Middle of Nowhere (album)

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Middle of Nowhere
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Studio album by Hanson
Released May 6, 1997 (1997-05-06)
Recorded July–November 1996 in Los Angeles, California
Genre Pop rock, teen pop
Length 53:41
Label Mercury, Polygram
Producer The Dust Brothers, Stephen Lironi
Hanson chronology
MMMBop
(1996)MMMBop1996		 Middle of Nowhere
(1997)		 Snowed In
(1997)Snowed In1997
Singles from Middle of Nowhere
  1. "MMMBop"
    Released: April 15, 1997
  2. "Where's the Love"
    Released: September 1997
  3. "I Will Come to You"
    Released: September 11, 1997
  4. "Weird"
    Released: March 1998
  5. "Thinking of You"
    Released: July 1998

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.

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."[1]

Middle of Nowhere yielded five singles: "MMMBop", "Where's the Love", "I Will Come to You", "Weird", and "Thinking of You".

Worldwide sales

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 4/5 stars[2]
Entertainment Weekly A−[1]
Rolling Stone 3/5 stars[3]
Robert Christgau (2-star Honorable Mention)[4]

Total sales worldwide are 10 million copies. The album sold just under 4 million in the US (4 times platinum) and sold 100,000 copies in UK being certified Gold.

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 (Cliff 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
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

Charts

Certifications

Region Certification Sales/shipments
Australia (ARIA)[16] 5× Platinum 350,000
Austria (IFPI Austria)[17] Gold 25,000
Belgium (BEA)[18] 2× Platinum 100,000
Brazil (ABPD)[19] Platinum 250,000
Canada (Music Canada)[20] 5× Platinum 500,000
Finland (Musiikkituottajat)[21] Gold 31,809[21]
France (SNEP)[22] 2× Gold 200,000
Germany (BVMI)[23] Gold 250,000
Hong Kong (IFPI Hong Kong)[24] Gold 10,000
Japan (RIAJ)[25] Platinum 238,760
Mexico (AMPROFON)[26] Gold 100,000
New Zealand (RMNZ)[27] 3× Platinum 45,000
Poland (ZPAV)[28] Gold 50,000
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[29] Gold 50,000
Sweden (GLF)[30] Platinum 100,000
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[31] Platinum 50,000
United Kingdom (BPI)[32] Gold 100,000
United States (RIAA)[33] 4× Platinum 4,000,000
Summaries
Europe (IFPI)[34] Platinum 1,000,000

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone
xunspecified figures based on certification alone

References

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  4. ↑ Consumer Guide
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  12. ↑ http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/scottish-albums-chart/19970615/40/
  13. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/19990218164049/http://ifpi.org.tw/chart/1997/intl26.htm
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  27. ↑ THE FIELD id (chart number) MUST BE PROVIDED for NEW ZEALAND CERTIFICATION.
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  32. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Enter Middle of Nowhere in the field Keywords. Select Title in the field Search by. Select album in the field By Format. Select Gold in the field By Award. Click Search
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Preceded by UK number one album
June 21, 1997 – June 27, 1997		 Succeeded by
OK Computer by Radiohead
Preceded by Australian ARIA Albums Chart number-one album
August 10–23, 1997		 Succeeded by
In Deep by Tina Arena
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