Love for Sale (Boney M. album)

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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), "Belfast", "Have You Ever Seen the Rain?" and "Still I'm Sad".

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" (Hillsbury, Deutscher, 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)

Germany
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	60
	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.