This Side

This Side
Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 13, 2002
GenreProgressive bluegrass
Length49:58
LabelSugar Hill
ProducerAlison Krauss
Nickel Creek chronology
Nickel Creek
(2000)
This Side
(2002)
Why Should the Fire Die?
(2005)
Singles from This Side
  1. "This Side"
  2. "Speak"
  3. "Smoothie Song"
Alternative cover
Japanese cover
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
Billboard(positive)[2]
The Phantom Tollbooth[3]
PopMatters(mixed)[4]

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.