Can'tneverdidnothin'

2005 studio album by Nikka Costa

Studio album by

Nikka Costa

Released

May 24, 2005

Recorded

Stellasound

Length

45:53

Label

Virgin

Producer

Justin Stanley, Nikka Costa

Nikka Costa chronology

Everybody Got Their Something
(2001)

Can'tneverdidnothin'
(2005)

Pebble to a Pearl
(2008)

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	(67%)^[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[2]
Entertainment Weekly	D^[4]
Rolling Stone	^[3]
Slant Magazine	^[5]
The Village Voice	^[6]

Can'tneverdidnothin' is the second studio album by Nikka Costa. The album was released May 24, 2005, by Virgin Records. It received generally favorable reviews from critics.^[1]

Track listing

2005 retail release

#	Title
1.	"Till I Get to You" Writers: Nikka Costa, Justin Stanley, Craig Ross	3:17
2.	"Can'tneverdidnothin'" Writers: Costa, Stanley	3:10
3.	"Fooled Ya Baby" Writers: Costa, Stanley	4:33
4.	"I Gotta Know" Writers: Costa, Stanley	4:46
5.	"Around the World" Writers: Costa, Stanley	5:22
6.	"Swing It Around" Writers: Costa, Stanley, Shawn Davis	3:15
7.	"Funkier Than a Mosquita's Tweeter" Writers: Aillene Bullock	3:46
8.	"On & On" Writers: Costa, Stanley, Ross	2:53
9.	"Happy in the Morning" Writers: Costa, Stanley	3:33
10.	"Hey Love" Writers: Costa, Stanley, R.J. Manning Jr.	4:02
11.	"Fatherless Child" Writer: Costa	4:20
12.	"Sugar in My Bowl" (hidden track) Writer: Nina Simone	2:11

2004 promotional release

#	Title
1.	"I Don't Think We've Met" Writers: Nikka Costa, Justin Stanley	3:43
2.	"Till I Get to You" Writers: Costa, Stanley, Craig Ross	3:24
3.	"I Gotta Know" Writers: Costa, Stanley	4:30
4.	"Around the World" Writers: Costa, Stanley	5:43
5.	"Swing It Around" Writers: Costa, Stanley, Shawn Davis	3:04
6.	"Happy in the Morning" Writers: Costa, Stanley	3:37
7.	"Can'tneverdidnothin'" Writers: Costa, Stanley	3:04
8.	"I'm Gonna Leave You" Writers: Costa, Stanley	2:56
9.	"The Last Time" Writers: Costa, Stanley	4:35
10.	"Hey Love" Writers: Costa, Stanley, R.J. Manning Jr.	4:02
11.	"Fatherless Child" Writers: Costa	4:22

Personnel

Credits for Can'tneverdidnothin' adapted from Allmusic^[7]

?uestlove - drums on ("Happy in the Morning")
Charlie Bisharat - violin
John Blackwell - drums ("Around the World")
Printz Board - horn on ("Can'tneverdidnothin", "Funkier Than a Mosquita's Tweaker")
Jon Brion - organ on ("I Gotta Know"), synthesizer on ("Happy in the Morning")
Aillene Bullock - composer ("Funkier Than a Mosquita's Tweaker")
David Campbell - string arrangements on ("I Gotta Know", "Around the World")
Dave Chegwidden - bongos, conga on ("Fooled Ya Baby", "Funkier Than a Mosquita's Tweaker")
Larry Corbett - cello
Nikka Costa - audio production, composer, Fender Rhodes, keyboard, Korg synthesizer, piano, producer, tambourine, vocals
Shawn Davis - composer, bass, guitar (bass)
Joel Derouin - violin
Bruce Dukov - violin
Berj Garabedian - violin
Brian Gardner - mastering
Ranjit Grewal - photography
Chris Holmes - engineer on ("I Gotta Know", "Around the World")

Stan "Chance" Howard - Moog bass, Moog synthesizer, organ
Lenny Kravitz - bass, drums, bass
Abe Laboriel, Jr. - drums
Felix Lau - assistant engineer
Brian LeBarton - clavinet, organ
Tim LeBlanc - engineer
Joshua "Trumpet Solo" Lopez - guitar, guitar (electric), shaker
Roger Joseph Manning, Jr. - clavinet
Manny Marroquin - mixing
Keith Megna - guitar, guitar (acoustic), guitar (electric), sitar
Wendy Melvoin - guitar (electric)
Adam Moseley - engineer, mixing
Tim Izo Orindgreff - horn, horn arrangements on ("Can'tneverdidnothin", "Funkier Than a Mosquita's Tweaker")
Len Peltier - art direction, design
James Poyser - Moog synthesizer
Satnam Ramgotra - drums, turntables
Brian Reitzell - drums
Steven Rhodes - engineer
Craig Ross - composer, guitar, guitar (acoustic), guitar (electric)
Jim Scott - mixing
Sinisha - photography
Justin Stanley - audio production, bass, engineer, fuzz bass, guitar, guitar (bass), guitar (electric), kalimba, Mellotron, mixing, organ, percussion, producer

Singles

"I Don't Think We've Met" (Promo only)
"Till I Get to You" (Promo only)

Notes

"Till I Get to You", "Can'tneverdidnothin'", "Swing It Around", "Happy in the Morning", "I Gotta Know", and "Hey Love" are some of the tracks that were remixed and reorganized for the retail release.

References

^ ^a ^b Cantneverdidnothin at Metacritic
^ Can'tneverdidnothin' at AllMusic
^ "Rolling Stone review". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 2007-12-05. Retrieved 2007-09-04.{{cite magazine}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
^ Watson, Margeaux (23 May 2005). "Can'tneverdidnothin'". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 11 September 2014.
^ Cinquemani, Sal (2005-05-20). "Nikka Costa can'tneverdidnothin'". Slant Magazine. Retrieved 2018-01-04.
^ Christgau, Robert (2005-09-27). "Crafts and Lies". The Village Voice. Retrieved 2018-01-04.
^ "Can'tneverdidnothin' - Nikka Costa | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic.