Inside the Electric Circus is the third studio album by American heavy metal band W.A.S.P., released in October 1986[3] through Capitol Records; a remastered edition featuring two bonus tracks was reissued in 1997 through Snapper Music.

[6] 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".

[7] 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.

"[8] Lawless himself has been critical of Inside The Electric Circus, going as far as to name it his least favorite W.A.S.P.

[9] Metal Hammer included the album cover on their list of "50 most hilariously ugly rock and metal album covers ever".