Rainbow Man is the debut album of 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...

. It was released in 2003 (see 2003 in country music

2003 in country music

This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 2003.-Events:*March 10 — During a concert in London, England, Dixie Chicks lead singer Natalie Maines said that the band was "ashamed the President of the United States is from Texas"...

) on RCA Nashville. The album includes eleven songs, all co-written by Bates, of which three were singles: "The Love Song", the title track, and "I Wanna Make You Cry". Respectively, these peaked at #8, #47 and #23 on the Billboard

Billboard (magazine)

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country charts. "Long, Slow Kisses" was re-recorded for his next album, Leave the Light On, from which it was released as the lead-off single.

Track listing

1. "Country Enough" (Jeff Bates, Kenny Beard, Tim Owens) – 2:54
2. "The Love Song" (Bates, 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...
   
   ) – 4:05
3. "Long, Slow Kisses" (Bates, Gordon Bradberry, 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...
   
   ) – 3:26
4. "Lovin' Like That" (Bates, Beard, Jimmy Yeary) – 2:23
5. "I Wanna Make You Cry" (Bates, Beard) – 3:15
6. "Your Lovin' Talks to Me" (Bates, Byron Hill
   Byron Hill
   Byron Hill , is an American songwriter from Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Working professionally in Nashville, TN for more than thirty years, his songs have been recorded by over 650 Country and Pop artists.-Music career:...
   
   ) – 3:21
7. "My Mississippi" (Bates, Beard, Dave Loggins
   Dave Loggins
   David Allen "Dave" Loggins is a singer, songwriter and musician. He is widely remembered for his 1974 composition "Please Come to Boston", which was a top-10 hit in the U.S. for him, and was subsequently covered by numerous other artists. He was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame...
   
   ) – 4:28
8. "Already Spent" (Bates, Terry Clayton) – 2:36
9. "Rainbow Man" (Bates, Harley Allen
   Harley Allen
   Harley Lee Allen was an American bluegrass and country singer and songwriter.-Early life:He was born in Dayton, Ohio, the son of the bluegrass performer Red Allen.-Film career:...
   
   ) – 3:38
10. "My In-Laws Are Outlaws" (Bates, Hill) – 3:00
11. "The Wings of Mama's Prayers" (Bates, Clayton, Kris Bergsnes) – 3:33

Chart performance

Chart (2003)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	14
U.S. Billboard 200	117
U.S. Billboard Top Heatseekers	1

External links

• [ Rainbow Man] at Allmusic