Although the band had come up with ideas that they submitted to Food Records for consideration, the label rejected them before finally accepting the reworked tracks featured on the release version of Already.

161 in the UK Albums Chart, although lead single "The Next Big Thing" had some radio play reaching No.

Following up Doubt was 1993's Perverse, which was a departure for the band lyrically and was one of the first ever albums to be fully recorded digitally.

As the success of Perverse was below that of expected, lead singer Mike Edwards decided that their next album, to be released in 1994, would be "whatever he wanted to write"[2] without as much pressure from Food Records, and would be more techno in nature.

Alan Doughty later recalled that Edwards became disillusioned, but the band then gathered the best tracks from the two previous drafts of Already and reworked them.

When asked if the success of big beat acts such as The Chemical Brothers and The Prodigy had either stimulated Jesus Jones during the recording of Already or instead made them bitter, due to the arguable similarities between big beat and Jesus Jones' earlier alternative dance sound, Mike Edwards said that he didn't feel bitter and that there are "major differences between Jesus Jones and those bands" and commented on The Prodigy's pre-"Firestarter" success which he claimed the press had widely ignored, saying The Prodigy were also an influence on them so it would be "ridiculous to suggest they are following our footsteps.

[2] During the hiatus between Already and London, Edwards found time for the solo album although the project was cancelled because, as he said in 2001, the said the idea was something "that they'd ultimately not be interested in (even though [he] thought some of the songs had some good points.

"[2] Following Already, the band parted ways with Food Records, alongside their parent label EMI.

EMI in re-released the album on 1 March 2003, whilst Edsel Records released a deluxe edition on 24 November 2014, featuring three discs; the original album with previously unreleased material on the first disc, the album's B-sides and The "Lost" Demos on disc two, and a DVD featuring the music videos and a short concert film titled Live at TJ's Newport, 1996.