).
Sleeve Condition - (VG) -
Track listing
Side A
- "Little Drummer Boy" (Katherine K. Davis, Henry Onorati, Harry Simeone) – 4:21
- "White Christmas" (Irving Berlin) – 4:19
- "Feliz Navidad" (José Feliciano) – 3:07
- "Jingle Bells" (James Lord Pierpont, Frank Farian) – 2:53
- "Winter Fairy-Tale" (Instrumental) (Harald Baierl) – 2:58
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"Mary's Boy Child - Oh My Lord" (Jester Hairston, Hela Lorin, Frank Farian, Fred Jay) – 5:10
- Edited version
Side B
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Christmas Medley: "Silent Night, Holy Night (Stille Nacht, Heilige Nacht)"/ "Snow Falls Over the Ground (Leise Rieselt Der Schnee)" / "Hear Ye the Message" (Franz Xaver Gruber, Joseph Mohr, Eduard Ebel, Frank Farian, Fred Jay) – 6:20
- The 2nd verse of "Silent Night" is sung in German on the German LP release but in English on the UK release. The full-length medley contained "Sweet Bells ("Süßer die Glocken nie klingen")" which wasn't released until 1986 when the medley was remixed and overdubbed.
- "Petit Papa Noël" (Martinet, Vincy) – 1:41
- "Zion's Daughter (Tochter Zion)" (Traditional, George Frideric Handel, Frank Farian, Fred Jay, Helmut Rulofs) – 3:51
- "When a Child Is Born" (Fred Jay, Zacar) – 3:20
- "Darkness Is Falling" (Fred Jay, Helmut Rulofs) – 3:02
- "I'll Be Home for Christmas" (Catherine Courage, Frank Farian, Helmut Rulofs) – 3:44