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 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

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."

Track listing

Personnel

;W.A.S.P.
;Production

Album

YearChartPosition
1986Finnish Albums Chart16
1986Norwegian Albums Chart17
1986Swedish Albums Chart35
1986UK Albums Chart53
1986Billboard 200 60
1986RPM100 84

Singles