Searchers - Greatest: 20 Fabulous Hits of the 60's [IMPORT]

Searchers

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 23, 1997)
• Original Release Date: September 23, 1997
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Music Club
• ASIN: B00000APOL
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #194,912 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Product Description
20 track U.K. hits retrospective: 'Love Potion #9'Needles And Pins', 'Sweets For My Sweet', 'Listen To Me','Hungry For Love', 'Farmer John', 'Take It Or Leave It','Where Have All The Flowers Gone?', 'Someday We're GonnaLove Again', 'Don't Throw Your Love Away', 'Some Other Guy','When You Walk In The Room', 'He's Got No Love', 'Ain'tGonna Kiss You', 'When I Got Home', 'What Have They Done ToThe Rain?', 'Have You Ever Loved Somebody?', 'Sugar AndSpice', 'Take Me For What I'm Worth' and 'Goodbye My Love'.

Customer Reviews

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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good time early sixties pop music, October 16, 2003

By	Peter Durward Harris "Pete the music fan" (Leicester England) - See all my reviews (TOP 10 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

The Searchers, like everybody else of their era, were overshadowed by the Beatles, but they made some great music of their own. All the essential hits are here - their only American top ten hit (Love potion No. 9), plus all their big British hits, several of which were covers of American songs - which, of course, is why they didn't have much success in America.

Their chart career begin in Britain with Sweets for my sweet (Drifters) and was followed by Sugar and spice, a song written by Tony Hatch, who is best remembered for Downtown and the other songs he wrote for Petula. For their third single, they covered Needles and pins, which was first recorded by Jackie De Shannon but was actually written by Sonny Bono and Jack Nitzsche. The group Smokie revived it in the seventies.
Although Jackie De Shannon didn't write Needles and pins, the Searchers recorded several songs that Jackie did write, most famously When you walk in the room - interestingly, this song was revived by Pam Tillis, who had a number two American country hit in the early nineties with the song. Don't throw your love away and Goodbye my love were also huge British hits. What have they done to the rain? was a top 20 hit and was one of the first ecological songs to hit the British charts.

If you only want a single CD of Searchers music, this is a good one to choose.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A FIVE FOR CONTENT AND PERFORMANCE!, February 12, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Searchers - Greatest Hits (Audio CD)

The mid-sixties gave us so much terrific music, it was hard for any one group (besides the Beatles) to stand out of the crowd. The Searchers were an exception. Their music was so well crafted and performed that in retrospect their best was as good as it got. Great tunes, well sung and recorded, this music stands up well even thirty years later. And one thing which you've got to love--there is a lot of diversity in their music. I don't give many 5-star ratings, so be sure to put his album on your "must-have" list of 60's rock.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars a pleasant reminder of the British Invasion, August 14, 1998

By	joeindover "joeindover" (Dover, NH) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Searchers - Greatest Hits (Audio CD)

Listeners of this cd will be reminded that, in the era of just three guitars and a drummer, the British Invasion provided a pleasant change from American sounds in the early 1960s. The sound quality of this cd is remarkable. On "Don't Throw Your Love Away" you can actually hear someone in the studio rustling some papers at the very start of the song. The opening drum riff on "Needles and Pins" will stir the blood of any Mersey listener. This album is nothing but pop....but pure, straight and beautiful pop it is with jingle jangle guitars and high harmonies covering songs that strongly hint of a lost era of innocence. Either you love this stuff ...or you don't!