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Middle of Nowhere (album)

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Length
  
53:41

Artist
  
Hanson

Label
  
Mercury Records

Middle of Nowhere (1997)
  
Snowed In (1997)

Release date
  
6 May 1997

Genres
  
Pop rock, Teen pop

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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

Hanson mmmbop


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.

  1. "Thinking of You" – 3:13
  2. "MMMBop" – 4:28
  3. "Weird" – 4:02 (Desmond Child)
  4. "Speechless" – 4:20 (Stephen Lironi)
  5. "Where's the Love" – 4:13 (Mark Hudson, Sander Salover)
  6. "Yearbook" – 5:29 (Ellen Shipley)
  7. "Look at You" – 4:28 (Stephen Lironi)
  8. "Lucy" – 3:35 (Mark Hudson)
  9. "I Will Come to You" – 4:11 (Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil)
  10. "A Minute Without You" – 3:55 (Mark Hudson)
  11. "Madeline" – 4:13 (Clif Magness)
  12. "With You in Your Dreams" – 3:56
  13. "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

Hanson
  • Zachary Hanson – drums, vocals
  • Taylor Hanson – keyboards, piano, vocals
  • Isaac Hanson – guitar, vocals
    • Session musicians
  • Stephen Lironi – bass, guitar, percussion, programming, producer, keyboards
  • Peter Kent – violin
  • Michael Fischer – percussion
  • Carole Mukogawa – viola
  • John Wittenberg – violin
  • Michito Sanchez – percussion
  • Larry Corbett – cello
  • Steve Richards – cello
  • Ged Lynch – drums, percussion
  • Nick Vincent – drums
  • Endre Granat – violin
  • Abe Laboriel Jr. – drums
  • David Campbell – conductor, string arrangements
  • Abraham Laboriel – bass
  • Neil Stubenhaus – bass
  • B.J. Cole – pedal steel
  • Sandy Stein – keyboards
  • Stevie Wonder – harmonica
  • Murray Adler – violin
    • Other
  • Roger Love – vocal director
  • Margery Greenspan – art direction
  • Steve Greenberg (record producer) – executive producer
  • Barry Mann – vocal director
  • Marina Chavez – photography
  • Ted Jensen – mastering
  • The Dust Brothers – programming, producer
  • Mark Hudson – vocal director

    • Songs

    Thinking of You3:14
    MMMBop4:29
    Weird4:02

    References

    Middle of Nowhere (album) Wikipedia
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