Boney M. Album: “Eye Dance”

At first this album comes as a deep, deep disappointment to any Boney M. fan. The frontcover doesn't feature a group photo, not even their logo, and vocally it sounds more like a Reggie Tsiboe (new male member) / Frank Farian collaboration rather than a Boney M. album. Liz Mitchell is only featured on lead vocals on two songs - Marcia Barrett on non at all. Furthermore the whole album concept is really vile. But if you're able to abstract from this first disillusion, it is possible to enjoy some of the songs separately. The single "Young Free & Single" - although not sounding anything like Boney M. - is in fact quite catchy. "Todos Buenos" has some hit potential too but it lacks Farian's usually brilliant production. The title track may be the album's best song, a duet between Farian's deep male voice and high falsetto voice. Although Boney M. has done some quite surprising cover versions (that worked!), "Dreadlock Holiday" does without question not fit on a Boney M. album but it's not that bad when you imagine it as a Reggie Tsiboe solo track. Nevertheless it's strange how such a wonderful track like their 12" version of "My Cherie Amour" comes off so uninteresting in this edit version, and it's downright painful to listen to the inane closing track "Bang Bang Lulu", yet another Caribbean traditional but not at all so charming as "Brown Girl In The Ring". Only "Chica Da Silva" has Boney M.'s name written all over it, even so the album were better left unreleased.

By 1985 Boney M. was no longer a commercial succes on continental Europe. Whilst their previous album (Ten Thousand Lightyears) was the groups best album, this is one of their worst. The leadsinger of the group, Liz Mitchell, almost doesn't appear on this album at all. The typical Boney M. sound was gone and a year later the group itself was gone as well.

Young, Free And Single is perhaps the best song on the album. It has a nice chorus, with nice happy lyrics.

After another commercial failure Boney M. split up in 1986. The original group never made a new album together after this one. Although several different "versions" of the group with at least one original member in them are touring around the world. Those new groups, however never create the magic that Boney M. had during their most popular period.

Thanks Amazon - great to finally get hold of this album! Young Free and Single sounds very modern, the whole album is timeless. A fitting farewell for one of the greatest groups of this century. Fans; add this album to your Boney M Collection.

Superb Condition. Excellent quality of music. Perfect packing and forwarding. Got in perfect condition. Cheers.. Recommendable to others defenitely !!