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."].
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | I Don't Need No DoctorJo Armstead, Nickolas Ashford, Valerie Simpson | W.A.S.P. | Play | 03:28 | 7 MB | 23 MB |
| 2 | 9.5.-N.A.S.T.Y.Chris Holmes, Blackie Lawless | W.A.S.P. | Play | 04:50 | 11 MB | 30 MB |
| 3 | Restless GypsyBlackie Lawless | W.A.S.P. | Play | 05:02 | 11 MB | 33 MB |
| 4 | Shoot from the HipBlackie Lawless | W.A.S.P. | Play | 04:42 | 10 MB | 32 MB |
| 5 | I'm AliveBlackie Lawless | W.A.S.P. | Play | 04:24 | 10 MB | 28 MB |
| 6 | Easy LivingKen Hensley | W.A.S.P. | Play | 03:13 | 7 MB | 22 MB |
| 7 | Sweet CheetahChris Holmes, Blackie Lawless | W.A.S.P. | Play | 05:18 | 12 MB | 34 MB |
| 8 | MantronicChris Holmes, Blackie Lawless | W.A.S.P. | Play | 04:12 | 9 MB | 26 MB |
| 9 | King of Sodom and GomorrahChris Holmes, Blackie Lawless | W.A.S.P. | Play | 03:52 | 8 MB | 24 MB |
| 10 | The Rock Rolls OnBlackie Lawless | W.A.S.P. | Play | 03:56 | 9 MB | 24 MB |
| 11 | The Big Welcome + Inside The Electric Circus | W.A.S.P. | Play | 04:57 | 11 MB | 31 MB |
| 47 mins | 109 MB | |||||
| 47 mins | 311 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Derek Anderson | Memorabilia |
| 2 | Dorel Anderson | Archive Research |
| 3 | Jo Armstead | Composer |
| 4 | Nickolas Ashford | Composer |
| 5 | Duane Baron | Engineer |
| 6 | Dante Bonutto | Liner Notes |
| 7 | Hugh Gilmour | Archive Research, Art Direction, Memorabilia, Reissue Design |
| 8 | Ken Hensley | Composer |
| 9 | Chris Holmes | Composer, Guitar |
| 10 | Hanspeter Huber | Engineer |
| 11 | Kevin Lahue | Engineer |
| 12 | Blackie Lawless | Composer, Cover Art Concept, Cover Design, Design, Guitar, Producer, Vocals |
| 13 | Dom Lawson | Liner Notes |
| 14 | Kevin Lehue | Engineer |
| 15 | George Marino | Mastering |
| 16 | Garth Richardson | Mixing, Mixing Engineer |
| 17 | Steve Riley | Drums, Vocals |
| 18 | Johnny Rod | Bass, Vocals |
| 19 | Valerie Simpson | Composer |
| 20 | Rod Smallwood | Cover Art Concept, Cover Design, Design |
| 21 | W.A.S.P. | Primary Artist |
| 22 | Michael Wagener | Mixing |
| 23 | Alex Woltman | Engineer |
| 24 | Dick Zimmerman | Cover Art Concept, Cover Design, Photography |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |
| CD Quality | FLAC | 16bit 44.1kHz | FLAC is an audio coding format which uses lossless compression. Digital audio in FLAC format has a smaller size and retains the same quality of the original Compact Disc (CD). |