Flex-Able Leftovers (1998)
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November 1998 |
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| Label (s) | Sony | |||
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13 |
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54:10 |
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Flex-Able Leftovers is guitarist Steve Vai's fifth studio album and a rerelease of the original Flex-Able Leftovers EP . The album was released in November 1998 on the Sony Records label .
Trivia
In contrast to other Vai albums, a Parental Advisory label can be found on the album, as the track Fuck Yourself has a vulgar language and sexist comments. Other differences to the original version are the new arrangement and the mix of You Didn't Break it! , on which drum machines were originally used.
Track list
- Fuck Yourself (Vai) - 8:27
- So Happy (Vai, Laurel Fishman) - 2:43
- Bledsoe Bluvd (Vai) - 4:22
- Natural Born Boy (Vai) - 3:34
- Details at 10 (Vai) - 5:58
- Massacre (Vai) - 3:25
- Burnin 'Down the Mountain (Vai) - 4:22
- Little Pieces of Seaweed (Vai) - 5:12
- San Sebastian (Vai) - 1:08
- The Beast of Love (Joe Kearney) - 3:30
- You Didn't Break it (Bob Harris, Suzannah Harris) - 4:19
- The X-Equilibrium Dance (Vai) - 5:10
- Chronic Insomnia (Vai) - 2:00
reception
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The music website Allmusic gave the album four out of five stars. Allmusic- critic Greg Prato "recommends this album for each guitar - Freak and rock music - enthusiasts " and deemed Vais guitar playing and songwriting as "immensely talented." In Rock Hard , Barney Greenway found the album “bizarre” and allowed himself to be led into the exclamation of “Wacky Shit!”. He awarded 5.5 out of 10 possible points.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c information, criticism Allmusic
- ↑ Credits to Allmusic
- ^ Barney Greenway: Steve Vai. Flex-able leftovers . In: Rock Hard . No. 141 , February 1999, Re-Releases, p. 102 .