| Flex-Able | ||||
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| Studio album by Steve Vai | ||||
| Released | January 1984 | |||
| Recorded | April–November, 1983 | |||
| Genre | Progressive rock | |||
| Length | 41:18 (without the bonus tracks) 55:04 (with the bonus tracks) |
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| Label | Urantia Records (original) Akashic Records (1988 reissue) Epic Records (1997 reissue) |
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| Producer | Steve Vai | |||
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The 1988 re-released CD with bonus tracks
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| Allmusic | [1] |
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 is not as based around 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 broken guitar neck.[2]
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The album was originally released on vinyl in 1984.
All songs written by Steve Vai.
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.
More Informations (Discogs)
All songs written by Steve Vai.
Bonus From Flex-Ables Leftovers EP
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