Can'tneverdidnothin'

Can'tneverdidnothin'
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

1. Cantneverdidnothin at Metacritic
2. Can'tneverdidnothin' at AllMusic
3. "Rolling Stone review". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 2007-12-05. Retrieved 2007-09-04.
4. Watson, Margeaux (23 May 2005). "Can'tneverdidnothin'". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on October 21, 2008. Retrieved 11 September 2014.
5. Cinquemani, Sal (2005-05-20). "Nikka Costa can'tneverdidnothin'". Slant Magazine. Retrieved 2018-01-04.
6. Christgau, Robert (2005-09-27). "Crafts and Lies". The Village Voice. Retrieved 2018-01-04.
7. "Can'tneverdidnothin' - Nikka Costa | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic.