Freak Guitar: The Smorgasbord

The album was reviewed in the April 2013 issue of Guitarist magazine, where it was given 4.5 stars out of 5 and recommended for fans of Vai and Frank Zappa. Total Guitar gave it 4 stars out of 5. ==Guests performers==

The album features a number of guest musicians, including: • Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal – solo on "Special Agent Bauer" • V. Selvaganesh – kanjira on "Kali Ghat", "Those in Badiyah", "Mandur and Morgan's Camel Safari", "Friedrichs Wahnbriefe" • Dweezil Zappa – solo on "Mind Your Step (at Schiphol Airport)" • Andy Timmons – first and fourth solos on "Peter, I Won't Drive Another Meter"; solo on "Those in Badiyah" • Guthrie Govan – second and fifth solos on "Peter, I Won't Drive Another Meter" • Kiko Loureiro – third and sixth solos on "Peter, I Won't Drive Another Meter" • Jan Laney – "Peter, I won't Drive Another Meter" • Björn Fryklund – drums on "The Smorgasbord", "Crossing the Rubicon", "Peter, I Won't Drive Another Meter", "In the Goo of the Evening" • Serge Levaillant – vocals on "Mattias – The Beautiful Guy" • Jonas Hellborg – bass on "Kali Ghat" • Gabriel Eklundh – screams and various vocal sounds throughout "Blaha Blaha" • Kevin Fickling – vocals on "Special Agent Bauer" • Morgan Ågren – drums, percussion on "Meralgia Paresthetica" • Zac O'Yeah – zombie grunts on "Mandur and Morgan's Camel Safari" • Ranjit Barot – drums on "Keep It in the Dojo" • Fredrik Thordendal – solo on "Friedrichs Wahnbriefe" ==Track listing==

CD1 • "Amphibians Night Out" – 3:32 • "Musth" – 3:12 • "Mattias – The Beautiful Guy" – 2:27 • "Hells Bells" – 3:40 • "The Smorgasbord" – 2:52 • "Friedrichs Wahnbriefe" – 3:08 • "Sexually Frustrated Fruit Fly Flamenco" – 0:41 • "Daily Grind Disco March" – 2:46 • "Lease with an Option to Buy" – 2:23 • "The Swede and the Wolf" – 4:20 • "Mambo Italiano" – 2:18 • "Mind Your Step (at Schiphol Airport)" – 3:34 • "Crossing the Rubicon" – 7:48 • "That's Amore" – 2:27 • "Keep it in the Dojo" – 2:41 • "Infrared Jed" – 0:33 • "Peter, I Won't Drive Another Meter" – 4:35 • "Larvatus Prodeo" – 1:15 • "Blaha Blaha" – 2:31 • "Lullaby for Gabriel" – 2:25 CD2 • "In the Goo of the Evening" – 3:12 • "The Dogs of Delhi" – 2:16 • "Special Agent Bauer" – 2:07 • "Mahavishnu John" – 3:34 • "The Harry Lime Theme" – 1:28 • "Dark Matter" – 2:48 • "Trumpet Lesson" – 0:53 • "Mandur and Morgan's Camel Safari" – 3:13 • "Shore Thing" – 2:14 • "Captain Smith's Moment of Truth" – 1:35 • "Mah Nà Mah Nà" – 2:39 • "The Nigerian Gynecologist" – 3:25 • "6 Rue Cordot" – 1:17 • "Kali Ghat" – 4:37 • "Safe to Remove Hardware" – 1:30 • "Did You Actually Pay for That?" – 2:45 • "Those in Badiyah" – 3:46 • "The Essence of Emptiness" – 4:37 • "Meralgia Paresthetica" – 4:51 • "Guano Afternoon" – 1:46 ==Credits==

All songs are written by Mattias IA Eklundh, except the following: • "Hells Bells" – Angus Young, Malcolm Young, Brian Johnson • "Mambo Italiano" – Bob Merrill • "That's Amore" – Harry Warren, Jack Brooks • "The Harry Lime Theme" – Anton Karas • "Mandur and Morgan's Camel Safari" – music by Eklundh, lyrics by Eklundh and Zac O'Yeah • "Mah Nà Mah Nà" – Piero Umiliani • "Kali Ghat" – Jonas Hellborg, V. Selvaganesh • "Those in Badiyah" – Jonas Hellborg, V. Selvaganesh, Eklundh ==References==