Reasons Why: The Very Best is a compilation album by the band 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...

, released on Sugar Hill in late 2006. It's the band's fourth and latest official album. As of June 20, 2007, the band has sold approximately 60,000 copies of the compilation.

This album is a greatest hits

Greatest hits

A greatest hits album is a music compilation album of successful, previously released songs by a particular artist or band...

 album. Included with the CD is a DVD of all of their music videos to date.

Track listing

1. "The Lighthouse's Tale
   The Lighthouse's Tale
   "The Lighthouse's Tale" is a song by progressive bluegrass band Nickel Creek, taken from their debut album, Nickel Creek, released in 2001.-Single details:...
   
   " (Adam McKenzie & 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...
   
   ) – 5:00
2. "Out of the Woods" (Sinéad Lohan
   Sinéad Lohan
   Sinéad Lohan is an Irish singer and songwriter of folk music and folk-inspired popular music.A native of Cork, Lohan first came to prominence thanks to the inclusion of her song "Sailing By" on the second installment of the hugely successful "A Woman's Heart" collection.She has released two albums,...
   
   ) – 5:20
3. "When in Rome" (Thile) – 4:15
4. "Helena" (Thile) – 4:40
5. "Smoothie Song" (Thile) – 3:19
6. "Somebody More Like You" (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:...
   
   ) – 2:58
7. "Reasons Why" (Watkins & David Puckett) – 4:08
8. "Can't Complain" (Thile) – 5:31
9. "I Should've Known Better" (Carrie Newcomer
   Carrie Newcomer
   Carrie Newcomer is an American singer and songwriter.-Early life and education:Carrie Newcomer was born in Dowagiac, Michigan, and raised in Elkhart, Indiana. She attended Goshen College and received a B.A...
   
   ) – 4:26
10. "This Side
    This Side (song)
    "This Side" was the first single by the progressive bluegrass band Nickel Creek from their second album, This Side. Sean Watkins takes vocal duties for "This Side".The song was written by Sean Watkins...
    
    " (Watkins) – 3:34
11. "Jealous of the Moon" (Thile & Gary Louris
    Gary Louris
    Gary Louris is a guitarist, singer, and songwriter of alternative country and pop music. He was a founding member of the Minneapolis-based band The Jayhawks, and their principal songwriter and vocalist after the departure of Mark Olson; he is often credited with the band's subsequent move from...
    
    ) – 4:40
12. "When You Come Back Down
    When You Come Back Down
    "When You Come Back Down" was the debut single by progressive bluegrass band Nickel Creek from their self titled debut album. The song is a cover of the bluegrass musician Tim O'Brien's original version...
    
    " (Tim O'Brien
    Tim O'Brien (musician)
    Tim O'Brien is an American country and bluegrass musician. In addition to singing, he plays guitar, fiddle, mandolin, banjo, bouzouki and mandocello...
    
     & Danny O'Keefe
    Danny O'Keefe
    Danny O'Keefe is a U.S. based singer-songwriter, born in Spokane, Washington, in 1943. O'Keefe's musical career has spanned four decades from his early days playing in the Minnesota coffee houses to his present station in the Seattle area...
    
    ) – 3:52
13. "You Don't Have To Move That Mountain" (Live from The Freight and Salvage
    The Freight and Salvage
    The Freight and Salvage is a nonprofit musical performance venue in Berkeley, California, that primarily hosts folk music and world music acts. It was founded in 1968 and derived its name from the used furniture store that previously occupied the same space on San Pablo Avenue...
    
    , November 16, 2000) (Keith Whitley
    Keith Whitley
    Jackie Keith Whitley , known professionally as Keith Whitley, was an American country music singer. Whitley's brief career in mainstream country music lasted from 1984 until his death in 1989, but he continues to influence an entire generation of singers and songwriters...
    
    ) – 3:51
14. "The Fox" (Live from The Freight and Salvage
    The Freight and Salvage
    The Freight and Salvage is a nonprofit musical performance venue in Berkeley, California, that primarily hosts folk music and world music acts. It was founded in 1968 and derived its name from the used furniture store that previously occupied the same space on San Pablo Avenue...
    
    , November 16, 2000) (Traditional — arr. by Nickel Creek) – 9:19

Bonus DVD

1. "When You Come Back Down"
2. "The Lighthouse's Tale"
3. "Reasons Why"
4. "This Side"
5. "Speak"
6. "Smoothie Song"
7. "When in Rome"

Chart positions

Chart (2006)	Peak position	Sales/ shipments
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	41	46,718
U.S. Billboard Top Independent Albums	17
U.S. Billboard Top Bluegrass Albums	1

Musical

• Chris Thile - Mandolin, Vocals, Among others
• Sean Watkins - Guitar, Vocals, Among others
• Sara Watkins - Fiddle, Vocals
• Scott Thile, Mark Schatz, Byron House, Edgar Meyer - Basses

Technical

• Eric Conn - Compilation Mastering
• Ken Edwards "Easy Ed" - Engineer
• Arthur Gorson - Photography
• Sue Meyer - Design
• Terry Teachout - Liner Notes