Why Should the Fire Die?

Why Should the Fire Die?
Studio album by
Nickel Creek
ReleasedAugust 8, 2005 (2005-08-08)
RecordedNovember 2004 (2004-11) - April 2005 (2005-04)
StudioBarefoot Recording (Los Angeles, California)
GenreProgressive bluegrass
Length47:12
LabelSugar Hill
ProducerEric Valentine and Tony Berg
Nickel Creek chronology
This Side
(2002) 		Why Should the Fire Die?
(2005) 		Reasons Why: The Very Best
(2006)

Why Should The Fire Die? is the third major album release and fifth album overall by progressive acoustic trio Nickel Creek. The album was released on Sugar Hill on August 9, 2005, in the United States, and on August 8 in the United Kingdom.[1] Why Should the Fire Die? is the first Nickel Creek album to feature string bassist Mark Schatz.[2] It would be their last album before their hiatus between 2007 and 2014, after which they released their album A Dotted Line.

The album peaked at No. 17 on the Billboard 200,[3] Nickel Creek's highest position on the chart to date.[4] Why Should the Fire Die? also topped both the magazine's Top Internet Albums and Top Bluegrass Albums charts.[3] By November 2006, the album had sold 258,784 copies.[5] The album earned Nickel Creek two Grammy Award nominations: the award for Best Contemporary Folk Album, an award which they previously won for This Side, and the award for Best Country Instrumental Performance ("Scotch & Chocolate").[6]

Why Should the Fire Die? was praised by contemporary music critics primarily for its creativity,[1][7][8] and for its instrumental quality,[9] with one critic complimenting the album's "sheer musical brilliance".[10]

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  3. ^ a b "Why Should the Fire Die - Billboard Albums". Allmusic. Retrieved January 29, 2008.
  4. ^ Martens, Todd/Ellis, Michael. "Nelly Topples The Boss At No. 1". Billboard. August 22, 2002. Retrieved February 3, 2008.
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  6. ^ Rubin, Stephen. "Grammys follow Nickel Creek as sound morphs". NC Times. December 14, 2005. Retrieved January 20, 2008.
  7. ^ Dansby, Andrew. "A leaner, meaner Nickel Creek dares you to play with Fire". Houston Chronicle. August 26, 2005. Retrieved January 12, 2008.
  8. ^ Wood, Mikael. "Not Just Bluegrass" Archived 2007-08-06 at the Wayback Machine. Village Voice. August 26, 2005. Retrieved January 12, 2008.
  9. ^ Miller, Adam D. "Why Should the Fire Die? by Nickel Creek" Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine. Being There. Retrieved January 12, 2008.
  10. ^ Keogh, Sue. "...what shines through immediately is the sheer musical brilliance...". BBC. Retrieved January 12, 2008.