Love for Sale (Boney M. album)

Love for Sale
Studio album by Boney M.
Released	May 1977
Recorded	1976-1977
Genre	Reggae, Euro disco, R&B
Length	41:17
Label	Atlantic (UK) Atlantic Records (USA) Hansa Records (FRG)
Producer	Frank Farian
Boney M. chronology
Take the Heat off Me (1976) Love for Sale (1977) Nightflight to Venus (1978)
Alternative cover
US edition

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Love for Sale is the second album by Boney M. The album includes the hits "Ma Baker" (#96 on the Billboard Hot 100, #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, and "Still I'm Sad" (by The Yardbirds).

Track listing

Side A

1. "Ma Baker" (Frank Farian, Fred Jay, George Reyam (Hans-Jörg Mayer)) - 4:36
2. "Love for Sale" (Cole Porter) - 4:47
3. "Belfast" (Jimmy Bilsbury, Drafi Deutscher, Joe Menke) - 3:31
4. "Have You Ever Seen the Rain?" (John Fogerty) - 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" (Frank Farian, Liz Mitchell) - 4:58
3. "Silent Lover" (Frank Farian, Keith Forsey, Fred Jay) - 4:14
4. "A Woman Can Change a Man" (Frank Farian, Fred Jay) - 3:33
5. "Still I'm Sad" (Jim McCarty, Paul Samwell-Smith) - 4:34

Alternative album editions

• US, track A3: "Daddy Cool" - 3:27

Personnel

• Liz Mitchell - lead vocals (tracks A2, A4, B1, B2, B4, B5), backing vocals
• Marcia Barrett - lead vocals (tracks A3, B3), backing vocals
• Frank Farian - 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
• Keith Forsey - drums
• Todd Canedy - drums
• Nick Woodland - guitar
• Johan Daansen - guitar
• Thor Baldursson - keyboards
• The Black Beautiful Circus - performers on tracks A5 and B5

Production

• Frank Farian - producer
• Stefan/Stephen Klinkhammer - arranger, 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 K50385.
• US: Atlantic SD 19145.
• Germany: Hansa Records 28 888 OT.

CD releases

• Germany 1994: BMG 74321 21270 2.
• EU & US 2007: Sony-BMG Sony-BMG 88697-08261-2. Bonus tracks: "Ma Baker - Somebody Scream" (Sash! 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 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 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	10
	Norway's album chart	2	28

Single

Year	Single	Chart	Position	Weeks on chart
1977	"Ma Baker"	UK single chart	2
		Norway'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.