This Side Explained

This Side
Type:Studio
Artist:Nickel Creek
Cover:Thisside.jpg
Released:August 13, 2002
Genre:Progressive bluegrass
Length:49:58
Label:Sugar Hill
Producer:Alison Krauss
Prev Title:Nickel Creek
Prev Year:2000
Next Title:Why Should the Fire Die?
Next Year:2005

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

Chart performance

Weekly charts

Chart (2002)Peak
position
Certification
U.S. Billboard 200[1] 18Gold[2]
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums[3] 2
U.S. Billboard Top Independent Albums1
U.S. Billboard Top Bluegrass Albums[4] 1

Year-end charts

Chart (2002)Position
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[5] 33
Chart (2003)Position
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[6] 37

Personnel

Nickel Creek

Other musicians

Credits

References

  1. "Why Should the Fire Die – Billboard Albums"
  2. https://web.archive.org/web/20081204184859/http://www.cmt.com/artists/news/1478150/20030911/creek_nickel.jhtml "Nickel Creek Certified Gold"
  3. Martens, Todd/Ellis, Michael. "Nelly Topples The Boss At No. 1". Billboard. August 22, 2002. Retrieved February 3, 2008.
  4. Nickel Creek Artist Chart History at Billboard.com
  5. Web site: Top Country Albums – Year-End 2002. Billboard. October 29, 2020.
  6. Web site: Top Country Albums – Year-End 2003. Billboard. October 29, 2020.

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