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After buying into Bush and Alanis Morissette, Hanson is just what we deserve--Silverchair by way of the Partridge Family, the first pretty-boy fake alt rock group that doesn't pretend to be anything but. If only for truth in advertising, Hanson deserves our admiration. But as it happens, Middle of Nowhere, the debut album from Tulsa brothers Isaac, Taylor, and Zachary Hanson, warrants attention for other reasons as well. At their best, as on "MMMBop" or "Thinking of You," Hanson makes perfect '90s bubblegum, Jackson Five vocal interplay offset by slick power pop guitars and sharp hip-hop production care of the Dust Brothers. Even the more questionable material, such as the cheesy ballads "Weird" and "I Will Come to You," is--at worst--music for, about, and by kids sixteen and under. Such songs are not only more palatable coming from a 13-year-old than from a post-grad, given the age of the writers, the lyrics are actually pretty darn sharp. Granted, these lads had help with both the songwriting (including veterans Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil on the weakest track) and instrumentation (a full cast of session men) on Middle of Nowhere. Still, as young writers and musicians with an indisputably authentic three-part harmony, Hanson is as real a band as it needs to be. Real enough, at least, to be a perfect antidote to MTV's other poster boys, Marilyn Manson. --Roni Sarig

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From: Amazon Posted: Jul 27, 2008 Type: User Review

One of the best pop records of all time...

Before Hanson grew up and had children, before they left the corporate record indursty and went indies, and before they hit puberty, they recorded "Middle of Nowhere", one of the most relentlessly catchy pop records ever produces.
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From: Amazon Posted: Jun 29, 2008 Type: User Review

A blast from the past.

I was in junior high when MMMbop came out and like everyone else I thought these three brothers were girls. That damn catchy tune was stuck in my brain for a good six months in 1997. Even though I haven't kept up with their music since, Hanson's...
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From: Amazon Posted: May 25, 2008 Type: User Review

must have

a must have for any hanson fan, old or young they haven't made a bad cd... well except for the christmas one, i'm just not a fan of christmas music tho
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From: Amazon Posted: May 17, 2007 Type: User Review

Middle of.....

This CD is Hanson debut. Good music, good CD. Anyone would like it. Especially "Man From Milwaukee". "MMBop" is just a classic.
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From: Amazon Posted: Apr 27, 2007 Type: User Review

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Wow!!! I can't believe it! I remember having the casset tape to this. When I first heard them on the radio I fell in love with them. I was in love with the youngest one, Zack. My favorite song was MMMMBob. I remember when I was having daydreams...
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