Come Down to the Merry Go Round

{{Infobox album

| name = Come Down to the Merry Go Round

| type = ep

| artist = Laughing Hyenas

| cover = Laughing_Hyenas_Come_Down_to_the_Merry_Go_Round.jpg

| alt =

| released = {{Start date|1987|11}}

| recorded = {{Start date|1987|9}}

| venue =

| studio = Smart Studios, Madison, WI

| genre =

Garage rock
noise rock
post-hardcore
art rock{{cite book |last1=Eddy |first1=Chuck |title=Stairway to Hell: The 500 Best Heavy Metal Albums in the Universe |date=1991 |publisher=Harmony Books |location=New York |isbn=0517575418 |page=193}}

| length = 26:23

| label = Touch and Go

| producer = Laughing Hyenas, Butch Vig

| prev_title =

| prev_year =

| next_title = You Can't Pray a Lie

| next_year = 1989

}}

{{Music ratings

|rev1 = AllMusic

|rev1score = {{rating|4|5}}{{cite web |first=Fred |last=Beldin |url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=mw0000618807|pure_url=yes}}|title=Merry Go Round |publisher=Allmusic |accessdate=July 8, 2015}}

}}

Come Down to the Merry Go Round is an EP by garage rock band Laughing Hyenas. It was released in 1987 on Touch and Go Records.{{cite web |first1=Ian |last1=Christe |first2=Ira |last2=Robbins |url=http://trouserpress.com/entry.php?a=laughing_hyenas |title=Laughing Hyenas |publisher=Trouser Press |year=2007 |accessdate=July 8, 2015}} It was reissued in 1995 accompanied with five bonus tracks.

Chuck Eddy ranked it at number 454 in his 1991 book of the best 'heavy metal' albums.

Track listing

{{track listing

| headline = Side one

| all_writing = Laughing Hyenas

| title1 = Stain

| length1 = 4:16

| title2 = Hell's Kitchen

| length2 = 3:19

| title3 = That Girl

| length3 = 5:17

}}

{{track listing

| headline = Side two

| title1 = Gabriel

| length1 = 4:09

| title2 = Playground

| length2 = 4:32

| title3 = What Tomorrow Brings

| length3 = 4:48

| title4 = Soul Kiss

| note4 = cassette bonus track

| length4 = 6:39

}}

{{Track listing

| headline = 1995 CD bonus tracks

| title8 = Candy

| length8 = 2:45

| title9 = Dedications to the One I Love

| note9 = live

| length9 = 6:08

| title10 = Don't Bogue My High

| length10 = 3:37

| title11 = Public Animal #9

| writer11 = Cooper, Bruce

| note11 = Alice Cooper cover

| length11 = 5:19

}}

Personnel

Adapted from the Come Down to the Merry Go Round liner notes.{{cite AV media notes |title=Come Down to the Merry Go Round |title-link=Come Down to the Merry Go Round |others=Laughing Hyenas |year=1987 |type=sleeve |publisher=Touch and Go Records |location=Chicago, Illinois}}

;Laughing Hyenas