Life and Times (Jim Croce album)

Life and Times is the fourth studio album by American singer-songwriter Jim Croce, released in January 1973. The album contains the No. 1 Billboard chart hit "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown". 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". It would be the last album to be released during Croce's lifetime.

Production
The album was produced by Tommy West and Terry Cashman.

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."

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
Singles