Middle of Nowhere | ||||
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Released | May 6, 1997 | |||
Recorded | July – November 1996 | |||
Studio | Los Angeles, California | |||
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Length | 53:41 | |||
Label | Mercury, Polygram | |||
Producer | The Dust Brothers, Stephen Lironi | |||
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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.