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In 1989 '' Playing With Fire '', which expanded on the psychedelic and drone themes of the earlier albums, was released. Its second single, Revolution, reached #1 on the UK indie charts. But soon after, a combination of personnel changes, drug problems and inter-band tension (especially between Kember and Pierce) began to break the band apart. '' Recurring '', released in 1991 was their last proper album, though its recording reflected the split between Pierce and Kember as each recorded their own side of the album in different studios, with a cover of Mudhoney 's 'When Tomorrow Hits' to separate them . It was their most popular release, but by its release Kember and Pierce had already formed new bands, Spectrum and Spiritualized , respectively. The final conflict that contributed to the split was Pierce's decision to release a cover of The Troggs ' 'Any Way That You Want Me', as the first Spiritualized single, which Kember had been wanting to cover for years. Since the break up there have been a stream of semi-legitimate albums, early demos and live recordings, many of which have been issued by the Kember-affiliated Space Age Recordings. Highlights include , a 45 minute drone piece performed in front of a live audience, Forged Prescriptions , a collection of Perfect Prescription demos and alternate versions (Kember claims in the liner notes that the alternate versions reproduce the layers of guitars they recorded but later removed because they felt they'd never be able to reproduce them live), and the band's singles compilation, which is perhaps the best introduction to the breadth of their work. In 1998, a tribute album was released on Rocket Girl , which included tracks by Mogwai and Low . Kember's Spectrum has toured under the banner 'Songs The Spacemen Taught Us', while Pierce routinely includes their songs in his Spiritualized set. In 2004, US journalist Erik Morse published his account of the band's life and work, ''Dreamweapon''. DISCOGRAPHY Albums
Live, Demo, or Unofficial Albums
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