If you look hard enough, you constantly see the repetitions in the shape and the form of everything, and sometimes it's difficult to attribute to coincidence.

"[4] On its release, Sylvia Patterson of Smash Hits felt "Here It Comes Again" was "unsurpassably dull" and added, "Colin dribbles on in his familiar 'women, they stole my soul and now I'm a dried-out kipper-fin' demented torpor.

"[5] Andrew Hirst of the Huddersfield Daily Examiner described it as an "ever-so-gentle musical daydream" which is "neatly rounded off with a deft saxophone solo".

[6] In a review of Black, Peter Kinghorn of the Evening Chronicle considered the song "outstanding".

[7] In a retrospective review, Michael Sutton of AllMusic described it as one of a number of tracks which "unfold with a snail's velocity; nevertheless, they are beautifully sung and stylishly composed".