This Side
The second Krauss record: a Grammy for Best Contemporary Folk Album and a top 20 placing on the Billboard 200.
Nickel Creek, 2002
- Released
- 13 August 2002
- Label
- Sugar Hill
- Producer
- Alison Krauss
- Length
- 49:58
Krauss produced again and Gary Paczosa engineered, with Byron House and Edgar Meyer on bass. Alongside the band's own songs it covers Stephen Malkmus's Spit on a Stranger and Andy Irvine's Sabra Girl. Smoothie Song went to number one on the AAA chart, and This Side and Speak were also singles. The album reached 18 on the Billboard 200, two on the country albums chart and one on the bluegrass chart, went gold, and won the Grammy for Best Contemporary Folk Album.
Track listing
- Smoothie Song3:20
- Spit on a Stranger2:34
- Speak4:01
- Hanging by a Thread4:06
- I Should've Known Better4:27
- This Side3:33
- Green and Gray3:36
- Seven Wonders4:10
- House Carpenter5:30
- Beauty and the Mess2:52
- Sabra Girl4:04
- Young3:29
- Brand New Sidewalk4:16
Personnel
- Chris Thile mandolin, vocals
- Sara Watkins fiddle, vocals
- Sean Watkins guitar, vocals
- Byron House bass
- Edgar Meyer bass
- Alison Krauss producer
- Gary Paczosa engineer
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Sources
- This Side, Wikipedia
- Nickel Creek discography, Wikipedia