The Searchers - Sounds Like Searchers [Japan Bonus Tracks]

The Searchers' fourth album, released late in 1964, opens with one of their strongest tracks, "Everybody Come And Clap Your Hands" -- a Barry/Greenwich number with some soul and gospel elements -- and moves from strength-to-strength, at least at the outset: one beautiful Chris Curtis original, "If I Could Find Someone" (which the group sings even prettier than the song is written), and a dazzlingly heartfelt rendition of "Magic Potion" (an oft-overlooked Burt Bacharach/Hal David number), featuring dizzying vocal acrobatics and considerable acoustic guitar virtuosity. Read More