FINALLY!! Power Pop Fans between the age of 40-55 years old remember, more than likely, when these two ‘reunion’ albums from The Searchers came out in 1979 and 1981. There were armies of jangled u p guitars, heavenly choruses of layered vocals from a band that fashioned the template and they did not disappoint unlike other 60s bands who kept going. The stronger of the two is the second one, “Love’s Melodies” but both have solid charms and ¾ bonafide gems. “4 ½ stars. These two albums (The Searchers and Love's Melodies) represent the Searchers at their peak as a recording outfit, having maintained their original mid-'60s emphasis on excellent harmonies and crisply played guitars but also having absorbed lessons from such '70s pub-rockers as Brinsley Schwarz and roots-rock expert Dave Edmunds. The material is some of the most beautiful recorded anywhere in this era, and anyone lucky enough to spot a copy of either of these records -- neither of which has yet shown up on compact disc -- should grab them.”-AMG. David Bash, founder of The International Pop Overthrow festival just sent me this email upon hearing this reissue: "I'm listening to Love's Melodies
now, and all I can say is...wow! It was always one of my Top 50 albums, but
now I think it's going to have to rank higher, even on that list! The
jangle of those guitars is like a soft, warm rainfall and they repeat the
hook line over and over on so many of the songs. They talk about the two
Searchers Sire albums as "comeback" albums; well, this "comeback" is much
better than they were in their heyday, which wasn't chopped liver, either!
Love's Melodies is almost a perfect album!"
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