Background
After a break in the spring of 1983 when Liz Mitchell gave birth to her second child,and Marcia Barrett recorded demos with Eddy Grant,the band issued "Jambo –Hakuna Matata (No Problems)" backed with a new remix of "African Moon" from the Boonoonoonoos album.
During the winter of 1983/1984,new recordings were made,and the album was then given a whole new approach. It was supposed have been a continuation of the ethno-African themes,both musically and lyrically,of 1981's Boonoonoonoos,but after the miscalculation with "Jambo",most of the new tracks which ultimately ended up as the side A suite were given a science fiction theme,and the album title Ten Thousand Lightyears was chosen. The album was finally released in May 1984 and was also Boney M.'s debut on the new compact disc format,followed by a ARD TV-special airing in August.
The single chosen to promote the finished album was the ballad "Somewhere in the World";it became the fourth consecutive Boney M. single not to reach the German Top 40. With the album only reaching #49 in the German charts in July,the second single "Living Like a Moviestar" and Frank Farian's planned duet single with Sandy Davis,a cover of Tommy Roe's "Dizzy" were both shelved. [3]
Track listing
Original album,Hansa LP 206 200-620 / CD 610 140-222 (Germany,May 1984)
Side A:
- "Exodus (Noah's Ark 2001)" (Farian,Dietmar Kawohl,Sandy Davis) –5:19
- (Promotional Album Mix 5:00 –alternate mix) [5]
- "Wild Planet" (Farian,Peter Bischof) –4:06
- Based on Omega's "Ajanlott utvonal" (János,László,György,Tamás,Ferenc) (1982) [6]
- "Future World" (Farian,Bischof) –3:48
- Based on Omega's "10.000 Lépés" (Presser,Adamis) (1969) [7]
- (Promotional Album Mix 4:12 –alternate mix)
- "Where Did You Go" (Kawohl,Bischof) –4:09
- "10.000 Lightyears" (Kawohl,Björklund,Farian,Bischof) –4:32
- "I Feel Good" (Franz Bartzsch,Farian,Bischof) –3:05
- (Alternate Mix on Promotional Cassette 3:23,2:15 edit on Promotional LP)
Side B:
- "Somewhere in the World" (Wolfgang Keilhauer,Tammy Grohé,Davis) –4:38
- "Bel Ami" (Farian,Rainford,Bischof) –3:12
- "Living Like a Moviestar" (Farian,Kawohl,Bischof) –3:04
- "Dizzy" (Tommy Roe,Freddy Weller) –3:26
- (Unedited Mix on Promotional LP –3:51)
- "The Alibama" (Farian,George Reyam,Davis) –3:05
- (Unedited Mix with lead vocal by Sandy Davis on Promotional LP –4:10)
- "Jimmy" (Farian,Daansen,Howell,Liz Mitchell) –3:02
- "Barbarella Fortuneteller" (Farian,Kawohl,Davis) –2:58
- (Unedited Mix on Promotional Cassette 3:08,2:09 edit on Promotional LP)
Reissue Hansa LP 206 555-620 (Germany,September 1984) [8]
Side A (as above)
Side B:
- "Kalimba de Luna" (Tony Esposito,Mauro Malavasi,Remo Licastro,Giuseppe Amoruso,Gianluigi Di Franco) (Edit Version) –3:26
- "Somewhere in the World" (Wolfgang Keilhauer,Tammy Grohé,Davis) (Edit Version) –3:10
- "Bel Ami" (Farian,Rainford,Bischof) –3:12
- "Living Like a Moviestar" (Farian,Kawohl,Bischof) –3:04
- "Dizzy" (Tommy Roe,Freddy Weller) –3:26
- "The Alibama" (Farian,George Reyam,Davis) –3:11
- "Jimmy" (Farian,Daansen,Howell,Liz Mitchell) –3:02
- "Barbarella Fortuneteller" (Farian,Kawohl,Davis) –2:58
French Pressing Kalimba De Luna (Carrere Records,66.189) [9]
Side A (as above)
Side B: [10]
- "Kalimba de Luna" (Esposito,Malavasi,Licastro,Amoruso,Di Franco) (Long Version) –7:00
- "Somewhere in the World" (Wolfgang Keilhauer,Tammy Grohé,Davis) –4:38
- "Bel Ami" (Farian,Rainford,Bischof) –3:12
- "Living Like a Moviestar" (Farian,Kawohl,Bischof) –3:04
- "Dizzy" (Tommy Roe,Freddy Weller) –3:26
- "The Alibama" (Farian,George Reyam,Davis) –3:11
- "Barbarella Fortuneteller" (Farian,Kawohl,Davis) –2:58
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