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. 60 on the US Billboard 200 chart,[5] where it remained for 19 weeks.[6]
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| Released | October 1986 | |||
| Recorded | July 1986 | |||
| Studio | Pasha Music House, North Hollywood, Los Angeles | |||
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| Length | 47:57 | |||
| Label | Capitol | |||
| Producer | Blackie Lawless | |||
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| Singles from Inside the Electric Circus | ||||
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Critical reception
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [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]
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" (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" | Lawless | 5:02 |
| 6. | "Shoot from the Hip" | Lawless | 4:44 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7. | "I'm Alive" | Lawless | 4:24 |
| 8. | "Easy Living" (Uriah Heep cover) | 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 | ||
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 13. | "Flesh and Fire" | Lawless | 4:37 |
| 14. | "D.B. Blues" | Lawless | 3:24 |
Personnel
- W.A.S.P.
- Blackie Lawless – lead vocals, rhythm guitar, producer
- Chris Holmes – lead guitar
- Johnny Rod – bass, background vocals
- Steve Riley – drums, background vocals
- Production
- Duane Baron, Alex Woltman – engineers
- Hans Peter Huber, Kevin Lehue – additional engineering
- Michael Wagener, Garth Richardson – mixing
- George Marino – mastering at Sterling Sound, New York
Charts
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Singles
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References
- "Top 50 Glam Metal Albums". Metal Rules. Archived from the original on November 26, 2017. Retrieved February 24, 2021.
- Strong, Martin Charles (1995). The Great Rock Discography. p. 885. ISBN 9780862415419.
- "W.A.S.P. UK Record Collector - August 1989". waspnation.com. Retrieved January 15, 2016.
- "Inside the Electric Circus". waspnation.com. Retrieved March 26, 2015.
- "W.A.S.P. Billboard Albums". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Archived from the original on January 29, 2014. Retrieved October 29, 2012.
- "W.A.S.P. - Chart history". Billboard. Retrieved March 26, 2015.
- Prato, Greg. "W.A.S.P.- Inside the Electric Circus review". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved October 17, 2019.
- 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.
- Blackie Lawless from W.A.S.P. interview in Tempe Arizona 10/30/22 40th anniversary tour! Episode #28, retrieved November 7, 2022
- Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
- "Top RPM Albums: Issue 0863". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved April 2, 2019.
- Pennanen, Timo (2006). Sisältää hitin – levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972 (in Finnish) (1st ed.). Helsinki: Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava. p. 166. ISBN 978-951-1-21053-5.
- "Norwegiancharts.com – W.A.S.P. – Inside the Electric Circus". Hung Medien. Retrieved April 2, 2019.
- "Swedishcharts.com – W.A.S.P. – Inside the Electric Circus". Hung Medien. Retrieved April 2, 2019.
- "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved April 22, 2018.
- "W.A.S.P. Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved April 2, 2019.
- "Sisältää hitin: Levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1961: W > W.A.S.P." Sisältää hitin / Timo Pennanen. Retrieved October 16, 2019.
- "W.A.S.P. Official Charts". Official Charts Company. Retrieved October 16, 2019.
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