This Side
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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.
Nickel Creek
Nickel Creek was an American progressive acoustic music trio consisting of Chris Thile , Sara Watkins and Sean Watkins . The band was founded in 1989 and released 6 albums between 1993 and 2006...
, released on Sugar Hill in the summer of 2002. It gained some notoriety in indie rock
Indie rock
Indie rock is a genre of alternative rock that originated in the United Kingdom and the United States in the 1980s. Indie rock is extremely diverse, with sub-genres that include lo-fi, post-rock, math rock, indie pop, dream pop, noise rock, space rock, sadcore, riot grrrl and emo, among others...
circles due to the group's recording of a Pavement
Pavement (band)
Pavement is an American alternative rock band that formed in Stockton, California in 1989. In their career, they achieved a significant cult following, and they were called the best band of the 1990s by prominent music critics Robert Christgau and Stephen Thomas Erlewine...
song, Spit on a Stranger
Spit on a Stranger
"Spit on a Stranger" is a single by the indie-rock band Pavement, coming from their final record Terror Twilight.-CD Track listing:# Spit on a Stranger [Album Version] – 3:03# Harness Your Hopes – 3:26# Roll With the Wind – 3:17...
. Alison Krauss
Alison Krauss
Alison Maria Krauss is an American bluegrass-country singer, songwriter and fiddler. She entered the music industry at an early age, winning local contests by the age of ten and recording for the first time at fourteen. She signed with Rounder Records in 1985 and released her first solo album in...
acted as a producer for the album.
Track listing
- "Smoothie Song" (instrumentalInstrumentalAn instrumental is a musical composition or recording without lyrics or singing, although it might include some non-articulate vocal input; the music is primarily or exclusively produced by musical instruments....
) (Chris ThileChris ThileChristopher Scott Thile is an American musician, best known as the mandolinist and a singer for the progressive acoustic trio Nickel Creek. His current band is Punch Brothers whose most recent album is Antifogmatic...
) – 3:20 - "Spit on a StrangerSpit on a Stranger"Spit on a Stranger" is a single by the indie-rock band Pavement, coming from their final record Terror Twilight.-CD Track listing:# Spit on a Stranger [Album Version] – 3:03# Harness Your Hopes – 3:26# Roll With the Wind – 3:17...
" (Stephen MalkmusStephen MalkmusStephen Joseph Malkmus is an indie rock musician and icon, and a member of the band Pavement. He currently performs with Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks.-Early years:...
) – 2:34 - "Speak" (Sean WatkinsSean WatkinsSean Charles Watkins is a guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter. He is a member of the contemporary folk band Nickel Creek, the duo Fiction Family and the supergroup Works Progress Administration.-Nickel Creek:...
) – 4:01 - "Hanging by a Thread" (Gordon KennedyGordon Kennedy (musician)Gordon Kennedy is a multi Grammy Award-winning songwriter and producer, world-class guitarist and visionary at the forefront of Nashville’s music community....
, Wayne KirkpatrickWayne KirkpatrickWayne Kirkpatrick is an American singer/songwriter and musician born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana but now lives in Nashville, Tennessee. He graduated from Baton Rouge Magnet High School in 1979....
) – 4:06 - "I Should've Known Better" (Carrie NewcomerCarrie NewcomerCarrie Newcomer is an American singer and songwriter.-Early life and education:Carrie Newcomer was born in Dowagiac, Michigan, and raised in Elkhart, Indiana. She attended Goshen College and received a B.A...
) – 4:27 - "This SideThis Side (song)"This Side" was the first single by the progressive bluegrass band Nickel Creek from their second album, This Side. Sean Watkins takes vocal duties for "This Side".The song was written by Sean Watkins...
" (Watkins) – 3:33 - "Green and Gray" (Thile) – 3:36
- "Seven Wonders" (Watkins, David Puckett) – 4:10
- "House Carpenter" (TraditionalTraditional musicTraditional music is the term increasingly used for folk music that is not contemporary folk music. More on this is at the terminology section of the World music article...
; version of "The Daemon LoverThe Daemon Lover"The Daemon Lover", also known as "James Harris", "James Herries", or "The House Carpenter" is a popular English ballad. It tells the story of a man , who returns to a former lover after a very long absence, and finds her with a husband and a baby...
") – 5:30 - "Beauty and the Mess" (Thile, Luke Bulla) – 2:52
- "Sabra Girl" (Andy IrvineAndy Irvine (musician)Andrew Kennedy 'Andy' Irvine is a folk musician, singer, and songwriter, and a founding member of the popular band Planxty. He is an accomplished player of the mandolin, bouzouki, mandola, guitar-bouzouki, harmonica and hurdy-gurdy....
) – 4:04 - "Young" (Thile) – 3:29
- "Brand New Sidewalk" (Thile) – 4:16
- "Smoothie Song" (Live) (Japan bonus track)
Chart performance
| Chart (2002) | Peak position |
Certification |
|---|---|---|
| U.S. Billboard 200 Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists... |
18 | Gold |
| U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums | 2 | |
| U.S. Billboard Top Independent Albums | 1 | |
| U.S. Billboard Top Bluegrass Albums | 1 | |
Nickel Creek
- Chris ThileChris ThileChristopher Scott Thile is an American musician, best known as the mandolinist and a singer for the progressive acoustic trio Nickel Creek. His current band is Punch Brothers whose most recent album is Antifogmatic...
- Mandolin, Bouzouki, Guitar, Strings, Arranger, Vocals, Harmony Vocals - Sara WatkinsSara WatkinsSara Ullrika Watkins is an American singer-songwriter and fiddler. Watkins debuted in 1989 as the fiddler of the progressive bluegrass group Nickel Creek, which consisted of herself, her elder brother Sean, and mandolinist Chris Thile. As a band, they are notable for three wide-released albums:...
- Fiddle, Ukulele, Guitar, Strings, Arranger, Vocals, Harmony Vocals - Sean WatkinsSean WatkinsSean Charles Watkins is a guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter. He is a member of the contemporary folk band Nickel Creek, the duo Fiction Family and the supergroup Works Progress Administration.-Nickel Creek:...
- Guitar, Arranger, Vocals, Harmony Vocals
Other musicians
- Byron House - Upright bass
- Edgar MeyerEdgar MeyerEdgar Meyer is a prominent contemporary bassist and composer. His styles include classical, bluegrass, newgrass, and jazz. Meyer has worked as a session musician in Nashville, part of various chamber groups, a composer, and an arranger...
- Upright bass - Robert TrujilloRobert TrujilloRobert Trujillo is an American bassist who currently plays bass in Metallica. He has also played in Suicidal Tendencies, Infectious Grooves, Black Label Society, and with Jerry Cantrell and Ozzy Osbourne.-Career:...
- Upright bass on "Smoothie Song" video
Credits
- Producer: Alison KraussAlison KraussAlison Maria Krauss is an American bluegrass-country singer, songwriter and fiddler. She entered the music industry at an early age, winning local contests by the age of ten and recording for the first time at fourteen. She signed with Rounder Records in 1985 and released her first solo album in...
- Engineers: Gary Paczosa, Neal Cappellino, Jason Lehning, Tracy Martinson
- Assistant engineers: Eric Bickel, Rob Clark, Thomas Johnson
- Mixing: Gary Paczosa
- Surround mix: Gary Paczosa
- Mixing assistant: Eric Bickel
- Mastering: Don Cobb, Eric Conn, Robert Hadley, Doug Sax
- SACDSACDSACD, founded as Société des Auteurs et Compositeurs Dramatiques on 7 March 1829, is a French collecting society, undertaking collective rights management for authors...
mastering: Don Cobb, Eric Conn
- Editing: Tracy Martinson
- Production assistants: Jennie Billo, Tasha Thomas
- Art direction: Wendy Stamberger
- Design: Wendy Stamberger
- Photography: John Chiasson
- Illustrations: Terry Hoff
- Assistant: Eric Bickel
External links
- This Side at Nickel Creek's official website, with sound samples
- Nickel Creek's New Side story at Rolling Stone