Modes of Transportation Vol.

1 is the debut album by Spookey Ruben, released in 1995.

In music site Allmusic, reviewer Stanton Swihart states, "As inventive as it is, the album perhaps draws a bit too freely from the XTC melodic bag of tricks, and occasionally Ruben's most experimental quirks sabotage his songs.

But on the whole, Modes of Transportation, Vol.

The song These Days Are Old is used as theme song of German TV talk show Zimmer frei!