The Complete Them 1964–1967 is a compilation album by the Northern Irish band Them. It includes nearly every song recorded by the group when Van Morrison was the lead vocalist. It contains liner notes written by Morrison and was released through his production company, Exile Productions. Unlike the previous compilation,The Story of Them Featuring Van Morrison, this collection is chronologically sequenced and contains an extra disc featuring demos, alternate versions, rare tracks, and sessions recorded by the BBC, many of which were previously unreleased.
Reception
Bud Scoppa of Uncut remarked that two-thirds of the album "provide ample proof of [Morrison's] preternatural genius," giving it a four-star rating. Louders Jon Harrington rated the album 4.5 stars, referring to the release as "most comprehensive round-up of Van Morrison's Them ever issued."
The album received a five-star rating from American Songwriter, whose reviewer Hal Horowitz stated, "the historic value of the compilation and the surfeit of previously unreleased tracks makes this essential for Morrison newcomers and longtime fans." Mark Deming of AllMusic opined, "As a history of an underappreciated band's greatest era or the first steps of one of rock's most individual artists, The Complete Them: 1964–1967 is essential listening."
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