Live... in the Raw

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Live... in the Raw
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Live album by
W.A.S.P.
ReleasedSeptember 1987 [1]
RecordedCalifornia Theatre, San Diego, California, March 8, 1987
Long Beach Arena, Long Beach, California, March 10, 1987
Genre
Length57:05
Label Capitol
Producer Blackie Lawless
W.A.S.P. chronology
Inside the Electric Circus
(1986)		Live... in the Raw
(1987)		 The Headless Children
(1989)
Singles from Live... in the Raw
  1. "Scream Until You Like It"
    Released: August 1987
  2. "I Don't Need No Doctor"
    Released: October 1987
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal 5/10 [4]

Live... in the Raw is the first live album by American heavy metal band W.A.S.P. (fourth album overall), released in 1987. This album can be seen as something of a breakwater between the 'old' W.A.S.P. of the first three albums and the more mature sound of the releases that would follow. It is also the album to feature "Harder Faster", which is about the PMRC declaring them "sexual perverts".

Contents

"The Manimal" and "Harder Faster" were written specifically for this album and the studio song "Scream Until You Like It" was recorded for the movie Ghoulies II . The acoustic version of "Sleeping (In the Fire)" is also a studio recording.

This would be the final release to feature drummer Steve Riley, who would leave the band shortly after the conclusion of the tour to join L.A. Guns.

Track listing

All songs written by Blackie Lawless unless otherwise noted.

Side one
  1. "Inside the Electric Circus" – 4:32
  2. "I Don't Need No Doctor" (Jo Armstead, Nick Ashford, Valerie Simpson) – 3:35
  3. "L.O.V.E. Machine" – 4:31
  4. "Wild Child" (Lawless, Chris Holmes) – 6:02
  5. "9.5.-N.A.S.T.Y." (Lawless, Holmes) – 5:11
  6. "Sleeping (In the Fire)" – 5:23
Side two
  1. "The Manimal" (Lawless, Holmes) – 4:43
  2. "I Wanna Be Somebody" – 6:43
  3. "Harder Faster" – 7:19
  4. "Blind in Texas" – 5:40
  5. "Scream Until You Like It (Theme from Ghoulies II)" (Paul Sabu, Charles Esposito, Neil Citron) – 3:26 (studio recording)

1998 CD reissue bonus tracks

  2. "Shoot from the Hip" – 5:16
  3. "Widowmaker" – 4:35
  4. "Sex Drive" (Lawless, Holmes) – 3:41
  5. "Sleeping (In the Fire)" (Acoustic) – 4:02

Personnel

W.A.S.P.
Production

Charts

Album

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