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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 Records (bluegrass)|Sugar Hill]]
| producer   = [[Alison Krauss]]
| prev_title = [[Nickel Creek (album)|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 (song)|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}}<ref>[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r598966|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic review]</ref>
|rev2 = ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]''
|rev2score = (positive)<ref>[http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/74632/this-side Billboard review]</ref>
|rev3 = ''The Phantom Tollbooth''
|rev3score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}<ref>[http://www.tollbooth.org/2002/reviews/ncreek.html The Phantom Tollbooth review]</ref>
|rev4 = ''[[PopMatters]]''
|rev4score = (mixed)<ref>[http://www.popmatters.com/pm/music/reviews/23755/nickelcreek-thisside/ PopMatters review]</ref>
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'''''This Side''''' is the [[Grammy]]-winning third album by the progressive bluegrass band [[Nickel Creek]], released on [[Sugar Hill Records (bluegrass)|Sugar Hill]] in the summer of 2002. It gained attention in [[indie rock]] circles due to the group's recording of a [[Pavement (band)|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 (musician)|Gordon Kennedy]], [[Wayne Kirkpatrick]]
| length4          = 4:06
| title5           = I Should've Known Better
| writer5          = [[Carrie Newcomer]]
| length5          = 4:27
| title6           = [[This Side (song)|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 music|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 (musician)|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===
{| class="wikitable"
!align="center"|Chart (2002)
!align="center"|Peak<br />position
!align="center"|Certification
|-
|align="left"|U.S. [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]]<ref name="AMG Charts">[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r778289/charts-awards|pure_url=yes}} "Why Should the Fire Die – Billboard Albums"]. ''[[Allmusic]]''. Retrieved January 29, 2008.</ref><ref name="tschartbillboard"/>
|align="center"|18
|align="center" rowspan="5"|Gold<ref name="tsgold">[https://web.archive.org/web/20081204184859/http://www.cmt.com/artists/news/1478150/20030911/creek_nickel.jhtml "Nickel Creek Certified Gold"]. ''[[Country Music Television|CMT]]''. September 11, 2003. Retrieved February 19, 2008.</ref>
|-
|align="left"|U.S. ''Billboard'' Top Country Albums<ref name="AMG Charts"/><ref name="tschartbillboard">Martens, Todd/Ellis, Michael. [http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/74482/nelly-topples-the-boss-at-no-1 "Nelly Topples The Boss At No. 1"]. ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]''. August 22, 2002. Retrieved February 3, 2008.</ref>
|align="center"|2
|-
|align="left"|U.S. ''Billboard'' Top Independent Albums<ref name="AMG Charts"/>
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|U.S. ''Billboard'' Top Bluegrass Albums<ref name="creekchart">[{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=nickel creek|chart=all}} Nickel Creek Artist Chart History at Billboard.com]</ref>
|align="center"|1
|-
{{album chart|UKCountry|5|date=20021020|accessdate=June 22, 2024}}
|}

===Year-end charts===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Chart (2002)
! Position
|-
| US Top Country Albums (''Billboard'')<ref>{{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}}</ref>
|align="center"|33
|-
! Chart (2003)
! Position
|-
| US Top Country Albums (''Billboard'')<ref>{{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}}</ref>
|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
*[[Super Audio CD|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
{{div col end}}

==References==
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==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:Nickel Creek albums]]
[[Category:2002 albums]]
[[Category:Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk Album]]
[[Category:Sugar Hill Records albums]]
[[Category:Albums produced by Alison Krauss]]