3 Car Garage
3 Car Garage: The Indie Recordings '95–'96, also known simply as 3 Car Garage, is a compilation album by American pop rock group Hanson. It consists of material from their MMMBop demo album minus four tracks. There is much confusion that 3 Car Garage contains tracks from both the MMMBop and Boomerang demo albums, when actually, only songs from MMMBop are present. The tracks that never made it from MMMBop to 3 Car Garage are the shorter version of "MMMBop", "Something New", "Incredible", and "Baby (You're So Fine)".
| 3 Car Garage: The Indie Recordings | ||||
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| Released | May 12, 1998 | |||
| Recorded | 1995 | |||
| Genre | Pop rock | |||
| Length | 44:52 | |||
| Label | Mercury / PolyGram | |||
| Producer | Hanson | |||
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| Source | Rating | 
| AllMusic | |
| Entertainment Weekly | C+[2] | 
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide | |
As the songs on this album were recorded a year or two before Middle of Nowhere, the brothers' voices are noticeably higher pitched. The album also contains the original version of the hit song "MMMBop", which was a rock ballad, unlike the up-tempo pop version that became a hit. 3 Car Garage: The Indie Recordings is the only Hanson compilation not on streaming platforms.
Track listing
    
All tracks are written by Hanson.
| No. | Title | Lead vocals | Length | 
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| 1. | "Day Has Come" | Isaac Hanson | 4:46 | 
| 2. | "Two Tears" | Isaac Hanson | 2:40 | 
| 3. | "Thinking of You" (1996 version) | Taylor Hanson | 3:10 | 
| 4. | "River" | Isaac Hanson | 3:46 | 
| 5. | "Surely as the Sun" | Isaac Hanson | 5:40 | 
| 6. | "MMMBop" (original version) | Taylor Hanson | 5:16 | 
| 7. | "Soldier" | Isaac Hanson | 6:13 | 
| 8. | "Stories" | Taylor Hanson | 2:34 | 
| 9. | "Pictures" | Isaac Hanson | 2:12 | 
| 10. | "Sometimes" | Isaac Hanson | 4:25 | 
| 11. | "With You in Your Dreams" (1996 version) | Taylor Hanson | 4:12 | 
Personnel
    
- John Chambers – guitar
 - JaMarc Davis – guitar
 - Louis Drapp – bass, guitar, harmonica
 - Isaac Hanson – guitar, fiddle, piano, producer, sequencing, vocals
 - Taylor Hanson – piano, keyboards, conga, drums, producer, vocals
 - Walker Hanson – photography
 - Zac Hanson – drums, vocals, producer
 - Craig Harmon – Hammond organ
 - Lewis Harris – bass
 - Dan Hersch – mastering
 - Dana Higbee – piccolo
 - Bill Inglot – mastering
 - Stirling McIlwaine – photography
 - John Morand – engineer
 
Charts
    
Weekly charts
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Certifications
    
| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales | 
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| Australia (ARIA)[15] | Gold | 35,000^ | 
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References
    
- 3 Car Garage at AllMusic
 - Brunner, Rob (May 15, 1998). "3 Car Garage Review". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved July 28, 2012.
 - Brackett, Nathan; Christian Hoard (2004). The Rolling Stone Album Guide. New York City, New York: Simon and Schuster. p. 362. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
 - "Australiancharts.com – Hanson – 3 Car Garage - The Indie Recordings '95-'96". Hung Medien. Retrieved April 12, 2021.
 - "Ultratop.be – Hanson – 3 Car Garage - The Indie Recordings '95-'96" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved April 12, 2021.
 - "Dutchcharts.nl – Hanson – 3 Car Garage - The Indie Recordings '95-'96" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved April 12, 2021.
 - "Offiziellecharts.de – Hanson – 3 Car Garage - The Indie Recordings '95-'96" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved April 12, 2021.
 - "Charts.nz – Hanson – 3 Car Garage - The Indie Recordings '95-'96". Hung Medien. Retrieved April 12, 2021.
 - "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved April 12, 2021.
 - "Swedishcharts.com – Hanson – 3 Car Garage - The Indie Recordings '95-'96". Hung Medien. Retrieved April 12, 2021.
 - "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved April 12, 2021.
 - "Hanson Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved April 12, 2021.
 - "ARIA Top 100 Albums for 1998". Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved April 12, 2021.
 - "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1998". Billboard. Retrieved April 12, 2021.
 - "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 1998 Albums" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved December 27, 2021.
 
