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:''For other uses or the term, see: [[Wivenhoe (disambiguation)]]''

| Name = Gold - 20 Super Hits

'''Wivenhoe Dam''' is built across the [[Brisbane River]] about 80 kilometres from the centre of [[Brisbane]], [[Queensland]]. It creates an artificial lake called [[Lake Wivenhoe]].

| Type = compilation

| Artist = [[Boney M.]]

| Cover = Boney M. - Gold - 20 Super Hits.jpg

| Released = January [[1993 in music|1993]]

| Recorded = 1975- 1984, [[1992 in music|1992]]

| Genre = [[Eurodance]], [[Pop music|Pop]], [[Disco]]

| Length = 72:00 mins

| Label = {{flagicon|Germany}} MCI/[[BMG]] <small>(GER)<small>

| Producer = [[Frank Farian]]

| Reviews = [[All Music Guide]] {{rating-5|4.5}} [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:jcfrxq9jld6e]

| Last album = [[Greatest Hits Of All Times - Remix '89 - Volume II]]

| This album = '''''Gold - 20 Super Hits'''''

| Next album = ''[[The Greatest Hits (Boney M. 1993)|The Greatest Hits (1993)]]''

}}

'''Gold - 20 Super Hits''' is a [[1993 in music|1993]] [[compilation album]] by [[Disco]]/[[Eurodance]] group [[Boney M.]]. Shortly after record label [[PolyGram]] had acquired the rights to the ABBA back catalogue and had issued the multimillion-selling hits package ''[[Gold - Greatest Hits]]'', [[BMG]] and producer [[Frank Farian]] followed suit with Boney M.'s ''Gold - 20 Super Hits'' which resulted in their best chart entry in the UK (#14 - see ''[[The Greatest Hits (Boney M. 1993)|The Greatest Hits]]'') and most other European countries since 1980's ''[[The Magic Of Boney M. - 20 Golden Hits]]''.

The [[dam]] was designed as a multifunctional facility between 1980-1984.

The album covers of some editions of the ''Gold'' career retrospective declared that these were the 'original masters' which was a truth with modification since producer Farian not only had edited most of the tracks but also had provided them with synthesized 90's percussion (disco hi-hats, sampled tambourines and handclaps). These new-ish mixes have since been presented as the original 70's versions on most Boney M. hit collections issued in the 90's and 2000's, including 2006's ''[[The Magic of Boney M.]]''.

*Its primary function is to provide a safe [[Drinking water|water]] supply to the people of Brisbane and adjacent regions.

*It is also the lower storage in a pumped-storage, [[Hydroelectricity|hydro-electric]] generating facility, the [[Wivenhoe Power Station, Queensland|Wivenhoe Power Station]].

*Additionally to that, during a [[flood]] the dam is designed to hold back 1.45 million megalitres of additional water for [[flood mitigation]].

''Gold - 20 Super Hits''/''[[The Greatest Hits (Boney M. 1993)|The Greatest Hits]]'' included a new "Boney M. Megamix" which had given Boney M. their 10th UK Top 10 entry in December of 1992 (#7, 7 weeks. Germany #26, 11 weeks.).

==Key facts==

==Tracklisting==

Wivenhoe Dam consists of an earth and rock embankment 2.3 kilometres long and 50 metres high. It has a [[concrete]] [[spillway]] section on which five steel crest gates are installed. The gates at 12 metres wide and 16.6 metres high, are amongst the largest of their type in the world.

#"[[Rivers of Babylon]] (1992 Overdub Mix) (Farian, Reyam) - 4:15

#"Daddy Cool" (1992 Overdub Mix) (Farian, Reyam) - 3:26

#"[[Sunny (song)|Sunny]]"(1992 Overdub Mix) (Hebb) - 3:56

#"[[Brown Girl in the Ring (game)|Brown Girl in the Ring]]" (1992 Overdub Mix) (Farian) - 4:00

#"[[Rasputin (song)|Rasputin]]" (1992 Overdub Mix) (Farian, Jay, Reyam) - 4:24

#"[[Ma Baker]]" (1992 Overdub Mix) (Farian, Jay, Reyam) - 4:05

#"Hooray! Hooray! It's A Holi-Holiday" (1992 Overdub Mix) (Farian) - 3:55

#"Painter Man" (1992 Overdub Mix) (Phillips, Pickette) - 3:16

#"Belfast" (1992 Overdub Mix) (Billybury, Deutscher, Menke) - 3:25

#"[[No Woman No Cry]]" (1992 Overdub Mix) ([[Bob Marley]]) - 4:20

#"[[Mary's Boy Child]] / Oh My Lord" (1992 Overdub Mix) ([[Jester Hairston]], Farian, Jay, Lorin) - 4:01

#"Gotta Go Home" (1992 Overdub Mix) (Farian, Huth, Jay) - 2:30

#"Still I'm Sad" (1992 Overdub Mix) (April, McCarty, Samwell-Smith) - 4:24

#"Nightflight To Venus" (Fade-out) (Farian, Jay, Kawohl) - 3:49

#"Felicidad (Margherita)" (1992 Overdub Mix) (Conz, Masssara)- 2:50

#"El Lute" (1989 Mix, fade-out) (Blum, Farian, Jay) - 3:58

#"Baby Do You Wanna Bump" (1992 Overdub Mix) (Zambi) - 2:25

#"Kalimba De Luna" (1992 Overdub Mix) (Amoruso, Esposito, Licastro, Malavasi) - 4:11

#"Happy Song" (Abacab, Bacciocci, Spagna) - 3:56

#"Boney M. Megamix" (1992) ("[[Rivers of Babylon]]" / "[[Sunny (song)|Sunny]]" / "Daddy Cool" / "[[Ma Baker]]" / "[[Rasputin (song)|Rasputin]]") (Farian, Reyam, Hebb, Jay) - 3:51

==Personnel==

The dam has a total storage capacity of 2.61 km³, of which 1.16 km³ is used for urban water storage.

* [[Liz Mitchell]] - [[lead vocals]], [[backing vocals]]

* [[Marcia Barrett]] - lead vocals, backing vocals

* [[Frank Farian]] - lead vocals, backing vocals

* [[Reggie Tsiboe]] - lead vocals, backing vocals (tracks 18 & 19)

* [[Bobby Farrell]] - vocals (track 19)

== Production==

200 properties were acquired to provide the 337.50 square kilometres of land required for the dam.

* Frank Farian - [[producer]], [[remixer]]

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The catchment area is 5,554 square kilometres.

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The dam holds twice as much water as [[Port Jackson|Sydney Harbour]] and is about seven times bigger than [[Hinze Dam]] at the [[Gold Coast, Queensland|Gold Coast]].

[[Category:Boney M. albums]]

[[Category:Disco albums]]

Wivenhoe Dam does not supply the Gold Coast.

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==Statistics==

*Catchment area: 5 554 km²

*Average annual rainfall: 940 mm

*Capacity – water supply: 1 165 000 ML

*Capacity – flood storage: 1 450 000 ML

*Submerged area at full supply level: 109.4 km²

*Stream Bed Level at Structure (AHD): 23 m

*Full Supply Level (AHD): 67 m

*Spillway Level (AHD): 57 m

*Embankment or Crest Level (AHD): 79 m

*Type of Structure: Embankment (4 000 000 m³) and Concrete (140 000 m³)

*Year of Completion: 1985

*Length of Wall: 2 300 m

*Shoreline: 462 km

*Spillway Gates: 5 x 12.0 m x 16.6 m

*Regulator Valves: 2 x 1.5 m diameter

*Average Evaporation (mm/year): 1 872

*Hydro Electric Station/dam structure: 4.5 megawatts

*Design: Queensland Water Resources Commission

[http://www.seqwater.com.au/files/pdf/KeyDamStatistics.pdf Source]

==Construction==

Preliminary investigations into a dam began in the mid 1960s. In November 1971, Government approval was given to proceed with construction. Acquisition of lands of the submerged portion of the dam began in March 1973. In 1976 the Government gave approval to proceed with construction of the pumped storage hydro-electric scheme.

==External links==

* [http://www.sweetwaterfishing.com.au/Wivenhoe.htm Lake Wivenhoe fishing information & map]

*[http://www.seqwater.com.au/content/standard.asp?name=WivenhoeDam SEQWater - Wivenhoe Dam]

*[http://www.gccc.com.au/t_gcw.asp?PID=3172 Gold Coast Water - Facts about the Wivenhoe Dam]

[[Category:Reservoirs and dams in Australia]]