Life and Times (Jim Croce album)

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Vertigo (UK)Terry Cashman, Tommy Westx|2=</?t[drh[ >]|nomatch=}}|Template:Main other}}Template:Main other}} Template:Album ratings Life and Times is the fourth studio album by American singer-songwriter Jim Croce, released in January 1973.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref> The album contains the No. 1 Billboard chart hit "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown".<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> 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".<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> It would be the last album to be released during Croce's lifetime.

Production

The album was produced by Tommy West and Terry Cashman.<ref name=RS/>

Critical reception

The New Rolling Stone Record Guide wrote: "Croce's nostalgic side began to take over and he started to produce strikingly impersonal experiments in the craft of sentiment. It fits him well."<ref name=RS/>

Personnel

According to liner notes of the album

• Jim Croce – lead vocals (all tracks); acoustic rhythm guitar (all tracks); backing vocals ("Alabama Rain")

Additional Personnel:

• Maury Muehleisen – acoustic lead guitar (all tracks except "One Less Set of Footsteps" and "Dreamin' Again"); electric lead guitar ("One Less Set of Footsteps" and "Dreamin' Again"); harmonica ("Alabama Rain"); backing vocals ("Careful Man" and "Alabama Rain")
• David Spinozza – electric lead guitar ("Roller Derby Queen" and "Alabama Rain")
• Alan Rolnick – electric rhythm guitar ("One Less Set of Footsteps")
• Tommy West – piano (all tracks except “Dreamin’ Again”, “These Dreams”, “Speedball Tucker” and “It Doesn’t Have to Be That Way”); electric piano ("Dreamin' Again"); percussion ("Alabama Rain"); backing vocals (“One Less Set of Footsteps”, “Roller Derby Queen”, “Dreamin’ Again”, “A Good Time Man Like Me Ain’t Got no Business (Singing the Blues)” and “Bad, Bad Leroy Brown”)
• Kenny Ascher – organ ("A Good Time Man Like Me Ain't Got no Business (Singing the Blues)")
• Joe Macho – bass guitar (all tracks)
• Gary Chester – drums (all tracks except "Dreamin' Again", "Alabama Rain" and "These Dreams")
• Eric Weissberg – fiddle ("Careful Man")
• Michael Kamen – oboe ("Next Time, This Time")
• Terry Cashman – backing vocals (“One Less Set of Footsteps”, “Dreamin’ Again” and “Careful Man”)
• Ellie Greenwich – backing vocals (“Roller Derby Queen”, “A Good Time Man Like Me Ain’t Got no Business (Singing the Blues)” and “Bad, Bad Leroy Brown”)
• Tasha Thomas – backing vocals (“Roller Derby Queen”, “A Good Time Man Like Me Ain’t Got no Business (Singing the Blues)” and “Bad, Bad Leroy Brown”)
• Willie "Slim" McCoy – backing vocals (“Bad, Bad Leroy Brown”)
• Pete Dino – string arrangements ("These Dreams")

Production

• Producers: Terry Cashman, Tommy West
• Engineer: Bruce Tergesen

Chart positions

Weekly charts

Year	Chart	Position
1973
1973	US Billboard 200<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>	7

Singles

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1973	"One Less Set of Footsteps"	Billboard Hot 100	37
1973	"Bad, Bad Leroy Brown"	Billboard Hot 100	1
1973	"It Doesn't Have to Be That Way"	Billboard Hot 100	64

Year-end charts

Chart (1973)	Position
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Chart (1974)	Position
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Certifications

Country	Certifications
United States	Gold