Middle of Nowhere (album)

Middle of Nowhere
Studio album by Hanson
Released	May 6, 1997 (1997-05-06)
Recorded	July – November 1996
Studio	Los Angeles, California
Genre	Pop rock[1][2] teen pop
Length	53:41
Label	Mercury, PolyGram
Producer	The Dust Brothers, Stephen Lironi
Hanson chronology
MMMBop (1996) Middle of Nowhere (1997) Snowed In (1997)
Singles from Middle of Nowhere
"MMMBop" Released: April 15, 1997 "Where's the Love" Released: September 1, 1997 "I Will Come to You" Released: November 10, 1997 "Weird" Released: March 16, 1998 "Thinking of You" Released: May 4, 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.

Middle of Nowhere yielded five singles: "MMMBop", "Where's the Love", "I Will Come to You", "Weird", and "Thinking of You". "MMMBop" became a major hit, reaching number one in the United States and at least eleven other countries. The album earned Hanson three Grammy Award nominations, including Best New Artist and Record of the Year.