Live...In the Raw

Live...In The Raw is the first live album by 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 hailed by many as their "best album", it is also the album to feature "Harder Faster", which is about the PMRC declaring them as "sexual perverts".

Line-up

• Blackie Lawless - vocals, rhythm guitar
• Chris Holmes - lead and rhythm guitar
• Johnny Rod - bass guitar, backing vocals
• Steve Riley - drums, backing vocals

Track listing

All songs written by Blackie Lawless unless otherwise noted.

1. "Inside the Electric Circus" – 4:32
2. "I Don't Need No Doctor" (Jo Armstead, Nick Ashford, Valerie Simpson) – 3:35
3. "L.O.V.E. Machine" – 4:31
4. "Wild Child" (Lawless, Chris Holmes)– 6:02
5. "9.5.-N.A.S.T.Y." (Lawless, Holmes) – 5:11
6. "Sleeping (In the Fire)" – 5:23
7. "The Manimal" – 4:43
8. "I Wanna Be Somebody" – 6:43
9. "Harder Faster" – 7:19
10. "Blind in Texas" – 5:40
11. "Scream Until You Like It" – 3:26

1998 CD reissue bonus tracks

12. "Shoot from the Hip" – 5:16
13. "Widowmaker" – 4:35
14. "Sex Drive" – 3:41
15. "Sleeping (In the Fire)" (Acoustic) – 4:02

"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.