Album · Spacemen 3
Recurring by Spacemen 3
Recurring is an album by Spacemen 3, released in 1990. 1 song from it has charted on rock radio countdowns, with 1 countdown appearance in total. The biggest is “Hypnotized”, on 1 list with a best position of #33.
Recurring, the fourth and final studio album by Rugby's Spacemen 3, came out on Fire Records after the band had already split, and you can hear the break in the grooves. Relations between Peter Kember (Sonic Boom) and Jason Pierce (J Spaceman) had soured so badly during the recording that the record comes in two halves: side one is Kember's, side two is Pierce's.
The trance-like drones, the fuzzed-out guitars and the synths are all still there, and the chords still barely budge, but it sounds like two people working in separate rooms. Pierce's "Hypnotized", a UK single back in 1989, is its woozy, lovely heart, and a hint of where he was headed with Spiritualized. It peaked at No. 46 on the UK Albums Chart, an elegant, bittersweet epitaph for a cult band.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Recurring on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hypnotized | 1 | #33 | – | 1989 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.