Jim Croce discography

Jim Croce discography
Releases
↙Studio albums 5
↙Live albums 2
↙Compilation albums 17
↙Singles 11
↙Video albums 1
↙Music videos 2

Jim Croce was an American singer who died in 1973 in a plane crash. Before his death, he released five studio albums and six singles. After his passing, a fifth studio album was released that he had completed just prior to his death. Six additional singles were issued, one of which was "Time in a Bottle" from a previous album You Don't Mess Around With Jim. His popularity continued long after his passing with the release of numerous compilation albums and "new" material (from the vaults) being portioned out sporadically over the years. Two live albums, as well as a live DVD have also been issued.

Croce's first two studio albums Facets and Croce (aka Jim & Ingrid Croce) did not chart, but his third, You Don't Mess Around with Jim, peaked at #1 on the Billboard 200 following his death. This album featured three singles, "You Don't Mess Around with Jim", "Operator (That's Not the Way It Feels)", and "Time in a Bottle". His fourth album Life and Times peaked at #2 in the United States, but reached #1 in Canada in late December 1973. It featured the singles "One Less Set of Footsteps", "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown", and "It Doesn't Have to Be That Way".

"Bad, Bad Leroy Brown" achieved great success, reaching the #1 position on the Billboard Hot 100. "Time in a Bottle" went from a relatively unknown album cut to a posthumous #1 after the boost it received from being featured in the ABC TV-movie She Lives. His fifth album, I Got a Name, was released in December 1973 and reached the #2 position in both the United States and Canada. This album would feature the title song "I Got a Name", "I'll Have to Say I Love You in a Song", and "Workin' at the Car Wash Blues". The song, "I Got a Name" had been released as a single during Croce's lifetime, but "I'll Have to Say I Love You in a Song" became a posthumous number one release when it reached the top position on Billboard Adult Contemporary Singles in 1974.

Several compilation albums such as Down the Highway and The Faces I've Been were released in the mid 1970s, the latter containing unissued and demo recordings from an unreleased album. Two songs from "The Faces I've Been" were released as singles, "Chain Gang Medley" and "Mississippi Lady". They would be his final singles released. Another compilation album, Photographs & Memories became a successful release by reaching #1 on the Canadian charts and #2 on the Billboard 200 in the United States. It also achieved a platinum certification in the United States, and a Gold certification in Hong Kong.

Even after his death, his popularity continued and a demand for unreleased material caused a live album to be released, Jim Croce Live: The Final Tour. It was recorded during the summer of 1973. More demo recordings were released in 2003 on the album Home Recordings: Americana. A DVD featuring live concert footage was also released in 2003 on the album Have You Heard: Jim Croce Live which later spawned a CD featuring the audio from the concert footage.

Contents

Studio albums

List of albums, with selected chart positions and certifications
Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
US
[1]		 CAN
[2]
Facets
  • Released: 1966
  • Label: Croce-101; Self-released
 — —
Croce — —
You Don't Mess Around with Jim 1 1
Life and Times 7 1
I Got a Name 2 2
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Live albums

List of albums, with selected chart positions and certifications
Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
US CAN
Jim Croce Live: The Final Tour
  • Released: 1980
  • Label: Saja
 — —
Have You Heard: Jim Croce Live — —
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Compilation albums

List of albums, with selected chart positions and certifications
Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
US
 CAN
 NZ
Photographs & Memories: His Greatest Hits
  • Released: October 1974
  • Label: ABC
 2 1[7] —
Down the Highway
  • Released: 1975
  • Label: Saja
 — — —
The Faces I've Been
  • Released: 1975
  • Label: Lifesong
 87 83[10] —
Greatest Hits
  • Released: May 1975
  • Label: RCA
 — 35[11] —
Time in a Bottle: Jim Croce's Greatest Love Songs 170 — —
Bad, Bad Leroy Brown: Jim Croce's Greatest Character Songs — — —
The Legendary Jim Croce
  • Released: June 1978
  • Label: Lifesong
 — — 4[12]
Collection
  • Released: December 1, 1986
  • Label: Castle
 — — —
The 50th Anniversary Collection
  • Released: September 22, 1992
  • Label: Saja
 — — —
24 Karat Gold in a Bottle — — —
Words and Music — — —
The Definitive Collection: "Time in a Bottle" — — —
VH1 Behind the Music: The Jim Croce Collection
  • Released: August 21, 2001
  • Label: Rhino
 — — —
Home Recordings: Americana
  • Released: October 14, 2003
  • Label: High Coin
 — — —
Classic Hits
  • Released: January 27, 2004
  • Label: Rhino
 — — —
The Way We Used to Be: The Anthology
  • Released: September 13, 2004
  • Label: Sanctuary
 — — —
The Very Best of Jim Croce
  • Released: January 15, 2007
  • Label: Phantom Import Distribution
 — — —
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Singles

List of singles, with selected chart positions and certifications, showing year released and album name
Year Title Peak chart positions Certifications Album
US US AC US Country CAN CAN AC AUS NL GER FRA
1972 "You Don't Mess Around with Jim" 8 9[14] — 4[15] — 80[16] — — 15[17] You Don't Mess Around with Jim
"Operator (That's Not the Way It Feels)" 17 11[18] — 11[19] — — — — —
1973 "One Less Set of Footsteps" 37 8[20] — 41[21] 27[22] — — — — Life and Times
"Bad, Bad Leroy Brown" 1 9[23] — 1[24] 3[25] 19[26] 27[27] 38[28] —
"I Got a Name" 10 4[30] — 8[31] 5[32] 49[16] 25[27] — — I Got a Name
"Time in a Bottle" 1 1[33] — 1[34] 1[35] 60[36] — — — You Don't Mess Around with Jim
"It Doesn't Have to Be That Way" 64 — — 47[38] 53[39] — — — — Life and Times
1974 "I'll Have to Say I Love You in a Song" 9 1[40] 68 4[41] — 100[42] 29[27] — — I Got a Name
"Workin' at the Car Wash Blues" 32 9[43] — 18[44] 2[45] — — — —
1975 "Lover's Cross"[A] — — — — — — — — —
"Chain Gang Medley" 63 22[46] — 29[47] 20[48] — — — — Down the Highway
1976 "Mississippi Lady" 110 — — — — — — — —
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Videography

DVDs

List of DVD releases with selected details
Title Album details
Have You Heard: Jim Croce Live
  • Released: October 14, 2003
  • Label: Shout! Factory
  • Format: DVD

Music videos

List of music videos
Year Title
2003 "Time in a Bottle"[49]
"I'll Have to Say I Love You in a Song"[50]

Tribute albums

Notes

  • A ^ "Lover's Cross" was only released as a single in the United Kingdom[4][51]

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  49. ^ Posted 12/11/03. ""Time in a Bottle" by Jim Croce Music Video". Vh1.com. http://www.vh1.com/video/jim-croce/145878/time-in-a-bottle.jhtml#artist=5123. Retrieved 2011-08-10. 
  50. ^ Posted 12/11/03. ""I'll Have to Say I Love You in a Song" by Jim Croce Music Video". Vh1.com. http://www.vh1.com/video/jim-croce/145881/ill-have-to-say-i-love-you-in-a-song.jhtml#artist=5123. Retrieved 2011-08-10. 
  51. ^ - Jim Croce - Lover's Cross/Speedball Tucker
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