Live... in the Raw is the first live album by American heavy metal band W.A.S.P. (fourth album overall), released in 1987. This album can be seen as something of a breakwater between the 'old' W.A.S.P. of the first three albums and the more mature sound of the releases that would follow. It is also the album to feature "Harder Faster", which is about the PMRC declaring them "sexual perverts".
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| Released | September 1987[1] | |||
| Recorded | California Theatre, San Diego, California, March 8, 1987 Long Beach Arena, Long Beach, California, March 10, 1987 | |||
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| Length | 57:05 | |||
| Label | Capitol | |||
| Producer | Blackie Lawless | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [3] |
| Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal | 5/10[4] |
"The Manimal" and "Harder Faster" were written specifically for this album and the studio song "Scream Until You Like It" was recorded for the movie Ghoulies II. The acoustic version of "Sleeping (In the Fire)" is also a studio recording.
This would be the final release to feature drummer Steve Riley, who would leave the band shortly after the conclusion of the tour to join L.A. Guns.
Track listing edit
All songs written by Blackie Lawless unless otherwise noted.
- Side one
- "Inside the Electric Circus" – 4:32
- "I Don't Need No Doctor" (Jo Armstead, Nick Ashford, Valerie Simpson) – 3:35
- "L.O.V.E. Machine" – 4:31
- "Wild Child" (Lawless, Chris Holmes) – 6:02
- "9.5.-N.A.S.T.Y." (Lawless, Holmes) – 5:11
- "Sleeping (In the Fire)" – 5:23
- Side two
- "The Manimal" (Lawless, Holmes) – 4:43
- "I Wanna Be Somebody" – 6:43
- "Harder Faster" – 7:19
- "Blind in Texas" – 5:40
- "Scream Until You Like It (Theme from Ghoulies II)" (Paul Sabu, Charles Esposito, Neil Citron) – 3:26 (studio recording)
1998 CD reissue bonus tracks edit
- "Shoot from the Hip" – 5:16
- "Widowmaker" – 4:35
- "Sex Drive" (Lawless, Holmes) – 3:41
- "Sleeping (In the Fire)" (Acoustic) – 4:02
Personnel edit
- W.A.S.P.
- Blackie Lawless – vocals and lead guitar, producer
- Chris Holmes – lead and rhythm guitar
- Johnny Rod – bass, backing vocals
- Steve Riley – drums, backing vocals
- Production
- Duane Baron – engineer and mixing
- Richard McKernan – additional engineering
- John Purdell – technical assistance
- George Marino – mastering at Sterling Sound, New York
Charts edit
Album edit
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Singles edit
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References edit
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- ^ Westhoff, Ben (6 December 2011). "Chuck Klosterman's Favorite Hair Metal Albums". LA Weekly. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
- ^ Prato, Greg. "W.A.S.P. - Live...In the Raw review". AllMusic. Retrieved 2019-10-18.
- ^ Popoff, Martin (November 1, 2005). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 407. ISBN 978-1-894959-31-5.
- ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
- ^ Pennanen, Timo (2006). Sisältää hitin – levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972 (in Finnish) (1st ed.). Helsinki: Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava. p. 166. ISBN 978-951-1-21053-5.
- ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – W.A.S.P. – Live... in the Raw" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 2 April 2019.
- ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
- ^ "W.A.S.P. Billboard Albums". AllMusic. Archived from the original on January 29, 2014. Retrieved October 29, 2012.
- ^ "W.A.S.P. Official Charts". Official Charts Company. Retrieved October 16, 2019.