This Side
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Script error: No such module "Unsubst-infobox". Template:Music ratings 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
Chart performance
Weekly charts
Template:Album chart| Chart (2002) | Peak position |
Certification |
|---|---|---|
| U.S. Billboard 200[1][2] | 18 | Gold[3] |
| U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums[1][2] | 2 | |
| U.S. Billboard Top Independent Albums[1] | 1 | |
| U.S. Billboard Top Bluegrass Albums[4] | 1 |
Year-end charts
| Chart (2002) | Position |
|---|---|
| US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[5] | 33 |
| Chart (2003) | Position |
| US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[6] | 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
- 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
- ↑ a b c "Why Should the Fire Die – Billboard Albums". Allmusic. Retrieved January 29, 2008.
- ↑ a b 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.
- ↑ [[[:Template:BillboardURLbyName]] Nickel Creek Artist Chart History at Billboard.com]
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External links
- This Side at Nickel Creek's official website, with sound samples
- Nickel Creek's New Side story at Rolling Stone
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