Nickel Creek

Reasons Why: The Very Best Of (Sugar Hill)

Phases and Stages

Nickel Creek

Reasons Why: The Very Best (Sugar Hill)

Reasons Why doesn't answer the question Nickel Creek poses on their last release for Sugar Hill, Why Should the Fire Die? For that consider mandolin maven Chris Thile's two 2006 solo releases, his intricate Live Duets with Mike Marshall or How to Grow a Woman from the Ground. Here, the neo-bluegrass trio follows the announcement of their indefinite hiatus with a quick summary of their three major-label releases and videos. The only reason to fan final flames with this comp is for the two arduous and intimate live recordings, "You Don't Have to Move That Mountain" and "The Fox/Subterranean Homesick Blues" medley.

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