All or Nothing (Milli Vanilli album)

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All or Nothing
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Studio album by
Released14 November 1988
Recorded1988
Genre
Length45:48
Label
Producer Frank Farian
Milli Vanilli chronology
All or Nothing
(1988)
Girl You Know It's True
(1989)
Singles from Girl You Know It's True
  1. "Girl You Know It's True"
    Released: 27 June 1988
  2. "Baby Don't Forget My Number"
    Released: 12 December 1988
  3. "Girl I'm Gonna Miss You"
    Released: 10 July 1989
  4. "All or Nothing"
    Released: 15 January 1990

All or Nothing is the debut studio album by dance pop duo Milli Vanilli, released only outside of North America in November 1988. In 1989, it was repackaged and retitled as Girl You Know It's True for release in North America on the Arista label, with several of the original album tracks replaced and/or remixed. All or Nothing was a moderate success, reaching the top 40 in several European countries and #1 in New Zealand. It originally reached #37 in the UK, but was packaged together with The U.S.-Remix Album: All or Nothing in 1989 under the name 2×2 and reached #6. After 1990, due to lip-synching allegations, a disclaimer sticker was added on the cover to explicitly name the singers who provided vocals on the album.

Contents

Although All or Nothing was replaced in America with Girl You Know It's True, All or Nothing is available on the American iTunes Store. In December 1990, singer-songwriter David Clayton-Thomas sued Milli Vanilli for copyright infringement, alleging that the title track used the melody from his 1968 composition "Spinning Wheel", a hit for his group Blood, Sweat & Tears. [1] All or Nothing was included in Q magazine's 2006 list of the 50 worst albums ever made. [2]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Can't You Feel My Love"3:32
2."Boy in the Tree"
  • T. Gad
  • J. Gad
3:10
3."Money"
4:09
4."Dance with a Devil"
  • Farian
  • P. G. Wilder
  • Newman
  • Jayne Collins
3:12
5."Girl I'm Gonna Miss You"
  • Farian
  • Dietmar Kawohl
  • Peter Bischoff Fallenstein
3:59
6."All or Nothing"
3:19
7."Baby Don't Forget My Number"
  • Farian
  • Nail
4:09
8."Dreams to Remember"
  • Farian
  • Kawohl
  • Mary Applegate
3:56
9."Is It Love"
  • T. Gad
  • J. Gad
3:22
10."Ma Baker"
  • Farian
  • Fred Jay
  • George Reyam
4:24
11."Girl You Know It's True" (maxi version - super club mix)
  • Bill Pettaway
  • Sean Spencer
  • Kevin Lyles
  • Rodney Hollaman
  • Ky Adeyemo
8:48
12."Hush" Joe South 3:12
13."Too Much Monkey Business" (maxi version) (bonus track)Farian1:48

Personnel

Milli Vanilli

Session musicians

Production

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Germany (BVMI) [12] Gold250,000^
New Zealand (RMNZ) [13] Platinum15,000^
Spain (PROMUSICAE) [14] Gold300,000 [15]
United Kingdom (BPI) [16] Silver60,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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