Vh1 Behind the Music: The Jim Groce Collection

Jim Croce | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 21, 2001)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Rhino / Wea
• ASIN: B00005N838
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #136,517 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Which Way Are You Goin'?

2. I'll Have to Say I Love You in a Song

3. The Way We Used to Be

4. Country Girl

5. The Hard Way Every Time

6. You Don't Mess Around With Jim

7. Operator (That's Not the Way It Feels)

8. Speedball Tucker (live)

9. Time in a Bottle

10. Lover's Cross

11. I Got a Name

12. Bad, Bad Leroy Brown

13. New York's Not My Home

14. More Than That Tomorrow

15. Maybe Tomorrow

16. Child of Midnight

17. Careful Man (live) [Live]

18. These Dreams (live) [Live]

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3.0 out of 5 stars gone but not forgotten, November 6, 2003

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This review is from: Vh1 Behind the Music: The Jim Groce Collection (Audio CD)

Dead on the cusp of success in 1974, Croce has long been remembered for catchy blue collar songs about car washes, big bad bullies and messing around with Jim. But it was his moving ballad Time in a Bottle, released shortly after his death, which galvanized listeners the world over. All those hits and more are included in this greatest hits accompaniment to VH1's posthumous biography of the late great singer/songwriter. It's an honourable overview, perfect for those who only know Croce's biggest songs. Folk influences like Gordon Lightfoot and James Taylor come through loud and clear, but Croce was always more the cigar-chomping steel worker sketching colourful singalongs in language aimed squarely at the average Joe. These are 18 timeless tunes, yet another example of an extraordinary musician whose legacy was cut tragically short.