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Facets
Singer-Songwriter · 1966 · 11 tracks

Facets

Jim Croce

A raw, three-hour snapshot of a legend in the making. Sparse acoustic arrangements and a soulful baritone captured in a single, high-stakes session.

1966 · Shout! Factory

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Facets is the sound of a young man betting his entire future on a single afternoon. Recorded in just three hours with a five-hundred-dollar wedding gift, the album carries a palpable sense of urgency and quiet defiance. It lacks the glossy sheen of Jim Croce's later 1970s chart-toppers, replacing radio-ready hooks with the grit of a Delaware barroom. The acoustic guitar is dry and woody, the upright bass thumps with a humble resonance, and Croce’s voice: not yet the world-weary sage: sounds hungry, soulful, and remarkably present. It is a document of a performer who has spent years playing for disinterested crowds and is finally getting his chance to put his truth on tape.

Tracklist · 11 Tracks
01
Steel Rail Blues
02
Coal Tattoo
03
Texas Rodeo
04
Charley Green, Play That Slide Trombone
05
The Ballad of Gunga Din
06
Hard Hearted Hannah (The Vamp From Savannah)
07
Sun Come Up
08
The Blizzard
09
Running Maggie
10
Until It’s Time for Me to Go
11
Big Fat Woman
Moments Worth Listening For
The audible creak of the chair and the dry scrape of fingers on strings during the opening of Steel Rail Blues.
The way his voice cracks with a youthful, unrefined soulfulness on the cover of Goin Down to Goliad.
The intimate, almost conspiratorial delivery of the lyrics in Big Fat Woman that hints at his future storytelling prowess.
Where This Album DepartsEach spoke is a trait. The orange shape shows where this album pulls away from — or holds to — the rest of the artist’s catalogue. Tap for more.

How does Facets sound next to the rest of Jim Croce's catalogue?

Sparse Bare+3.2σ

The production is built around sparse bare than this artist usually allows.

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