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Nickel Creek - This Side Audio CD

A fair review of the Nickel Creek "This Side" Audio CD. Please note that the below review is the views of the authors, and authors only. You can get a complete list of all Nickel Creek reviews here, or go back to the Nickel Creek tabs.

Nickel Creek Band: Nickel Creek
Title: This Side
Rating:
Release Date: 2002-08-13
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Smoothie Song 2: Spit on a Stranger 3: Speak 4: Hanging by a Thread 5: Should've Known Better 6: This Side 7: Green and Gray 8: Seven Wonders 9: House Carpenter 10: Beauty and the Mess 11: Sabra Girl 12: Young 13: Brand New Sidewalk

Absolutely great
And that's a lot :). I like this album even more than "Why should the fire die".


A keeper after 7 years
After seven years in our collection, I'm still listening to this CD and enjoying it tremendously. The real test of a good record is if you still want to listen to it after a year.

The sheer virtuosity and polish is just remarkable -- that three kids could play and sing this well, AND write mature and thoughtful songs -- just hard to believe. Chris Thiele's mandolin gets the attention and the ink, but Sarah and Sean Watkins are every bit as special. "Beauty and the Mess" packs about as much musicianship as you'll ever hear in 2 1/2 minutes -- Sarah Watkins' vocals are crisp and perfect like a Granny Smith apple, the guitar and mandolin work is fantastic, the rhythms playful, the harmonies interesting. These guys were (and still are) real musicians' musicians. .


This Side
It is a shame the group broke up (egomania) but when I introduce new people to this group I use this cd. I was introduced to Nickel Creek a little under a year now and I love this album! A wonderful mix of instrumental music and unique vocals.


grows
Somehow every time I put it in the songs sounded just a little bit better. At first I found this below the par of the groups' 2000 debut, but I have grown to enjoy it just as much. It's like a joke that you have to "get" first.


Not so good...
Unfortunately, it really is nothing like their first album. I bought this album because i loved their self titled debut. There is only a hint of bluegrass sound, Chris Thile's vocals are straying into an alt-pop sound, and frankly, many of the lyrics are painfully insipid. Too bad, their first album was (and still is) one of my favorites. If you liked Nickel Creek (the album) for it's unique sound, don't buy this one.


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