This Side

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Billboard	(positive)
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PopMatters	(mixed)

This Side is the Grammy-winning fourth album by the progressive bluegrass band Nickel Creek, released on Sugar Hill in the summer of 2002. 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.

Track listing

1. "Smoothie Song" (instrumental) (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" (Watkins) – 3:33
7. "Green and Gray" (Thile) – 3:36
8. "Seven Wonders" (Watkins, David Puckett) – 4:10
9. "House Carpenter" (Traditional; version of "The Daemon Lover") – 5:30
10. "Beauty and the Mess" (Thile, Luke Bulla) – 2:52
11. "Sabra Girl" (Andy Irvine) – 4:04
12. "Young" (Thile) – 3:29
13. "Brand New Sidewalk" (Thile) – 4:16
14. "Smoothie Song" (Live) (Japan bonus track)

Chart performance

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

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 on "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

External links

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