| Artist: | The Searchers |
| Studio: | 9 (core albums) |
| Live: | 3 |
| Ep: | 10 |
| Singles: | 42 |
| 1Option Name: | Collector's Editions |
| 1Option: | 8 |
| 2Option Name: | Box sets |
| 2Option: | 2 |
In their native Great Britain, between 1963 and 2019, the English rock band The Searchers released 8 studio albums, 9 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).
Searchers album releases varied significantly between the UK and the US; even those with the same or similar names had different contents. In addition, very many compilation and repackaging releases have been made over the years.
| Year | Album details | Chart Positions | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [4] | GER [5] | ||||
| 1963 | Meet The Searchers
| 2 | 20 |
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Sweets For My Sweet – The Searchers At The Star-Club Hamburg
| NR | 11 |
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Sugar and Spice
| 5 | 30 | |||
| 1964 | It's the Searchers
| 4 | — |
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| 1965 | Sounds Like Searchers
| 8 | 28 |
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Take Me for What I'm Worth
| — | — |
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| 1972 | Second Take
| — | — |
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| 1979 | Searchers
| — | — | ||
| 1981 | Play For Today
| — | — |
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| 1988 | Hungry Hearts
| NR | — |
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| "—" denotes a release that did not chart, "NR" means not released in the UK | |||||
Searchers album releases varied significantly between the UK and the US; even those with the same or similar names had different contents.
| Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [6] | ||||
| 1964 | Meet The Searchers / Needles and Pins
| 22 |
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Hear! Hear!
| 120 |
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This Is Us
| 97 | |||
The Searchers Meet the Rattles
| – |
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| 1965 | The New Searchers LP (Chris, John, Mike, Frank)
| 112 | ||
The Searchers No. 4
| 149 | |||
| 1966 | Take Me for What I'm Worth
| — |
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| 1974 | Needles & Pins
| — |
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| 1979 | The Searchers
| 191 | ||
| 1981 | Love's Melodies
| — | ||
| "—" denotes a release that did not chart. | ||||
There are about 150 Searchers compilation albums that have been released in many countries.[7] Some contained early 1960s songs that did not appear on previous albums. This list is selective.
| Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [8] | ||||
| 1965 | The Searchers' Smash Hits
| – |
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| 1967 | The Searchers' Smash Hits, Vol. 2
| – |
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| 1971 | Needles & Pins
| – |
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| 1972 | The Golden Hour Of The Searchers
| – |
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| 1973 | The Golden Hour Of The Searchers, Vol. 2
| – |
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| 1977 | The Searchers File
| – |
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| 1979 | Sweets For My Sweet – The Searchers At The Star-Club Hamburg
| – |
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| 1980 | When You Walk In The Room
| – |
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| 1983 | Spotlight On The Searchers
| – |
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| 1987 | Silver Searchers
| – |
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Hits Collection
| – |
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| 1989 | The EP Collection
| – |
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| 1990 | The Ultimate Collection
| – |
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| 1990 | The Complete Collection
| – |
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| 1992 | The EP Collection, Vol. 2
| – |
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| 1998 | The Definitive Collection
| – |
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| 2000 | The Pye Anthology 1963-1967
| – |
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| 2003 | 1963-2003: 40th Anniversary Collection
| – |
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| 2004 | The Definitive Pye Collection
| – |
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| 2008 | The Very Best Of The Searchers
| 11 |
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| 2019 | The Farewell Album / The Greatest Hits & More
| 35 |
| |
| "—" denotes a release that did not chart. | ||||
There are some Searchers CD compilation albums with previously unreleased materials.
| Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [11] | ||||
| 1987 | The Searchers Play The System – Rarities, Oddities & Flipsides
| – |
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| 1990 | German, French + Rare Recordings
| – |
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| 1992 | The Searchers 30th Anniversary Collection 1962-1992
| – |
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| 1999 | Second Take – The Complete RCA/UK Recordings
| – |
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| 2001 | The Swedish Radio Sessions
| – |
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| 2002 | The Iron Door Sessions
| – |
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| 2004 | BBC Sessions
| – |
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| 2017 | Another Night: The Sire Recordings 1979-1981
| – |
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| "—" denotes a release that did not chart. | ||||
| Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [12] | ||||
| 2012 | Hearts In Their Eyes - Celebrating 50 Years Of Harmony & Jangle
| – |
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| 2019 | When You Walk In The Room: The Complete Pye Recordings 1963-67
| – |
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| "—" denotes a release that did not chart. | ||||
As CD making processes have become more available and cheaper, the band released several concert CDs marked as "Private pressing" (not to be confused with CD-R). Albums were produced purely for sale at Searchers shows.
| Year | Title (A-side) | B-side | Chart Positions | U.K. Album | U.S. Album | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [13] | US [14] | AUS [15] | CAN [16] [17] | NOR [18] | SWE [19] | GER [20] | NED [21] | IRE [22] | FIN [23] | ||||||
| 1963 | "Sweets for My Sweet" (originally recorded by The Drifters) | "It's All Been a Dream" | 1 | – | 28 | – | 8 | 5 | 44 | – | 1 | – | A: Meet The Searchers B: Non-album track | A: Hear! Hear | B: Non-album track |
| "Sweet Nothin's" (originally recorded by Brenda Lee) | "What'd I Say" | 48 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | Non-album tracks | A: The Searchers Meet The Rattles B: Non-album track | ||
| "Sugar and Spice" (original version/first release) | "Saints and Searchers" | 2 | 44 | 57 | 11 | – | – | – | – | 6 | – | Sugar and Spice | Non-album tracks | ||
| 1964 | "Needles and Pins" (originally recorded by Jackie DeShannon) | "Saturday Night Out" (UK and US 2nd pressings) "Ain't That Just Like Me" (US original pressings) | 1 | 13 | 4 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 8 | – | 1 | 31 | A: It's The Searchers UK & US. 2nd B: Non-album track. US original B: Sugar and Spice. | Meet The Searchers | |
| "Süß ist sie" ("Sugar And Spice" in German) | "Liebe" ("Money" in German) | NR | NR | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | unreleased (Germany only) | unreleased (Germany only) | ||
| "Tausend Nadelstiche" ("Needles and Pins" in German) | "Farmer John" (in German) | NR | NR | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | unreleased (Germany only) | unreleased (Germany only) | ||
| "Ain't That Just Like Me" (originally recorded by The Coasters) | "Ain't Gonna Kiss Ya" | – | 61 | – | 19 | – | – | – | – | – | – | A: Sugar and Spice B: Meet The Searchers | Meet The Searchers | ||
| "Don't Throw Your Love Away" (originally recorded by The Orlons) | "I Pretend I'm with You" | 1 | 16 | 14 | 3 | – | 3 | 37 | – | 1 | 24 | A: It's The Searchers B: Non-album track | This Is Us | ||
| "Someday We're Gonna Love Again" (originally recorded by Barbara Lewis) | "No One Else Could Love Me" | 11 | 34 | 48 | 19 | – | – | – | – | – | – | A: The Searchers' Smash Hits B: Non-album track | Non-album tracks | ||
| "When You Walk in the Room" (originally recorded by Jackie DeShannon) | "I'll Be Missing You" | 3 | 35 | 2 | 21 | – | 20 | – | – | 4 | – | A: Searchers' Smash Hits Vol. 2 B: Non-album track | Non-album tracks | ||
| "Love Potion No. 9" (originally recorded by The Clovers) | "Hi-Heel Sneakers" | NR | 3 | 20 | 6 | – | – | 23 | – | – | – | A: Meet the Searchers B: It's The Searchers | This Is Us | ||
| "What Have They Done to the Rain" (originally recorded by Malvina Reynolds) | "This Feeling Inside" | 13 | 29 | 27 | 2 | – | 13 | – | 25 | – | – | A: The Searchers' Smash Hits B: Searchers' Smash Hits Vol. 2 | A: The New Searchers LP B: Non-album track | ||
| 1965 | "Magic Potion" (originally recorded by Lou Johnson) Note: Australia only | "Everything You Do" | NR | NR | 95 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | Sounds Like Searchers | The New Searchers LP | |
| "Bumble Bee" (originally recorded by LaVern Baker) | "Everything You Do" (US first pressings) "A Tear Fell" (US later pressings) | NR | 21 | 13 | 7 | – | 20 | – | 23 | – | – | Sounds Like Searchers | The New Searchers LP | ||
| "I Don't Want to Go On Without You" (originally recorded by The Drifters) | "A Tear Fell" | NR | NR | – | – | – | – | – | 17 | – | – | Sounds Like Searchers | The New Searchers LP | ||
| "Goodbye My Love" (originally recorded by Jimmy Hughes) (US single shown as "Goodbye My Lover Goodbye") | "Till I Met You" | 4 | 52 | 25 | 12 | – | – | 16 | 7 | 7 | – | A: Searchers' Smash Hits Vol. 2 B: The Searchers' Smash Hits | No. 4 | ||
| "Verzeih' My Love" ("Goodbye My Love" in German) | "Wenn ich dich seh'" ("When You Walk In The Room" in German) | NR | NR | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | unreleased (Germany only) | unreleased (Germany only) | ||
| "He's Got No Love" | "So Far Away" | 12 | 79 | – | 17 | – | – | – | 14 | – | – | A: The Searchers' Smash Hits B: Non-album track | Take Me For What I'm Worth | ||
| "When I Get Home" (originally recorded by Bobby Darin) | "I'm Never Coming Back" | 35 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | Non-album tracks | |||
| "Don't You Know Why" | "You Can't Lie to a Liar" | NR | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | Take Me for What I'm Worth | |||
| "Take Me for What I'm Worth" (originally recorded by P. F. Sloan) | "Too Many Miles" | 20 | 76 | 41 | – | – | 14 | – | 25 | – | – | ||||
| 1966 | "Take It or Leave It" (originally recorded by The Rolling Stones) | "Don't Hide It Away" | 31 | – | 8 | – | – | 16 | – | 5 | – | – | A: Searchers' Smash Hits Vol. 2 B: Non-album tracks | Non-album tracks | |
| "Have You Ever Loved Somebody?" (originally recorded by The Hollies) | "It's Just the Way (Love Will Come and Go)" | 48 | 94 | 85 | 48 | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 1967 | "Popcorn, Double Feature"[24] | "Lovers" | 55 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | Non-album tracks | ||
| "Western Union" (originally recorded by The Five Americans) | "I'll Cry Tomorrow" | 55 | NR | – | – | – | – | – | 19 | – | – | ||||
| "Second Hand Dealer" | "Crazy Dreams" | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 1968 | "Umbrella Man" | "Over the Weekend" | – | NR | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| 1969 | "Somebody Shot the Lollipop Man" (Released under the pseudonym "Pasha") | "Pussy Willow Dragon" | – | NR | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| "Shoot 'Em Up Baby" (originally recorded by Andy Kim) | "Suzanna" | – | NR | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||||
| "Kinky Kathy Abernathy" | "Suzanna" | – | NR | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 1971 | "Desdemona" | "The World Is Waiting for Tomorrow" | – | 94 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | A: Second Take B: Non-album track | ||
| "Love Is Everywhere" | "And a Button" | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | Non-album tracks | |||
| 1972 | "Sing Singer Sing" | "Come On Back to Me" | – | NR | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | A: Non-album track B: Second Take | ||
| "Needles and Pins" (re-recording) | "When You Walk in the Room"/ "Come On Back to Me" | – | NR | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | Second Take | |||
| 1973 | "Solitaire" (originally recorded by Neil Sedaka) | "Spicks and Specks" | – | NR | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| "Vahevala" (originally recorded by Loggins & Messina) | "Madman" | – | NR | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | Non-album tracks | |||
| 1979 | "Hearts in Her Eyes" (given to the group by The Records) | "Don't Hang On" | – | NR | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | The Searchers | ||
| "It's Too Late" | "This Kind of Love Affair" (UK) "Don't Hang On" (US) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 1981 | "Love's Melody" (originally recorded by Ducks Deluxe) | "Changing" (UK) "Little Bit of Heaven" (US) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | A & US B: Love's Melodies UK B: Non-album track | ||
| "Another Night" | "Back to the War" | – | NR | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | A: Love's Melodies B: Non-album track | |||
| 1982 | "I Don't Want to Be the One" | "Hollywood" | – | NR | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | Non-album tracks | ||
An extended play (EPs) contains more tracks than a single (usually 4 in the 1960s) but is usually distinct from an album (LP). It was sold in a special picture sleeve. The British discography is shown (plus one Searchers' EP released only in France with songs sung in French).
| Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Track list | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK Chart[25] | ||||
| 1963 | Ain't Gonna Kiss Ya
| 1 |
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Sweets For My Sweet
| 5 |
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| 1964 | Hungry For Love
| 4 |
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Les Searchers Chantent En Français
| NR |
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The Searchers Play The System
| 4 |
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| 1965 | When You Walk In The Room
| 12 |
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Bumble Bee
| 1 |
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Searchers '65
| 15 |
| ||
Four By Four
| — |
| ||
| 1966 | Take Me For What I'm Worth
| — |
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| "—" denotes a release that did not chart, "NR" means not released in the UK. | ||||