Them Again

Them Again
Studio album by Them
Released	21 January 1966 (1966-01-21)
Genre	Rock Rhythm and blues garage rock
Length	44:45
Label	Decca
Producer	Tommy Scott
Them chronology
The Angry Young Them (1965) Them Again (1966) Belfast Gypsies (1967)
US edition
Parrot Records (1966)

Them Again is the second album by the Northern Irish band Them, fronted by lead singer and songwriter Van Morrison. The album was released by Decca Records in the UK on 21 January 1966, but it failed to chart.[1] In the U.S., the album was released with somewhat different tracks in April 1966 and it peaked at number 138 on the Billboard chart.[1]

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Record Mirror	[3]

In a review for AllMusic, critic Brude Eder writes:

The group's second and, for all intents and purposes, last full album was recorded while Them was in a state of imminent collapse ... The 16 songs here are a little less focused than the first LP. The material was cut under siege conditions, with a constantly shifting lineup and a grueling tour schedule; essentially, there was no "group" to provide focus to the sound, only Morrison's voice, so the material bounces [from song to song].[2]

Author Clinton Heylin considers the cover version of Bob Dylan's "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue" to be "that genuine rarity, a Dylan cover to match the original".[4]

Track listing

Decca (UK) edition

Side 1

1. "Could You, Would You" (Van Morrison) – 3:15
2. "Something You Got" (Chris Kenner) – 2:36
3. "Call My Name" (Tommy Scott) – 2:23
4. "Turn On Your Love Light" (Deadric Malone, Joseph Wade Scott) – 2:18
5. "I Put a Spell on You" (Screamin' Jay Hawkins) – 2:40
6. "I Can Only Give You Everything" (Phil Coulter, Tommy Scott) – 2:43
7. "My Lonely Sad Eyes" (Van Morrison) – 2:27
8. "I Got a Woman" (Ray Charles, Renald Richard) – 3:16

Side 2

1. "Out of Sight" (James Brown, Ted Wright) – 2:26
2. "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue" (Bob Dylan) – 3:52
3. "Bad or Good" (Van Morrison) – 2:09
4. "How Long Baby" (M. Gillon a.k.a. Tommy Scott) – 3:41
5. "Hello Josephine" (Dave Bartholomew, Fats Domino) – 2:06
6. "Don't You Know" (Tommy Scott) – 2:26
7. "Hey Girl" (Van Morrison) – 2:59
8. "Bring 'em On In" (Van Morrison) – 3:46

Parrot (US) edition

Side 1

1. "Could You, Would You" (Morrison) – 3:13
2. "Something You Got" (Chris Kenner) – 2:35
3. "Call My Name" (Tommy Scott) – 2:22
4. "Turn on Your Love Light" (Deadric Malone, Joseph Wade Scott) – 2:22
5. "I Can Only Give You Everything" (Phil Coulter, Tommy Scott) – 2:43
6. "My Lonely Sad Eyes" (Morrison) – 2:31

Side 2

1. "Out of Sight" (James Brown, Ted Wright) – 2:24
2. "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue" (Bob Dylan) – 3:50
3. "Bad or Good" (Morrison) – 2:09
4. "How Long Baby" (M. Gillon a.k.a. Tommy Scott) – 3:40
5. "Don't You Know" (Tommy Scott) – 2:26
6. "Bring 'em On In" (Morrison) – 3:45

Personnel

Although in his album review Bruce Eder is uncertain about the recording personnel other than Van Morrison and Alan Henderson,[2] a review by Mojo magazine writers identifies them as:[5]

• Van Morrison – vocals, harmonica
• Jim Armstrong – guitar
• Eric Wrixon, Jackie McAuley, Peter Bardens – keyboards
• Alan Henderson – bass
• Pat McAuley – drums

References

1. Dewitt 1983, p. 66.
2. Eder, Bruce. Them Again at AllMusic. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
3. Jones, Peter; Jopling, Norman (12 February 1966). "Them: Them Again" (PDF). Record Mirror. No. 257. p. 8. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 April 2022. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
4. Heylin 2003, pp. 134–135.
5. Mojo 2007, p. 53.

Sources

• Dewitt, H. A. (1983). Van Morrison: The Mystic's Music. Horizon. ISBN 0-938840-02-9.
• Heylin, Clinton (2003). Can You Feel the Silence? Van Morrison: A New Biography. Chicago Review Press. ISBN 1-55652-542-7.
• The Mojo Collection (4th ed.). Great Britain: Canongate Books. 2007. ISBN 978-1847676436.