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Life and Times is the fourth studio album by American singer-songwriter Jim Croce, released in 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 was Croce's final album to be released during his lifetime.

Life and Times
Studio album by Jim Croce
Released	July 1, 1973[1]
Recorded	1972
Studio	The Hit Factory, New York City
Genre	Folk rock
Length	28:48
Label	ABC (USA)[2] Vertigo (UK)
Producer	Terry 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
"One Less Set of Footsteps" Released: February 1973 "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown" Released: April 1973 "It Doesn't Have to Be That Way" Released: December 1973

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[2]
The New Rolling Stone Record Guide	[4]

Production

The album was produced by Tommy West and Terry Cashman.[4]

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."[4]

Track listing

Personnel

• Jim Croce – rhythm guitar, vocals
• Kenny Ascher – organ on "A Good Time Man Like Me Ain't Got No Business (Singin' the Blues)"
• Terry Cashman – backing vocals
• Gary Chester – drums
• Ellie Greenwich – backing vocals
• Michael Kamen – oboe on "Next Time, This Time"
• David Spinozza - electric guitar on "Roller Derby Queen" and "Alabama Rain"
• Joe Macho – bass
• Maury Muehleisen – acoustic guitar, backing vocals
• Alan Rolnick – electric guitar on "One Less Set of Footsteps"
• Tasha Thomas – backing vocals
• Eric Weissberg – fiddle on "Careful Man"
• Tommy West – bass, piano, backing vocals
• Willie "Slim" McCoy - backing vocals on "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown"
• Peter Dino - string arrangement on "These Dreams"

Production

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

Chart positions

Year	Chart	Position
1973	Canadian RPM 100	1
1973	US Billboard 200	7[9]

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

Certifications

Country	Certifications
United States	Gold

References

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