Flex-Able

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; 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.

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.