Customer Reviews

Greatest Hits

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The songs on this "Greatest Hits" package are not original versions, and they will disappoint Milli Vanilli fans that remember and love the original versions aired on radio and MTV in the late 80s and very early 90s. You will be saddened by the inferior version of "Blame It On The Rain," which buries the vocal and botches the original single's great synth-hook that opened the song. The version of "Girl You Know It's True" presented on this CD is very disappointing and never kicks into the classic over-caffeinated chorus of the original. "All Or Nothing," "Baby Don't Forget My Number" and "I'm Gonna Miss You" are near-replicas of the original versions, and are still great-sounding. The other 11 songs on this CD are throw-aways, mere filler-material that you will skip over. If you loved the original versions (you can still hear them on youtube, at least), you don't want to buy this album. The original album "Girl You Know It's True" (as titled in the U.S.) that contained all their awesome foot-tapping hits is no longer in print, and their record label deliberately destroyed the masters of their biggest hits in a whirldwind of apparent contrition. Buy a used copy of "Girl You Know It's True" off Amazon, and pay the extra money. This CD will only let you down. You're going to miss "Blame It On The Rain."

I own several Milli Vanilli imports and their 2 US releases, Girl You Know It's True and The Remix Album. The cuts on this Greatest Hits are a bit different than what is on those two discs. It is the same singers you hear on the original releases.

All Or Nothing (3:21) - This is the same version that is on Girl You Know It's True until the very end. It has some strange talking after the song ends.

Baby Don't Forget My Number (4:10) - This is basically the single version that played on the radio. It has the album version intro with "Okay Eddie, this ones for you" then it jumps into the single version. It then ends with the "Is Eddie okay?" line that the album version ends with.

Blame It On The Rain (4:09) - this is a remix that I do not have on any other disc. I've heard this version before but this is the first time I believe it has appeared on disc. This version is the reason I bought this disc.

Girl You Know It's True (N.Y.C. Subway Remix) (4:01) - This is the remix version that appeared on the end of the Girl You Know It's True album only it fades out. Odd they didn't put the whole track on here.

Girl I'm Gonna Miss You (4:00) - I believe this is the radio edit which is a bit shorter than the version on Girl You Know It's True.

"Girl You Know It's True" was a magnificent album. The musicians who made it, made one of the greatest pop albums of the late 80s/early 90s. You're reading this because you would expect a "Greatest Hits" compilation to include those songs that you remember, namely "Baby, Don't Forget My Number" and "Girl You Know It's True." For some reason, this album has been marketed in the same fraudulent way that the music was. Specifically, the two above mentioned songs are "remix" versions on this album, and they naturally lose all of the magic of the original versions. They aren't even close to the originals. Now, having just received this CD in the mail, I will be sending it back. Save yourself the pain that I just went through, and just buy a used copy of "Girl You Know It's True," as I realize that copies for it new are ridiculously high.

If you are looking for the radio version (and I believe video version), which I have been, it is NOT on this album. The version here is sort of a half and half mix of the radio and the album versions. So the search is on for the actual radio mix, which I enjoy more than the album mix, because the album uses the same beat just about all of the way through and it can be boring, and this version is very close to that.

This CD takes me back through out time while growing up. I don't care if they were lip syncers, this cd is still good to me, and this CD will always bring back eventful memories throughout my life.

bought this cd for one song (im gonna miss you) and thats all i needed! people make fun of me but its a great song lol. "girl you know its true remix" sucks but like i stated i bought the cd for one song so im satisfied.

Was excited to find this on Amazon b/c it's impossible to find! Haven't heard these songs since the early 90s... and couldn't find them on iTunes, ebay... anywhere... until finally it appeared on Amazon. Fun CD that brings you back to the 80s. Love it :)

This cd has a good selection of Milli Vanilli's greatest hits, but some of the songs (i.e. Girl You Know It's True) are instrumental mixes. Therefore, it doesn't have the singing like the orignial song.

Not as good as the original singers, which is sad that they were taken advantage of as artists. I wish they would of told the buyer that it was not the original singers. It hurt the two lip sink artists of Milli Vanilli for one it took his life. The lip sink artists voices were good and it is a shame that the original singers along with the crooked manager took advantage of the two lip sink artists who really could sing.

Pam Walsh

Who needs that "Pet Sounds" junk when you've got Milli Vanilli? Milli Vanilli created some of the best pop tunes ever! They're both excellent singers who really know how to belt out a tune. Give it up for the pop heroes!