This Side | ||||
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Released | August 13, 2002 | |||
Genre | Progressive bluegrass | |||
Length | 49:58 | |||
Label | Sugar Hill | |||
Producer | Alison Krauss | |||
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Singles from This Side | ||||
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [1] |
Billboard | (positive) [2] |
The Phantom Tollbooth | [3] |
PopMatters | (mixed) [4] |
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.
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Smoothie Song" | Chris Thile | 3:20 |
2. | "Spit on a Stranger" | Stephen Malkmus | 2:34 |
3. | "Speak" | Sean Watkins | 4:01 |
4. | "Hanging by a Thread" | Gordon Kennedy, Wayne Kirkpatrick | 4:06 |
5. | "I Should've Known Better" | Carrie Newcomer | 4:27 |
6. | "This Side" | Sean Watkins | 3:33 |
7. | "Green and Gray" | Chris Thile | 3:36 |
8. | "Seven Wonders" | Sean Watkins, David Puckett | 4:10 |
9. | "House Carpenter" | Traditional; version of "The Daemon Lover" | 5:30 |
10. | "Beauty and the Mess" | Chris Thile, Luke Bulla | 2:52 |
11. | "Sabra Girl" | Andy Irvine | 4:04 |
12. | "Young" | Chris Thile | 3:29 |
13. | "Brand New Sidewalk" | Chris Thile | 4:16 |
Total length: | 49:58 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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14. | "Smoothie Song" | Chris Thile | 3:20 |
Total length: | 53:18 |
Chart (2002) | Peak position | Certification |
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U.S. Billboard 200 [5] [6] | 18 | Gold [7] |
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums [5] [6] | 2 | |
U.S. Billboard Top Independent Albums [5] | 1 | |
U.S. Billboard Top Bluegrass Albums [8] | 1 | |
UK Country Albums (OCC) [9] | 5 |
Chart (2002) | Position |
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US Top Country Albums (Billboard) [10] | 33 |
Chart (2003) | Position |
US Top Country Albums (Billboard) [11] | 37 |
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