Them Again

Infobox Album | Name = Them Again
Type = studio
Artist = Them


Released = January 21 1966 (UK), April 1966 (USA)
Recorded =
Genre = Rock
Length =
Label = Decca (UK), Parrot PA 61008; PAS 71008 (USA)
Producer = Tommy Scott
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|3.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:f9fyxq85ldte link] | Last album = "The Angry Young Them" (1965)
This album = "Them Again"
(1966)
Next album = "The Story of Them Featuring Van Morrison"
(1997)

Misc = Extra album cover 2
Type = studio
Upper caption = USA issue
Background = Orange


Lower caption = "Them" Parrott Records (1966)|

The second album by Them a Northern Irish band whose lead singer and song-writer was Van Morrison. The album included three of producer Tommy Scott's original compositions. Two of the original Van Morrison songs included on the album, "My Lonely Sad Eyes" and "Hey Girl" are said to be a precursor to the poetic musings of "Astral Weeks", Morrison's most acclaimed album, released in 1968.

ongs

"My Lonely Sad Eyes" begins with the words, "Fill me my cup, and I'll drink your sparkling wine/Pretend that everything is fine, 'til I see your sad eyes." The title implies that the sad eyes belong to the singer but the lyrics address the singer's love interest. "Hey Girl" has flutes and a pastoral feel to it and in Brian Hinton's opinion it is a "dry run for 'Cyprus Avenue"' from "Astral Weeks". "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue" is considered by Clinton Heylin to be — " that genuine rarity, a Dylan cover to match the original." [Heylin, Can You Feel the Silence?, pp. 116-117]

Track listing

Side 1
#"Could You Would You" (Van Morrison) – 3:15
#"Something You Got" (Chris Kenner) – 2:36
#"Call My Name" (Tommy Scott) – 2:23
#"Turn On Your Love Light" (Deadric Malone, Joseph Wade Scott) – 2:18
#"I Put a Spell on You" (Screamin' Jay Hawkins) – 2:40
#"I Can Only Give You Everything" (Mike Coulter, Tommy Scott) – 2:43
#"My Lonely Sad Eyes" (Van Morrison) – 2:27
#"I Got a Woman" (Ray Charles, Renald Richard) – 3:16Side 2
#"Out of Sight" (James Brown, Ted Wright) – 2:26
#"It's All Over Now, Baby Blue" (Bob Dylan) – 3:52
#"Bad Or Good" (Van Morrison) – 2:09
#"How Long Baby" (M.Gillon) – 3:41
#"Hello Josephine" (Dave Bartholomew, Fats Domino) – 2:06
#"Don't You Know" (Tommy Scott) – 2:26
#"Hey Girl" (Van Morrison) – 2:59
#"Bring 'Em On In" (Van Morrison) – 3:46

Track listing (U.S. edition)

Side 1
#"Could You Would You" (Van Morrison) – 3:13
#"Something You Got" (Chris Kenner) – 2:35
#"Call My Name" (Tommy Scott) – 2:22
#"Turn On Your Love Light" (Deadric Malone, Joseph Wade Scott) – 2:22
#"I Can Only Give You Everything" (Mike Coulter, Tommy Scott) – 2:43
#"My Lonely Sad Eyes" (Van Morrison) – 2:31Side 2
#"Out of Sight" (James Brown, Ted Wright) – 2:24
#"It's All Over Now, Baby Blue" (Bob Dylan) – 3:50
#"Bad Or Good" (Van Morrison) – 2:09
#"How Long Baby" (M.Gillon) – 3:40
#"Don't You Know" (Tommy Scott) – 2:26
#"Bring Em On In" (Van Morrison) – 3:45

Notes

References

*Heylin, Clinton (2003). Can You Feel the Silence? Van Morrison: A New Biography, Chicago Review Press ISBN 1-55652-542-7

External notes

[http://www.vanmorrison.co.uk/?m=Content&Content(record_id)=b2950180e54389f3cf9d93ad908ac00e# Lyrics and sleeve notes] Discography-Them, Them Again