Boney M's attempt at a Christmas record, 20 Greatest Christmas Songs, is a shockingly agreeable album that is a wonderful guilty pleasure for the holidays. Their overblown, ABBA-style arrangements fit the music perfectly, and with keyboards straight out of the Pet Shop Boys they manage to make average Christmas songs sound like Euro-disco anthems. The album starts slowly, with the serious songs clogging up the first few tracks. But once 'Zion's Daughter (Tochter Zion)' kicks in, the album turns up the camp factor and the fun begins. 'Joy to the World' may be the centerpiece of the album, a galloping anthem that takes all the religious content of the original and makes it into a dramatic pop song. Fans of this style of music will probably find this a hoot, although be warned that this is a very dated album and does not have a lot of crossover potential to a casual listener.

CD Album
Collection Edition

CD1

1. Baby Do You Wanna Bump (Part 1) (7' Version) (1975)
2. Daddy Cool (1976)
3. No Woman No Cry (1976)
4. Sunny (1976)
5. Ma Baker (Unreleased 1st Pressing Version) (1977)
6. Belfast (1977)
7. Rivers Of Babylon (Unreleased Italy Version) (1978)
8. Brown Girl In The Ring (7' Alternate Version) (1978)
9. Rasputin (7' Version) (1978)
10. Painter Man (1978)
11. Mary's Boy Child Oh My Lord (7' Version) (1978)
12. Dancing In The Streets (7' Version) (1979)
13. Hooray! Hooray! It's a Holi-Holiday (7' Version) (1979)
14. Gotta Go Home (7' Version) (1979)
15. El Lute (7' Version) (1979)
16. Bahama Mama (7' Version) (1979)
17. I'm Born Again (7' Version) (1979)
18. I See A Boat On The River (7' Version) (1980)
19. My Friend Jack (7' Version) (1980)

CD2

1. Children Of Paradise (7' Version) (1980)
2. Gadda-Da-Vida (7' Version) (1980)
3. Felicidad (Margherita) (7' Version) (1980)
4. Malaika (1981)
5. Consuela Biaz (Unreleased Early Version)
6. We Kill The World (Don't Kill The World) (UK 7' Version) (1981)
7. The Carnival Is Over (Goodbye True Lover) (Unreleased Early Single Mix) (1982)
8. Going Back West (7' Version) (1982)
9. Jambo - Hakuna Matata (No Problems) (7' Version) (1983)
10. Somewhere In The World (7' Version) (1984)
11. Exodus (Noah's Ark 2001) (7' Version) (1984)
12. Kalimba de Luna (7' Version) (1984)
13. Happy Song (feat. Bobby Farrell with The School-Rebels) (7' Version) (1984)
14. My Chérie Amour (1985)
15. Young, Free And Single (feat. Bobby Farrell) (7' Version) (1985)
16. Bang Bang Lulu (7' Version) (1986)
17. Stories (Radio Mix) (1990)
18. Papa Chico (Rap Version) (1994)
19. Barbra Streisand (The Most Wanted Woman) (Radio Mix) (2010)

CD3

1. Song Of Joy (feat. Liz Mitchell) (Single Edit) (2015)
2. Running Man (Frankie's On The Run) (feat. Guyana) (2015)
3. Sunny (John Munich & Thorsten Skringer Radio Sax Edit) (2015)
4. Nightflight To Venus (Blank & Jones Remix) (2015)
5. Ma Baker (Blank & Jones Radio Remix) (2015)
6. Daddy Cool (Nick Raider Radio-Mix) (2015)
7. Kalimba De Luna (Bassflow de Luna Mix) (2015)
8. Rasputin (Bassflow 4.0 Mix) (2015)
9. Rivers Of Babylon (Echolot Fox Mix) (2015)
10. Daddy Cool (Jay Frog & Amfree Remix) (2015)
11. Sunny (John Munich & Thorsten Skringer Extended Sax Mix) (2015)
12. Sunny (Blank & Jones Summer Vibe Remix) (2015)
13. Rivers Of Babylon (Nick Raider Club Party Mix) (2015)
14. Kalimba De Luna (Bassflow de Luna Instrumental Mix) (2015)
15. Rasputin (Bassflow 4.0 Remix) (2015)