''Flex-Able Leftovers'' is a studio album by the American guitarist

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, released on November 10, 1998, through

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. It 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

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and sexual references. Other differences from the original version include the recording of live drums on "You Didn't Break It!" (The original used a drum machine) and the complete re-editing and mixing of the songs.

Track listing

All songs written by

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

Instrumental contributions

–

vocals Singing is the art of creating music with the voice. It is the oldest form of musical expression, and the human voice can be considered the first musical instrument. The definition of singing varies across sources. Some sources define sing ...

, acoustic and

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guitar The guitar is a stringed musical instrument that is usually fretted (with Fretless guitar, some exceptions) and typically has six or Twelve-string guitar, twelve strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming ...

coral sitar An electric sitar is a type of electric string instrument designed to mimic the sound of the sitar, a traditional musical instrument of India. Depending on the manufacturer and model, these instruments bear varying degrees of resemblance to the ...

, keyboards,

electric piano An electric piano is a musical instrument that has a piano-style musical keyboard, where sound is produced by means of mechanical hammers striking metal strings or reeds or wire tines, which leads to vibrations which are then converted into ele ...

bass guitar The bass guitar (), also known as the electric bass guitar, electric bass, or simply the bass, is the lowest-pitched member of the guitar family. It is similar in appearance and construction to an Electric guitar, electric but with a longer nec ...

background vocals A backing vocalist is a singer who provides vocal harmony with the lead vocalist or other backing vocalists. A backing vocalist may also sing alone as a lead-in to the main vocalist's entry or to sing a counter-melody. Backing vocalists are u ...

Mike Keneally Michael Joseph Keneally (born December 20, 1961) is an American guitarist, keyboardist, vocalist and composer. Keneally leads his own band, and is also known for a stint with Frank Zappa and for extensive work as a session musician with a range ...

– keyboards on "Fuck Yourself" *

Tommy Mars Tommy Mars (born Thomas Mariano on October 26, 1951) is an American keyboard player known for his work with Frank Zappa. Mars began piano lessons at age eight, and later his instrument range expanded to various keyboards and synthesizers. Mars ...

– vocals,

violin The violin, sometimes referred to as a fiddle, is a wooden chordophone, and is the smallest, and thus highest-pitched instrument (soprano) in regular use in the violin family. Smaller violin-type instruments exist, including the violino picc ...

, keyboards *

Stu Hamm Stuart Hamm (born February 8, 1960) is an American bass guitar player, known for his session and live work with numerous artists as well as for his unconventional playing style and solo recordings. Career Born in New Orleans, Hamm spent his chil ...

– vocals, bass guitar *Bob Harris – background vocals *Joe Kearney – background vocals *Alex Acerra – background vocals * Larry Crane – piccolo xylophone, bell lyre,

vibraphone The vibraphone (also called the vibraharp) is a percussion instrument in the metallophone family. It consists of tuned metal bars and is typically played by using Percussion mallet, mallets to strike the bars. A person who plays the vibraphone ...

*Robin DiMaggio –

drums The drum is a member of the percussion instrument, percussion group of musical instruments. In the Hornbostel–Sachs classification system, it is a membranophones, membranophone. Drums consist of at least one Acoustic membrane, membrane, c ...

*Chris Frazier –

Deen Castronovo Deen Joseph Castronovo (born August 17, 1964) is an American drummer and singer best known for being a member of classic rock band Journey and hard rock acts Bad English and Hardline. He currently plays drums and sings for the bands Journey, ...

– drums *Pete Zeldman –

percussion A percussion instrument is a musical instrument that is sounded by being struck or scraped by a percussion mallet, beater including attached or enclosed beaters or Rattle (percussion beater), rattles struck, scraped or rubbed by hand or ...

*Suzannah Harris – background vocals *Larry Kutcher – vocals and narration on "Little Pieces of Seaweed"

Technical contributions

*Eddy Schreyer – mastering *Lill Vai – sound effects *Joe Despagni – sound effects

References

{{Authority control Steve Vai albums 1998 albums Rock albums by American artists