Hub

Hub | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 5, 1998)
• Original Release Date: May 5, 1998
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Slash / Umgd
• ASIN: B000006PKG
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #585,863 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Come & Meet Me

2. Evil Twin

3. Sane

4. I Believe You

5. Two People

6. Taken

7. Lucky

8. Swinging Party

9. Mess With Me

10. Amen

11. Sleep Like an Angel

12. Out of My Hands

13. Far Away

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Here is your brilliant surprise find., March 4, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Hub (Audio CD)

Buy this cd now before a) he catches on in a big but tasteful way and everyone has heard of him and you can't impress your friends by owning it, or b) the disc goes out of print, etc, etc, horrible things. Hub Moore is an awesome singer/ songwriter and I cannnot imagine anyone (who counts) leaving this disc without enjoying A LOT about it. The music can be moody, if not gloomy, and blend into something totally sweet, then turn around and rock but in a cool, understated way. I won't do him the disservice of mauling his lyrical abilities with lame descriptions like I did with his music, but he's a smart, sincere and often humourous songwriter with a great voice. He has also got songs/alternate versions on the soundtrack to Trust, and is part of the band Ryful (from the Henry Fool soundtrack).

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Transcendent, December 24, 1998

By 

Loch G. Phillipps "Loch Phillipps" (New York) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Hub (Audio CD)

If you're into music to the extent that you might close your eyes and focus on it, and really, even if you're not, this CD is perfect. Excellent production and lyrics worth thinking about make this one trip worth taking. I don't put this one on random play. The mood is so well modulated from beginning to end, it's something you shouldn't mess with. Speaking of which, check out the songs "Mess With Me," "Evil Twin," and "Sane" in particular. All this CD really needs is a little advertising push.

4.0 out of 5 stars "Loathing is closer to love than indifference", April 16, 2006

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thecableguy - See all my reviews

This review is from: Hub (Audio CD)

I picked up this album because I'd heard Hub Moore's work with The Great Outdoors on the soundtrack to a couple of Hal Hartley films. I initially dismissed it because it didn't sound anything like the upbeat jangle pop I'd heard in the films - Moore sounds a lot more subdued on this album, like life has worn him down a bit. Also, his voice now sounds a little like Chris Isaak, or his less fortunate brother: the one who didn't get the big record contract, the adoring housewives, the sexy black and white video with the half-naked supermodel running around on the beach -- maybe Hub's the one who mother preferred less, his father beat on more, and had a harder time glossing over heartbreak.

Anyway, the whole album has a dreamlike sound, as well as a lot of experimental quirks -- probably due to the combination of producer Chris Harford and a band made up of members from Ween and The Butthole Surfers. Sometimes the sound reminded me a lot of Daniel Lanois' "Shine." Like that record, I wouldn't call this rock, and I wouldn't call it alt-country, either. Oftentimes, I could imagine Emmylou Harris singing backup, especially on tracks like "Two People" and "Amen."

In spite of the comparisons, there is a uniqueness to Hub's music that makes this record arresting and rewarding, even when he's covering other people's songs; on "Swinging Party," he turns Paul Westerberg's pleading yelps into a lonely, hushed lament that resonates much differently than the original.

I could've done without the twenty minutes of electronic noodling at the end of the disc. I hate falling asleep to a CD only to have a noise jam wake me a few minutes later. I have to get up and turn the stereo off, then I have a hard time falling back asleep.