Nickel Creek - Reasons Why: The Very Best (CD + DVD)
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Artist: Nickel CreekBrand: NICKEL CREEK
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2006-11-14
Music Label: Sunset Strategic Marketing (SSM) / Sugarhill [Country]
Soundtracks:
- The Lighthouse's Tale
- Out Of The Woods
- When In Rome
- helena
- Smoothie Song
- Somebody More Like You
- Reasons Why
- Can't Complain
- I Should've Known Better
- This Side
- Jealous Of The Moon
- When You Come Back Down
- You Don't Have To Move That Mountain
- The Fox
Music reviews of Reasons Why: The Very Best (CD + DVD)
Music Review: A resplendent presentation of Nickel Creek's inner muse
Rating: 5 Stars
Playing Time - 64:52 (plus seven videos) -- Dreamy acoustic textures .... few bands weave their musical fabric with tonal colors as dynamically as Nickel Creek does with their mandolin, fiddle, guitar, bass and vocals. Once upon a time, long long ago in a place called San Diego, a novelty "kid band" (with Sean and Sara Watkins, Chris and Scott Thile) chose their group's name based on fiddle tune written by Byron Berline about a ranch in Texas. The band got its first national television exposure on the Statler Brothers Show (TNN) in 1997, and by 2000 they had won IBMA's Emerging Artist of the Year Award.
Twelve "best of" tracks have beene chosen from their three previous albums, and two additional live performance tracks complete the audio portion of this project. We're also treated to all seven of their videos on a separate DVD. After their 2001 album received two Grammy nominations, their fanciful acoustic folk-pop earned them a mention in Time magazine as among the 100 "Innovators of the Year." Their 2003 album ("This Side") won the Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk Album and subsequently went gold.
More recently, their "Why Should the Fire Die?" album further established their adventurous approach to music that knows no confines. To develop a signature sound that listeners can immediately identify as Nickel Creek takes an enlightened and inspired convergence of musicianship and innovation. Most of their music is original, but some of their "very best of" tracks come from others - Carrie Newcomer, Sinead Lohan, Keith Whitley, and Tim O'Brien & Danny O'Keefe. Falling squarely into an Americana format, their keen multicolored kaleidoscope features perfectly blended vocals wrapped around elegant instrumentation in ornate arrangements.
High quality production of their music has also managed to make their jazz, Celtic, bluegrass, and folk elements something distinctive.
"The Lighthouse's Tale" is such a quaint offering. "Helena" has smoldering rock rhythms. "Reasons Why" and "When You Come Back Down" have that youthful yearning for strong affectionate ties. "Smoothie Song" is a breezy instrumental jaunt (and for that matter, I wouldn't mind seeing Sugar Hill release an entire album of just their instrumentals). The two previously unreleased live cuts capture the Nickel Creek spirit, with a 9-minute rendition of "The Fox" having a number of significant interpretive twists and polygenric sprees. This is a resplendent presentation of Nickel Creek's inner muse. If there's a minor complaint due to a little redundancy, the DVD's seven videos include six songs that are also on the audio disc. The seventh added video is Sean Watkins' "Speak." The same price as just a CD, you should consider all the videos as a generous and added bonus.
At the end of 2007, Nickel Creek has announced their plans to take an indefinite break as a band. Fame and success can take its toll, even on those with such youthful energy. However, I'm sure that we can expect new creativity to emerge as solo and other collaborative projects emerge from these talented musicians. Thile has already released a solo album. "How to Grow a Woman from the Ground," and Sean and Sara Watkins present "Watkins Family Hour" regularly at a Los Angeles venue. And, in 2007, Sean turns the big 3-0 on Feb. 18, Chris celebrates his 26th birthday on Feb. 20, and Sara turns 26 a few months later on June 9. Wow, they have so many fruitful and productive years ahead of them. It takes considerable imagination to fathom where the next three decades may take them on their daring musical journeys. (Joe Ross, staff writer, Bluegrass Now)
Description of Reasons Why: The Very Best (CD + DVD)
1. The Lighthouse's Tale (5:00) Composed by Chris Thile 2. Out of the Woods (5:20) 3. When in Rome (4:15) Composed by Chris Thile 4. Helena (4:40) Composed by Chris Thile 5. Smoothie Song (3:19) Composed by Chris Thile 6. Somebody More Like You (2:58) Composed by Sean Watkins 7. Reasons Why (4:07) Composed by Sean Watkins 8. Can't Complain (5:31) Composed by Chris Thile 9. I Should've Known Better (4:26) Composed by Carrie Newcomer 10. This Side (3:34) Composed by Sean Watkins 11. Jealous of the Moon (4:40) Composed by Gary Louris 12. When You Come Back Down (3:52) Composed by Tim O'Brien 13. You Don't Have to Move That Mountain (Live) (3:51) Composed by Keith Whitley 14. The Fox (Live) (9:19) Composed by Bob Dylan 15. Reasons Why (DVD) () Composed by Sean Watkins 16. When You Come Back Down (DVD) () Composed by Tim O'Brien 17. Lighthouse's Tale (DVD) () Composed by Chris Thile 18. This Side (DVD) () Composed by Sean Watkins 19. Speak (DVD) () Composed by Sean Watkins 20. Smoothie Song (DVD) () Composed by Chris Thile 21. When in Rome (DVD) () Composed by Chris ThileWhile "progressive bluegrass" might sound like an oxymoron, it's a good description of this dynamic acoustic trio's approach. Fans of traditional string-band music might flinch at Nickel Creek's experimentation, but there is little doubt that the threesome has attracted the largest crossover audience to the genre since Jerry Garcia. Still, the rigors of working together since they were teens have prompted an open-ended sabbatical at the end of their 2007 tour. Cue the Christmas 2006 hits package--it's the perfect time to cash in on the catalog with the band still hot as an active unit. Since Nickel Creek has recorded just three albums for Sugar Hill, it does seem a bit premature for this recap. But the label has done an admirable job by adding a bonus DVD of the act's seven videos and arranging the audio tracks in non-chronological order to enhance the flow. If anyone had any doubts that these youngsters were the future of bluegrass, Reasons Why should erase them. They never let their instrumental virtuosity on guitar, fiddle, and mandolin get in the way of writing terrific material such as "When in Rome"--a should-have-been hit on the order of R.E.M.'s "Losing My Religion"--and they also deliver the goods in concert. A nine-minute live version of "The Fox"--one of two previously unreleased performances that close this collection--proves they can mash up Bach, Bill Monroe, and Dylan with such cool aplomb, one can only imagine what the future holds. Until then, we have this compact reminder of Nickel Creek's strengths and potential--a superb collection that is as classy and challenging as the group itself, and leaves the listener wanting more. --Hal Horowitz
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