All or Nothing is the debut studio album by German dance pop duo Milli Vanilli, released only outside of North America in November 1988. All or Nothing was a moderate success, reaching the top 40 in several European countries and number 1 in New Zealand. It originally reached number 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 number 6.

All or Nothing was not issued in the U.S. and was replaced by the album Girl You Know It's True (1989), which had a different set of tracks but retained the songs "Baby Don't Forget My Number", "Girl You Know It's True", "I'm Gonna Miss You" and "All or Nothing", all of which would reach the top five in the U.S. charts. However, All or Nothing is available on Apple Music in the U.S.

In November 1990, it was revealed that Fab Morvan and Rob Pilatus of Milli Vanilli did not perform the vocals for any of their music and were lip-synching in concert. The 1991 reissue of All or Nothing would add a disclaimer sticker on the cover that explicitly named the singers who provided vocals on the album—namely John Davis, Brad Howell, Charles Shaw and Gina Mohammed—although it omitted the names of Jodie and Linda Rocco. Mohammed went on to garner a bigger role in the follow-up group, the Real Milli Vanilli.

In December, singer-songwriter David Clayton-Thomas sued Milli Vanilli for copyright infringement, alleging that "All or Nothing" 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.

Track listing

Personnel Credits adapted from CD liner notes, except where noted.

Milli Vanilli Rob Pilatus – visual performance Fab Morvan – visual performance

Musicians

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

Technical Frank Farian – producer P.G. Wilder – arranger Pit Loew – arranger Toby Gad – arranger Jens Gad – arranger Dino Solera – horn arranger Tobias Freund – engineer Bernd Berwanger – engineer Norbert Janicke – engineer Jens Seekamp – engineer Esser & Strauss – photos Mago-Design – styling Hans Wegner – cover

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (1988–1989) Peakposition

Year-end charts Chart (1989) Position New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) 16 Chart (1990) Position Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) 16

Certifications

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