Photographs & Memories

Photographs & Memories: His Greatest Hits
Greatest hits album by Jim Croce
Released September 26, 1974[1]
Recorded 1971 - 1973
Genre Rock, folk
Length 41:17
Label ABC
Producer Terry Cashman, Tommy West
Jim Croce chronology
I Got a Name
(1973)I Got a Name1973		 Photographs & Memories - His Greatest Hits
(1974)		 The Faces I've Been
(1975)The Faces I've Been1975

Photographs & Memories: His Greatest Hits is a 1974 compilation album (and second posthumous release) by Jim Croce, originally released on ABC Records. The album was released a year after Croce's 1973 death in an airplane crash. The inner photo jacket includes a tributatory essay on one side and a photo of Jim's son A.J. on the other. The title track originally appeared on the You Don't Mess Around with Jim LP as well as the B-side of the album title track single in 1972.

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Bad, Bad Leroy Brown" (from Life and Times)Jim Croce3:00
2."Operator (That's Not the Way It Feels)" (from You Don't Mess Around with Jim)Jim Croce3:49
3."Photographs and Memories" (from You Don't Mess Around With Jim)Jim Croce2:04
4."Rapid Roy (The Stock Car Boy)" (from You Don't Mess Around with Jim)Jim Croce2:45
5."Time in a Bottle" (from You Don't Mess Around with Jim)Jim Croce2:28
6."New York's Not My Home" (from You Don't Mess Around with Jim)Jim Croce3:07
7."Workin' at the Car Wash Blues" (from I Got a Name)Jim Croce2:32
8."I Got a Name" (from I Got a Name)Charles Fox, Norman Gimbel3:13
9."I'll Have to Say I Love You in a Song" (from I Got a Name)Jim Croce2:34
10."You Don't Mess Around with Jim" (from You Don't Mess Around with Jim)Jim Croce3:07
11."Lover's Cross" (from I Got a Name)Jim Croce3:05
12."One Less Set of Footsteps" (from Life and Times)Jim Croce2:45
13."These Dreams" (from Life and Times)Jim Croce3:12
14."Roller Derby Queen" (from Life and Times)Jim Croce3:28

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]
Robert Christgau(B+)[3]

In a 1974 review in Billboard Magazine, the editors wrote, "It is hard to believe one man poured out a fountain of excellent work in barely two years, but this LP offers proof of the greatness of Croce's career and is, in all respects, truly a greatest hits album. They're all worthwhile and this magnificent collection makes one realize just how greatly this man will be missed. The beauty of music, however, is that he will always be heard."[4]

Chart positions

References

  1. ↑ Strong, Martin Charles & John Peel Great Rock Discography
  2. ↑ Allmusic review
  3. ↑ "Robert Christgau review". Robertchristgau.com. Retrieved 2011-08-10.
  4. ↑ Sep 28, 1974 Billboard Magazine
  5. ↑ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 2011-08-10.
  6. ↑ "RPM Top 100 Albums of 1974". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. 1974-12-28. Retrieved 2011-01-27.
  7. ↑ "Album artist 838 - Jim Croce". Tsort.info. Retrieved 2011-08-10.
  8. ↑ "RPM Top 100 Albums of 1975". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. 1975-12-27. Retrieved 2011-01-27.
  9. ↑ "Album artist 810 - Jim Croce". Tsort. Retrieved 27 January 2011.
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