- alternative rock, electronic, indie rock, new wave
- 60 min
- 11 tracks
- Mute
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, released in May 1989 by Mute Records.
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Spare, cool, grave and intimate.
- sparerichly built
- cooloverwhelming
- gravecomic
- intimateepic
- rawmeticulous
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Tracks
- 1Finest Drops4:28
- 2Eardrum Buzz4:16
- 3German Shepherds4:39
- 4Public Place6:05
- 5It’s a Boy3:59
- 6Illuminated6:51
- 7The Boiling Boy8:17
- 8Over Theirs9:24
- 9Eardrum Buzz (12” version)4:15
- 10The Offer2:54
- 11In Vivo4:35
11 tracks, 60 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Wire
- Label
- Mute
- Type
- Album
- Format
- Digital Media
- Country
- XW
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