All or Nothing (Milli Vanilli album)
# All or Nothing (Milli Vanilli album)

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 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.

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.

All or Nothing was included in Q magazine's 2006 list of the 50 worst albums ever made.

## Personnel

Milli Vanilli

* Rob Pilatus – visual performance
* Fab Morvan – visual performance

Session musicians

* Charles Shaw – lead vocals, backing vocals
* John Davis – lead vocals
* Brad Howell – lead vocals
* Jens Gad – guitars, arrangements
* Peter Weihe – guitars
* P.G. Wilder – keyboards, arrangements
* Toby Gad – keyboards, arrangements
* Pit Loew – keyboards, arrangements
* Volker Barber – keyboards
* Curt Cress – drums
* Mel Collins – saxophone
* Dino Solera – horns, horn arrangements
* Felice Civitareale – horns
* Franz Weyerer – horns
* Jodie and Linda Rocco – backing vocals
* Felicia Taylor – backing vocals
* The Jackson Singers – backing vocals
* Herbert Gebhard – backing vocals
* Bimey Oberreit – backing vocals
* Peter Rishavy – backing vocals

Production

* Frank Farian – producer
* Ingrid Segieth – production coordinator
* Tobias Freund – engineering
* Bernd Berwanger – engineering
* Norbert Janicke – engineering
* Jens Seekamp – engineering

## Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1988–1989)

Peak position

Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)

13

Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)

36

German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)

22

New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)

1

Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)

29

Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)

5

UK Albums (OCC) as 2×2

6

Year-end charts

Chart (1989)

Position

New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)

16

Chart (1990)

Position

Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)

16 :

## Certifications

| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
| - | - | - |
| Germany (BVMI) | Gold | $250,000^^$ |
| New Zealand (RMNZ) | Platinum | $15,000^^$ |
| Spain (PROMUSICAE) | Gold | 300,000 |
| United Kingdom (BPI) | Silver | $60,000^^$ |
| $^^$ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |||
