Jim Croce discography

Jim Croce discography
Studio albums	5
Live albums	3
Compilation albums	22
Singles	12
Video albums	1
Music videos	2

Jim Croce was an American singer-songwriter with five studio albums and 12 singles to his credit. His posthumously-released fifth studio album was completed just prior to his 1973 death, and seven singles were also posthumously 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 death with the release of numerous compilation albums and "new" material (from the vaults) being portioned out sporadically over the years. Three live albums, as well as a live DVD, have also been published.

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 No. 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 No. 2 in the United States but reached No. 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 No. 1 position on the Billboard Hot 100. "Time in a Bottle" went from a relatively unknown album cut to a posthumous No. 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 No. 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 No. 1 on the Canadian charts and No. 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, Have You Heard: Jim Croce Live which later spawned a CD featuring the audio from the concert footage.

Studio albums

List of albums, with selected chart positions and certifications

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions			Certifications
		US [1]	CAN [2]	AUS [3]
Facets	Released: 1966 Label: Croce-101; Self-released	—	—	—
Jim & Ingrid Croce	Released: January 1969 Label: Capitol Records	—	—	—
You Don't Mess Around with Jim	Released: April 1972 Label: ABC Records	1	1	—	US: Gold[4]
Life and Times	Released: July 1, 1973[5] Label: ABC Records	7	1	—	US: Gold[6]
I Got a Name	Released: December 1, 1973[5] Label: ABC Records	2	2	69	US: Gold[7]
"—" 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: 1989 Label: Saja	—	—
Have You Heard: Jim Croce Live	Released: January 31, 2006 Label: Shout! Factory	—	—
The Lost Recordings	Released: August 27, 2013 Label: Sony Music	—	—
"—" 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: September 1974 Label: ABC	2	1[8]	—	US: Platinum[9] HK: Gold[10]
The Faces I've Been	Released: 1975 Label: Lifesong	87	83[11]	—
Greatest Hits	Released: May 1975 Label: RCA	—	35[12]	—	CAN: Gold[13]
Time in a Bottle: Jim Croce's Greatest Love Songs	Released: 1976 Label: Lifesong	170	—	—
Bad, Bad Leroy Brown: Jim Croce's Greatest Character Songs	Released: 1978 Label: Lifesong	—	—	—
The Legendary Jim Croce	Released: June 1978 Label: Lifesong	—	—	4[14]
Down the Highway	Released: 1980 Label: Saja	—	—	—
Collection	Released: December 1, 1986 Label: Castle	—	—	—	UK: Silver[15]
The 50th Anniversary Collection	Released: September 22, 1992 Label: Saja	—	—	—
24 Karat Gold in a Bottle	Released: July 15, 1994 Label: DCC Compact Classics	—	—	—
The Best of Jim Croce	Released: October 27, 1998 Label: Music Club Records	—	—	—
Simply the Best: Time in a Bottle – His Greatest Hits	Released: May 25, 1999 Label: Woodford	—	—	—
Words and Music	Released: September 14, 1999 Label: DCC Compact Classics	—	—	—
The Definitive Collection: "Time in a Bottle"	Released: May 16, 2000 Label: Essential Records	—	—	—
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	—	—	—
The Original Albums ... Plus	Released: July 5, 2011 Label: Edsel Records	—	—	—
The Lost Recordings	Released: 2011 Label: Sony Music	—	—	—
An Introduction to: Jim Croce	Released: March 29, 2019 Label: Rhino Entertainment
"—" 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[16]	—	4[17]	—	80[18]	—	—	15[19]		You Don't Mess Around with Jim
	"Operator (That's Not the Way It Feels)"	17	11[20]	—	11[21]	—	—	—	—	—
1973	"One Less Set of Footsteps"	37	8[22]	—	41[23]	27[24]	—	—	—	—		Life and Times
	"Bad, Bad Leroy Brown"	1	9[25]	—	1[26]	3[27]	19[28]	27[29]	38[30]	—	US: Gold[31]
	"I Got a Name"	10	4[32]	—	8[33]	5[34]	49[18]	25[29]	—	—		I Got a Name
	"Time in a Bottle"	1	1[35]	—	1[36]	1[37]	60	—	—	106[38]	US: Gold[39]	You Don't Mess Around with Jim
	"It Doesn't Have to Be That Way"	64	—	—	47[40]	53[41]	—	—	—	—		Life and Times
1974	"I'll Have to Say I Love You in a Song"	9	1[42]	68	4[43]	—	100	29[29]	—	—		I Got a Name
	"Workin' at the Car Wash Blues"	32	9[44]	—	18[45]	2[46]	—	—	—	—
1975	"Lover's Cross"^[A]	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
	"Chain Gang Medley"	63	22[47]	—	29[48]	20[49]	—	—	—	—		The Faces I've Been
1976	"Mississippi Lady"^B	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

• ^BPeaked at 10 on Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles.

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"[50]
	"I'll Have to Say I Love You in a Song"[51]

Tribute albums

• The Ventures: The Ventures Play the Jim Croce Songbook (1974)
• Jerry Reed: Jerry Reed Sings Jim Croce (1980)
• Various Artists: Jim Croce: A Nashville Tribute (1997)

Notes

• A ^ "Lover's Cross" was only released as a single in the United Kingdom.[5][52]

References

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51. ""I'll Have to Say I Love You in a Song" by Jim Croce Music Video". Vh1. December 11, 2003. Archived from the original on March 27, 2010. Retrieved August 10, 2011.
52. 45cat – Jim Croce – Lover's Cross/Speedball Tucker

External links

• Jim Croce discography discography at Discogs