Inside the Electric Circus

Inside the Electric Circus is the third studio album by 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. 17 and 35 on the Norwegian and Swedish albums chart respectively,^[5] and No. 60 on the U.S. Billboard 200;^[6] it remained on the latter for 19 weeks.^[7]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[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".^[8]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"The Big Welcome"	Blackie Lawless	0:51
2.	"Inside the Electric Circus"	Lawless	4:06
3.	"I Don't Need No Doctor"	Jo Armstead, Nick Ashford, Valerie Simpson	3:28
4.	"9.5.-N.A.S.T.Y."	Lawless, Chris Holmes	4:50
5.	"Restless Gypsy"	Lawless	5:02
6.	"Shoot from the Hip"	Lawless	4:44
7.	"I'm Alive"	Lawless	4:24
8.	"Easy Living"	Ken Hensley	3:13
9.	"Sweet Cheetah"	Lawless, Holmes	5:18
10.	"Mantronic"	Lawless, Holmes	4:12
11.	"King of Sodom and Gomorrah"	Lawless, Holmes	3:52
12.	"The Rock Rolls On"	Lawless	3:57
Total length:			47:57

1997 remastered edition bonus tracks
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
13.	"Flesh and Fire"	Lawless	4:37
14.	"D.B. Blues"	Lawless	3:24

Personnel

Blackie Lawless – lead vocals, rhythm guitar, production
Chris Holmes – lead guitar
Steve Riley – drums, background vocals
Johnny Rod – bass, background vocals
Duane Baron – engineering
Alex Woltman – engineering
Hans Peter Huber – engineering
Kevin Lehue – engineering
Michael Wagener – mixing
Garth Richardson – mixing
George Marino – mastering

Chart performance

Year	Chart	Position
1986	Norwegian albums chart	17^[5]
1986	Swedish albums chart	35^[5]
1987	Billboard 200	60^[6]

References

↑ Inside the Electric Circus (CD edition "Capitol CDP 7 46346 2").
↑ "W.A.S.P. - 9.5.-N.A.S.T.Y. (song). finnishcharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 2015-03-26.
↑ "W.A.S.P. UK Record Collector - August 1989". waspnation.com. Retrieved 2016-01-15.
1 2 "Inside the Electric Circus". waspnation.com. Retrieved 2015-03-26.
1 2 3 "W.A.S.P. - Inside The Electric Circus (album). finnishcharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 2015-03-26.
1 2 "Inside the Electric Circus - W.A.S.P. | Awards". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 2015-03-26.
↑ "W.A.S.P. - Chart history". Billboard. Retrieved 2015-03-26.
1 2 Prato, Greg. "Inside the Electric Circus - W.A.S.P.". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 2015-03-26.

W.A.S.P.

Blackie Lawless Doug Blair Mike Duda Mike Dupke Stet Howland Tony Richards Johnny Rod Frankie Banali Chris Holmes Randy Piper Steve Riley Darrell Roberts Don Costa Rik Fox

Studio albums	W.A.S.P. The Last Command Inside the Electric Circus The Headless Children The Crimson Idol Still Not Black Enough Kill Fuck Die Helldorado Unholy Terror Dying for the World The Neon God, Pt. 1: The Rise The Neon God, Pt. 2: The Demise Dominator Babylon Golgotha

Live albums	Live...In the Raw Double Live Assassins The Sting: Live at the Key Club L.A.

Compilation albums	First Blood Last Cuts

Singles	"Animal (F**k Like a Beast)" "I Wanna Be Somebody" "I Don't Need No Doctor"

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