Recurring
by Spacemen 3

Recurring by Spacemen 3
Year: 1991
Release date: 1991-02-10
Overall rank: 9,106th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
80/100 (from 53 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1991 (124th)
Award Top albums of of the 1990s (1,454th)
Award Best albums of all time (9,106th)

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Spacemen 3 bestography

Recurring is ranked 4th best out of 13 albums by Spacemen 3 on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Spacemen 3 is The Perfect Prescription which is ranked number 1787 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 949.

Spacemen 3 album bestography « Higher ranked (4,663rd)
Sound Of Confusion
This album (9,106th)
Recurring
Lower ranked (9,691st) »
Taking Drugs To Make Music To Take Drugs To

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Overall rank: 9,106th | 1990s rank: 1,454th | 1991 rank: 124th  Overall chart history
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85/100
Even though this album is essentially two solo LP's spliced together, it is still surprisingly coherent with a great flow song to song. "I Love You" has the most amazing flute solo in the outro and, "Hypnotized" may be one of their catchiest and poppiest songs while still having that spacemen 3 fucked-upness to it. Overall it might be their most criminally underrated albums that might be freshes sounding and least dated of their catalog
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Is this not from 1991? Everywhere says Feb 91 apart from Discogs says 1990, however, the release was delayed so maybe the date on first pressings are 1990?
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You thought you were on line for the Being John Malkovich ride, only to discover it's Hunter S. Thompson circa Fear & Loathing.
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Beautifully sad last album from Spacemen 3.
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