THE HIDDEN ROOM: W.A.S.P. : The Crimson Idol (1998 Remastered Edition)

THERE'S A FLAME

FLAME IN MY HEART

AND THERE'S NO RAIN

CAN PUT IT OUT

The Crimson Idol

is the fifth

studio album

by heavy metal band

W.A.S.P.

released in

June 1992

through Capitol Records,

their last album

for the label.

It was the first album by

W.A.S.P.

since the band's

temporary breakup

in 1990;

this was because

vocalist

and

rhythm guitarist

Blackie Lawless

had intended to release

The Crimson Idol

as a solo album,

until he decided to

release it as a

W.A.S.P. album.

The album charted within

the top 40

in five countries.

The Crimson Idol

is a rock opera,

telling the story of

the rise and fall

of a fictional rock star

named

Jonathan Steel.

A remastered edition

was reissued in 1998,

containing a

bonus disc

of B-sides

and

live material

from 1992

TRACKLIST

CD 1

The Titanic Overture

The Invisible Boy

Arena of Pleasure

Chainsaw Charlie

(Murders in the New Morgue)

The Gypsy Meets the Boy

Doctor Rockter

I Am One

The Idol

Hold On to My Heart

The Great Misconceptions of Me

The Story of Jonathan

(Prologue to the Crimson Idol)

Phantoms in the Mirror

CD 2

The Eulogy

When the Levee Breaks

Skin Walker [*]

The Idol

(Live Acoustic)

Hold on To My Heart

(Live Acoustic)

I Am One