| Flex-Able is an album by Steve Vai. This was his first as a solo artist, and was created in Stucco Blue, a shed converted into a studio in Vai's old back garden. It is very different from many of his other albums, and is largely influenced by Frank Zappa. Flex-Able does not rely as much on massive guitar arrangements and shred moments as the rest of his output from the 1990s onwards, with the exception of Leftovers which is a compilation of bonus tracks and remasters from his sessions at 'Stucco Blue'.
The cover of the May 2009 issue of Guitar World features a photograph of Vai in a pose similar to the album's cover, including the bending guitar neck.
Track listing (Original LP release)
The album was originally released on vinyl in 1984.
All songs written by Steve Vai.
Side one
"Little Green Men" – 5:39
"Viv Woman" – 3:09
"Lovers Are Crazy" – 5:39
"Salamanders in the Sun" – 2:26
"The Boy/Girl Song" – 4:02
Side two
"The Attitude Song" – 3:23
"Call It Sleep" – 5:09
"Junkie" – 7:23
"Bill's Private Parts" – 0:16
"Next Stop Earth" – 0:34
"There's Something Dead in Here" – 3:46
Track listing (Extend Re-Release)
The album was re-released on CD in 1988 by Akashic Records, with four bonus tracks from the Flex-Able Leftovers EP; and again remastered and reissued by Epic Records in 1997, with the same track listing as the Akashic reissue. There is also one European reissue on Curcio Records (released in 1992 in Italy) that features the same cover on the vinyl and just the first eleven tracks.
All songs written by Steve Vai unless otherwise indicated.
"Little Green Men" – 5:39
"Viv Woman" – 3:09
"Lovers Are Crazy" – 5:39
"Salamanders in the Sun" – 2:26
"The Boy/Girl Song" – 4:02
"The Attitude Song" – 3:23
"Call It Sleep" – 5:09
"Junkie" – 7:23
"Bill's Private Parts" – 0:16
"Next Stop Earth" – 0:34
"There's Something Dead in Here" – 3:46
Bonus From Flex-Able Leftovers EP
"So Happy" (Steve Vai, Laurel Fishman) – 2:44
"Bledsoe Bluvd" – 4:22
"Burnin' Down the Mountain" – 4:22
"Chronic Insomnia" – 2:05
Musicians
Scott Collard – synthesizer, keyboards, Fender Rhodes
Larry Crane – lyre, xylophone, bells, vibraphone
Greg Degler – clarinet, flute, saxophone
Joe Despagni – sound Effects
Laurel Fishman – vocals
Peggy Foster – bass
Chris Frazier – drums
Stuart Hamm – bass, Sound Effects, Vocals, Vocals (background)
Bob Harris – trumpet, vocals
Suzannah Harris – vocals
Billy James – percussion, drums
Paul Lemcke – keyboards
Pia Maiocco – vocals
Tommy Mars – violin, keyboards, vocals
Ursula Rayven – vocals
Lill Vai – sound effects
Steve Vai – synthesizer, bass, guitar, percussion, piano, electric guitar, keyboards, * sitar, vocals, bells,
producer, engineer, drum machine, drum programming, design, mixing
Chad Wackerman – drums
Pete Zeldman – percussion, drums
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