Second Take is the sixth studio album by the English rock band The Searchers and the first with drummer Billy Adamson.

[1] Guitarist and vocalist Mike Pender takes the lead as singer on all of the tracks.

Although the band had some strong new material ("Love Is Everywhere", "The World Is Waiting for Tomorrow"), they set about re-recording 10 hits of their Pye Records-era and featured only two songs that were originally released on RCA singles "Come On Back to Me" (B-side of "Sing Singer Sing") and of course "Desdemona".

"We did the remakes because we wanted to clear the path to recording some newer stuff, but I don’t think RCA was ever interested in anything but the old hits,” said guitarist John McNally.

Despite the success of "Desdemona" in the US, the only other countries that released the LP were Germany and South Africa.