# Nickel Creek discography

This article represents the discography of progressive bluegrass band Nickel Creek. They have released six studio albums, one compilation album, as well as eight singles. Their debut live album was announced on October 2, 2020.
Nickel Creek's first widely known album, Nickel Creek, was released in 2001. It charted within the Top 20 of the Billboard Top Country Albums charts. The album featured three singles: "When You Come Back Down", "The Lighthouse's Tale", and "Reasons Why". The first two charted to number 48 and number 49 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts, whereas the third single failed to chart. Also in 2001, the band were featured with Dolly Parton on "Shine", a cover of the pop group Collective Soul's signature song. The song was released as a single from Parton's album Little Sparrow, and also featured a music video. Nickel Creek was then certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America on February 4, 2004.
In 2003, they released their critically acclaimed album This Side. It was a success on the Top Country Albums chart, debuting and peaking at number 2, as well as their first album to chart within the Top 20 of the Billboard 200, where it reached number 18. It was also a number-one album on the Billboard Top Bluegrass Albums chart. The album only spawned one chart single with its title track. It peaked at number 56 on the country charts.
Their fifth studio album, Why Should the Fire Die?, was released in 2005. Like its predecessor, it too, made the Top 20 of the Billboard 200, but failed to enter the Top Country Albums chart. One single was released, "When in Rome," but it failed to chart.
The band's sixth studio album, A Dotted Line, was released April 1, 2014.
Nickel Creek announced the release of their latest studio album, Celebrants, to be released on March 24, 2023. This album was recorded during the pandemic lockdown in February 2021. During the sessions, the band performed two live "Nickel Stream" concerts via Mandolin.

## Studio albums
### 1990s

| Title | Album details |
| Little Cowpoke | Release date: December 31, 1993 Label: Choo Choo Records Formats: CD, cassette |
| Here to There | Release date: May 19, 1997 Label: self-released Formats: CD, cassette |

### 2000s

| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) |
| Title | Album details | US Country | US | US Indie | US Bluegrass | Certifications (sales thresholds) |
| Nickel Creek | Release date: March 21, 2000 Label: Sugar Hill Records Formats: CD, cassette | 13 | 125 | 2 | — | US: Platinum |
| This Side | Release date: August 13, 2002 Label: Sugar Hill Records Formats: CD | 2 | 18 | 1 | 1 | US: Gold |
| Why Should the Fire Die? | Release date: August 9, 2005 Label: Sugar Hill Records Formats: CD, music download | — | 17 | 1 | 1 | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart |||||||

### 2010s–2020s

| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions |
| Title | Album details | US | US Grass | US Folk |
| A Dotted Line | Release date: April 1, 2014 Label: Nonesuch Formats: CD, music download | 7 | 1 | 1 |
| Celebrants | Release date: March 24, 2023 Label: Thirty Tigers | 196 | 1 | 7 |

## Compilation albums

| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions |
| Title | Album details | US Country | US Indie | US Grass |
| Reasons Why: The Very Best | Release date: November 14, 2006 Label: Sugar Hill Records Formats: CD, music download | 41 | 17 | 1 |

## Live albums

| Title | Album details |
| Live From The Fox Theater | Release date: February 12, 2021 Label: Bandcamp Formats: Record/Vinyl + Digital |

## Singles

| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Album |
| Year | Single | US Country | US AAA | UK | Album |
| 2001 | "When You Come Back Down" | 48 | — | — | Nickel Creek |
| 2001 | "The Lighthouse's Tale" | 49 | — | 147 | Nickel Creek |
| 2002 | "Reasons Why" | — | — | — | Nickel Creek |
| 2002 | "This Side" | 56 | — | — | This Side |
| 2003 | "Spit on a Stranger" | — | — | — | This Side |
| 2003 | "Speak" | — | — | — | This Side |
| 2003 | "Smoothie Song" | — | 1 | — | This Side |
| 2005 | "When in Rome" | — | 7 | — | Why Should the Fire Die? |
| 2014 | "Destination" | — | 21 | — | A Dotted Line |
| 2023 | "Strangers" | — | — | — | Celebrants |
| 2023 | "Holding Pattern" | — | — | — | Celebrants |
| 2023 | "Where the Long Line Leads" | — | — | — | Celebrants |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart ||||||

### Featured singles

| Year | Single | Album |
| 2001 | "Shine" (Dolly Parton featuring Nickel Creek) | Little Sparrow |

## Videography
### Music videos

| Year | Title | Director |
| 2000 | "Reasons Why" | Brent Hedgecock |
| 2000 | "When You Come Back Down" | Brent Hedgecock |
| 2001 | "The Lighthouse's Tale" | Brent Hedgecock |
| 2002 | "This Side" | Brent Hedgecock |
| 2003 | "Speak" | Sophie Muller |
| 2003 | "Smoothie Song" | Mark Reiter/Danny Clinch |
| 2005 | "When in Rome" | Dean Karr |
| 2011 | "Hayloft" | Steven Mertens |
| 2014 | "Destination" | Eli Cane |

### Guest appearances

| Year | Title | Director |
| 2001 | "Shine" (with Dolly Parton) | Brent Hedgecock |

## Collaborations

* Bug - original motion picture soundtrack (2007) Sean & Sara Watkins - track #2 "No Way to Live"
* Contributed mandolin and vocals to Circles (2006), a song on alternative/post-grunge band Switchfoot's album Oh! Gravity
* Those Were The Days (2005) with Dolly Parton, featured on a cover of Blowin' in the Wind
* Mutual Admiration Society (2004) with Glen Phillips
* Little Worlds (2003) with Béla Fleck and the Flecktones, featured on Off the Top (The Gravity Wheel) and Off the Top (Line Dance)
* Further Down The Old Plank Road (2003) with The Chieftains, featured on The Raggle Taggle Gypsy
* Little Sparrow (2001) with Dolly Parton, featured on the single "Shine"