All or Nothing (Milli Vanilli album)

All or Nothing
Studio album by
Released14 November 1988
Recorded1988
StudioFar Studios, Rosbach
Genre
Length45:48
Label
ProducerFrank Farian
Milli Vanilli chronology
All or Nothing
(1988)
Girl You Know It's True
(1989)
Singles from All Or Nothing
  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 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.