Middle of Everywhere: The Greatest Hits

by Hanson

Overview

Mercury released a Hanson compilation as part of their 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection series in 2006, but that collection naturally stopped its overview in 2000, when the trio left the Universal Music universe. Hanson didn't fade away in the 21st century, they kept making new albums on a regular basis, releasing four albums between 2004 and 2013. Middle of Everywhere: The Greatest Hits doesn't ignore these records because it's designed as a celebration of the band's 25th anniversary. Cleverly, it runs 26 tracks -- a song for every one of their years, plus one to grow on -- and samples their six proper albums rather evenly, adding a good new song, "I Was Born," for good measure. What this compilation showcases is a smart, tuneful guitar band who always knew how to blend power pop, soul, and oldies, and who have only refined their craft over time. If the earliest hits still retain a youthful effervescence, what's more impressive about Middle of Everywhere is how it shows that Hanson aged into the template essayed on 1997's Middle of Nowhere, becoming a skilled and confident pop combo that can endure a quarter-century and maybe more. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Product Details

Release Date:	09/08/2017
Label:	3Cg Records / Three Car Garage
UPC:	0881861170121
Rank:	34168

Tracks

Disc 1

1. I Was Born
2. Mmmbop
3. Where's the Love
4. I Will Come to You
5. Weird
6. A Minute Without You
7. This Time Around
8. If Only
9. Save Me
10. A Song to Sing [Live]
11. Penny & Me
12. Lost Without Each Other
13. Underneath
14. Strong Enough to Break
15. Broken Angel

Disc 2

16. Great Divide
17. Been There Before
18. Georgia
19. Go
20. Watch Over Me
21. Thinking 'Bout Somethin'
22. Give a Little
23. Juliet
24. Get the Girl Back
25. Fired Up
26. Already Home

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Hanson   Primary Artist

Technical Credits

Chris Holmes   Composer
The Dust Brothers   Producer
Cynthia Weil   Composer
Joe Chiccarelli   Mixing
Greg Wells   Composer,Producer
Gregg Alexander   Composer
Mark Hudson   Composer
Desmond Child   Composer
Jerry Hey   Horn Arrangements
Matthew Sweet   Composer
Tom Lord-Alge   Mixing
CJ Eiriksson   Mixing
Danny Kortchmar   Producer
Zac Hanson   Composer
Zac Maloy   Composer
Taylor Hanson   Composer
Steve Churchyard   Mixing
Steve Thompson   Mixing
Barry Mann   Composer
Shannon Curfman   Composer
John Goodmanson   Mixing
David Ryan Harris   Producer
Hanson   Composer,Musician,Producer
David Campbell   String Arrangements
William James McAuley III   Composer
Sander Salover   Composer
Na   Arranger,Lyricist
D.R. Harris   Composer
Skyler Stonestreet   Composer
Stephen Lironi   Producer
Isaac Hanson   Composer