Can'tneverdidnothin'

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Can'tneverdidnothin'
Nikka Costa - can'tneverdidnothin'.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedMay 24, 2005
RecordedStellasound
Length45:53
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
SourceRating
Metacritic (67%) [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Entertainment Weekly D [3]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [4]
Slant Magazine Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [5]
The Village Voice Scissors icon black.svg [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]

Contents

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]

Singles

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.

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References

  1. 1 2 Cantneverdidnothin at Metacritic
  2. Can'tneverdidnothin' at AllMusic
  3. Watson, Margeaux (23 May 2005). "Can'tneverdidnothin'". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 11 September 2014.
  4. "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)
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  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 .