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Classic Hits Of Jim Croce
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Track Listings
1 | You Don't Mess Around with Jim |
2 | Operator (That's Not the Way It Feels) |
3 | One Less Set of Footsteps |
4 | Bad, Bad, Leroy Brown |
5 | I Got a Name |
6 | Time in a Bottle |
7 | It Doesn't Have to Be That Way |
8 | I'll Have to Say I Love You in a Song |
9 | Workin' at the Carwash Blues |
10 | Photographs and Memories |
11 | Roller Derby Queen |
12 | New York's Not My Home |
13 | Rapid Roy (The Stock Car Boy) |
14 | Lover's Cross |
15 | These Dreams |
16 | A Long Time Ago |
17 | Alabama Rain |
18 | Dreamin' Again |
19 | Salon and Saloon |
20 | Thursday |
Editorial Reviews
With his down-to-earth, everyman persona, Philly-born singer-songwriter Jim Croce won legions of fans with a winning mix of soulful vocals, fluid guitar, occasional humor, and always-colorful storytelling. During his brief time in the limelight, Croce delivered four consecutive gold albums and five Top 10 hits - including two #1s. Croce sang with the guileless voice of the common man...but with uncommon artistry and heart. His timeless songs have long outlived his tragic 1973 death in an airplane crash while touring.
Product details
- Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : No
- Language : English
- Product Dimensions : 4.92 x 5.59 x 0.51 inches; 3.17 ounces
- Manufacturer : Rhino Records
- Original Release Date : 2004
- Date First Available : October 22, 2006
- Label : Rhino Records
- ASIN : B00013BN4I
- Number of discs : 1
- Best Sellers Rank: #4,844 in CDs & Vinyl (See Top 100 in CDs & Vinyl)
- #107 in Pop Oldies
- #131 in Folk Rock (CDs & Vinyl)
- #149 in Soft Rock (CDs & Vinyl)
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"Like a fool I am and I'll always be,
I've got a dream, I've got a dream.
The can change their minds, but they can't change me,
I've got a dream, I've got a dream.
I know I can share it if you want me to,
if you're going my way, I'll go with you."
That "I Got A Dream" was not written by Croce hardly matters...it defined a free spirit that looked for others to join him on his quest. Afterwards, "Time In A Bottle" was plucked for re-issue of from his first album as a memoriam to Croce, and has become a signature song of not just the artist, but the decade he came from.
That debut album, "You Don't Mess Around With Jim," and its title song introduced to Jim Croce by way of his first hit character song. Like so many of his other story songs, Croce managed to perfectly encapsulate blue collar folksongs with a dash of humor. Songs like "Rapid Roy," "Working at The Car Wash Blues" and yet another signature song, "Bad Bad Leroy Brown," were snappy and sing-a-long exact.
There was also that everyman who had just a hint of sadness around the edges. On "Operator," Croce debates the whys and hows of a relationship that has crumbled. He also wasn't always a romantic idealist, as "Lover's Cross" sends an ex-lover off with "I guess you wanted a super guy, or maybe a super God." (The realist is counter-balanced perfectly by the shy encounter in "I'll Have to Say I Love You In A Song.")
Croce's untimely death will always leave a question mark on where his muse would have ultimately led him. He seemed on a course that would have him paralleling the likes of James Taylor, Gordon Lightfoot or Cat Stevens as vanguards of seventies male singer-songwriters. With three albums that have maintained their integrity over 30 years of time's passage, this single disc "Classic Hits" culls together a life's work that will long remind us that Jim Croce became a folk icon not just because of his early departure, but because of the brilliance and accessibility of his work.