This Side

This Side
Studio album by Nickel Creek
Released	August 13, 2002
Recorded	unknown
Genre	Progressive bluegrass
Length	49:58
Label	Sugar Hill
Producer	Alison Krauss
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Billboard (positive) link The Phantom Tollbooth link
Nickel Creek chronology
Nickel Creek (2000) This Side (2002) Why Should the Fire Die? (2005)
Singles from This Side
"This Side" "Speak" "Smoothie Song"
Japanese cover

This Side is the Grammy-winning second album by the band Nickel Creek, released 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.

Track listing

1. "Smoothie Song" (instrumental) (Chris Thile) –– 3:20
2. "Spit on a Stranger" (Stephen Malkmus) –- 2:34
3. "Speak" (Sean Watkins) -– 4:01
4. "Hanging by a Thread" (Gordon Kennedy, Wayne Kirkpatrick) –- 4:06
5. "I Should've Known Better" (Carrie Newcomer) –- 4:27
6. "This Side" (Watkins) -– 3:33
7. "Green and Gray" (Thile) -– 3:36
8. "Seven Wonders" (Watkins, David Puckett) –- 4:10
9. "House Carpenter" (Traditional; version of "The Daemon Lover") -– 5:30
10. "Beauty and the Mess" (Thile, Luke Bulla) -– 2:52
11. "Sabra Girl" (Andy Irvine) –- 4:04
12. "Young" (Thile) –- 3:29
13. "Brand New Sidewalk" (Thile) -– 4:16

Chart positions

Personnel

• Chris Thile - Bouzouki, Guitar, Mandolin, Strings, Arranger, Vocals, Harmony Vocals
• Sara Watkins - Fiddle, Strings, Arranger, Vocals, Harmony Vocals
• Sean Watkins - Guitar, Arranger, Vocals, Harmony Vocals
• Byron House - Bass (Acoustic)
• Edgar Meyer - Bass, Upright Bass
• Eric Bickel - Assistant Engineer, Mixing Assistant, Assistant
• Neal Cappellino - Engineer
• John Chiasson - Photography
• Rob Clark - Assistant Engineer
• Don Cobb - Mastering
• Eric Conn - Mastering
• Robert Hadley - Mastering
• Terry Hoff - Illustrations
• Thomas Johnson - Assistant Engineer
• Alison Krauss - Producer
• Jason Lehning - Engineer
• Tracy Martinson - Engineer, Editing
• Gary Paczosa - Engineer, Mixing, Surround Mix
• Doug Sax - Mastering
• Wendy Stamberger - Art Direction, Design
• Tasha Thomas - Production Assistant

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d} Chart positions at the All Music Guide
2. ^ 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