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Them's second post-Van Morrison album, even more than their first such effort (Now & Them), grew further away from their mid-'60s style, to the point where there were few audible links to how Them sounded in the British Invasion era. And like Now & Them, it was an intermittently worthwhile but somewhat characterless record, reflecting late-'60s trends in album-oriented rock without adding much to them or innovating paths of their own. It was even more Los Angeles-psychedelia-influenced than their prior LP, taking the lead of Now & Them's strongest cut ("Square Room") to explore sitar-laden raga-rock on several songs. "Time Out for Time In" adds a nice waltz overlay to the raga-rock sound, but "Black Widow Spider" and "Just on Conception" frankly live up to the stereotypes of "oh wow!" hippie-trippy word soups from the era. So does "The Moth," but at least there some Roger McGuinn-like vocals and dreamy orchestration add spice. Other songs are competently done but nonstandout heavy soul rock, with "She Put a Hex on You" sounding right off the cutting room floor of a 1968 psychedelic dance rock club movie scene; you can just see the bandana-swathed babe from central casting gyrating as the strobe lights flash. "Waltz of the Flies," the best song, is indeed a beguiling psychedelic waltz, and Jim Armstrong's guitar work throughout is far more instrumentally accomplished than what you'll hear on many similar albums. Yet the record's not in the same league as either the Van Morrison-era Them or the better psychedelic/raga-rock endeavors of the late '60s. The 2003 Rev-Ola CD reissue adds eight bonus cuts (all taken from 45s) of value to anyone interested in the post-Van Morrison Them, including the non-LP single "Corinna"/"Dark Are the Shadows," the rare original single version of the punky "Dirty Old Man" (which is superior to the one on Now and Them), and the rare original 45 version of "Square Room" (which isn't as good as, and is much shorter than, the one on Now and Them).
© Richie Unterberger /TiVo
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Tom Lane, ComposerLyricist - Them, Producer, MainArtist - Sharyn Pulley, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1966 Capitol Records LLC
Tom Lane, ComposerLyricist - Them, Producer, MainArtist - Sharyn Pulley, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1966 Capitol Records LLC
Tom Lane, ComposerLyricist - Alan Henderson, ComposerLyricist - Them, Producer, MainArtist - Sharyn Pulley, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1966 Capitol Records LLC
Tom Lane, ComposerLyricist - Them, Producer, MainArtist
℗ 1966 Capitol Records LLC
Tom Lane, ComposerLyricist - Them, Producer, MainArtist - Sharyn Pulley, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1966 Capitol Records LLC
Tom Lane, ComposerLyricist - Them, Producer, MainArtist - Sharyn Pulley, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1966 Capitol Records LLC
Tom Lane, ComposerLyricist - Them, Producer, MainArtist - Sharyn Pulley, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1966 Capitol Records LLC
Alan Henderson, ComposerLyricist - Them, Producer, MainArtist - Jim Armstrong, ComposerLyricist - D Harvey, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1966 Capitol Records LLC
Tom Lane, ComposerLyricist - Them, Producer, MainArtist - Sharyn Pulley, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1966 Capitol Records LLC
Tom Lane, ComposerLyricist - Them, Producer, MainArtist - Sharyn Pulley, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1966 Capitol Records LLC
Pierre Tubbs, ComposerLyricist - J.J. Jackson, ComposerLyricist - Them, Producer, MainArtist
℗ 1966 Capitol Records LLC
Album review
Them's second post-Van Morrison album, even more than their first such effort (Now & Them), grew further away from their mid-'60s style, to the point where there were few audible links to how Them sounded in the British Invasion era. And like Now & Them, it was an intermittently worthwhile but somewhat characterless record, reflecting late-'60s trends in album-oriented rock without adding much to them or innovating paths of their own. It was even more Los Angeles-psychedelia-influenced than their prior LP, taking the lead of Now & Them's strongest cut ("Square Room") to explore sitar-laden raga-rock on several songs. "Time Out for Time In" adds a nice waltz overlay to the raga-rock sound, but "Black Widow Spider" and "Just on Conception" frankly live up to the stereotypes of "oh wow!" hippie-trippy word soups from the era. So does "The Moth," but at least there some Roger McGuinn-like vocals and dreamy orchestration add spice. Other songs are competently done but nonstandout heavy soul rock, with "She Put a Hex on You" sounding right off the cutting room floor of a 1968 psychedelic dance rock club movie scene; you can just see the bandana-swathed babe from central casting gyrating as the strobe lights flash. "Waltz of the Flies," the best song, is indeed a beguiling psychedelic waltz, and Jim Armstrong's guitar work throughout is far more instrumentally accomplished than what you'll hear on many similar albums. Yet the record's not in the same league as either the Van Morrison-era Them or the better psychedelic/raga-rock endeavors of the late '60s. The 2003 Rev-Ola CD reissue adds eight bonus cuts (all taken from 45s) of value to anyone interested in the post-Van Morrison Them, including the non-LP single "Corinna"/"Dark Are the Shadows," the rare original single version of the punky "Dirty Old Man" (which is superior to the one on Now and Them), and the rare original 45 version of "Square Room" (which isn't as good as, and is much shorter than, the one on Now and Them).
© Richie Unterberger /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 11 track(s)
- Total length: 00:34:27
- Main artists: Them
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Capitol Records (CAP)
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock
© 1968 Capitol Records LLC ℗ 1968 Capitol Records LLC
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