Inside the Electric Circus

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| rev1= AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/inside-the-electric-circus-mw0000039614 |title=W.A.S.P.- Inside the Electric Circus review |last=Prato |first=Greg |work=AllMusic |publisher=All Media Network |accessdate=October 17, 2019 }}

| rev2 =Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal

| rev2Score = 5/10{{cite book | last1 = Popoff | first1 = Martin | authorlink1 = Martin Popoff | title = The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties | publisher = Collector's Guide Publishing | date = November 1, 2005 | location = Burlington, Ontario, Canada | isbn = 978-1-894959-31-5| page=407}}

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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". 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."

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".{{Citation |title=Blackie Lawless from W.A.S.P. interview in Tempe Arizona 10/30/22 40th anniversary tour! Episode #28 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vG-o7g8IM_c |language=en |access-date=November 7, 2022}}

Metal Hammer included the album cover on their list of "50 most hilariously ugly rock and metal album covers ever".{{cite web |last1=Young |first1=Simon |title=The 50 most hilariously ugly rock and metal album covers ever |url=https://www.loudersound.com/features/the-50-most-hilariously-ugly-rock-and-metal-album-covers-ever |website=Metal Hammer |publisher=Future plc |access-date=9 December 2024 |date=9 May 2023}}

{{Track listing

| headline = Side one

| title1 = The Big Welcome

| writer1 = Blackie Lawless

| length1 = 0:51

| title2 = Inside the Electric Circus

| writer2 = Lawless

| length2 = 4:06

| title3 = I Don't Need No Doctor

| note3 = Ray Charles cover

| writer3 = Jo Armstead, Nick Ashford, Valerie Simpson

| length3 = 3:28

| title4 = 9.5.-N.A.S.T.Y.

| writer4 = Lawless, Chris Holmes

| length4 = 4:50

| title5 = Restless Gypsy

| writer5 = Lawless

| length5 = 5:02

| title6 = Shoot from the Hip

| writer6 = Lawless

| length6 = 4:44

}}

{{track listing

| headline = Side two

| title7 = I'm Alive

| writer7 = Lawless

| length7 = 4:24

| title8 = Easy Living

| writer8 = Ken Hensley

| note8 = Uriah Heep cover

| length8 = 3:13

| title9 = Sweet Cheetah

| writer9 = Lawless, Holmes

| length9 = 5:18

| title10 = Mantronic

| writer10 = Lawless, Holmes

| length10 = 4:12

| title11 = King of Sodom and Gomorrah

| writer11 = Lawless, Holmes

| length11 = 3:52

| title12 = The Rock Rolls On

| writer12 = Lawless

| length12 = 3:57

| total_length = 47:57

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{{Track listing

| headline = 1997 remastered edition bonus tracks

| title13 = Flesh and Fire

| writer13 = Lawless

| length13 = 4:37

| title14 = D.B. Blues

| writer14 = Lawless

| length14 = 3:24

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;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

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class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" ! scope="col"| Chart (1986) ! scope="col"| Peak position
scope="row"| Australian Albums (Kent Music Report){{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|edition=illustrated|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6}} | align="center"| 94
{{album chart|Canada|84|chartid=0863|artist=W.A.S.P.|album= Inside the Electric Circus |rowheader=true|access-date=April 2, 2019}}
scope="row"| Finnish Albums (The Official Finnish Charts){{cite book|last=Pennanen|first=Timo|title=Sisältää hitin – levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972|edition=1st|publisher=Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava|location=Helsinki|year=2006|isbn=978-951-1-21053-5 | page= 166 | language= fi}} | align="center"| 16
{{album chart|Norway|17|artist=W.A.S.P.|album= Inside the Electric Circus |rowheader=true|access-date=April 2, 2019}}
{{album chart|Sweden|35|artist=W.A.S.P.|album= Inside the Electric Circus |rowheader=true|access-date=April 2, 2019}}
{{album chart|UK2|53|date=19861102|refname=UK albums|rowheader=true|accessdate=April 22, 2018}}
{{album chart|Billboard200|60|artist=W.A.S.P.|rowheader=true|access-date=April 2, 2019}}

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Year !Single !Chart !Position
align="center" rowspan="2"|1986 |align="center" rowspan="2"|"9.5.-N.A.S.T.Y." |align="center"|Finnish Singles Chart{{cite web| url= http://suomenlistalevyt.blogspot.com/2015/08/w-wes.html| title= Sisältää hitin: Levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1961: W > W.A.S.P.| publisher= Sisältää hitin / Timo Pennanen| accessdate=October 16, 2019}} |align="center"|18
align="center"|UK Singles Chart{{cite web |url= https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/21721/w-a-s-p/ |title=W.A.S.P. Official Charts |publisher=Official Charts Company |accessdate=October 16, 2019 }} |align="center"|70
align="center" |1987 |align="center"|"I Don't Need No Doctor" |align="center"|UK Singles Chart |align="center"|31

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