Inside the Electric Circus

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Inside the Electric Circus
Electriccircus.jpg
Studio album by
W.A.S.P.
ReleasedOctober 1986 (1986-10)
RecordedJuly 1986
StudioPasha Music House, North Hollywood, Los Angeles
Genre
Length47:57
Label Capitol
Producer Blackie Lawless
W.A.S.P. chronology
The Last Command
(1985)		Inside the Electric Circus
(1986)		 Live... in the Raw
(1987)
Singles from Inside the Electric Circus
  1. "9.5.-N.A.S.T.Y." / "Easy Living"
    Released: September 1986 [2]

Inside the Electric Circus is the third studio album by American heavy metal band W.A.S.P., released in October 1986 [3] through Capitol Records; a remastered edition featuring two bonus tracks was reissued in 1997 through Snapper Music. [4] The album is the band's first to feature singer and bandleader Blackie Lawless playing guitar, having switched from bass to rhythm guitar. [4] It reached No. 60 on the US Billboard 200 chart, [5] where it remained for 19 weeks. [6]

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [7]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal 5/10 [8]

Greg Prato at AllMusic gave Inside The Electric Circus three stars out of five, calling it "[an attempt] to grow musically with each successive release". [7] Canadian journalist Martin Popoff considered the album "slightly more simplified and hard rock-based" than previous works and reminded in his review how Lawless "in retrospect considered this record a failure." [8]

Lawless himself has been critical of Inside The Electric Circus, going as far as to name it his least favorite W.A.S.P. album, calling it a "tired record done by a tired band". [9]

Metal Hammer included the album cover on their list of "50 most hilariously ugly rock and metal album covers ever". [10]

Track listing

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."The Big Welcome" Blackie Lawless 0:51
2."Inside the Electric Circus"Lawless4:06
3."I Don't Need No Doctor" (Ray Charles cover) Jo Armstead, Nick Ashford, Valerie Simpson 3:28
4."9.5.-N.A.S.T.Y."Lawless, Chris Holmes 4:50
5."Restless Gypsy"Lawless5:02
6."Shoot from the Hip"Lawless4:44
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
7."I'm Alive"Lawless4:24
8."Easy Living" (Uriah Heep cover) Ken Hensley 3:13
9."Sweet Cheetah"Lawless, Holmes5:18
10."Mantronic"Lawless, Holmes4:12
11."King of Sodom and Gomorrah"Lawless, Holmes3:52
12."The Rock Rolls On"Lawless3:57
Total length:47:57
1997 remastered edition bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
13."Flesh and Fire"Lawless4:37
14."D.B. Blues"Lawless3:24

Personnel

W.A.S.P.
Production

Charts

Album

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