Cruising with Ruben & the Jets

Cruising With Ruben & the Jets is an album by Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention, released in 1968 (see 1968 in music).

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Album - Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention - 1968 - 1968 in music

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The album is meant to be a simultaneous parody of and tribute to the doo-wop music Frank and many of the Mothers grew up with and worked on. In many ways, it's a collision of high and low art, as Stravinksy-style chord changes and unusual tempos are applied to purposely trite and banal teenage pop love songs.

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Doo-wop - Stravinksy

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In 1984 Zappa, unhappy with the original album's sound quality, enlisted Arthur Barrow and Chad Wackerman to re-record the original bass and drum parts (although they were not credited) for the compact disc release. The album has not been officially rereleased with the original bass and drum parts, although bootlegs have surfaced.

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