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1986 studio album by W.A.S.P.
Inside the Electric Circus
Studio album by W.A.S.P.
ReleasedOctober 1986 (1986-10)
RecordedJuly 1986
StudioPasha Music House, North Hollywood, Los Angeles
Genre
Length47:57
LabelCapitol
ProducerBlackie 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

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

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal5/10

Greg Prato at AllMusic gave Inside The Electric Circus three stars out of five, calling it " to grow musically with each successive release". 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."

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".

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

Track listing

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."The Big Welcome"Blackie Lawless0:51
2."Inside the Electric Circus"Lawless4:06
3."I Don't Need No Doctor" (Ray Charles cover)Jo Armstead, Nick Ashford, Valerie Simpson3:28
4."9.5.-N.A.S.T.Y."Lawless, Chris Holmes4:50
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 Hensley3:13
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

Chart (1986) Peak
position
Australian Albums (Kent Music Report) 94
Canada Top Albums/CDs (RPM) 84
Finnish Albums (The Official Finnish Charts) 16
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista) 17
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) 35
UK Albums (OCC) 53
US Billboard 200 60

Singles

Year Single Chart Position
1986 "9.5.-N.A.S.T.Y." Finnish Singles Chart 18
UK Singles Chart 70
1987 "I Don't Need No Doctor" UK Singles Chart 31

References

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  8. ^ Popoff, Martin (November 1, 2005). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 407. ISBN 978-1-894959-31-5.
  9. Blackie Lawless from W.A.S.P. interview in Tempe Arizona 10/30/22 40th anniversary tour! Episode #28, retrieved November 7, 2022
  10. Young, Simon (May 9, 2023). "The 50 most hilariously ugly rock and metal album covers ever". Metal Hammer. Future plc. Retrieved December 9, 2024.
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  19. ^ "W.A.S.P. Official Charts". Official Charts Company. Retrieved October 16, 2019.
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