This Side

Infobox Album | Name = This Side
Type = Album
Artist = Nickel Creek

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Thissidejapan.jpg
Released = August 13, 2002
Recorded = unknown
Genre = Progressive bluegrass
Length = 49:58
Label = Sugar Hill
Producer = Alison Krauss
Reviews =
* Allmusic Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:4fkbu3q0anxk link]
* "Billboard" (positive) [http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/search/google/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1599413 link]
*"The Phantom Tollbooth" Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.tollbooth.org/2002/reviews/ncreek.html link]
* "PopMatters" (mixed) [http://www.popmatters.com/pm/music/reviews/23755/nickelcreek-thisside/ link]
Last album = "Nickel Creek"
(2000)
This album = "This Side"
(2002)
Next album = "Why Should the Fire Die?"
(2005)
Misc = Singles
Name = This Side
Type = studio
single 1 = This Side
single 2 = Speak
single 3 = Smoothie Song Extra album cover


Lower caption = Japanese cover

"This Side" is the Grammy-winning fourth 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

#"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

Chart performance

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

Credits

*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

References

External links

* [http://www.nickelcreek.com/thisside.htm "This Side"] at Nickel Creek's official website, with sound samples
* [http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/_/id/5933558/ "Nickel Creek's New Side"] story at Rolling Stone