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Them's Psychedelic Swan Song:
While "Them" or a band called Them put our more records after this featuring sole original member bassist Alan Henderson, this is the last record by a real group that had any ties to the Van Morrison led Them. Aside from the blistering original single version of "Dirty Old Man" mysteriously featured here instead of on "Now and Them" where the later, poppier and lighter version of the song appeared, none of this sounds much like Van's Them, but some of it is quite passable and enjoyable west coast style psychedleia from 1968. The band's primary problem was a lack of songwriting talent. They relied primarily on the "outside" Lane/ Pulley songwriting team for material on this record. The musicianship is quite respectable, though, and some of the songs, including the title track and "Waltz of the Flies" may get stuck in your head. Plenty of bonus tracks, including the original single version of "Square Room" (also featured on "Now and Them"), a very moody psychedelic piece written by the group, plus two more versions of the same song(!), and the aformentioned "Dirty Old Man", which is well worth hearing. Recommended, but mostly for fanatics.
| Artist: | Them | | Binding: | Audio CD | | EAN: | 5013929435223 | | Format: | Import | | Original Release Date: | 2003-11-25 | | Release Date: | 2004-04-05 |
Tracks:- Time Out for Time In
- She Put a Hex on You
- Bent Over You
- Waltz of the Flies
- Black Widow Spider
- We've All Agreed to Help
- Market Place
- Just on Conception
- Young Woman
- Moth
- But It's Alright
- Square Room \o2nd Single Version\c\o*\c
- Dirty Old Man \o2nd Single Version\c\o*\c
- Corinna \oSingle Version\c\o*\c
- Dark Are the Shadows \oSingle Version\c\o*\c
- Dirty Old Man \oOriginal Single Version\c\o*\c
- Square Room \oOriginal Single Version\c\o*\c
- But It's Alright \oOriginal Single Version\c\o*\c
- Square Room \oSingle Edit/Remix\c\o*\c
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