''This Side'' is the
Grammy
The Grammy Awards (stylized as GRAMMY), or simply known as the Grammys, are awards presented by the Recording Academy of the United States to recognize "outstanding" achievements in the music industry. They are regarded by many as the most pre ...
-winning third album by the progressive bluegrass band
Nickel Creek
Nickel Creek (formerly known as the Nickel Creek Band) is an American bluegrass band consisting of Chris Thile (mandolin), and siblings Sara Watkins (fiddle) and Sean Watkins (guitar). Formed in 1989 in Southern California, they released six alb ...
, released on
Sugar Hill in the summer of 2002. It gained attention in
indie rock
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circles due to the group's recording of a
Pavement song, "
Spit on a Stranger".
Alison Krauss
Alison Maria Krauss (born July 23, 1971) is an American bluegrass-country singer and musician. She entered the music industry at an early age, competing in local contests by the age of 8 and recording for the first time at 14. She signed with ...
acted as a producer for the album.
Track listing
Chart performance
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Personnel
Nickel Creek
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Chris Thile
Christopher Scott Thile (; born February 20, 1981) is an American mandolinist, singer, songwriter, composer, and radio personality, best known for his work in the progressive acoustic trio Nickel Creek and the acoustic folk and progressive blue ...
– mandolin, bouzouki, guitar, strings, arranger, vocals, harmony vocals
*
Sara Watkins
Sara Ullrika Watkins (born June 8, 1981) is an American singer-songwriter and fiddler. Watkins debuted in 1989 as the fiddler of Nickel Creek, the progressive bluegrass group she formed with her brother Sean and mandolinist Chris Thile. In addi ...
– fiddle, ukulele, guitar, strings, arranger, vocals, harmony vocals
*
Sean Watkins
Sean Charles Watkins (born February 18, 1977) is a guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter. He is a member of the contemporary folk band Nickel Creek, the duo Fiction Family and the supergroup Works Progress Administration. He is the brother of Sara ...
– guitar, arranger, vocals, harmony vocals
Other musicians
*Byron House –
upright bass
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Edgar Meyer
Edgar Meyer (born November 24, 1960) is an American bassist and composer. His styles include classical, bluegrass, newgrass, and jazz. He has won five Grammy Awards and been nominated seven times.
Meyer is a member of the Telluride Bluegras ...
– upright bass
*
Robert Trujillo
Roberto Agustín Miguel Santiago Samuel Trujillo Veracruz (; born October 23, 1964) is an American musician, best known as the bassist for Heavy metal music, heavy metal band Metallica since 2003. He first rose to prominence as the bassist of cr ...
– upright bass on "Smoothie Song" video
Credits
*Producer:
Alison Krauss
Alison Maria Krauss (born July 23, 1971) is an American bluegrass-country singer and musician. She entered the music industry at an early age, competing in local contests by the age of 8 and recording for the first time at 14. She signed with ...
*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
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SACD
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The SACD format allows mul ...
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
External links
''This Side''at Nickel Creek's official website, with sound samples
''Nickel Creek's New Side''story at Rolling Stone
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Nickel Creek albums
2002 albums
Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk Album
Sugar Hill Records albums