Hot Rod Deluxe is the second album released by Ruby Joe

Ruby Joe

Ruby Joe was a Christian band from Ventura, California. Their debut album was cited as psychobilly, but their second played squarely as swing revival due to the appearance of the horn section of Royal Crown Revue. Both were released on Sub•Lime Records, in 1998 and 1999...

. This effort was produced by Billy Zoom

Billy Zoom

Billy Zoom is an American guitarist, best known as one of the founders of the punk rock band X.-Early life:...

 (of X) and joined by the horn section of Royal Crown Revue

Royal Crown Revue

The Royal Crown Revue is a band formed in 1989 in Los Angeles, California. They are often credited with starting the Swing Revival movement. Live, RCR has been extremely successful: They participated in 1998's Vans Warped Tour, opened for the B-52s and The Pretenders and played at major US Jazz...

, including Bill Ungerman, Mando Dorame, and Scotty Steen. Musically the album shifts from the rockabilly

Rockabilly

Rockabilly is one of the earliest styles of rock and roll music, dating to the early 1950s.The term rockabilly is a portmanteau of rock and hillbilly, the latter a reference to the country music that contributed strongly to the style's development...

 roots of the debut toward swing revival

Swing Revival

The Swing Revival was a late 1990s and early 2000s period of renewed popular interest in swing and jump blues music and dance from the 1930s and 1940s as exemplified by Louis Prima, often mixed with a more contemporary rock, rockabilly or ska sound, known also as neo-swing or retro...

. This release is generally considered to be their better effort, more focused than their debut. The lyrics also shift in attitude from their first album; on Hot Rod Deluxe it became "easier to see the biblical point" that is being made. The liner notes also contain the direct references for each song.

Track listing

1. "Foo Foo Flirt"
2. "John 17"
3. "O My Soul"
4. "Flames"
5. "Self-Righteous Stomp"
6. "Loaded Gun"
7. "Ambers Song"
8. "Fast Lane Sinner"
9. "Little Angel"
10. "Last Chance Johnny"
11. "Hot Rod"
12. "Get It Right"