Pebble to a Pearl
2008 studio album by Nikka Costa
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Pebble to a Pearl is the seventh studio album by American funk/soul singer Nikka Costa. Produced by Costa's husband Justin Stanley, who also worked with Jamie Lidell and Beck, it was released independently on the couple's label Go Funk Yourself Records, and distributed by the then recently re-activated Stax Records.
ReleasedOctober 14, 2008
ProducersJustin Stanley, Nikka Costa
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| Released | October 14, 2008 | |||
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| Producers | Justin Stanley, Nikka Costa | |||
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| Allmusic |   [2] |
| Entertainment Weekly | B[3] |
| PopMatters | [4] |
| Slant Magazine |  [5] |
| Spin | [6] |
Track listing
| # | Title | |
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| 1. | "Stuck To You" Writers: Nikka Costa, Justin Stanley | 3:43 |
| 2. | "Can't Please Everybody" Writers: Costa, Stanley, S. Balbi, P. Searels | 5:05 |
| 3. | "Pebble to a Pearl" Writers: Costa, Stanley, K. Ciancia | 4:30 |
| 4. | "Someone for everyone" Writers: Costa, Stanley | 3:47 |
| 5. | "Cry Baby" Writers: Costa, L. Dozier, J. Poyser | 5:08 |
| 6. | "Keep Wanting More" Writers: Costa, Stanley, J. Falkner | 4:48 |
| 7. | "Keep Pushin'" Writers: Costa, Stanley | 3:46 |
| 8. | "Love To Love You Less" Writers: Costa | 4:26 |
| 9. | "Without Love" Writers: Costa, Stanley, "Mocky" Salole | 4:24 |
| 10. | "Damn I Said It First" Writers: Costa, Stanley | 6:52 |
| 11. | "Loving You" Writers: Johnny "Guitar" Watson | 5:27 |
| 12. | "Bullets In The Sky" Writers: Costa, Stanley | 4:37 |
European bonus tracks
- 13. "The Denial Twist"
LP edition bonus tracks
- 13. "Stuck To You" (Instrumental)
- 14. "Pebble to a Pearl" (Instrumental)
- 15. " !@#$%^&*, I said it first" (Instrumental)
Singles
- "Maybe Baby"
- "Stuck to You" - the first single from the album available as digital download
- "Pebble to a Pearl" - promo only[7]
Production
- Producer: Justin Stanley
- Co-Producer: Nikka Costa
- Executive producer: Andre Recke
- Mixing: Russell Elevado
- Mastering: Dave Collins
- Design: Hans Hettich
- Cover art concept: Nikka Costa
