Nickel Creek (album)

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Nickel Creek
Studio album by Nickel Creek
Released	March 21, 2000
Recorded	unknown
Genre	Progressive bluegrass
Length	49:34
Label	Sugar Hill
Producer(s)	Alison Krauss
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Nickel Creek chronology
Here to There (1997)	Nickel Creek (2000)	This Side (2002)

Nickel Creek (2000) is a self-titled album by the acoustic/"newgrass" trio known as Nickel Creek. Although the group had released two albums prior to this, they are not produced anymore and the band's style was redefined before the release of Nickel Creek; therefore this album is considered their debut album. It was released by Sugar Hill Records, and produced by country star Alison Krauss.

[edit] Track listing

1. "Ode to a Butterfly" – 4:10
   Original instrumental grounded in bluegrass tradition.
2. "The Lighthouse's Tale" – 5:03
   Original song about a lighthouse, its keeper, and the keeper's wife. The lighthouse serves as the narrator.
3. "Out of the Woods" – 5:19
   Features a three-part vocal harmony as its focus. Cover of the Sinéad Lohan song.
4. "House of Tom Bombadil" – 3:46
   Instrumental inspired by the character Tom Bombadil from J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings.
5. "Reasons Why" – 4:08
   Original song featuring vocals from violinist Sara Watkins.
6. "When You Come Back Down – 3:49
   A cover of a song by Tim O'Brien and Danny O'Keefe.
7. "Sweet Afton" – 5:37
   Based on a Robert Burns poem.
8. "Cuckoo's Nest" – 2:19
   Traditional instrumental track.
9. "The Hand Song" – 4:26
   Christian-themed song about a soldier wounded in battle.
10. "Robin and Marion" – 4:34
    Instrumental track inspired by Robin Hood featuring a medieval sound.
11. "The Fox" – 2:30
    A children's classic remade.
12. "Pastures New" – 3:53
    Slower instrumental track.