It's Beginning To And Back Again, also known as IBTABA, is the sixth album by the British post-punk group Wire

Wire (band)

Wire are an English rock band, formed in London in October 1976 by Colin Newman , Graham Lewis , Bruce Gilbert , and Robert Gotobed...

, released in 1989.

The record mostly consists of reinterpretations of live performances of material from the band's previous record, A Bell Is a Cup...Until It Is Struck

A Bell Is a Cup...Until It Is Struck

A Bell Is a Cup ... Until It Is Struck is the fifth studio album album by the British post-punk group Wire.-Critical response:In 1989, the Trouser Press Record Guide described the album as: However, in a later edition, Trouser Press held a more critical view, writing:At the time of the album's...

. 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

Modern Rock Tracks

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chart and #68 in the UK.

Track listing

1. "Finest Drops"
2. "Eardrum Buzz"
3. "German Shepherds"
4. "Public Place"
5. "It's a Boy"
6. "Illuminated"
7. "Boiling Boy"
8. "Over Theirs"
9. "Eardrum Buzz" (12" Version) [CD bonus track]
10. "The Offer" (CD bonus track)
11. "In Vivo" (CD bonus track)