Since it contains only his love ballads, fans who prefer his sweetly sentimental songs like "Operator" and "Time in a Bottle," to story-songs like "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown" and "You Don't Mess Around With Jim," will find Time in a Bottle the essential compilation. Despite the amount of good material here, Photographs and Memories remains a better collection, because it presents both sides of the popular singer/songwriter. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide
My brother intoduced me to Jim Croce when I was about 10.....I've loved him ever since....he tells a story so well, and the music is beautiful..such a great loss!