- Audio CD (31 Dec 1993)
- Number of Discs: 1
- Label: London
- ASIN: B000001F2U
- Other Editions: Audio Cassette | Vinyl
- Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 150,971 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
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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 |
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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
All the best tracks recorded by Them are here in one short CD, only thirteen but all classics. John Tracy's 1987 sleeve notes make fascinating reading and explain a lot about why their music is so dynamic and gripping. Van Morrison was the steadfast heart of the group for a year and a half while personnel came and went, but eventually even he became dispirited with being exploited and fled to the US.
The CD is worth buying just for the anthemic 'Gloria' and 'Baby Please Don't Go', but then listen to the impassioned 'I put a Spell on You', 'Stormy Monday', 'Richard Cory', and then the others are almost as good, 'The Story of Them' with its irony and the in-joke of 'Here Comes the Night'. And all the rest are worthy of inclusion with their dark humour and rebellion, I just wish there were more - some of their early tracks were never released.
This brings back so many memories of the sixties, and the raw freshness makes a welcome change from the over-produced modern pop. Fewer than half the tracks are proper stereo, but being lost in the music one just doesn't notice.
A definite 5*
The CD is worth buying just for the anthemic 'Gloria' and 'Baby Please Don't Go', but then listen to the impassioned 'I put a Spell on You', 'Stormy Monday', 'Richard Cory', and then the others are almost as good, 'The Story of Them' with its irony and the in-joke of 'Here Comes the Night'. And all the rest are worthy of inclusion with their dark humour and rebellion, I just wish there were more - some of their early tracks were never released.
This brings back so many memories of the sixties, and the raw freshness makes a welcome change from the over-produced modern pop. Fewer than half the tracks are proper stereo, but being lost in the music one just doesn't notice.
A definite 5*
0 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Thank You for picking me to review this item, which reminded me
that I have not yet received this CD(order).
I can se on my bank account that you received your money
long time ago.
Stll waiting and not bying anything more before this order is
received.
Regards
Nils
that I have not yet received this CD(order).
I can se on my bank account that you received your money
long time ago.
Stll waiting and not bying anything more before this order is
received.
Regards
Nils
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30 of 32 people found the following review helpful
Lean And Tough.
2 Oct 2000
Format: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.
19 of 21 people found the following review helpful
Van Morrison is king
23 Mar 2001
Format: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.
18 of 20 people found the following review helpful
beware
1 Aug 2005
Format:Audio CD
The music is great but don't be confused this is not the debut LP but a greatest hits collection
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