Them Featuring Van Morrison

Van Morrison, Them | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 25, 1990)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Polydor / Umgd
• ASIN: B000001F2U
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #73,786 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Gloria

2. The Story of Them

3. Stormy Monday

4. Mystic Eyes

5. Hey Girl

6. Baby Please Don't Go

7. Here Comes the Night

8. My Lonely Sad Eyes

9. Richard Cory

10. It Won't Hurt (Half as Much)

11. Turn on Your Love Light

12. I Put a Spell on You

13. Don't Look Back

Editorial Reviews

CD features Van Morrison, and Them.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

28 of 30 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Lean And Tough., October 1, 2000

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Michael A. Beyer (Chicago, IL United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Them Featuring Van Morrison (Audio CD)

You've got to listen to this CD at top volume, in a lonely midnight bar drinking a pint. This is scary music coming out of the Belfast night in 1965 -- lean, hard blues announcing the arrival of a major new talent to the world.

Van's primal howl on songs like "Gloria", "Mystic Eyes", "Turn On Your Love Light" and "(It Won't Hurt) Half As Much" is at its sandpaper best, and the band's music is tough and spare.

Morrison's work with Them is even more incredible when taken in the context of the about-face he pulled about three years later with ASTRAL WEEKS. But if you want to know where it all began, get this CD.

17 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Van Morrison is king, March 23, 2001

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roscoe (washington, dc) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Them Featuring Van Morrison (Audio CD)

Odds are if you are reading this you dig Van Morrison. What this album offers is VM doing edgy rock and roll. Every cut is VM sounding like the VM who later became a superstar, except here he is young and really raw (versus studio polished) and with a sharp edge. Some critics contend this album was where the punk movement came from. Either way, it is rare to find album with this much energy and it be a joy to listen to.

16 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars beware, August 1, 2005

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N. planet - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Them Featuring Van Morrison (Audio CD)

The music is great but don't be confused this is not the debut LP but a greatest hits collection