When You Walk in the Room - The Searchers, DeShannon, Jackie
Goodbye My Love - The Searchers, Mosley
I Don't Want to Go on Without You - The Searchers, Berns, Bert
What Have They Done to the Rain? - The Searchers, Reynolds, Malvina
Don't Throw Your Love Away - The Searchers, Jackson, Billy [1]
Ain't Gonna Kiss Ya - The Searchers, Smith, J. [1]
Four Strong Winds - The Searchers, Tyson, Ian
Goodnight Baby - The Searchers, Barry, Jeff
Hungry for Love - The Searchers, Mills, G.
When I Get Home - The Searchers, Alquist, Russell
Needles and Pins - The Searchers, Bono, Sonny
The Empty Place - The Searchers, Bacharach, D.
Take It or Leave It - The Searchers, Jagger, Mick
Bumble Bee - The Searchers, Baker
Someday We're Gonna Love Again - The Searchers, McMahan
Farmer John - The Searchers, Harris, Don [1] Sug
Sugar and Spice - The Searchers, Nightingale, Fred
Have You Ever Loved Somebody - The Searchers, Ransford, L.
Take Me for What I'm Worth - The Searchers, Sloan, P.F.
Western Union - The Searchers, Durrill, Johnny
He's Got No Love - The Searchers, Curtis, Chris [1]
Love Potion No. 9 - The Searchers, Leiber, Jerry
Glad All Over - The Searchers, Bennett, Roy
Popcorn, Double Feature - The Searchers, English
Second Hand Dealer - The Searchers, Allen, Frank
The System - The Searchers, Pratt
I Pretend I'm With You - The Searchers, Curtis, Chris [1]
No One Else Could Love You - The Searchers, Curtis, Chris [1]
Track Listings (12) - Disc #2
Sweets for My Sweet [*] - The Searchers, Pomus, Doc
Alright [*] - The Searchers, Ross
Love Potion No. 9 [*] - The Searchers, Leiber, Jerry
Farmer John [*] - The Searchers, Harris, Don [1] Sug
Stand by Me [*] - The Searchers, King, Ben E. [1]
Money (That's What I Want) [*] - The Searchers, Bradford, Janie
Da Doo Ron Ron [*] - The Searchers, Barry, Jeff
Ain't Gonna Kiss Ya [*] - The Searchers, Smith, J. [1]
Since You Broke My Heart [*] - The Searchers, Everly, Don
Tricky Dicky [*] - The Searchers, Leiber, Jerry
Where Have All the Flowers Gone? [*] - The Searchers, Seeger, Pete
Twist and Shout [*] - The Searchers, Medley, Phil [Songw
The British Invasion rocker's 30 track compilation 'TheDefinitive Collection', featuring all of their U.S. charthits, coupled with their top 30 debut album 'Meet TheSearchers'. First released in 1967, it features both theo... more »riginal artwork & all 12 tracks.« less
The British Invasion rocker's 30 track compilation 'TheDefinitive Collection', featuring all of their U.S. charthits, coupled with their top 30 debut album 'Meet TheSearchers'. First released in 1967, it features both theoriginal artwork & all 12 tracks.
CD Reviews
Second Band Only To The Beatles? "Search" No Further...
David J. Coyle | Chillicothe, OH USA | 10/20/2000
(4 out of 5 stars)
"You will never find a single-disc collection of this fab, gear Merseybeat band, second only to the Beatles as the best band to come out of Liverpool in the early '60s. The "Definitive Collection" gives you the most bang for the buck, with the bonus that you are also getting the first Searchers album, "Meet The Searchers" in the same price.From the 12-string folk rock sound of "Needles And Pins" and "When You Walk In The Room" to the near-psychedelia of "Popcorn Double Feature" and "Secondhand Dealer," the Searchers recordings were top-rate. They were brilliant purveyors of other writers/artists' material, a quality that sometimes gets the Searchers short shrift from British Invasion experts. But listen to their versions of the Drifters' "I Don't Want To Go On Without You," the Jagger/Richards song "Take It Or Leave It" or the aforementioned Jackie DeShannon songs, and notice how they make these songs their own. Case in point: how many times do you hear the original Clovers version of "Love Potion No. 9" on the radio nowadays? The Searchers also did quite well on their own in the songwriting department, as the hopeful "Someday We're Gonna Love Again" and the melancholy "He's Got No Love" testify. And if you think the Searchers only did slow, pretty love songs, check out "Farmer John," "Alright," or "Tricky Dicky."The set only falls short in a couple places, namely with a limp version of "Twist And Shout" that closes out the bonus disc. And missing is their wild take on the Coasters' "Ain't That Just Like Me," that like the excellent "Have You Ever Loved Somebody" (included here) puts the Hollies' competing version to shame.You can't go wrong buying this disc if you only know the Searchers' hits and want a value-conscious but comprehensive set, especially at [this] price. If you find yourself "searching" for more, the next step would be the two-disc "Pye Anthology" or the older but even more complete "30th Anniversary Collection" which includes rarities not available elsewhere."
Track Listings (30) - Disc #1