Track Listing
1. Stuck To You
2. Can't Please Everybody
3. Pebble To a Pearl
4. Someone For Everyone
5. Cry Baby
6. Keep Wanting More
7. Keep Pushin'
8. Love To Love You Less
9. Without Love
10. Damn I Said It First
11. Loving You
12. Bullets In the Sky
| Details | | Producer: | Justin Mitchell Stanley, Nikka Costa | | Distributor: | Universal Distribution | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes
Personnel: Nikka Costa (vocals, piano, background vocals); Jason Falkner (guitar, sitar); Justin Stanley (guitar, piano, Mellotron, drums); Chris Bruce (guitar); Keith Megna (acoustic guitar); John Shanks (banjo); Charlie Bisharat (violin); Dima Kourka (viola); Cameron Stone (cello); Jon Gries (harmonica); Tim Orindgreff, Printz Board (saxophone, trumpet); Elizabeth Lea (trombone); James Poyser (piano, Clavinet, Hammond b-3 organ, Moog synthesizer); Keefus Ciancia (Clavinet, Moog synthesizer, voice box); Paul Searles (Wurlitzer organ); Shawn Davis (bass instrument); J.J. Johnson, James Gadson (drums); Davey Chegwidden (percussion); Jamie Lidell (background vocals).
Audio Mixer: Russell Elevado.
Arranger: Justin Stanley.
Australia's answer to the British flood of soul sisters ranging from Joss Stone and Amy Winehouse to Duffy and Adele, Nikka Costa is more of an R&B classicist than most. (She's even signed to a reactivated Stax Records, connecting her to the motherlode of southern soul.) PEBBLE TO A PEARL is a vintage-sounding 1970s-style soul album, all intoxicating pop-funk rhythms, wah-wah guitars, Booker T.-style organ, and Memphis horns. Highlights include the bluesy ballad "Love To Love You Less" and the extended Tina Turner-style vocal workout "Damn, I Said It First."
Editorial Reviews
3.5 stars out of 5 -- [A]n authoritative, refreshingly organic pop-funk manifesto featuring musicians who've played with Al Green and Stevie Wonder.
Spin
3 stars out of 5 -- PEBBLE TO A PEARL is old-school stax....There's nobody re-lighting the old fires with such authenticity.
Q
[T]he music is as soulful and authentic as you'd expect, all topped with Costa's undeniably impressive pipes.
Clash
4 stars out of 5 -- [With an] earthy, analogue-style retro feel....It's a genuine attempt to tap into the musical psyche of soul and funk's golden age.
Record Collector
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