Vinyl Disc Boney M. / Eye Dance (LP)

Reissue on vinyl of the 1985 studio album "Eye Dance" by Boney M.

The mid-1980s was the time when the world began to change inexorably; the universe of music was also changing, where an electronic, somewhat minimalistic sound began to rule the ball, replacing the luxurious and pretentious sound of disco. In an attempt to give the last push to the career of his band, the gray cardinal Boney M., producer Frank Farian decided to experiment and presented to the public the album "Eye Dance", made in the mainstream of synthpop; it is symptomatic that the release date of this record was 1985 - a time mark left exactly halfway between the turbulent 80s and the very revolutionary 90s. "Eye Dance" bears little resemblance to an ordinary Boney M. album: even the band's cover and logo are made outside the usual style of the legendary disco team that has developed over their 10-year career. As befits an experimental album, "Eye Dance" radically departs from the established canon in terms of sound. Boney M. we managed to slam the door at parting: so, the deliberately fashionable composition "Young, Free And Single" managed to get into the charts of Germany and ignite a lot of discos of the 1980s.

The German band Boney M. was founded by the famous music producer Frank Farian in 1975 and literally a year later became one of the brightest pop sensations around the world. The most successful single of the band was the song "Rivers Of Babylon", which topped the charts all over Europe and managed to break into the American top 30. And the most successful albums were "Nightflight To Venus" and "Oceans Of Fantasy", both topped the British and German charts, and also received platinum statuses in these countries. Boney M. it is still one of the most published pop groups in the world: legal copies of albums and singles have exceeded 150 million copies, and the number of illegal ones is estimated at at least another 300 million. The band entered the Guinness Book of Records as having sold the largest number of singles in the UK, and in Germany Boney M. they still hold the lead in terms of time spent at the peak position of the national singles chart.