Rob & Fab (album)
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Rob & Fab is the lone album by Rob & Fab
, financed by Taj Records in 1992 and released by Joss Entertainment in 1993.
Rob & Fab was Rob Pilatus
and Fabrice Morvan
, the faces of the infamous Milli Vanilli
.
Pilatus and Morvan provided lead vocals for the band and album, while nearly all songs on the album were written by composer Kenny Taylor. Morvan acted as co-producer of the album and co-composer of four songs, of which two were co-composed with Pilatus. Those same two songs were written and produced together with German composer/producer Volker Barber, who had prior success with numerous music chart entries in Europe. The album included a cover of the Cheap Trick
classic hit, "I Want You to Want Me
," with additional rap lyrics from Pilatus & Morvan.
Rob & Fab
Rob & Fab was a US pop and dance music project formed and fronted by Rob Pilatus and Fabrice Morvan in 1990 after their participation in the commercially very successful but ill-fated Milli Vanilli band project....
, financed by Taj Records in 1992 and released by Joss Entertainment in 1993.
Rob & Fab was Rob Pilatus
Rob Pilatus
Robert "Rob" Pilatus was a German-American model, dancer and singer. Pilatus was best known as half of the pop music duo Milli Vanilli.-Early life:...
and Fabrice Morvan
Fab Morvan
Fabrice "Fab" Morvan is a French singer-songwriter, dancer and model. He was half of the pop duo Milli Vanilli, with Rob Pilatus, selling multi-platinum albums around the world. However, he was later involved in one of the largest scandals in pop music history when it was revealed that neither he...
, the faces of the infamous Milli Vanilli
Milli Vanilli
Milli Vanilli was a pop/dance music project formed by Frank Farian in Germany in 1988, visually fronted by Fab Morvan and Rob Pilatus. The group's debut album achieved international success and earned them a Grammy Award for Best New Artist on Feb. 21, 1990. Milli Vanilli became one of the most...
.
Pilatus and Morvan provided lead vocals for the band and album, while nearly all songs on the album were written by composer Kenny Taylor. Morvan acted as co-producer of the album and co-composer of four songs, of which two were co-composed with Pilatus. Those same two songs were written and produced together with German composer/producer Volker Barber, who had prior success with numerous music chart entries in Europe. The album included a cover of the Cheap Trick
Cheap Trick
Cheap Trick is an American rock band from Rockford, Illinois, formed in 1973. The band consists of members Robin Zander , Rick Nielsen , Tom Petersson , and Bun E...
classic hit, "I Want You to Want Me
I Want You to Want Me
"I Want You to Want Me" is a song by Cheap Trick which first appeared on their second album In Color in 1977. It was the first single released from that album but it didn't chart in the US. However, it was a #1 single in Japan...
," with additional rap lyrics from Pilatus & Morvan.
Reception
Due to financial constraints, the album was only released in the United States, the most critical commercial market to the Milli Vanilli fiasco. A single, "We Can Get It On", was made available for radio play shortly before the album's release, however, because of lack of publicity, limited printing, poor distribution, and the recent scandal surrounding Pilatus' and Morvan's involvement with Milli Vanilli's lip-synching allegations, the single did not have much commercial success. Summarily, the album embarrassingly sold only 2,000 copies.Track listing
- "We Can Get It On"
- "Do I"
- "Please Don't Throw It All Away"
- "A Kiss 4 Now"
- "That's What My Heart Says"
- "Where Do We Go From Here"
- "Get Ready"
- "Let's Do It"
- "I Want to Be Your Everything"
- "The Land of the Free"
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