This Side
title: "This Side" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["nickel-creek-albums", "2002-albums", "grammy-award-for-best-contemporary-folk-album", "sugar-hill-records-albums", "albums-produced-by-alison-krauss"] topic_path: "arts/music" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/This_Side" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::data[format=table title="Infobox album"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | This Side |
| type | Studio |
| artist | Nickel Creek |
| cover | Thisside.jpg |
| released | August 13, 2002 |
| 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 |
| single2 | Speak |
| single3 | Smoothie Song |
| type | studio |
| cover | Thissidejapan.jpg |
| caption | Japanese cover |
| :: |
| 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 = | header = | type = studio | cover = Thissidejapan.jpg | border = | alt = | caption = Japanese cover |rev1 = Allmusic |rev1score = |rev2 = Billboard |rev2score = (positive) |rev3 = The Phantom Tollbooth |rev3score = |rev4 = PopMatters |rev4score = (mixed) 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
| 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 | note9 = 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 | note11 = originally titled "Time Will Cure me" | title12 = Young | writer12 = Chris Thile | length12 = 3:29 | title13 = Brand New Sidewalk | writer13 = Chris Thile | length13 = 4:16
| headline = Japanese bonus track | total_length = 53:18 | title14 = Smoothie Song | writer14 = Chris Thile | length14 = 3:20
Chart performance
Weekly charts
::data[format=table] | Chart (2002) | Peak position | Certification | |---|---|---| | U.S. Billboard 200 | 18 | Gold | | U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums | 2 | | | U.S. Billboard Top Independent Albums | 1 | | | U.S. Billboard Top Bluegrass Albums | 1 | | ::
Year-end charts
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| Chart (2002) | Position | Chart (2003) | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| US Top Country Albums (Billboard) | 33 | ||
| US Top Country Albums (Billboard) | 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 in the "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
References
- [{{AllMusic
- [http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/74632/this-side Billboard review]
- [http://www.tollbooth.org/2002/reviews/ncreek.html The Phantom Tollbooth review]
- [http://www.popmatters.com/pm/music/reviews/23755/nickelcreek-thisside/ PopMatters review]
- [{{AllMusic
- [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.
- 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.
- [{{BillboardURLbyName
- "Top Country Albums – Year-End 2002".
- "Top Country Albums – Year-End 2003".
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