I'VE GOT A NAME
AND I CARRY IT WITH ME
LIKE MY DADDY DID
BUT I'M LIVING
THE DREAM
THAT HE KEPT HID
I Got a Name
is the fifth
and final
studio album
and first
posthumous release
by American
singer-songwriter
released on
December 1, 1973.
It features the ballad
"I'll Have to Say I Love You in a Song",
which reached
number 9
on the
US singles chart,
and the ballad
"Salon and Saloon",
the last song
Croce recorded
in his lifetime.
The song,
which is noted for
its sparse
piano-only
vocal backing,
was written by
his guitarist
and friend
Maury Muehleisen
and was included
on the album
as a
gift to the writer.
This would be Croce's
final album,
as he died
in a
September 20, 1973.
"I Got a Name"
was used as
the theme for
the films
The Last American Hero
and
Invincible.
It was a posthumous hit
for Croce,
reaching number 10
on the
US singles chart.
The album reached
number 2
on the US charts
behind his earlier album
You Don't Mess Around with Jim
in first place
TRACKLIST
I Got A Name
Lover's Cross
Five Short Minutes
Age
Workin' At The Car Wash Blues
I'll Have To Say I Love You In A Song
Salon And Saloon
Thursday
Top Hat Bar And Grille
Recently
The Hard Way Every Time
Bonus
Operator (That's Not The Way It Feels)
(Remix) [*]
I Got A Name
(Remix) [*]
I'll Have To Say I Love You In A Song
(Remix) [*]
These Dreams
(Demo) [*]
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