Product Description

This is the first album by the Tokyo-born, Los Angeles raised, rock and soul artist, since the non-UK release 'Butterfly Rocket'. Costa's father Don arranged much of Frank Sinatra's later material. 'Everybody Got Their Something' includes the single 'Like A Feather'.

Track Listing

1. Like A Feather
2. So I Have For You
3. Tug Of War
4. Everybody Got Their Something
5. Nothing
6. Nikka What
7. Hope It Felt Good
8. Some Kind Of Beautiful
9. Nikka Who
10. Just Because
11. Push And Pull
12. Corners Of My Mind

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #37859 in Music
• Released on: 2001-08-13
• Number of discs: 1

Amazon.co.uk Review
Tokyo-born, LA-bred singer Nikka Costa's debut Everybody Got Their Something bulges with ambition. Her fiercely bootylicious first single, "Like a Feather"--that song with the thick, clapped 16th notes--has already garnered the 28-year-old singer one hell of a buzz, and for the most part, she's got the goods to back it up. It's a mixed bag of musical tricks that's equal parts 70s-style funk, hazy Led Zeppelin-inspired psychedelia, and angst-ridden alterna-chick yowling, with healthy dollops of soul, hip-hop, and thrash thrown in for good measure. Produced by Costa, Australian rocker Justin Stanley (who's also the singer's husband), and high-profile NYC DJ Mark Ronson, the album works best when it piles on the noise--like on the standout "Tug of War," which features the unmistakable rimshot work of Roots drummer ?uestlove. On that track, a flurry of scratched samples, layers of soundboard-smeared noise, and a few luscious string sweeps break into gospel-choir harmonies that swirl gorgeously beneath Costa's reedy mezzo-soprano wails. It's a shame that she can't match this intensity on sparser downtempo ballads like "Nothing" and "Just Because", where she sounds like Fiona Apple's slightly less annoying older sister. As the album's title says, everybody got their something, and Costa sounds best when she sticks to hers. --Sylvia W Chan

Customer Reviews

Sassy Voice
I saw the video for like a feather a few years back and bought the cd off the back of that. I have to say it was a purchase I never regretted. It was one of the first cd's I loaded onto my ipod. If you haven't bought it, you don't know what you are missing.

You just have to love her
I now have got this CD for around 3 years and bought the new album 'can'tneverdidnothing' around 4 weeks ago. Also have seen her as the supporting act for Lenny Karvitz. She is such an incredible and talented artist, absolutely amazing. Her voice, appearance and soul is so powerful and honest. It is very refreshing, to here these new tunes and lyrics, you just relate to it. I trust that we will hear lots more from her. ROCK NIKKA.

Outstanding Album!
This has to be one of the most original female-artist albums ever! It's superfantastic! Not at all like the usual tosh released by 'promising' and 'unique' female artists around today! Nikka Costa has got guts & soul and from listening to the upcoming single from her new album - she has definitely got the goods and is no one-album-wonder! I don't know why we don't hear more about her here in Ireland?! I first heard one of her songs from a Buffy soundtrack & had to buy her album when I heard it! She out-sings & out-funks all other contenders! A truly rockin' chick!!