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Life and Times (Jim Croce album)

1973 studio album by Jim Croce

Life and Times is the fourth studio album by American singer-songwriter Jim Croce, released in January 1973.[5][6] The album contains the No. 1 Billboard chart hit "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown".[7] Croce was nominated for two 1973 Grammy awards in the "Pop Male Vocalist" and "Record of the Year" categories for the song "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown".[8] It would be the last album to be released during Croce's lifetime.

Production

The album was produced by Tommy West and Terry Cashman.[4]

Critical reception

The New Rolling Stone Record Guide wrote: "Croce's nostalgic side began to take over and he started to produce strikingly impersonal experiments in the craft of sentiment. It fits him well."[4]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Jim Croce

Personnel

According to liner notes of the album

  • Jim Croce – lead vocals (all tracks); acoustic rhythm guitar (all tracks); backing vocals ("Alabama Rain")

Additional Personnel:

  • Maury Muehleisen – acoustic lead guitar (all tracks except "One Less Set of Footsteps" and "Dreamin' Again"); electric lead guitar ("One Less Set of Footsteps" and "Dreamin' Again"); harmonica ("Alabama Rain"); backing vocals ("Careful Man" and "Alabama Rain")
  • David Spinozza – electric lead guitar ("Roller Derby Queen" and "Alabama Rain")
  • Alan Rolnick – electric rhythm guitar ("One Less Set of Footsteps")
  • Tommy West – piano (all tracks except “Dreamin’ Again”, “These Dreams”, “Speedball Tucker” and “It Doesn’t Have to Be That Way”); electric piano ("Dreamin' Again"); percussion ("Alabama Rain"); backing vocals (“One Less Set of Footsteps”, “Roller Derby Queen”, “Dreamin’ Again”, “A Good Time Man Like Me Ain’t Got no Business (Singing the Blues)” and “Bad, Bad Leroy Brown”)
  • Kenny Ascher – organ ("A Good Time Man Like Me Ain't Got no Business (Singing the Blues)")
  • Joe Macho – bass guitar (all tracks)
  • Gary Chester – drums (all tracks except "Dreamin' Again", "Alabama Rain" and "These Dreams")
  • Eric Weissberg – fiddle ("Careful Man")
  • Michael Kamen – oboe ("Next Time, This Time")
  • Terry Cashman – backing vocals (“One Less Set of Footsteps”, “Dreamin’ Again” and “Careful Man”)
  • Ellie Greenwich – backing vocals (“Roller Derby Queen”, “A Good Time Man Like Me Ain’t Got no Business (Singing the Blues)” and “Bad, Bad Leroy Brown”)
  • Tasha Thomas – backing vocals (“Roller Derby Queen”, “A Good Time Man Like Me Ain’t Got no Business (Singing the Blues)” and “Bad, Bad Leroy Brown”)
  • Willie "Slim" McCoy – backing vocals (“Bad, Bad Leroy Brown”)
  • Pete Dino – string arrangements ("These Dreams")

Production

  • Producers: Terry Cashman, Tommy West
  • Engineer: Bruce Tergesen

Chart positions

Weekly charts

Singles

Year Single Chart Position
1973 "One Less Set of Footsteps" Billboard Hot 100 37
1973 "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown" Billboard Hot 100 1
1973 "It Doesn't Have to Be That Way" Billboard Hot 100 64

Year-end charts

Certifications

References

  1. ^Strong, Martin Charles & John Peel Great Rock Discography
  2. ^ abLarkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 2. MUZE. p. 626.
  3. ^AllMusic review
  4. ^ abcThe New Rolling Stone Record Guide. Random House. 1983. p. 123.
  5. ^"Jim Croce | Biography & History". AllMusic.
  6. ^Edmondson, Jacqueline (October 3, 2013). Music in American Life: An Encyclopedia of the Songs, Styles, Stars, and Stories that Shaped our Culture [4 volumes]: An Encyclopedia of the Songs, Styles, Stars, and Stories That Shaped Our Culture. ABC-CLIO. ISBN  – via Google Books.
  7. ^"Jim Croce, Five Others Die in Plane Crash". Rolling Stone. October 25, 1973.
  8. ^"Awards". Los Angeles Times.
  9. ^"Top RPM Albums: Issue 4931". RPM. Library and Archives Canada.
  10. ^"Jim Croce". Billboard.
  11. ^"Top US Billboard 200 Albums - Year-end 1973". BestSellingAlbums.org. Retrieved December 11, 2024.
  12. ^"Top US Billboard 200 Albums - Year-end 1974". BestSellingAlbums.org. Retrieved December 11, 2024.