Mark Wills is the debut studio album by American
country music singer
Mark Wills. Released in 1996 on
Mercury Nashville Records, the album produced three hit singles on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now
Hot Country Songs) charts: "Jacob's Ladder", "High Low and In Between", and "Places I've Never Been", which peaked at #6, #33, and #5, respectively. The album itself reached a peak of #38 on the BillboardTop Country Albums charts. "Look Where She Is Today" was previously cut by
Doug Stone on his 1995 album Faith in Me, Faith in You. And "Ace of Hearts" was previously cut by
Alan Jackson on his 1990 debut album Here in the Real World.
Alanna Nash of Entertainment Weekly rated the album "B+", stating in her review that the album "is full of rambunctious good-time songs teeming with sly wit and bittersweet ballads — all in a baritone that throbs with emotion."[1] Jeffrey B. Remz of Country Standard Time was largely unfavorable, praising "High Low and In Between" but otherwise saying that Wills "recalls
David Lee Murphy vocally, but sings a bit too effortlessly throughout, never sounding all that convincing as if he's lived the songs". He also described the album as "competent, but never rising above".[2]
Mark Wills is the debut studio album by American
country music singer
Mark Wills. Released in 1996 on
Mercury Nashville Records, the album produced three hit singles on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now
Hot Country Songs) charts: "Jacob's Ladder", "High Low and In Between", and "Places I've Never Been", which peaked at #6, #33, and #5, respectively. The album itself reached a peak of #38 on the BillboardTop Country Albums charts. "Look Where She Is Today" was previously cut by
Doug Stone on his 1995 album Faith in Me, Faith in You. And "Ace of Hearts" was previously cut by
Alan Jackson on his 1990 debut album Here in the Real World.
Alanna Nash of Entertainment Weekly rated the album "B+", stating in her review that the album "is full of rambunctious good-time songs teeming with sly wit and bittersweet ballads — all in a baritone that throbs with emotion."[1] Jeffrey B. Remz of Country Standard Time was largely unfavorable, praising "High Low and In Between" but otherwise saying that Wills "recalls
David Lee Murphy vocally, but sings a bit too effortlessly throughout, never sounding all that convincing as if he's lived the songs". He also described the album as "competent, but never rising above".[2]