Frank Zappa - Cruising With Ruben & The Jets"Is this the Mothers of Invention recording under a different name in a last ditch attempt to get their cruddy music on the radio?" It didn't work, but who cares: this now stands as a much loved, oddball item in the mothers catalogue. Zappa's love for the '50s doo wop style of early rock'n'roll was never much of a secret, and this collection of (just barely) original tunes was both a tribute and an affectionate send up. As Zappa explained at the time,

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My muse is my home"

after 11 years and 7 albums

Available on cream coloured vinyl

while frontman julian casablancas (son of elite models founder john) drawls like lou reed through a busted intercom

eerie synthesizer and pimp-slapping 808 drum machines

'Sunbathing Animal' isn't a record about hopelessness

from primitive indie rockers to high production major label releases

'without any special expectations

Widely considered to be their watershed moment

but hey -- even Gray is a tad late for my taste

From acid-folk and country-rock to pop-psych and soul