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 Jeff BatesLeave the Light On Release Date 2006 04 11 Label RCA Rating:  On his second album, Leave the Light On, Jeff Bates remains an appealing singer, blessed with a smooth, deep baritone that gives his music an earthiness even when it gets a little bit sappy. But if his 2003 debut, Rainbow Man, leaned heavily on love songs, this 2006 effort is a leaner, straight-ahead traditionalist country record. Each cut has a bit of grit in it, whether it's on the rollicking, twangy &"Good People," George Jones-styled barroom weepers like &"The Woman He Walked On," or even a cover of Billy "Crash" Craddock's early-'70s hit &"Rub It In," a greasy slice of Southern soul 'n' country that for most 2006 listeners will unfortunately bring to mind Glade's Plug It In, Plug It In campaign of the '90s, yet it's a testament to Bates' strengths as a vocalist that he makes this song work despite that association. Not that he pulls off every song here -- the opening cut (and lead single) &"Long Slow Kisses" stumbles in its attempts at seduction, while the closer, &"Mama Was a Lot Like Jesus," is unbearably heavy-handed and mawkish -- but even when the songs don't work, Bates and his studio band sound good, helping to make Leave the Light On a strong sophomore release from this skilled singer. Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Rovi |
Tracks:
| Title | Composer | Time | |
| 1 | Long, Slow Kisses | Hayslip, Bradberry, Bates | 3:10 |
| 2 | Rub It In | Martine | 3:05 |
| 3 | No Shame | Beard, Yeary, Bates | 3:02 |
| 4 | Hands on Man | Sanders, White, Chamberlain | 2:50 |
| 5 | Leave the Light On | Beard, Criswell, Yeary | 3:28 |
| 6 | That'll Get You Ten | Church, Kirby | 3:59 |
| 7 | Woman He Walked On | Jenkins, Dipiero, Mullins | 3:05 |
| 8 | One Second Chance | Dubois, Turnbull, Albritton | 3:44 |
| 9 | Good People | James, Marvel | 3:05 |
| 10 | I Can't Write That | Yates, Beard, Bates | 3:55 |
| 11 | What I Know | Beard, Beathard | 3:05 |
| 12 | Mama Was a Lot Like Jesus | Crosby, Shiver, Stephenson | 3:30 |
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