The mini-album is composed of four tracks written during the Fear of a Blank Planet recording sessions and completed over the summer of 2007, of which one was a track originally composed for Fear of a Blank Planet but later dropped from the final tracklist.
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The Dutch vinyl of Fear of a Blank Planet incorporates the Nil Recurring tracks into FoaBP.
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A Japanese edition was released through WHD in late October 2007 and includes the radio edit of "Fear of a Blank Planet" as a bonus track.
Recurring Dream | Qasr al-Nil Bridge | Nil Ratan Sircar Medical College and Hospital | Nil per os | Nil Karaibrahimgil | Recurring characters of Sliders | Recurring characters in the Aubrey–Maturin series | One Nil | Generał Nil | De mortuis nil nisi bonum |