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- Inside The Electric Circus
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W.A.S.P.
Released 1986

9.5. - N.A.S.T.Y.
04:47
4,658 plays

Inside The Electric Circus
03:33
4,600 plays

I Don't Need No Doctor
03:25
3,618 plays

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songs

- 1
- The Big Welcome
- 01:21
- 1,772 plays

- 2
- Inside The Electric Circus
- 03:33
- 4,600 plays

- 3
- I Don't Need No Doctor
- 03:25
- 3,618 plays

- 4
- 9.5. - N.A.S.T.Y.
- 04:47
- 4,658 plays

- 5
- Restless Gypsy
- 04:59
- 2,585 plays

- 6
- Shoot From The Hip
- 04:38
- 1,965 plays

- 7
- I'm Alive
- 04:21
- 2,257 plays

- 8
- Easy Living
- 03:11
- 2,555 plays

- 9
- Sweet Cheetah
- 05:15
- 1,894 plays

- 10
- Mantronic
- 04:09
- 1,611 plays

- 11
- King Of Sodom And Gomorrah
- 03:50
- 1,480 plays

- 12
- The Rock Rolls On
- 03:52
- 1,455 plays

- 13
- Flesh And Fire
- 04:38
- 1,145 plays

- 14
- D.B. Blues
- 03:22
- 1,120 plays

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album review

While W.A.S.P. remained a gimmick-heavy live act (around this time, Blackie Lawless had a codpiece that would shoot sparks!), they attempted to grow musically with each successive release -- most evidently beginning with 1986's Inside the Electric Circus. While Lawless was the band's main leader and songwriter from the beginning, he had even more of a say in the musical direction by switching to rhythm guitar from bass when original guitarist Randy Piper exited the band (ex-King Kobra member Johnny Rod joined on bass). By selecting a pair of early-'70s hard rock classics to cover -- Humble Pie's "I Don't Need No Doctor" and Uriah Heep's "Easy Living" -- it was clear that W.A.S.P. wanted their fans to pay more attention to the music. But it's not to say that the group completely abandoned their brash heavy metal roots -- the U.K. single "9.5.-N.A.S.T.Y." and the album-opening title track packed plenty of scream-along excitement. [The 1998 reissue contains a pair of B-sides previously unavailable on CD: "Flesh and Fire" and "D.B. Blues."] ~ Greg Prato, All Music Guide