Life and Times (Jim Croce album)

Life and Times
Studio album by
Jim Croce
ReleasedJanuary, 1973[1]
Recorded1972
StudioHit Factory, New York City
GenreFolk rock
Length28:48
LabelABC (USA)[2]
Vertigo (UK)
ProducerTerry Cashman, Tommy West
Jim Croce chronology
You Don't Mess Around with Jim
(1972) 		Life and Times
(1973) 		I Got a Name
(1973)
Singles from Life and Times
  1. "One Less Set of Footsteps"
    Released: February 1973
  2. "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown"
    Released: April 1973
  3. "It Doesn't Have to Be That Way"
    Released: December 1973
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[2]
The New Rolling Stone Record Guide[4]

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.

  1. ^ Strong, Martin Charles & John Peel Great Rock Discography
  2. ^ a b Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 2. MUZE. p. 626.
  3. ^ AllMusic review
  4. ^ The 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 9780313393488 – via Google Books.
  7. ^ "Jim Croce, Five Others Die in Plane Crash". Rolling Stone. October 25, 1973.
  8. ^ "Awards". Los Angeles Times.