Never Say You Can't Survive

Never Say You Can't Survive is an album by the American musician Curtis Mayfield, released in 1977. It peaked at No. 173 on the Billboard 200. "Show Me Love" was released as a single.

Critical reception
Rolling Stone noted that Mayfield's "voice, which grows thinner and more strained with each album, fails to command the focus of the big, multisectioned arrangements."

Track listing

 * Note that track 8, "Sparkle", is also on the Mayfield-written and produced soundtrack to the 1976 film Sparkle.

Personnel

 * Curtis Mayfield - vocals, lead guitar
 * Gary Thompson - rhythm guitar
 * Joseph Scott - bass
 * Floyd Morris, Rich Tufo - keyboards
 * Donnell Hagan - drums
 * Henry Gibson - bongos, congas
 * Cliff Davis, Sonny Seals - tenor saxophone
 * Kitty and the Haywoods - backing vocals
 * James Mack, Rich Tufo - arrangements