And the Crowd Goes Wild

Infobox Album
Name = And the Crowd Goes Wild
Type = studio
Artist = Mark Wills


Released = start date|2003|10|21
Genre = Country
Length =
Label = Mercury Nashville
Producer = Chris Lindsey, Mark Wills
Reviews = Allmusic – rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:3vfyxqlaldte link]
Last album = "Greatest Hits"
(2002)
This album = "And the Crowd Goes Wild"
(2003)
Next album = "Familiar Stranger"
(2008)

"And the Crowd Goes Wild" is the fifth studio album, and sixth album overall, by American country music artist Mark Wills. Released in 2003 as his last album for Mercury Nashville Records, the album produced two singles on the "Billboard" Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) charts: the title track and "That's a Woman", which peaked at #29 and #40, respectively. The album itself peaked at #5 on the "Billboard" Top Country Albums charts, and #68 on The Billboard 200.

The title track was previously recorded by Jeffrey Steele on his 2002 album "Somethin' in the Water". "Prisoner of the Highway" is a cover of a song previously recorded by Ronnie Milsap, and features guest vocals from him. "What Hurts the Most" was later recorded by pop singer Jo O'Meara and country group Rascal Flatts, who released their versions in 2005 and 2006, respectively. Wills's version, though never released as a single itself, peaked at #51 on the "Billboard" Hot Digital Songs charts in 2006. Additionally, "A Singer in a Band" was later recorded by Joe Nichols on his 2004 album "Revelation".

Track listing

#"And the Crowd Goes Wild" (Craig Wiseman, Jeffrey Steele) – 4:00
#"He's a Cowboy" (Wiseman, Dan Couch, P.J. Smith) – 3:10
#"That's a Woman" (Rivers Rutherford, Steven Dale Jones) – 2:43
#"Prisoner of the Highway" (Mike Reid) – 4:23
#*duet with Ronnie Milsap
#"What Hurts the Most" (Steele, Steve Robson) – 3:47
#"What She Sees in Me" (Jimmy Ritchey, Chuck Jones) – 3:49
#"Married in Mexico" (Trey Bruce, Cory Mayo) – 4:47
#"Nothin' but a Suntan" (James Slater) – 3:51
#"How Bad Do You Want It" (Tom Shapiro, Mark Nesler, Tony Martin) – 3:28
#"I Just Close My Eyes" (Chris Lindsey, Bill Luther, Aimee Mayo) – 4:51
#"A Singer in a Band" (Tim Mensy, Gary Harrison) – 3:15

Personnel

*Tim Akers – keyboards
*Kelly Archer – background vocals
*Tom Bukovac – electric guitar, acoustic guitar
*J.T. Corenflos – electric guitar
*Eric Darken – percussion
*Paul Franklin – steel guitar
*Aubrey Haynie – fiddle, mandolin
*Wes Hightower – background vocals
*Vanessa Lynch – background vocals
*Aimee Mayo – background vocals
*Cory Mayo – background vocals
*George Plaster – spoken commentary on "And the Crowd Goes Wild"
*John Wesley Ryles – background vocals
*Jimmie Lee Sloas – bass guitar
*Biff Watson – acoustic guitar
*Lonnie Wilson – drums

Strings on "That's a Woman" and "What Hurts the Most" performed by the Nashville String Machine and conducted by Carl Gorodetzky.

References

*Allmusic (see infobox)
*cite album-notes |title=And the Crowd Goes Wild |bandname=Mark Wills |year=2003 |format=CD liner notes |publisher=Mercury Records |publisherid=000101202