Recurring (album)

The original UK vinyl pressing had only ten tracks, with shorter edits of two tracks. "Big City" was cut in half and "Billy Whizz" faded out before its "Blue 1" crescendo. The cassette release contained the same track listing but with full versions of all tracks.{{Citation needed|date=May 2022}}

"Just to See You Smile" originally appeared on the B-side of "Hypnotized", in an alternate mix listed as "Just to See You Smile (Honey Pt. 2)", owning up to the track's melodic affinity to the earlier Spacemen 3 tune "Honey". Elsewhere, "Why Couldn't I See" is another song whose main guitar riff is largely derived from the 45-minute improvisation Dreamweapon (the others were "Honey" and "How Does It Feel"); and "I Love You" features an uncredited sample of a Jan and Dean radio jingle for Coca-Cola (possibly written or cowritten by Brian Wilson, from 1963.){{Citation needed|date=May 2022}}

The only track on which both Pierce and Kember appear is "When Tomorrow Hits", a cover of a Mudhoney song. It was originally intended for a double A-side split single, with Mudhoney covering "Revolution" from Playing With Fire. This release was scotched when Kember caught wind of the fact that Mudhoney had fitted "Revolution" with somewhat irreverent lyrics about methadone suppositories. The Mudhoney recording eventually surfaced as a b-side.

Trouser Press called Recurring an "undated adaptation of ’60s folky acid-rock with elements of the Beatles, Stones and others" and a "lullingly pleasant album."{{cite web |title=Spacemen 3 |url=https://trouserpress.com/reviews/spacemen-3/ |website=Trouser Press |access-date=19 January 2021}} The New Rolling Stone Album Guide called the album "bad imitation acid house." Peter Kane in Q Magazine called highlighted the rave-inspired "Big City" and described the rest of the album as "wispy voices atmospherically draped over guitars that sparkle lightly".{{Cite journal |last=Kane |first=Peter |date=5 March 1991 |title=Spacemen 3 - Recurring review |journal=Q Magazine |volume=55 |pages=79}}

;Original vinyl release (Fire FIRELP23)

{{tracklist

| headline = Side A

| title1 = Big City (Everybody I Know Can Be Found Here)

| length1 = 4:45

| note1 = edited version

| writer1 = Peter Kember

| title2 = Just To See You Smile (Orchestral Mix)

| writer2 = Kember

| length2 = 3:19

| title3 = I Love You

| writer3 = Kember

| length3 = 5:32

| title4 = Set Me Free / I've Got the Key

| writer4 = Kember

| length4 = 5:11

| title5 = Set Me Free (Reprise)

| writer5 = Kember

| length5 = 1:50

}}

{{tracklist

| headline = Side B

| title1 = Feel So Sad (Reprise)

| writer1 = Jason Pierce

| length1 = 2:46

| title2 = Hypnotized

| writer2 = Pierce

| length2 = 5:57

| title3 = Sometimes

| writer3 = Pierce

| length3 = 6:36

| title4 = Feelin' Just Fine (Head Full of Shit)

| writer4 = Pierce

| length4 = 4:33

| title5 = Billy Whizz / Blue 1

| writer5 = Pierce

| length5 = 5:05

| note5 = edited version

| total_length = 45:34

}}

;Original cassette release (FIRE MC23)

{{tracklist

| title1 = Big City (Everybody I Know Can Be Found Here)

| length1 = 10:50

| title2 = Just to See You Smile (Orchestral Mix)

| length2 = 3:19

| title3 = I Love You

| length3 = 5:32

| title4 = Set Me Free / I've Got the Key

| length4 = 5:11

| title5 = Set Me Free (Reprise)

| length5 = 1:50

| title6 = Feel So Sad (Reprise)

| length6 = 2:46

| title7 = Hypnotized

| length7 = 5:57

| title8 = Sometimes

| length8 = 6:36

| title9 = Feelin' Just Fine (Head Full of Shit)

| length9 = 4:33

| title10 = Billy Whizz / Blue 1

| length10 = 7:33

| total_length = 54:07

}}

;Original CD release (FIRE CD23)

{{tracklist

| title1 = Big City (Everybody I Know Can Be Found Here)

| length1 = 10:50

| title2 = Just to See You Smile (Orchestral Mix)

| length2 = 3:19

| title3 = I Love You

| length3 = 5:32

| title4 = Set Me Free / I've Got the Key

| length4 = 5:11

| title5 = Set Me Free (Reprise)

| length5 = 1:50

| title6 = Why Couldn't I See

| writer6 = Kember

| length6 = 6:37

| title7 = Just to See You Smile (Instrumental)

| length7 = 3:19

| title8 = When Tomorrow Hits

| writer8 = Mark Arm, Matt Lukin, Dan Peters, Steve Turner

| length8 = 4:26

| title9 = Feel So Sad (Reprise)

| length9 = 2:46

| title10 = Hypnotized

| length10 = 5:57

| title11 = Sometimes

| length11 = 6:36

| title12 = Feelin' Just Fine (Head Full of Shit)

| length12 = 4:33

| title13 = Billy Whizz / Blue 1

| length13 = 7:33

| title14 = Drive / Feel So Sad

| writer14 = Pierce

| length14 = 5:34

| title15 = Feelin' Just Fine (Alternative Mix)

| length15 = 4:30

| total_length = 78:41

}}

;Spacemen 3

• Sonic Boom (Peter Kember) – vocals, Vox Starstreamer, Burns Jazz guitar, Vox Super Continental, Vox Conqueror, acoustic 12-string guitar, synthesizer, samples, feedback, tremeloes, drones
• Jason (Jason Pierce) – vocals, Fender Telecaster guitar, acoustic guitars, autoharp, blues harp, piano and keyboards
• Will Carruthers – bass vibrations
• Mark Refoy – Fender Telecaster guitar, acoustic guitars
• Jon Mattock – percussion

;Additional musicians

• Richard Formby – lead and rhythm guitars
• Pat Fish – flute
• Owen John – violins
• Alex Green – saxophones

;Production

• Sonic Boom and J. Spaceman (Jason Pierce) – producers
• Paul Adkins – engineer
• Anjali Dutt – remix engineer (tracks 9, 11–15)
• Sarah Bedingham – remix engineer (tracks 9, 11–15)
• Mr. Ugly (Natty Brooker) – original artwork

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