The Searchers discography
| The Searchers discography | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Studio albums | 9 |
| EPs | 9 |
| Live albums | 2 |
| Compilation albums | 26 |
| Singles | 46 |
| Box sets | 2 |
In their native Britain, between 1963 and 2019, the English rock band the Searchers released eight studio albums, nine extended plays (EPs) and 30 singles.[1] However, the band's international discography is complicated, due to different versions of their albums sometimes being released in other countries, particularly in the US. In some cases, the US version would be an entirely different album with different cover photos and tracks (collections of material from various UK releases).[2]
The early "core" albums and singles released from 1963 to 1967 were originally on Pye Records in the United Kingdom, and Kapp Records in the United States. Later, they released records on Liberty, RCA, Sire and PRT Records. Their last studio album Hungry Hearts was released only in Germany on Coconut Records. The Searchers did not release any official live album in the UK (although there were several low-cost concert albums or live collector's CDs). Philips Records recorded their performance in 1963 at the German Star-Club, Hamburg. These songs were later released in many variations especially in Germany and the US. Many UK album tracks were also released as a singles in different countries and sometimes became hits (e. i. "Love Potion No. 9", "Ain't That Just Like Me", "Bumble Bee", "I Don't Want to Go On Without You" etc.). Additionally, they released three SPs with German language versions of their hits and one EP in French.[3]
The Searchers' discography was originally released on the vinyl format, with full-length long plays (LPs), shorter EPs (mostly 4 songs) and singles (2 songs). Over the years, the collection has also been released on many compact discs (CDs).
Albums
[edit]Studio albums
[edit]| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [4] |
GER [5] |
SWE [6] |
US [7] | ||
| Meet the Searchers (UK) Meet the Searchers / Needles and Pins (US) |
2 | 20 | — | 22 | |
| Sugar and Spice |
|
5 | 30 | — | — |
| It's the Searchers (UK) This Is Us (US) |
|
4 | — | — | 97 |
| Sounds Like Searchers (UK) The New Searchers LP (US) |
|
8 | 28 | — | 112 |
| Take Me for What I'm Worth (UK) The Searchers No. 4 (US) [A] |
|
— | — | — | 149 |
| Second Take |
|
— | — | — | — |
| Searchers | — | — | 32 | 191 | |
| Play for Today (UK) Love's Melodies (US) |
|
— | — | — | — |
| Hungry Hearts [B] | — | — | — | — | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | |||||
Live albums
[edit]| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | |
|---|---|---|---|
| GER [5] |
US [7] | ||
| Sweets for My Sweet – The Searchers at the Star-Club Hamburg [C] Hear! Hear! (US) |
11 | 120 | |
| The Searchers Meet the Rattles [D] |
|
— | — |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | |||
Compilation albums
[edit]| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [4] |
FIN [8] |
GER [5] | ||
| Needles and Pins |
|
— | — | 19 |
| The Searchers' Smash Hits |
|
— | 7 | — |
| Searchers' Smash Hits Vol. 2 |
|
— | — | — |
| Needles & Pins |
|
— | — | — |
| Golden Hour of the Searchers |
|
— | — | — |
| Golden Hour of the Searchers Vol. 2 |
|
— | — | — |
| The Searchers File |
|
— | — | — |
| When You Walk in the Room |
|
— | — | — |
| Greatest Hits |
|
— | — | — |
| Hits Collection | — | — | — | |
| The Searchers Play the System – Rarities, Oddities & Flipsides |
|
— | — | — |
| The EP Collection |
|
— | — | — |
| The Ultimate Collection |
|
— | — | — |
| German, French + Rare Recordings |
|
— | — | — |
| The Searchers 30th Anniversary Collection 1962–1992 |
|
— | — | — |
| The EP Collection Volume Two |
|
— | — | — |
| Second Take – The Complete RCA/UK Recordings |
|
— | — | — |
| The Pye Anthology 1963–1967 |
|
— | — | — |
| The Swedish Radio Sessions |
|
— | — | — |
| The Iron Door Sessions |
|
— | — | — |
| 1963-2003: 40th Anniversary Collection |
|
— | — | — |
| The Definitive Pye Collection |
|
— | — | — |
| BBC Sessions |
|
— | — | — |
| The Very Best of the Searchers |
|
11 | — | — |
| Another Night: The Sire Recordings 1979–1981 |
|
— | — | — |
| The Farewell Album / The Greatest Hits & More |
|
35 | — | — |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | ||||
Box sets
[edit]| Title | Album details |
|---|---|
| Hearts in Their Eyes – Celebrating 50 Years of Harmony & Jangle |
|
| When You Walk in the Room: The Complete Pye Recordings 1963–67 |
|
Private pressings
[edit]Since the late 1990s, as CD-making processes have become more available and cheaper, the Searchers have released a number of private pressings, only available at the band's shows.[12]
- 1998 – Live!
- 2000 – Live II
- 2003 – Live III
- 2005 – On Stage
- 2008 – The Definitive Searchers Live in Concert
- 2010 – Still Searching
- 2012 – Tracks of Our Years
EPs
[edit]| Title | EP details | Peak chart positions |
|---|---|---|
| UK [13] | ||
| Ain't Gonna Kiss Ya |
|
1 |
| Sweet for My Sweet |
|
5 |
| Hungry for Love |
|
4 |
| Play the System |
|
4 |
| When You Walk in the Room |
|
12 |
| Bumble Bee |
|
1 |
| Searchers '65 |
|
15 |
| Four by Four |
|
— |
| Take Me for What I'm Worth |
|
— |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart. | ||
Singles
[edit]| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | UK Album | US Album | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [4] |
AUS [14] |
CAN [15][16] |
GER [5] |
IRE [17] |
NL [18] |
NOR [19] |
NZ [20][21] |
SWE [22] |
US [23] | ||||
| "Sweets for My Sweet" b/w "It's All Been a Dream" |
1963 | 1 | 28 | — | 44 | 1 | — | 8 | 1 | 5 | — | A: Meet the Searchers B: Non-album track |
A: Hear! Hear! B: Non-album track |
| "Sweet Nothin's" b/w "What'd I Say?" |
48 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album tracks | A: The Searchers Meet the Rattles B: Non-album track | |
| "Sugar and Spice" b/w "Saints and Searchers" |
2 | 57 | 11 | — | 6 | — | — | 6 | — | 44 | Sugar and Spice | Non-album tracks | |
| "Needles and Pins" b/w "Saturday Night Out" |
1964 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 8 | 1 | — | 8 | 1 | 6 | 13 | A: It's The Searchers B: Non-album track |
Meet the Searchers |
| "Süß ist sie" ("Sugar and Spice") [E] b/w "Liebe" ("Money") |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album tracks | Non-album tracks | |
| "Ain't That Just Like Me" [F] b/w "Ain't Gonna Kiss Ya" |
— | — | 19 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 61 | A: Sugar and Spice B: Meet the Searchers |
Meet the Searchers | |
| "Don't Throw Your Love Away" b/w "I Pretend I'm with You" |
1 | 14 | 3 | 37 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 3 | 16 | A: It's the Searchers B: Non-album track |
This Is Us | |
| "Tausend Nadelstiche" ("Needles and Pins") [E] b/w "Farmer John" |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album tracks | Non-album tracks | |
| "Ain't Gonna Kiss Ya" [G] b/w "Love Potion Number Nine" |
— | 20 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Meet the Searchers | A: Meet the Searchers B: This Is Us | |
| "Some Day We're Gonna Love Again" b/w "No One Else Could Love Me" |
11 | 48 | 19 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 34 | Non-album tracks | Non-album tracks | |
| "When You Walk in the Room" b/w "(I'll Be) Missing You" |
3 | 2 | 21 | — | 4 | — | — | — | 20 | 35 | |||
| "Love Potion Number Nine" [H] b/w "Hi-Heel Sneakers" |
— | — | 6 | 23 | — | — | — | 4 | — | 3 | A: Meet the Searchers B: It's the Searchers |
This Is Us | |
| "What Have They Done to the Rain" b/w "This Feeling Inside" |
13 | 27 | 2 | — | — | —[I] | — | — | 13 | 29 | Non-album tracks | A: The New Searchers LP B: Non-album track | |
| "Goodbye My Love" b/w "'Till I Met You" |
1965 | 4 | 25 | 12 | 16 | 7 | 7 | — | — | — | 52 | Non-album tracks | The Searchers No. 4 |
| "Bumble Bee" [J] b/w "Everything You Do" |
— | 13 | 7 | — | — | —[K] | — | — | 20 | 21 | Sounds Like Searchers | The New Searchers LP | |
| "Verzeih' My Love" ("Goodbye My Love") [E] b/w "Wenn ich dich seh'" ("When You Walk in the Room") |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album tracks | Non-album tracks | |
| "He's Got No Love" b/w "So Far Away" |
12 | — | 17 | — | — | —[L] | — | — | — | 79 | Take Me for What I'm Worth | ||
| "I Don't Want to Go On Without You" [M] b/w "A Tear Fell" |
— | — | — | — | — | 18 | — | — | — | — | Sounds Like Searchers | The New Searchers LP | |
| "Magic Potion" [N] b/w "Everything You Do" |
— | 95 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "When I Get Home" b/w "I'm Never Coming Back" |
35 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album tracks | Take Me for What I'm Worth | |
| "Don't Know Why" [O] b/w "You Can't Lie to a Liar" |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Take Me for What I'm Worth | ||
| "Take Me for What I'm Worth" b/w "Too Many Miles" |
20 | 41 | — | — | — | —[P] | — | 7 | 14 | 76 | |||
| "Everybody Come Clap Your Hands" [Q] b/w "Till You Say You'll Be Mine" |
1966 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 18 | — | Sounds Like Searchers | The New Searchers LP |
| "Take It or Leave It" b/w "Don't Hide It Away" |
31 | 83 | — | — | — | 7 | — | — | 6 | — | Non-album tracks | Non-album tracks | |
| "Have You Ever Loved Somebody" b/w "It's Just the Way (Love Will Come and Go)" |
48 | 85 | 48 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 94 | |||
| "Popcorn, Double Feature" b/w "Lovers" |
1967 | —[R] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Western Union" b/w "I'll Cry Tomorrow" |
—[R] | — | — | — | — | —[S] | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Secondhand Dealer" b/w "Crazy Dreams" |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Umbrella Man" b/w "Over the Weekend" |
1968 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Shoot 'Em Up Baby" [T] b/w "Suzanna" |
1969 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Somebody Shot the Lollipop Man" (as Pasha) b/w "Pussy Willow Dragon" |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Kinky Kathy Abernathy" b/w "Suzanna" |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Desdemona" b/w "The World Is Waiting for Tomorrow" |
1971 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 94 | A: Second Take B: Non-album track | |
| "Love Is Everywhere" b/w "And a Button" |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album tracks | ||
| "Sing Singer Sing" b/w "Come On Back to Me" |
1972 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | A: Non-album track B: Second Take | |
| "Needles and Pins" (re-recording) b/w "When You Walk in the Room" / "Come On Back to Me" |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Second Take | ||
| "Vahevala" b/w "Madman" |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album tracks | ||
| "Solitaire" b/w "Spics and Specks" |
1973 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Heart in Her Eyes" b/w "Don't Hang On" |
1979 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Searchers | Searchers |
| "It's Too Late" b/w "This Kind of Love Affair" |
1980 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Love's Melody" b/w "Changing" (UK); "Little Bit of Heaven" (US) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | A & US B: Play for Today UK B: Non-album track |
A & US B: Love's Melodies UK B: Non-album track | |
| "Another Night" b/w "Back to the War" |
1981 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | A: Play for Today B: Non-album track |
A: Love's Melodies B: Non-album track |
| "I Don't Want to Be the One" b/w "Hollywood" |
1982 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album tracks | Non-album tracks |
| "Forever in Love (Near to Heaven)" [U] b/w "Every Little Tear" |
1988 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album tracks[V] | Non-album tracks[V] |
| "Needles and Pins" (re-recording) [W] b/w "Fooled Myself Once Again" |
1989 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "No Other Love" [X] b/w "Push Push" |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | |||||||||||||
Notes
[edit]- ^ Kapp Records subsequently released another album in the US in 1966 also titled Take Me for What I'm Worth which included seven tracks already released on The Searchers No. 4.
- ^ Hungry Hearts was only released in Continental Europe.
- ^ Sweets for My Sweet – The Searchers at the Star-Club Hamburg was not released in the UK but was released in Germany and Australia in early 1964.
- ^ Only released in the US and Canada, The Searchers Meet the Rattles is a split album with the Rattles.
- ^ a b c Both sides sung in German and only released as a single in Germany.
- ^ "Ain't That Just Like Me" was only released as a single in the US and Canada.
- ^ "Ain't Gonna Kiss Ya" was only released as a single in Australia.
- ^ "Love Potion Number Nine" was released as a single in a number of territories, including the US, Canada, Australia and Germany.
- ^ "What Have They Done to the Rain" did not enter the then-Top 10, but did peak at number 25 on the Dutch Top 40.[24]
- ^ "Bumble Bee" was released as a single in various territories including the US, Canada, Australia and the Netherlands.
- ^ "Bumble Bee" did not enter the then-Top 10, but did peak at number 23 on the Dutch Top 40.[24]
- ^ "He's Got No Love" did not enter the then-Top 10, but did peak at number 14 on the Dutch Top 40.[24]
- ^ "I Don't Want to Go On Without You" was only released as a single in the Netherlands.
- ^ "Magic Potion" was only released as a single in Australia.
- ^ "Don't Know Why" was only released as a single in the US.
- ^ "Take Me for What I'm Worth" did not enter the then-Top 20, but did peak at number 25 on the Dutch Top 40.[24]
- ^ "Everybody Come Clap Your Hands" was only released as a single in Sweden.
- ^ a b Chart position is from the official UK "Breakers List".
- ^ "Western Union" did not enter the then-Top 20, but did peak at number 19 on the Dutch Top 40 alongside with the version by the Five Americans.[24]
- ^ "Shoot 'Em Up Baby" was only released as a single in Germany.
- ^ "Forever in Love (Near to Heaven)" was only released as a single in Continental Europe.
- ^ a b Tracks were released on the Continental Europe album Hungry Hearts.
- ^ Only released as a single in Continental Europe.
- ^ "No Other Love" was only released as a single in Continental Europe.
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