Jeff Bates is the self-titled third album from American country music

Country music

Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...

 artist Jeff Bates

Jeff Bates

Jeffery Wayne "Jeff" Bates is an American country music artist. Signed to RCA Records in 2003, Bates released his debut album Rainbow Man that year. A second album, Leave the Light On, was released in 2005 on RCA. He left RCA in 2006. This album was followed by Jeff Bates in 2008 on the...

. Released in April 2008 on the independent label Black River Music Group

Black River Music Group

Black River Music Group is an independent record label in Nashville, Tennessee, specializing in country music.- Background :Black River Music Group started in early 2007 by Nashville session player, Jimmy Nichols , Tonya Cochran Ginnetti, and billionaires Terry and Kim Pegula...

, it has accounted for three non-charting singles: "Don't Hate Me for Lovin' You", "Riverbank" and "One Thing". Bates co-wrote ten of the thirteen songs on the album. Despite not producing a charting single, it peaked at #32 on Top Country Albums.

Track listing

1. "I Can't Have Nothing Nice" (Jeff Bates, Ben Hayslip
   Ben Hayslip
   Ben Hayslip is an American country music songwriter. Hayslip attended Evans High School near Augusta, Georgia where he was an All-State first baseman leading the Evans baseball team to the 1988 Georgia state championship...
   
   , Brandon Kinney) – 3:34
2. "Lonesome" (Kenny Beard, Casey Beathard
   Casey Beathard
   Casey Beathard is an American country music songwriter. The son of former NFL general manager Bobby Beathard, he has co-written singles for several country music recording artists, including Top Ten singles for Gary Allan, Billy Ray Cyrus, Trace Adkins, and Kenny Chesney...
   
   , Frank Rogers
   Frank Rogers (record producer)
   Frank Mandeville Rogers V is an American record producer, songwriter and session musician. In 1990, Rogers made the trek to Nashville, attending Belmont University and graduating with a Music Business degree. While at Belmont, he met friend and future collaborator Brad Paisley...
   
   ) – 4:15
3. "One Thing" (Bates, Jason Matthews, Jim McCormick) – 3:21
4. "A Country Girl Can" (Bates, Hayslip, Matthews) – 3:06
5. "Riverbank" (Bates, Robert Arthur, Kirk Roth) – 3:43
6. "Chevy Don't Let Me Down" (Bates, Hayslip, Jimmy Yeary) – 3:07
7. "Don't Hate Me for Lovin' You" (Bates, Yeary, Kemi Williams, Lonnie Wilson) – 3:25
8. "My Wave" (Hayslip, Yeary) – 4:04
9. "Some Days" (Bates, Beard, Hayslip) – 2:52
10. "He Wasn't Like Us" (Bates, Hayslip, Kinney) – 3:51
11. "Dead or Alive" (Bates, Arthur, Roth) – 3:14
12. "Country Man" (Bates, Beard, Yeary) – 3:27
13. "Somebody's Falling" (Beard, Deborah Allen
    Deborah Allen
    Deborah Allen is an American country music singer. Since 1976, Allen has issued 12 albums and charted 14 singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart, most notably the 1983 crossover hit "Baby I Lied" which reached #4 on the country charts and #26 on the Billboard Hot 100. Allen has also...
    
    , Paul Overstreet
    Paul Overstreet
    Paul Lester Overstreet is an American country music singer and songwriter. He recorded 10 studio albums between 1982 and 2005, and charted 16 singles on the Billboard country charts, including two #1 hits...
    
    ) – 3:21

Chart performance

Chart (2008)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	32
U.S. Billboard Independent Albums	37

External links

• [ Jeff Bates] at Allmusic