This Side

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This Side
Studio album by Nickel Creek
Released	August 13, 2002
Recorded	unknown
Genre	Progressive bluegrass
Length	49:58
Label	Sugar Hill
Producer(s)	Alison Krauss
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link
Nickel Creek chronology
Nickel Creek (2000)	This Side (2002)	Why Should the Fire Die? (2005)

This Side is an album by the band Nickel Creek, released in 2002. It's the band's second official album, following their self-titled debut album (released in 2000) and followed by Why Should the Fire Die? (released in 2005). 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.

[edit] Track listing

1. "Smoothie Song" (instrumental)– 3:20 (Chris Thile)
2. "Spit on a Stranger" – 2:34 (Stephen Malkmus)
3. "Speak" – 4:01 (Sean Watkins)
4. "Hanging by a Thread" – 4:06 (Gordon Kennedy, Wayne Kirkpatrick)
5. "I Should've Known Better" – 4:27 (Carrie Newcomer)
6. "This Side" – 3:33 (Sean Watkins)
7. "Green and Gray" – 3:36 (Chris Thile)
8. "Seven Wonders" – 4:10 (Sean Watkins, David Puckett)
9. "House Carpenter" – 5:30 (Traditional)
10. "Beauty and the Mess" – 2:52 (Chris Thile, Luke Bulla)
11. "Sabra Girl" – 4:04 (Andy Irvine)
12. "Young" – 3:29 (Chris Thile)
13. "Brand New Sidewalk" – 4:16 (Chris Thile)

[edit] External links

• This Side at Nickel Creek's official website, with sound samples
• Nickel Creek's New Side story at Rolling Stone