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- Date Released: January 1, 1984
- Genre: Rock/Pop
- Style: Rock
- Label: Light Without Heat / TuneCore
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Steve Vai recorded his debut album, Flex-able, at home on an eight-track studio and released it himself in 1984. Even though Vai is one of rock's most renowned guitar virtuosos, Flex-able isn't really a typical "shred" album; playing with Frank Zappa for several years rubbed off on Vai, and many of his compositions reflect both Zappa's musical influence and a skewed sense of humor that makes for some whimsically entertaining moments (i.e., "Little Green Men"). Make no mistake, there's still plenty of Joe Satriani-esque technical virtuosity on display, but since Vai has a few other tricks in his bag, Flex-able turns out to be much more enjoyable (and accessible to listeners other than guitar-technique fetishists) than the average '80s guitar shred-fest.
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Little Green Men |
5:39 |
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| 02. | |
Viv Woman |
3:09 |
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| 03. | |
Lovers Are Crazy |
5:39 |
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| 04. | |
Salamanders In The Sun |
2:26 |
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| 05. | |
The Boy/Girl Song |
4:02 |
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| 06. | |
The Attitude Song |
3:23 |
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| 07. | |
Call It Sleep |
5:09 |
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| 08. | |
Junkie |
7:23 |
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| 09. |
Bill's Private Parts |
0:16 |
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| 10. |
Next Stop Earth |
0:34 |
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There's Something Dead In Here |
3:46 |
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11 Total Tracks, 41:26 Total Length
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Credits
- Stuart Hamm - Bass // Stuart Hamm - Sound Effects // Stuart Hamm - Vocals // Stuart Hamm - Vocals (Background) // Steve Vai - Synthesizer // Steve Vai - Bass // Steve Vai - Guitar // Steve Vai - Percussion // Steve Vai - Piano // Steve Vai - Guitar (Electric) // Steve Vai - Keyboards // Steve Vai - Sitar // Steve Vai - Vocals // Steve Vai - Bells // Steve Vai - Producer // Steve Vai - Engineer // Steve Vai - Main Performer // Steve Vai - ? // Steve Vai - Drum Machine // Steve Vai - Drum Programming // Steve Vai - Design // Steve Vai - Mixing // Billy James - Percussion // Billy James - Drums // Chad Wackerman - Drums // Scott Collard - Synthesizer // Scott Collard - Keyboards // Scott Collard - Fender Rhodes // Larry Crane - Lyre // Larry Crane - Xylophone // Larry Crane - Bells // Larry Crane - Vibraphone // Larry Crane - Piccolo Xylophone // Greg Degler - Clarinet // Greg Degler - Flute // Greg Degler - Saxophone // Joe Despagni - Sound Effects // Laurel Fishman - Vocals // Peggy Foster - Bass // Chris Frazier - Drums // Bob Harris - Trumpet // Bob Harris - Vocals // Suzannah Harris - Vocals // Paul Lemcke - Keyboards // Pai Maiocco - Vocals // Tommy Mars - Violin // Tommy Mars - Keyboards // Tommy Mars - Vocals // Mark Pinske - Assistant // Irney (Bob Harris) Rantin - Vocals // Ursula Rayven - Vocals // Lill Vai - Sound Effects // Pete Zeldman - Percussion // Pete Zeldman - Drums // Neil Zlozower - Photography // John Matousek - Mastering // Aaron Brown - Design // Aaron Brown - Illustrations
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