Artist: Boney M. | Album: Nightflight To Venus | Label: MCI | Catalog: 74321 21269 2 | Country: Germany | Released: 1994 | Genre: Funk, Soul, Disco | Duration: 00:44:55

This 1978 album finds producer/Svengali Frank Farian starting to push his pop-disco attraction Boney M. into new and interesting musical territory. The songs are still very much disco tracks with an emphasis on bubblegum pop hooks, but Farian works some interesting musical flavors into the mix: “Painter Man” (a cover of a track by mod rockers Creation) effectively pits a series of heavy, distorted hard rock guitar riffs against its danceable beat, and “Brown Girl in the Ring” adds some distinctive steel drums into its rhythmic calypso-pop mixture. However, the oddest and most unusual and interesting combination of musical elements arrives with “Rasputin,” a tribute to the legendary Russian historical figure that uses balalaikas to create its textured rhythm guitar hook. Nightflight to Venus also spawned a major international hit with “Rivers of Babylon,” which mixes religious lyrics and a folk song melody with a pronounced beat to create an instantly accessible pop hymn.

Tracklist:

01. Nightflight To Venus
02. Rasputin
03. Painter Man
04. He Was A Steppenwolf
05. King Of The Road
06. Rivers Of Babylon
07. Voodoonight
08. Brown Girl In The Ring
09. Never Change Lovers In The Middle Of The Night
10. Heart Of Gold

Category:Disco
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