Description
Nightflight to Venus is the third studio album by Euro-Caribbean group Boney M., and was released in July 1978. The album became a major success in continental Europe, Scandinavia, and Canada, topping most of the album charts during the second half of 1978 and also became their first UK number one album. In Canada, it received a nomination for a 1980 Juno Award in a category 'International Album of the Year'.Nightflight to Venus includes their worldwide hits "Rivers of Babylon" and "Brown Girl in the Ring", a double A-sided single that topped the UK singles chart and has sold over 2 million copies there. The follow-up was another Boney M. classic, "Rasputin", in most countries also a double A-side coupled with "Painter Man", a cover of a 1966 hit by the band The Creation. In the UK, "Rasputin" and "Painter Man" were released separately as A-sides by Atlantic Records, both reaching the Top 10. "Rivers of Babylon", which peaked at No. 30 on The Billboard Hot 100, became their biggest US hit.
Release info
Label: Sony Music 88985409251
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue
Country: Europe
Released: 2017
Genre: Funk / Soul, Pop
Style: Disco
Tracklist
A1 Nightflight To Venus
A2 Rasputin
A3 Painter Man
A4 He Was A Steppenwolf
A5 King Of The Road
B1 Rivers Of Babylon
B2 Voodoonight
B3 Brown Girl In The Ring
B4 Never Change Lovers In The Middle Of The Night
B5 Heart Of Gold