The 20 Greatest Christmas Songs (1986)

About this title: Boney M's attempt at a Christmas record, 20 Greatest Christmas Songs, is a shockingly agreeable album that is a wonderful guilty pleasure for the holidays. Their overblown, ABBA-style arrangements fit the music perfectly, and with keyboards straight out of the Pet Shop Boys they manage to make average Christmas songs sound like Euro-disco anthems. The album starts slowly, with the serious songs clogging up the first few tracks. But once "Zion's Daughter (Tochter Zion)" kicks in, the album turns up the camp factor and the fun begins. "Joy to the World" may be the centerpiece of the album, a ... read more

Tracks:

1. Christmas Medley: Silent Night, Holy Night (Stille Nacht, Heilige ...) [Traditional/Farian/]
2. Oh Christmas Tree (Oh Tannenbaum) [Traditional/Farian]
3. Hark! The Herald Angels Sing [Wesley/Farian/Mende]
4. Zion's Daughter (Tochter Zion) [Farian/Handel/Jay]
5. The First Noël [Sandys]
6. Oh Come All Ye Faithful [Farian/Traditional]
7. Petit Papa Noël [Martinet/Vincy]
8. Darkness Is Falling (Es Wird Scho' Glei' Dumpa) [Jay/Rulofs]
9. Joy to the World [Mason/Watts]
10. White Christmas [Berlin]
11. Jingle Bells [Pierpont/Farian]
12. Feliz Navidad [Feliciano]
13. When a Child Is Born [Jay/Rulofs]
14. The Little Drummer Boy [Davis/Onorati/Simeo]
15. Mary's Boy Child/Oh My Lord [Farian/Hairston]
16. Auld Lang Syne [Burns/Traditional]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.