You Don't Mess Around With Jim (studio album) by Jim Croce

You Don't Mess Around With Jim by Jim Croce
Year: 1972
Overall rank: 1,496th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
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79/100 (from 105 votes)
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Award Top albums of 1972 (30th)
Award Top albums of the 1970s (293rd)
Award Best albums of all time (1,496th)
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79/100 (from 105 votes)
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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 79.1/100, a mean average of 79.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 79.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.1.

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85/100
From 05/26/2022 12:54
A Fantastic and personal album from the great year in music.
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From 12/27/2021 08:29
Uno de mis cantautores favoritos con su disco más destacado.
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From 06/09/2021 10:30
One of my favorites. Great melodies!
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From 10/14/2019 01:46
You Don't Mess Around with Jim (1972) by Jim Croce - 7.16666667/10 - Listened to on 10/11/2019
A1 - You Don't Mess Around With Jim - 8/10
A2 - Tomorrow's Gonna Be a Brighter Day - 7/10
A3 - New York's Not My Home - 7/10
A4 - Hard Time Losin' Man - 7/10
A5 - Photographs and Memories - 8/10
A6 - Walkin' Back to Georgia - 7/10
B1 - Operator (That's Not the Way It Feels) - 8/10
B2 - Time in a Bottle - 10/10
B3 - Rapid Roy (The Stock Car Boy) - 6/10
B4 - Box #10 - 6/10
B5 - A Long Time Ago - 6/10
B6 - Hey Tomorrow - 6/10
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85/100
From 07/26/2018 21:24
This is the strongest release by Croce, containing many of his timeless hits such as Operator, Photographs and Memories, New York's Not My Home, Rapid Roy, and more. Great guitar, vocals, lyrics and melodies!

Overall, a solid, stripped-down folk rock album from a man who was gone too soon.
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From 05/17/2018 21:57
Great album that doesn't get enough praise
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95/100
From 02/21/2018 19:37
One of the most beautiful albums ever recorded. I wish more people would listen to it.
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From 01/06/2018 04:50
Almost feels like a greatest hits album because many of the songs that made Mr. Croce famous are here. High quality songs and songwriting throughout. A classic.
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90/100
From 05/06/2015 15:04
Why is this ranked so low? Jim Croce was one of the best songwriters of all time, not to mention a fantastic guitarist, singer and storyteller. He was in the same social circle as Arlo Guthrie, James Taylor and Jimmy Buffett, and I think he was simply the most talented of the four.
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80/100
From 04/25/2014 15:21
I love this album. Was pleasantly surprised with the quality of the songs. Jim's vocals are great too.
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