The 20 Greatest Christmas Songs

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The 20 Greatest Christmas Songs is a compilation/remix album by Boney M.. In 1986 producer Frank Farian took the master tapes from 1981's Christmas Album, added six recordings by Liz Mitchell, Reggie Tsiboe and two session singers from 1984, remixed them and created The 20 Greatest Christmas Songs, originally released as Die 20 schönsten Weihnachtslieder der Welt in Germany. The 1986 version of the Boney M. Christmas album has since been re-issued as Happy Christmas (1991), The Most Beautiful Christmas Songs of the World (1992), A Wonderful Christmas Time (1997) and Christmas Party (1998 and 2003).

Track listing

Side A

1. "Christmas Medley ("Silent Night, Holy Night" / "Snow Falls Over the Ground" / "Hear Ye the Message") (Traditional, Farian, Jay) - 6:25
2. "Oh Christmas Tree" (Traditional, Farian) - 2:54
3. "Hark the Herald Angels Sing" (Felix Mendelssohn, Charles Wesley, Farian) - 3:03
4. "Zion's Daughter" (George Frideric Handel, Traditional, Farian, Jay, Rulofs) - 3:50
5. "The First Noel" (William Sandys) - 3:03
6. "Oh Come All Ye Faithful" (Traditional, Farian) - 3:41
7. "Petit Papa Noël" (Martinet, Vincy) - 1:41
8. "Darkness Is Falling" (Jay, Rulofs) - 3:02

Side B

1. "Joy to the World" (Lowell Mason, Isaac Watts) - 2:32
2. "White Christmas" (Irving Berlin) - 3:21
3. "Jingle Bells" (James Lord Pierpont, Farian) - 3:28
4. "Feliz Navidad" (José Feliciano) - 2:21
5. "When a Child is Born" (Jay, Rulofs) - 3:19
6. "Little Drummer Boy" (Katherine K. Davis, Henry Onorati, Harry Simeone) - 4:21
7. "Mary's Boy Child / Oh My Lord" (Jester Hairston, Farian) - 5:09
   • Edited version
8. "Auld Lang Syne" (William Burns, Traditional) - 2:34

Personnel

• Liz Mitchell - lead vocals, backing vocals
• Marcia Barrett - backing vocals (track B7)
• Frank Farian - lead vocals, backing vocals
• Reggie Tsiboe - lead vocals, backing vocals (tracks A2, A3, A5, A6, B1, B8)
• The London Christmas Choir - choir
• The London Philharmonic Orchestra - orchestra

Production

• Frank Farian - producer, remixer