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{{Infobox album
| name = Live... in the Raw
| type = Live
| artist = [[W.A.S.P. (band)|W.A.S.P.]]
| cover = Liveraw.jpg
| alt =
| released = September 1987<ref>{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/greatrockdiscogr00stro/page/885/mode/2up|title=The Great Rock Discography|year=1995|page=885 |isbn=978-0-86241-541-9 |last1=Strong |first1=Martin Charles |publisher=Canongate Press }}</ref>
| recorded = California Theatre, San Diego, California, March 8, 1987 [[Long Beach Arena]], Long Beach, California, March 10, 1987
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = *[[Heavy metal music|Heavy metal]]
*[[glam metal]]<ref>{{cite news|first= Ben |last= Westhoff |title= Chuck Klosterman's Favorite Hair Metal Albums |newspaper= [[LA Weekly]] |date= 6 December 2011 |access-date= 4 March 2021 |url= https://www.laweekly.com/chuck-klostermans-favorite-hair-metal-albums/}}</ref>
| length = 57:05
| label = [[Capitol Records|Capitol]]
| producer = [[Blackie Lawless]]
| prev_title = [[Inside the Electric Circus]]
| prev_year = 1986
| next_title = [[The Headless Children]]
| next_year = 1989
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Live... in the Raw
| type = live
| single1 = Scream Until You Like It
| single1date = August 1987
| single2 = [[I Don't Need No Doctor]]
| single2date = October 1987
}}
}}
{{Music ratings
|rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
|rev1score = {{Rating|2|5}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/livein-the-raw-mw0000693096 |title=W.A.S.P. - Live...In the Raw review |last=Prato |first=Greg |publisher=[[AllMusic]]|accessdate=2019-10-18 }}</ref>
| rev2 =''[[Martin Popoff|Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal]]''
| rev2Score = 5/10<ref name="martin">{{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}}</ref>
| noprose = yes
}}

'''''Live... in the Raw''''' is the first [[live album]] by American heavy metal band [[W.A.S.P. (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 [[Parents Music Resource Center|PMRC]] declaring them "sexual perverts".

"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 (drummer)|Steve Riley]], who would leave the band shortly after the conclusion of the tour to join [[L.A. Guns]].

== Track listing ==
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 (W.A.S.P. song)|Wild Child]]" (Lawless, [[Chris Holmes (musician)|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 ===
#<li value=12>"Shoot from the Hip" – 5:16
#"Widowmaker" – 4:35
#"Sex Drive" (Lawless, Holmes) – 3:41
#"Sleeping (In the Fire)" (Acoustic) – 4:02

== Personnel ==
;W.A.S.P.
*[[Blackie Lawless]] – vocals and lead guitar, producer
*[[Chris Holmes (musician)|Chris Holmes]] – lead and rhythm guitar
*[[Johnny Rod]] – bass, backing vocals
*[[Steve Riley (drummer)|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 ==
=== Album ===
{{col-begin}}
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{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
! scope="col"| Chart (1987)
! scope="col"| Peak position
|-
! scope="row"| Australian Albums ([[Kent Music Report]])<ref name=AUS>{{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}}</ref>
| align="center"| 97
|-
! scope="row"| Finnish Albums ([[The Official Finnish Charts]])<ref name=FINI>{{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}}</ref>
| align="center"| 30
|-
{{album chart|Germany4|61|artist=W.A.S.P.|album= Live... in the Raw |id=32516|rowheader=true|access-date=2 April 2019}}
|-
{{album chart|UK2|23|date=19870920|refname=UK albums|rowheader=true|accessdate=22 April 2018}}
|-
! scope="row"|[[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] (US)<ref name="US">{{cite web | url = http://www.allmusic.com/album/wasp-mw0000200359/awards | title = W.A.S.P. Billboard Albums | accessdate = October 29, 2012 | publisher = [[AllMusic]]| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20140129044506/http://www.allmusic.com/artist/wasp-mn0000815090/awards |archivedate = January 29, 2014}}</ref>
| align="center"| 77
|}
{{col-break}}

=== Singles ===
{|class="wikitable"
|-
!Year
!Single
!Chart
!Position
|-
|align="center"|1987
|align="center"|"Scream Until You Like It"
|align="center"|[[UK Singles Chart]]<ref name="GB">{{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 }}</ref>
|align="center"|32
|}
{{col-end}}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

{{W.A.S.P.}}
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[[Category:1987 live albums]]
[[Category:W.A.S.P. albums]]
[[Category:Albums produced by Blackie Lawless]]
[[Category:Capitol Records live albums]]

Live... in the Raw - Revision history

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