Flex-Able

Flex-Able
Studio album by Steve Vai
Released	January 1984
Recorded	April–November, 1983
Genre	Progressive rock instrumental rock experimental rock
Length	41:18 (without the bonus tracks) 55:04 (with the bonus tracks)
Label	Urantia Records (original) Akashic Records (1988 reissue) Epic Records (1997 reissue)
Producer	Steve Vai
Steve Vai chronology
Flex-Able (1984) Flex-Able Leftovers (1984)
Alternative cover
The 1988 re-released CD with bonus tracks

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Classic Rock	[2]

Flex-Able is the debut studio album by American virtuoso guitarist 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, whom Vai was a member of his backing band from 1980 to 1983. Flex-Able does not rely as much on 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 bending guitar neck.^[3]