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THIS SIDE won the 2003 Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk Album.
"Smoothie Song" was nominated for the 2003 Grammy Award for Best Country Instrumental Performance.
When they first made their nationwide splash with their 2000 debut album, teen bluegrass group Nickel Creek were one of the biggest mainstream crossovers since their producer/mentor Alison Krauss, successfully modernizing their tradition-conscious genre. The follow-up THIS SIDE finds the trio largely moving away from bluegrass altogether, though retaining the same spare acoustic instrumentation. A straight-ahead cover of alt-rock legends Pavement's "Spit on a Stranger" offers the first clue that this isn't exactly Bill Monroe & the Bluegrass Boys. Nickel Creek doesn't need to look to outside material for genre exploration, though. "Green and Gray" seems to bear a debt to the Dave Matthews Band (or at least John Mayer), while "Should've Known Better" is in a hip-hop-inflected R&B mode, and the title track could be a gentler moment from the archives of Tonic or Third Eye Blind. There are a few tracks sprinkled throughout the album that nod to the band's beginnings, and in these (particularly the evocative version of the traditional "House Carpenter" and the sprightly instrumental opener "Smoothie Song") a possible future for bluegrass may be glimpsed.
Recorded at Emerald Sound, Seventeen Grand, The Brown Cloud Studios, Nashville, Tennessee.
Nickel Creek: Chris Thile (vocals, guitar, bouzouki, mandolin); Sean Watkins (vocals, guitar); Sara Watkins (vocals, fiddle, strings).
Additional personnel: Byron House (acoustic bass); Edgar Meyer (arco bass).Entertainment Weekly (8/23/02, pp.140-1) - "...A thoughtful attempt to turn away from tradition - to make nothing less than a bluegrass art record..." - Rating: B
Q (12/02, p.110) - 3 stars out of 5 - "...The playing here is spot on, the arrangements and harmonies inventive..."
Uncut (1/03, p.116) - 3 stars out of 5 - "...Gloriously unaffected....THIS SIDE expands on their intricate acoustic shanties by occasionally plugging in the amps and stretching bluegrass, indie and folk over a thrillingly realized canvas..."
Mojo (Publisher) (12/02, p.115) - "...Thirteen tracks, lucky for all who get to listen..." **Super Audio CD (SACD)**
A Super Audio CD player is required to play this CD.
This item will not play on standard CD players. This Side Music | List Price | $18.98 (You save $2.49) | | Category | Rock/Pop Albums, Folk CDs, Singer/Songwriter, Country, Enhanced CD, Bluegrass, Super Audio | | Label | Sugar Hill | | Orig Year | 2002 | | All Time Sales Rank |  30282  | | CD Universe Part number | 5885184 | | Catalog number | 3969 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | Jun 10, 2003 | | Studio/Live | Studio | | Mono/Stereo | Stereo | | Producer | Alison Krauss | | Personnel | Chris Thile - vocals, guitar, bouzouki, mandolin
Chris Thile - vocals, guitar, bouzouki, mandolin
Sara Watkins - vocals, fiddle, strings
Sean Watkins - vocals, guitar
Also: Edgar Meyer, Edgar Meyer, Byron House |
Nickel Creek This Side Songs This Side Music Review Average Rating: (4.7 out of 5 stars)   List All Reviews beautiful music
nickel creek is definitely a band you have to watch. this album should be huge, but that's the music industry for you.
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A must have for SACD fans!
This CD is one of the best SACD mixes I have heard. Puts the band right in my living room. The clarity is remarkable. Truly a must have for SACD fans.
Submitted by RJervis (La Quinta, CA)
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I bought this SACD because it appears on several listings of excellent 5.1 recordings. It is that, with ambient surround sound as well as discrete surround sounds. It is also very interesting, satisfying music...Thiles songs in particular are moving in a strange way. Even though the instrumentation seems to imply "bluegrass", IMHO this music is something different. Does anyone remember the Incredible String Band? Nickel Creek reminds me of that group.
Submitted by Jay (Cleveland)
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Two friends and I saw them at "The Pageant" in St. Louis, MO and I lost count of how many time their music gave me goosebumps. It is eerie and haunting yet warm and comforting all at the same time. Nickel Creek are wonderful musicians whose music will change your mood, your day and possibly even change you...for the better. A must have for you...yes you!!
Submitted by Sean (St. Louis, MO, USA)
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This CD is excellent all the way around. From the instrumental "Smoothie Song" to the slower "Speak" this album is a must have for any Nickel Creek fan.
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