Mutual Admiration Society (album)
Encyclopedia
Mutual Admiration Society is an album
featuring the collaboration between Nickel Creek
's Chris Thile
, Sara Watkins
, and Sean Watkins
, and Glen Phillips
, the former lead singer of folk-rock group Toad the Wet Sprocket
. It was recorded in three days in December 2000, but took 3½ years to be released.
Album
An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...
featuring the collaboration between Nickel Creek
Nickel Creek
Nickel Creek was an American progressive acoustic music trio consisting of Chris Thile , Sara Watkins and Sean Watkins . The band was founded in 1989 and released 6 albums between 1993 and 2006...
's Chris Thile
Chris Thile
Christopher Scott Thile is an American musician, best known as the mandolinist and a singer for the progressive acoustic trio Nickel Creek. His current band is Punch Brothers whose most recent album is Antifogmatic...
, Sara Watkins
Sara Watkins
Sara Ullrika Watkins is an American singer-songwriter and fiddler. Watkins debuted in 1989 as the fiddler of the progressive bluegrass group Nickel Creek, which consisted of herself, her elder brother Sean, and mandolinist Chris Thile. As a band, they are notable for three wide-released albums:...
, and Sean Watkins
Sean Watkins
Sean Charles Watkins is a guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter. He is a member of the contemporary folk band Nickel Creek, the duo Fiction Family and the supergroup Works Progress Administration.-Nickel Creek:...
, and Glen Phillips
Glen Phillips
Glen Phillips is a songwriter, lyricist, singer and guitarist. He is best known as the singer and songwriter of 1990s alternative rock group Toad the Wet Sprocket.-Personal life:...
, the former lead singer of folk-rock group Toad the Wet Sprocket
Toad the Wet Sprocket
Toad the Wet Sprocket is an American alternative rock band formed in 1986. The band consists of singer/guitarist Glen Phillips, guitarist Todd Nichols, bassist Dean Dinning, and drummer Randy Guss. The band enjoyed chart success in the 1990s with the singles "Walk on the Ocean," "All I Want,"...
. It was recorded in three days in December 2000, but took 3½ years to be released.
Track listing
- "Comes a Time" (Phillips) – 4:07
- "Sake of the World" (Brion, Phillips) – 2:41
- "Windmills" (Dining, Guss, Nichols, Phillips) – 4:30
- "Be Careful" (Phillips) – 3:57
- "Running Out" (Phillips) – 1:56
- "Somewhere Out There" (Phillips) – 4:21
- "Francesca" (Phillips) – 3:20
- "Trouble" (Brion, McGregor) – 3:36
- "La Lune" (Kennedy) – 4:18
- "Reprise" (Kennedy) – 2:05
- "Think About Your Troubles" (Nillsson) – 6:11
Musical
- Chris Thile - Mandolin, Vocals, Group Member
- Sara Watkins - Fiddle, Vocals, Group Member
- Sean Watkins - Guitar, Mandolin, Vocals, Group Member
- Glen Phillips - Vocals, Group Member
- Ethan Johns - Mandolin, Percussion, Guitar (Electric), Vocals (bckgr), Producer, Engineer, Mixing
- Richard Causon - Piano, Accordion, Organ (Hammond)
- Jennifer Condos - Bass
Technical
- Robert Hadley - Mastering
- Nickel Creek - Creative Director
- Glen Rose - Photography
- Doug Sax - Mastering
- Wendy Stamberger - Design, Creative Director
Chart listings
| Chart | Provider(s) | Peak position |
Certification | Sales/ shipments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Billboard Top Heatseekers (U.S.) | Billboard Billboard (magazine) Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis... |
31 | Not certified |
| Billboard Top Independent Albums (U.S.) | 22 | ||
| Billboard Top Internet Albums (U.S.) | 283 | ||