I Got a Name | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | December 1, 1973 | |||
Recorded | 1973 | |||
Studio | Hit Factory, New York City | |||
Genre | Folk rock | |||
Length | 30:57 | |||
Label |
ABC (USA) Vertigo (UK) | |||
Producer | Terry Cashman, Tommy West | |||
Jim Croce chronology | ||||
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Singles from I Got a Name | ||||
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Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [1] |
Christgau's Record Guide | C+ [2] |
Rolling Stone | (favorable) [3] |
I Got a Name is the fifth and final studio album and first posthumous release by American singer-songwriter, Jim Croce, released on December 1, 1973. It features the ballad " I'll Have to Say I Love You in a Song", which reached number 9 in the US singles chart, and the ballad "Salon and Saloon", the last song Croce recorded in his lifetime. The song, which is noted for its sparse piano-only vocal backing, was written by his guitarist and friend Maury Muehleisen and was included on the album as a gift to the writer.
This would be Croce's final album, as he died in a plane crash on September 20, 1973.
" I Got a Name" was used as the theme for the films The Last American Hero and Invincible. It was a posthumous hit for Croce, reaching number 10 in the US singles chart.
The album reached number 2 on the US charts behind his earlier album You Don't Mess Around with Jim in first place. [4] [5]
All tracks are written by Jim Croce, unless stated otherwise:
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | " I Got a Name" | Charles Fox, Norman Gimbel | 3:11 |
2. | "Lover's Cross" | 3:04 | |
3. | "Five Short Minutes" | 3:29 | |
4. | " Age" | Jim Croce, Ingrid Croce | 3:46 |
5. | " Workin' at the Car Wash Blues" | 2:32 | |
6. | " I'll Have to Say I Love You in a Song" | 2:34 | |
7. | "Salon and Saloon" | Maury Muehleisen | 2:31 |
8. | "Thursday" | Sal Joseph | 2:28 |
9. | "Top Hat Bar and Grille" | 2:47 | |
10. | "Recently" | 2:34 | |
11. | "The Hard Way Every Time" | 2:29 |
Credits taken from album's liner notes [6]
Additional musicians
Weekly charts
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Year-end charts
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Singles [8]
Year | Single | Chart | Position |
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1973 | " I Got a Name" | Adult Contemporary | 4 |
Pop Singles | 10 | ||
1974 | " I'll Have to Say I Love You in a Song" | Adult Contemporary | 1 |
Pop Singles | 9 | ||
Country | 68 | ||
" Workin' at the Car Wash Blues" | Adult Contemporary | 9 | |
Pop Singles | 32 |
Country | Certifications |
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United States | Gold |
I Got a Name | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | December 1, 1973 | |||
Recorded | 1973 | |||
Studio | Hit Factory, New York City | |||
Genre | Folk rock | |||
Length | 30:57 | |||
Label |
ABC (USA) Vertigo (UK) | |||
Producer | Terry Cashman, Tommy West | |||
Jim Croce chronology | ||||
| ||||
Singles from I Got a Name | ||||
|
Review scores | |
---|---|
Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [1] |
Christgau's Record Guide | C+ [2] |
Rolling Stone | (favorable) [3] |
I Got a Name is the fifth and final studio album and first posthumous release by American singer-songwriter, Jim Croce, released on December 1, 1973. It features the ballad " I'll Have to Say I Love You in a Song", which reached number 9 in the US singles chart, and the ballad "Salon and Saloon", the last song Croce recorded in his lifetime. The song, which is noted for its sparse piano-only vocal backing, was written by his guitarist and friend Maury Muehleisen and was included on the album as a gift to the writer.
This would be Croce's final album, as he died in a plane crash on September 20, 1973.
" I Got a Name" was used as the theme for the films The Last American Hero and Invincible. It was a posthumous hit for Croce, reaching number 10 in the US singles chart.
The album reached number 2 on the US charts behind his earlier album You Don't Mess Around with Jim in first place. [4] [5]
All tracks are written by Jim Croce, unless stated otherwise:
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
---|---|---|---|
1. | " I Got a Name" | Charles Fox, Norman Gimbel | 3:11 |
2. | "Lover's Cross" | 3:04 | |
3. | "Five Short Minutes" | 3:29 | |
4. | " Age" | Jim Croce, Ingrid Croce | 3:46 |
5. | " Workin' at the Car Wash Blues" | 2:32 | |
6. | " I'll Have to Say I Love You in a Song" | 2:34 | |
7. | "Salon and Saloon" | Maury Muehleisen | 2:31 |
8. | "Thursday" | Sal Joseph | 2:28 |
9. | "Top Hat Bar and Grille" | 2:47 | |
10. | "Recently" | 2:34 | |
11. | "The Hard Way Every Time" | 2:29 |
Credits taken from album's liner notes [6]
Additional musicians
Weekly charts
|
Year-end charts
|
Singles [8]
Year | Single | Chart | Position |
---|---|---|---|
1973 | " I Got a Name" | Adult Contemporary | 4 |
Pop Singles | 10 | ||
1974 | " I'll Have to Say I Love You in a Song" | Adult Contemporary | 1 |
Pop Singles | 9 | ||
Country | 68 | ||
" Workin' at the Car Wash Blues" | Adult Contemporary | 9 | |
Pop Singles | 32 |
Country | Certifications |
---|---|
United States | Gold |