Flex-Able

The album was originally released on vinyl in 1984. All songs written by Steve Vai. Side one • "Little Green Men" – 5:39 • "Viv Woman" – 3:09 • "Lovers Are Crazy" – 5:39 • "Salamanders in the Sun" – 2:26 • "The Boy/Girl Song" – 4:02 Side two • "The Attitude Song" – 3:23 • "Call It Sleep" – 5:09 • "Junkie" – 7:23 • "Bill's Private Parts" – 0:16 • "Next Stop Earth" – 0:34 • "There's Something Dead in Here" – 3:46 == Track listing (extended edition re-release) ==

The album was re-released on CD in 1988 by Akashic Records, with four bonus tracks from the Flex-Able Leftovers EP; and again remastered and reissued by Epic Records in 1997, with the same track listing as the Akashic reissue. There is also one European reissue on Curcio Records (released in 1992 in Italy) that features the same cover on the vinyl and just the first eleven tracks. All songs written by Steve Vai unless otherwise indicated. • "Little Green Men" – 5:39 • "Viv Woman" – 3:09 • "Lovers Are Crazy" – 5:39 • "Salamanders in the Sun" – 2:26 • "The Boy/Girl Song" – 4:02 • "The Attitude Song" – 3:23 • "Call It Sleep" – 5:09 • "Junkie" – 7:23 • "Bill's Private Parts" – 0:16 • "Next Stop Earth" – 0:34 • "There's Something Dead in Here" – 3:46 ;Bonus From Flex-Able Leftovers EP • "So Happy" (Steve Vai, Laurel Fishman) – 2:44 • "Bledsoe Bluvd" – 4:22 • "Burnin' Down the Mountain" – 4:22 • "Chronic Insomnia" – 2:05 == Trivia ==

The first song on the album, "Little Green Men", is dedicated to Nina Hagen. == Personnel ==

• Steve Vai – electric guitar, acoustic guitar, synthesizer, bass, percussion, piano, keyboards, sitar, vocals, bells, producer, engineer, drum machine, drum programming, design, and mixing ;Additional Musicians • Scott Collard – synthesizer, keyboards, Fender Rhodes • Larry Crane – lyre, xylophone, bells, vibraphone • Greg Degler – clarinet, flute, saxophone • Joe Despagni – sound effects • Laurel Fishman – vocals • Peggy Foster – bass • Chris Frazier – drums • Stuart Hamm – bass, sound effects, vocals, vocals (background) • Bob Harris – trumpet, vocals (as Irney Rantin) • Suzannah Harris (as Ursula Rayven) – vocals • Billy James – percussion, drums • Paul Lemcke – keyboards • Pia Maiocco – vocals • Tommy Mars – violin, keyboards, vocals • Lill Vai – sound effects • Chad Wackerman – drums • Pete Zeldman – percussion, drums ;Production • Aaron Brown – design, illustrations • John Matousek – mastering • Mark Pinske – assistant • Neil Zlozower – photography ==References==