It's Beginning To And Back Again
It's Beginning To And Back Again | ||||
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Released | May 1989 | |||
Recorded | Kitsch Studios, Brussels, Belgium Terminal 24 Studios, London, UK | |||
Genre | Alternative rock, electronic, experimental rock, experimental pop[1] | |||
Length | 59:43 | |||
Label | Enigma | |||
Producer | John Fryer, Paul Kendall, Wire | |||
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Robert Christgau | B− [3] |
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.
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[]
- "Finest Drops" – 4:28
- "Eardrum Buzz" – 4:16
- "German Shepherds" – 4:39
- "Public Place" – 6:05
- "It's a Boy" – 3:59
- "Illuminated" – 6:51
- "Boiling Boy" – 8:17
- "Over Theirs" – 9:24
CD bonus tracks[]
- "Eardrum Buzz" (12" Version) – 4:15
- "The Offer" – 2:55
- "In Vivo" – 4:34
Personnel[]
- Wire
- Production
- Paul Kendall – production, engineer, mixing
- John Fryer – production, mixing
- Rico Conning – recording, mixing [9–11] (at Terminal 24 Studios)
- Designland – sleeve Layout
References[]
- ^ Pepper, Tracy (4 May 1990). "Back again". The List (120): 54. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
- ^ It's Beginning To And Back Again at AllMusic
- ^ "CG: wire". Robert Christgau. Retrieved 2012-02-24.
- 1989 albums
- Albums produced by John Fryer (producer)
- Wire (band) albums
- Enigma Records albums
- Albums produced by Paul Kendall
- Experimental pop albums