Length 53:41 | Release date 6 May 1997 | |
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Released May 6, 1997 (1997-05-06) Recorded July–November 1996, Los Angeles, California Producer The Dust Brothers, Stephen Lironi Awards Echo Award for Best International Newcomer Similar Hanson albums, Teen pop albums, Other albums |
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Middle of Nowhere is the debut studio album by American pop rock group Hanson, and the first to be released on a major label, which was Polygram Records and Mercury Records. Released in 1997, it features slicker studio production compared to their previous indie efforts Boomerang and MMMBop. The band members were between the ages of 11 and 16 when it was released. "Yearbook", one of the album's more dramatic songs, was not performed live until the recording of Middle of Nowhere Acoustic on May 5, 2007.
Contents
The album was received extremely well by critics. David Browne of Entertainment Weekly said of the trio: "... lack of guile is Hanson's most endearing quality."
Middle of Nowhere yielded five singles: "MMMBop", "Where's the Love", "I Will Come to You", "Weird", and "Thinking of You".
Worldwide sales
Total sales worldwide are 10 million copies. The album sold just under 4 million in the US (4 times platinum) and sold 4 million copies in UK.
Track listing
All songs written by Isaac Hanson, Taylor Hanson and Zachary Hanson; additional writers in parentheses.
- "Thinking of You" – 3:13
- "MMMBop" – 4:28
- "Weird" – 4:02 (Desmond Child)
- "Speechless" – 4:20 (Stephen Lironi)
- "Where's the Love" – 4:13 (Mark Hudson, Sander Salover)
- "Yearbook" – 5:29 (Ellen Shipley)
- "Look at You" – 4:28 (Stephen Lironi)
- "Lucy" – 3:35 (Mark Hudson)
- "I Will Come to You" – 4:11 (Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil)
- "A Minute Without You" – 3:55 (Mark Hudson)
- "Madeline" – 4:13 (Clif Magness)
- "With You in Your Dreams" – 3:56
- "Man from Milwaukee" [CD-only hidden track] – 3:38
Note: "Man from Milwaukee" is actually track #21, as there are eight tracks of silence after "With You in Your Dreams". In Japan the song is track 14 because a live version of "MMMBop" serves as song 13. "Man from Milwaukee" was omitted from all cassettes and vinyl pressings of Middle of Nowhere. Some later reissues of the album omitted the tracks of silence and make "Man from Milwaukee" a true track 13.
Personnel
Songs
Thinking of You3:14
MMMBop4:29
Weird4:02