It's Beginning To And Back Again

It's Beginning To And Back Again, also known by its acronym IBTABA, is the sixth studio album by the British post-punk group Wire. It was released in 1989.

It's Beginning To And Back Again
Studio album by
Wire
ReleasedMay 1989
RecordedKitsch Studios, Brussels, Belgium
Terminal 24 Studios, London, UK
GenreAlternative rock, electronic, experimental rock, experimental pop[1]
Length59:43
LabelEnigma
ProducerJohn Fryer, Paul Kendall, Wire
Wire studio album chronology
A Bell Is a Cup
(1988)		 It's Beginning To And Back Again
(1989)		 Manscape
(1990)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic [2]
Robert ChristgauB− [3]

The title of the album derives from the lyrics of the third song, "German Shepherds". Half of the album consists of reinterpretations of live performances of material from the band's previous record, A Bell Is a Cup...Until It Is Struck. The recordings are "based on performances in Chicago, Portugal and London." Live tracks were deconstructed in the studio and remixed by Wire. The record contains the single "Eardrum Buzz", which was the band's most successful single in their history, charting at #2 on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart and #68 in the UK.

Track listing

All tracks written by Bruce Gilbert, Robert Gotobed, Graham Lewis and Colin Newman.

Original edition
  1. "Finest Drops" – 4:28
  2. "Eardrum Buzz" – 4:16
  3. "German Shepherds" – 4:39
  4. "Public Place" – 6:05
  5. "It's a Boy" – 3:59
  6. "Illuminated" – 6:51
  7. "Boiling Boy" – 8:17
  8. "Over Theirs" – 9:24

CD bonus tracks
  1. "Eardrum Buzz" (12" Version) – 4:15
  2. "The Offer" – 2:55
  3. "In Vivo" – 4:34

Personnel
Wire
Production

References
  1. Pepper, Tracy (4 May 1990). "Back again". The List (120): 54. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
  2. It's Beginning To And Back Again at AllMusic
  3. "CG: wire". Robert Christgau. Retrieved 2012-02-24.
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