| I Got a Name | ||||
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| Released | December 1, 1973 | |||
| Recorded | 1973 | |||
| Studio | Hit Factory, New York City | |||
| Genre | Folk rock | |||
| Length | 30:57 | |||
| Label | ABC (USA) Vertigo (UK) | |||
| Producer | Terry Cashman, Tommy West | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [1] |
| Christgau's Record Guide | C+[2] |
| Rolling Stone | (favorable)[3] |
I Got a Name is the fifth and final studio album and first posthumous release by American singer-songwriter, Jim Croce, released on December 1, 1973. It features the ballad "I'll Have to Say I Love You in a Song", which reached number 9 in the US singles chart, and the ballad "Salon and Saloon", the last song Croce recorded in his lifetime. The song, which is noted for its sparse piano-only vocal backing, was written by his guitarist and friend Maury Muehleisen and was included on the album as a gift to the writer.
This would be Croce's final album, as he died in a plane crash on September 20, 1973.
"I Got a Name" was used as the theme for the films The Last American Hero and Invincible. It was a posthumous hit for Croce, reaching number 10 in the US singles chart.
The album reached number 2 on the US charts behind his earlier album You Don't Mess Around with Jim in first place.[4][5]
- ^ Allmusic review
- ^ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: C". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved February 23, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
- ^ Rolling Stone review
- ^ Grein, Paul (October 5, 1991). "Chart Beat" (PDF). Billboard. p. 4. Retrieved February 15, 2024.
- ^ "January 26, 1974". Billboard 200.