Flex-Able Leftovers (album)

Flex-Able Leftovers
Studio album by Steve Vai
Released	November 10, 1998
Recorded	1982-1998
Genre	Instrumental rock
Length	54:10
Steve Vai chronology
Fire Garden (1996) Flex-Able Leftovers (Album) (1998) The Ultra Zone (1999)

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Allmusic	[1]

The Flex-Able Leftovers album, released on November 10, 1998 on Sony Records, contains five bonus tracks and is quite different from the original Flex-Able Leftovers EP. Unlike Steve Vai's other albums, which are mostly instrumental, almost all copies of Flex-Able Leftovers feature a Parental Advisory label, as a result of the song "Fuck Yourself" containing multiple profanities and sexual references. Other differences from the original version include the recording of live drums on "You didn't break it!" (Original was drum machine) and the complete re-editing and mixing of the songs.

Track listing

All songs written by Steve Vai, except where noted.

1. "Fuck Yourself" (Listed as #?@! Yourself)^[2] (Bonus Ed. 1998) – 8:27
2. "So Happy" (Vai, Laurel Fishman) – 2:43
3. "Bledsoe Bluvd" – 4:22
4. "Natural Born Boy" (Bonus Ed. 1998) – 3:34
5. "Details at 10" – 5:58
6. "Massacre" (Bonus Ed. 1998) – 3:25
7. "Burnin' Down the Mountain" – 4:22
8. "Little Pieces of Seaweed" – 5:12
9. "San Sebastian" (Bonus Ed. 1998) – 1:08
10. "The Beast of Love" (Joe Kearney) – 3:30
11. "You Didn't Break it" (Bob Harris, Suzannah Harris) (1998 Version, with Robin DiMaggio (Drums)) – 4:19
12. "The X-Equilibrium Dance" (Bonus Ed. 1998) – 5:10
13. "Chronic Insomnia" – 2:00

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Credits

Instrumental contributions

• Steve Vai – vocals, acoustic and electric guitars, coral sitar, keyboards, electric piano, bass guitar, background vocals
• Mike Keneally – keyboards on "Fuck Yourself"
• Tommy Mars – vocals, violin, keyboards
• Stu Hamm – vocals, bass guitar
• Bob Harris – background vocals
• Joe Kearney – background vocals
• Alex Acerra - background vocals
• Larry Crane – piccolo xylophone, bell lyre, vibraphone
• Robin DiMaggio – drums
• Chris Frazier – drums
• Deen Castronovo – drums
• Pete Zeldman – percussion
• Suzannah Harris – background vocals

Technical contributions

• Eddy Schreyer - mastering
• Lill Vai – sound effects
• Joe Despagni – sound effects

References

1. Allmusic review
2. Vai.com > Little Black Dots > Lyrics > Fuck Yourself