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{{ Album infobox | <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums -->
{{ Album infobox | <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums -->
| Name = Middle of Nowhere
| Name = Middle Of Nowhere
| Type = [[Album (music)|Album]]
| Type = [[Album (music)|Album]]
| Artist = [[Hanson (band)|Hanson]]
| Artist = [[Hanson (band)|Hanson]]
| Cover = Hanson-Middle_of_Nowhere.jpg
| Cover = Hanson-Middle_Of_Nowhere.jpg
| Background = orange
| Background = orange
| Released = [[May 6]], [[1997]]
| Released = [[May 6]], [[1997]]
| Recorded = ???
| Recorded = From July untill November, 1996 in Los Angeles, California
| Genre = [[Pop music|Pop]]
| Genre = [[Pop music|Pop]]
| Length = 53:36
| Length = 53:36
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'''Middle of Nowhere''' is the third [[album (music)|album]] by [[United States|American]] [[pop music|pop]]/[[rock music|rock]] group [[Hanson (band)|Hanson]], and the first to be released on a [[major label]]. Released in [[1997]], it features slicker [[songwriting]] and production than their previous [[indie (music)|indie]] efforts ''[[Boomerang (Hanson album)|Boomerang]]'' and ''[[MMMBop (album)|MMMBop]]''.
'''Middle of Nowhere''' is the third [[album (music)|album]] by [[United States|American]] [[pop music|pop]]/[[rock music|rock]] group [[Hanson (band)|Hanson]], and the first to be released on a [[major label]]. Released in [[1997]], it features slicker [[songwriting]] and production than their previous [[indie (music)|indie]] efforts ''[[Boomerang (Hanson album)|Boomerang]]'' and ''[[MMMBop (album)|MMMBop]]''.


The album was generally well received by critics, and was eventually named to Rolling Stone's 150 Most Essential Albums of the Nineties. ''Middle of Nowhere'' sold over ten million copies worldwide, and had hit singles "MMMBop", "Where's the Love", "I Will Come to You", "Weird", and "Thinking of You".
The album was generally well received by critics, and was eventually named to Rolling Stone's 150 Most Essential Albums of the Nineties. ''Middle Of Nowhere'' sold over ten million copies worldwide, and had hit singles "MMMBop", "Where's The Love", "I Will Come To You", "Weird", and "Thinking Of You".


==Track listing==
==Track listing==


# "Thinking of You" - 3:13
# "Thinking Of You" - 3:13
# "[[MMMBop]]" - 4:28
# "[[MMMBop]]" - 4:28
# "Weird" - 4:02
# "Weird" - 4:02
# "Speechless" - 4:20
# "Speechless" - 4:20
# "Where's the Love" - 4:13
# "Where's The Love" - 4:13
# "Yearbook" - 5:29
# "Yearbook" - 5:29
# "Look at You" - 4:28
# "Look At You" - 4:28
# "Lucy" - 3:35
# "Lucy" - 3:35
# "I Will Come to You" - 4:11
# "I Will Come To You" - 4:11
# "Minute Without You" - 3:55
# "Minute Without You" - 3:55
# "Madeline" - 4:13
# "Madeline" - 4:13
# "With You in Your Dreams" - 3:56
# "With You In Your Dreams" - 3:56
# [Silence] - 0:04
# [Silence] - 0:04
# [Silence] - 0:04
# [Silence] - 0:04
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# [Silence] - 0:04
# [Silence] - 0:04
# [Silence] - 0:04
# [Silence] - 0:04
# "Man from Milwaukee" [Bonus Track] - 3:38
# "Man Brom Milwaukee" [Bonus Track] - 3:38


==Personnel==
==Personnel==

Revision as of 22:34, 22 March 2006

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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, and was eventually named to Rolling Stone's 150 Most Essential Albums of the Nineties. Middle Of Nowhere sold over ten million copies worldwide, and had hit singles "MMMBop", "Where's The Love", "I Will Come To You", "Weird", and "Thinking Of You".

Track listing

  1. "Thinking Of You" - 3:13
  2. "MMMBop" - 4:28
  3. "Weird" - 4:02
  4. "Speechless" - 4:20
  5. "Where's The Love" - 4:13
  6. "Yearbook" - 5:29
  7. "Look At You" - 4:28
  8. "Lucy" - 3:35
  9. "I Will Come To You" - 4:11
  10. "Minute Without You" - 3:55
  11. "Madeline" - 4:13
  12. "With You In Your Dreams" - 3:56
  13. [Silence] - 0:04
  14. [Silence] - 0:04
  15. [Silence] - 0:04
  16. [Silence] - 0:04
  17. [Silence] - 0:04
  18. [Silence] - 0:04
  19. [Silence] - 0:04
  20. [Silence] - 0:04
  21. "Man Brom Milwaukee" [Bonus Track] - 3:38

Personnel

  • Peter Kent - Violin
  • Michael Fischer - Percussion
  • Ted Jensen - Mastering
  • Patrick - Design
  • Carole Mukogawa - Viola
  • Niven Garland - Engineer
  • Femio Hernández - Engineer
  • Tom Lord-Alge - Mixing
  • John Wittenberg - Violin
  • Michito Sanchez - Percussion
  • Larry Corbett - Cello
  • Hanson - Main Performer
  • Steve Richards - Cello
  • Ged Lynch - Drums, Percussion
  • Endre Granat - Violin
  • Abe Laboriel Jr. - Drums
  • Margery Greenspan - Art Direction
  • David Campbell - Conductor, String Arrangements
  • Roger Love - Vocal Director
  • Abraham Laboriel - Bass
  • Steven Greenberg - Executive Producer
  • Stephen Lironi - Bass, Guitar, Percussion, Programming, Producer, Keyboards
  • Barry Mann - Vocal Director
  • Neil Stubenhaus - Bass
  • B.J. Cole - Pedal Steel
  • Isaac Hanson - Guitar
  • Sandy Stein - Keyboards
  • Marina Chavez - Photography
  • Murray Adler - Violin
  • Zac Hanson - Drums, Vocals
  • Taylor Hanson - Keyboards, Vocals
  • The Dust Brothers - Programming, Producer
  • Mark Hudson - Harmonica, Vocal Director