This Side
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{{Infobox album
| name = This Side
| type = Studio
| artist = Nickel Creek
| cover = Thisside.jpg
| alt =
| released = August 13, 2002
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Progressive bluegrass
| length = 49:58
| label = Sugar Hill
| producer = Alison Krauss
| prev_title = Nickel Creek
| prev_year = 2000
| next_title = Why Should the Fire Die?
| next_year = 2005
| misc = {{Singles
| name = This Side
| type = studio
| single1 = This Side
| single1date =
| single2 = Speak
| single2date =
| single3 = Smoothie Song
| single3date =
}}
{{Extra album cover
| header =
| type = studio
| cover = Thissidejapan.jpg
| border =
| alt =
| caption = Japanese cover
}}
}}
{{Music ratings
|rev1 = Allmusic
|rev1score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r598966|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic review]
|rev2 = Billboard
|rev2score = (positive)[http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/74632/this-side Billboard review]
|rev3 = The Phantom Tollbooth
|rev3score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}[http://www.tollbooth.org/2002/reviews/ncreek.html The Phantom Tollbooth review]
|rev4 = PopMatters
|rev4score = (mixed)[http://www.popmatters.com/pm/music/reviews/23755/nickelcreek-thisside/ PopMatters review]
}}
This Side is the Grammy-winning third album by the progressive bluegrass band Nickel Creek, released on Sugar Hill in the summer of 2002. It gained attention 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
{{track listing
| total_length = 49:58
| title1 = Smoothie Song
| writer1 = Chris Thile
| length1 = 3:20
| title2 = Spit on a Stranger
| writer2 = Stephen Malkmus
| length2 = 2:34
| title3 = Speak
| writer3 = Sean Watkins
| length3 = 4:01
| title4 = Hanging by a Thread
| writer4 = Gordon Kennedy, Wayne Kirkpatrick
| length4 = 4:06
| title5 = I Should've Known Better
| writer5 = Carrie Newcomer
| length5 = 4:27
| title6 = This Side
| writer6 = Sean Watkins
| length6 = 3:33
| title7 = Green and Gray
| writer7 = Chris Thile
| length7 = 3:36
| title8 = Seven Wonders
| writer8 = Sean Watkins, David Puckett
| length8 = 4:10
| title9 = House Carpenter
| writer9 = Traditional; version of "The Daemon Lover"
| length9 = 5:30
| title10 = Beauty and the Mess
| writer10 = Chris Thile, Luke Bulla
| length10 = 2:52
| title11 = Sabra Girl
| writer11 = Andy Irvine
| length11 = 4:04
| title12 = Young
| writer12 = Chris Thile
| length12 = 3:29
| title13 = Brand New Sidewalk
| writer13 = Chris Thile
| length13 = 4:16
}}
{{track listing
| headline = Japanese bonus track
| total_length = 53:18
| title14 = Smoothie Song
| writer14 = Chris Thile
| length14 = 3:20
}}
Chart performance
=Weekly charts=
=Year-end charts=
| class="wikitable" |
| Chart (2002)
! Position |
|---|
| US Top Country Albums (Billboard){{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2002/top-country-albums|title=Top Country Albums – Year-End 2002|work=Billboard|accessdate=October 29, 2020}}
|align="center"|33 |
| Chart (2003)
! Position |
| US Top Country Albums (Billboard){{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2003/top-country-albums|title=Top Country Albums – Year-End 2003|work=Billboard|accessdate=October 29, 2020}}
|align="center"|37 |
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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- Producer: Alison Krauss
- 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
- SACD 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
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References
External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20050831185739/http://www.nickelcreek.com/thisside.htm This Side] at Nickel Creek's official website, with sound samples
- [https://archive.today/20070311185132/http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/_/id/5933558/ Nickel Creek's New Side] story at Rolling Stone
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Category:Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk Album