Middle of Nowhere (Hanson album)

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Middle Of Nowhere
Studio album by Hanson
Released	May 5, 1997 May 6, 1997 May 8, 1997 June 9, 1997
Recorded	From July until November, 1996 in Los Angeles
Genre	pop rock,teen pop
Length	54:18
Label	Mercury / Universal
Producer	The Dust Brothers
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Rolling Stone link
Hanson chronology
MMMBop (1996) Middle of Nowhere (1997) Snowed In (1997)

Middle of Nowhere is the third album by American pop/rock group Hanson, and the first to be released on a major label. Released in 1997, it features slicker songwriting and production than their previous indie efforts Boomerang and MMMBop.

The album was generally well received by critics. Middle of Nowhere spawned 5 hits: "MMMBop", "Where's the Love", "I Will Come to You", "Weird", and "Thinking of You".

Contents 1 Worldwide sales 2 Track listing 3 Personnel 4 Charts

[edit] Worldwide sales

Total sales worldwide are 10 million copies. The album sold just under 4 million in the US (4 times platinum) and sold 600,000 copies in UK (2 times platinum).

[edit] Track listing

All songs written by Isaac Hanson, Taylor Hanson, and Zachary Hanson. Additional writers (as credited in CD insert) noted in parenthesis.

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 (Cliff Magness)
12. "With You in Your Dreams" – 3:55
13. "Man from Milwaukee" [Bonus Track] – 3:38

Note: "Man from Milwaukee" is actually Track #21, as there are nine tracks of silence after "With You In Your Dreams." In Japan the song is track 14 because it has MMMBop live track as song 13.

[edit] Personnel

Hanson

• Zachary Hanson - Drums, Vocals, Lead vocals on "Lucy"
• Taylor Hanson - Keyboards, Vocals
• Isaac Hanson - Guitar, Vocals, lead vocals on "A Minute Without You"

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
• Steven Greenberg - Executive Producer
• Barry Mann - Vocal Director
• Marina Chavez - Photography
• Ted Jensen - Mastering
• The Dust Brothers - Programming, Producer
• Mark Hudson - Vocal Director

[edit] Charts

This table indicates the highest position reached on each country's album charts, for Middle of Nowhere.

Chart (1997)	Position
Australia	1
Austria	2
Belgium (Flanders chart)	2
Belgium (Wallonia chart)	15
Finland	4
France	15
Germany	1
Netherlands	5
New Zealand	4
Norway	7
Sweden	4
Switzerland	2
UK	1
USA	2

Preceded by The Fat of the Land by The Prodigy

Australian ARIA Albums Chart number-one album August 10 - August 23, 1997

Succeeded by In Deep by Tina Arena