Bad Bad Leroy Brown: The Definitive Collection (1998)

About this title: Most music fans are familiar with the tragic story of folk troubadour Jim Croce, who, after years of struggling to build a career, was killed in a plane crash merely months after achieving major success with his number one single "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown." That breakthrough gives the name to this two-CD set that serves as a lovely testament to the talented (and arguably underrated) Croce. Disc one contains all ten of his chart singles, including Top Tens "You Don't Mess Around With Jim," "I've Got a Name," "I'll Have to Say I Love You in a Song," and his second, posthumous number one, "Time in a ... read more

Tracks:

1. You Don't Mess Around With Jim [Croce]
2. Photographs and Memories [Croce]
3. New York's Not My Home [Croce]
4. Operator (That's Not the Way It Feels) [Croce]
5. Time in a Bottle [Croce]
6. Rapid Roy (The Stock Car Boy) [Croce]
7. Hey Tomorrow [Croce]
8. One Less Set of Footsteps [Croce]
9. Roller Derby Queen [Croce]
10. Alabama Rain [Croce]
11. Bad, Bad Leroy Brown [Croce]
12. These Dreams [Croce]
13. Speedball Tucker [Croce]
14. It Doesn't Have to Be That Way [Croce]
15. I Got a Name [Fox/Gimbel]
16. Lover's Cross [Croce]
17. Workin' at the Car Wash Blues [Croce]
18. I'll Have to Say I Love You in a Song [Croce]
19. Salon and Saloon [Muehleisen]
20. Chain Gang Medley: Chain Gang/He Will Break Your Heart (He Don't ...) [Butler/Carter/Cooke]
21. Spin, Spin, Spin [Croce]
22. Tomorrow's Gonna Be a Brighter Day [Croce]
23. Hard Time Losin' Man [Croce]
24. Walkin' Back to Georgia [Croce]
25. Box, No. 10 [Croce]
26. A Long Time Ago [Croce]
27. Dreamin' Again [Croce]
28. Careful Man [Croce]
29. A Good Time Man Like Me Ain't Got No Business (Singin' the Blues) [Croce]
30. Next Time, This Time [Croce]
31. Five Short Minutes [Croce]
32. Age [Croce/Croce]
33. Thursday [Joseph]
34. Top Hat Bar and Grill [Croce]
35. Recently [Croce]
36. The Hard Way Every Time [Croce]
37. Ol' Man River [Hammerstein/Kern]
38. Which Way Are You Goin'? [Croce]
39. Mississippi Lady [Croce]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.