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2009 release from the Texas-based singer/songwriter. With a keen eye for observation and a wise man's knowledge, Ray Wylie Hubbard composes and performs a dozen songs that couldn't spring from anywhere else but out of his fertile Rock 'n' Roll bluesy poet-in-the-blistering-heat southern noggin. The writing and recording of A. Enlightenment B. Endarkenment came on the heels of Hubbard's screenplay endeavor, which was funded and filmed with a cast of icons including Kris Kristopherson, Dwight Yoakam, and Lizzy Caplan. A weekly radio show, constant touring, and producing kept him busy, but didn't manage to steal the Texan singer/songwriter's focus. The outcome of the album is a juxtaposition of songs like 'Four Horseman Of The Apocalypse,p a fundamental Gospel piece, and 'Drunken Poet's Dream,' a co-write with Hayes Carll.

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A: Enlightenment B: Endarkenment (Hint: There Is No C) (Dig)
  • Audio CD: 0 pages (2010-01-12)
  • Publisher: Bordello Records
  • Label: Bordello Records
  • Studio: Bordello Records
  • Sales Rank in Music: #4435

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Primal grooves and basic instincts, occasionally shrouded in a haze of cosmic mysticism, January 20, 2010
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This review is from: A: Enlightenment B: Endarkenment (Hint: There Is No C) (Dig) (Audio CD)
I'm not familiar with the early music of Ray Wylie Hubbard - the only albums I have are 'Growl' and 'Snake Farm'. Although 'A/B no C' has a slightly different sound, it still has the same basic ingredients as those other two albums : a unique brand of (predominantly) spooky, groove-infested swamp-rock-Americana; parched, world-weary vocals delivered with a sardonic edge; playing which is stripped down yet incisive; and songs often inhabited by characters from the dark dungeon that is Ray Wylie's mind.

Music-wise, Ray Wylie Hubbard has always struck me as being a law unto himself, and with 'A/B no C', he seems to be developing an even more idiosyncratic style. Upon first hearing his music, it was the groove-ridden sound that sent me scurrying for my credit card. However, once I'd had an opportunity to listen more attentively, it soon became apparent that he was an adept lyricist with a keen awareness of the perverseness of the human condition - here, with the emphasis...Read more
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars WOW, they just don't make CDs this good anymore, February 3, 2010
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This review is from: A: Enlightenment B: Endarkenment (Hint: There Is No C) (Dig) (Audio CD)
The previous reviews give you enough to chew on. All I can say is that this is indeed a masterpiece... a game-changer. A CD so raw, grungy and authentic, produced masterfully. The instrumentation, backup vocals and recording techniques so rare in an over-produced world of studio records. That's probably the reason I listen to and buy mostly live recordings. I want it raw. But when it's done right, like this, it's a game-changer... the model by which all CDs should be recorded and produced. Truly one of the biggest surprises I have come across in a long time.
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17 of 21 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Ray Wylie Hubbard's latest is a Masterpiece, January 12, 2010
This review is from: A: Enlightenment B: Endarkenment (Hint: There Is No C) (Dig) (Audio CD)
I've said it once and I'll keep saying it until I see something change, "Texas music has become so extremely diluted; sometimes it's difficult to distinguish it from the crap emitted from the sewers running beneath the city of Nashville."

There are a few exceptions. Guy Clark continues to write and record in his own unique and earthy style. Hayes Carll is releasing some amazing music, as is Jon Dee Graham. There are others but this is not the topic at hand here. Thank the God of your choice, whoever that is, for the above artists and others like them who have yet to sell their souls.

In addition, thank him, her, or it for this latest record from Ray Wylie Hubbard! This enormously talented singer and songwriter has once again blessed us with his latest release from Bordello Records, "A. Enlightenment B. Endarkenment (Hint: there is no C)".

This latest endeavor, scheduled for release today, is a tremendously good album and I would have to say, it's...Read more
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