This Side
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Studio album by Nickel Creek | ||||
Released | August 13, 2002 | |||
Recorded | unknown | |||
Genre | Progressive bluegrass | |||
Length | 49:58 | |||
Label | Sugar Hill | |||
Producer | Alison Krauss | |||
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Singles from This Side | ||||
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Japanese cover
Japanese cover
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [1] |
Billboard | (positive)[2] |
The Phantom Tollbooth | [3] |
PopMatters | (mixed)[4] |
This Side is the Grammy-winning fourth album by the progressive bluegrass band Nickel Creek, released on Sugar Hill in the summer of 2002. It gained some notoriety in indie rock circles due to the group's recording of a Pavement song, "Spit on a Stranger". Alison Krauss acted as a producer for the album.
Contents
Track listing
- "Smoothie Song" (instrumental) (Chris Thile) – 3:20
- "Spit on a Stranger" (Stephen Malkmus) – 2:34
- "Speak" (Sean Watkins) – 4:01
- "Hanging by a Thread" (Gordon Kennedy, Wayne Kirkpatrick) – 4:06
- "I Should've Known Better" (Carrie Newcomer) – 4:27
- "This Side" (Watkins) – 3:33
- "Green and Gray" (Thile) – 3:36
- "Seven Wonders" (Watkins, David Puckett) – 4:10
- "House Carpenter" (Traditional; version of "The Daemon Lover") – 5:30
- "Beauty and the Mess" (Thile, Luke Bulla) – 2:52
- "Sabra Girl" (Andy Irvine) – 4:04
- "Young" (Thile) – 3:29
- "Brand New Sidewalk" (Thile) – 4:16
- "Smoothie Song" (Live) (Japan bonus track)
Chart performance
Chart (2002) | Peak position |
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U.S. Billboard 200[5][6] | 18 | Gold[7] |
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums[5][6] | 2 | |
U.S. Billboard Top Independent Albums[5] | 1 | |
U.S. Billboard Top Bluegrass Albums[8] | 1 |
Personnel
Nickel Creek
- Chris Thile – Mandolin, Bouzouki, Guitar, Strings, Arranger, Vocals, Harmony Vocals
- Sara Watkins – Fiddle, Ukulele, Guitar, Strings, Arranger, Vocals, Harmony Vocals
- Sean Watkins – Guitar, Arranger, Vocals, Harmony Vocals
Other musicians
- Byron House – Upright bass
- Edgar Meyer – Upright bass
- Robert Trujillo – Upright bass on "Smoothie Song" video
Credits
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References
- ↑ Allmusic review
- ↑ Billboard review
- ↑ The Phantom Tollbooth review
- ↑ PopMatters review
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 "Why Should the Fire Die – Billboard Albums". Allmusic. Retrieved January 29, 2008.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Martens, Todd/Ellis, Michael. "Nelly Topples The Boss At No. 1". Billboard. August 22, 2002. Retrieved February 3, 2008.
- ↑ "Nickel Creek Certified Gold". CMT. September 11, 2003. Retrieved February 19, 2008.
- ↑ Nickel Creek Artist Chart History at Billboard.com
External links
- This Side at Nickel Creek's official website, with sound samples
- Nickel Creek's New Side story at Rolling Stone