# Freak Guitar: The Smorgasbord

Freak Guitar: The Smorgasbord is a double-disc studio album by Mattias IA Eklundh, released on Steve Vai's Favored Nations label on 5 March 2013. It features close to two hours of eclectic, mostly instrumental guitar music, with a variety of influences.

## Reception

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