Top tracks — play these first
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Steel Rail Blues — This track showcases Croce's signature storytelling ability through vivid imagery of train travel, encapsulating themes of longing and adventure.
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Until It’s Time for Me to Go — The poignant lyrics emphasize transitions and farewells, highlighting Croce's ability to convey deep emotion with simplicity.
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Pa (Song for a Grandfather) — A heartfelt tribute to family, this track exemplifies Croce's knack for weaving personal narratives into universal themes of love and loss.
Is this for you?
Good fit if you like
- warm melodies for cozy evenings
- heartfelt storytelling in short bursts
- wave-like pacing with emotional peaks
- for reflective solo moments
- sing-along charm with friends
Maybe skip if you
- prefer longer, drawn-out experiences
- seek heavy, intense soundscapes
Where this album fits
- Career context
- Facets was Jim Croce's debut album, released in 1966, marking the beginning of his recording career as a prominent folk singer-songwriter. At this point, he was still largely unknown, performing in small venues before gaining significant recognition later in the decade with hits like 'Operator' and 'Bad, Bad Leroy Brown.'
- Stylistic neighbors
- Harry Chapin· John Denver· Gordon Lightfoot
Tracklist
Best experienced from track one — press play and let it unfold.
Disc 1
- 1 Steel Rail Blues 2:17
- 2 Coal Tattoo 2:17
- 3 Texas Rodeo 1:44
- 4 Charley Green, Play That Slide Trombone 2:26
- 5 The Ballad of Gunga Din 4:05
- 6 Hard Hearted Hannah (The Vamp From Savannah) 1:58
- 7 Sun Come Up 2:06
- 8 The Blizzard 2:53
- 9 Running Maggie 1:52
- 10 Until It’s Time for Me to Go 3:06
- 11 Big Fat Woman 1:58
Disc 2
- 1 Child of Midnight 2:50
- 2 It’s All Over, Mary Ann 2:34
- 3 Railroads and Riverboats 3:13
- 4 Hard Times Be Over 1:51
- 5 Railroad Song 2:55
- 6 Maybe Tomorrow 2:29
- 7 Pa (Song for a Grandfather) 1:51
Reference: Wikipedia · MusicBrainz · Wikidata
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