Boonoonoonoos

Boonoonoonoos is the fifth studio album by Boney M.

== Background == Originally announced for a release on September 1, 1981, it was eventually postponed. Offizielle Charts cites an official release date of September 28, 1981. In Billboard of September 26, 1981, it is mentioned that the album "generated strong advance orders, spurring Hansa to press up 100,000 copies." However, it seems more likely that it hit the record stores towards the end of October as Boonoonoonoos first entered the German charts at No. 59 in mid-November and reached its peak at No. 15 already in the following week (November 23, 1981). In January 1982, it was reported it still had not sold gold after nearly three months on the market. An Ariola spokesman blamed the lack of a major hit single as a cause. It stayed in the German charts until March 8, 1982. It was the group's first new studio album in two years and marked the beginning of the group's commercial decline. In the UK where the group had come off 3 consecutive No. 1 albums 1978–80, Boonoonoonoos failed to chart at all. It also marked the last album to feature original member, the group's charismatic dancer Bobby Farrell, who was fired by the group's producer Frank Farian in November 1981, just weeks after the album's release.