W.A.S.P. - The Crimson Idol
| Release date: | 1992 |
| Style: | Heavy metal |
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Disc I
01. Titanic Overture
02. Invisible Boy
03. Arena Of Pleasure
04. Chainsaw Charlie (Murders In The New Morgue)
05. Gypsy Meets The Boy
06. Doctor Rockter
07. I Am One
08. The Idol
09. Hold On To My Heart
10. The Great Misconceptions Of Me
11. The Story Of Jonathan [limited edition bonus]
Disc II [limited edition]
01. Phantoms In The Mirror
02. The Eulogy
03. When The Levee Breaks [Led Zeppelin cover]
04. The Idol [acoustic version] [live]
05. Hold On To My Heart [acoustic version] [live]
06. I Am The One [Live at Donnington 1992]
07. Wild Child [Live at Donnington 1992]
08. Chainsaw Charlie (Murders In The New Morgue) [Live at Donnington 1992]
09. I Wanna Be Somebody [Live at Donnington 1992]
10. The Invisible Boy [Live at Donnington 1992]
11. The Real Me [Live at Donnington 1992]
12. The Great Misconceptions Of Me [Live at Donnington 1992]
Top 20 albums of 1992: 2
Top 200 albums of all time: 39
Featured in "Getting Into: W.A.S.P."
01. Titanic Overture
02. Invisible Boy
03. Arena Of Pleasure
04. Chainsaw Charlie (Murders In The New Morgue)
05. Gypsy Meets The Boy
06. Doctor Rockter
07. I Am One
08. The Idol
09. Hold On To My Heart
10. The Great Misconceptions Of Me
11. The Story Of Jonathan [limited edition bonus]
Disc II [limited edition]
01. Phantoms In The Mirror
02. The Eulogy
03. When The Levee Breaks [Led Zeppelin cover]
04. The Idol [acoustic version] [live]
05. Hold On To My Heart [acoustic version] [live]
06. I Am The One [Live at Donnington 1992]
07. Wild Child [Live at Donnington 1992]
08. Chainsaw Charlie (Murders In The New Morgue) [Live at Donnington 1992]
09. I Wanna Be Somebody [Live at Donnington 1992]
10. The Invisible Boy [Live at Donnington 1992]
11. The Real Me [Live at Donnington 1992]
12. The Great Misconceptions Of Me [Live at Donnington 1992]
Top 20 albums of 1992: 2
Top 200 albums of all time: 39
Featured in "Getting Into: W.A.S.P."
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Generally regarded to be W.A.S.P.'s finest work, "The Crimson Idol" is a conceptual rock opera by a musician who once celebrated sex, drugs and hedonism like few others out of the L.A. glam scene. "The Crimson Idol" is not merely about style and appearance as often accused, for drama and theatrics belie surprisingly ambitious and unique compositions. A major difference to most metal concept albums, though quite common among operas, rock or no, is the album's use of leitmotifs. For instance, the famous extract "love to shelter me" represents the protagonist's recurring desire for his parent's acceptance. The leitmotifs do not, however, take up more space then necessary as all of the songs, save perhaps for the introducing medley of seIected "Idol" riffs amply named "The Titanic Overture", work quite well on their own. Read more ›› |
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| Korah Posts: 349 From: France  |
How to tell...not their best at all.
---- Don't cry for my English
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| JÄY Metal slave Posts: 1567 From: USA  |
Written by Korah on 04.03.2012 at 22:19 4??? BBUUHHWAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH??????
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| Maco Pvt Funderground Posts: 3593  |
W.A.S.P on its high 
---- Crackhead Megadeth reigns supreme.
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| bblitz Posts: 227 From: Croatia |
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| Angelic Storm Melodious Posts: 6675 From: UK  |
This is a great album, though for me, The Headless Children is the best W.A.S.P. album.
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| Bad English Tage Westerlund Posts: 60947 From: Sweden  |
Written by Angelic Storm on 04.01.2013 at 15:06 For me its Dying For The World
---- Life is to short for LOVE, there is many great things to do online !!! Stormtroopers of Death - ''Speak English or Die''  apos;'[image] I better die, because I never will learn speek english, so I choose dieing
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| Bad English Tage Westerlund Posts: 60947 From: Sweden |
Gtear great epic album in all seems band work werry hard , looks concept to me(maybe it is and some in this site from Ned will laught about me agan) a masterpiece whyle other 80's star bands in early 90's wrote weekest from trhe goo album, wasp wrote one masterpiece and carry on till .... rest are awesome, of corse weeker, but for that time and media , specely how media changed, this and other wasp are awesome, this is killer
---- Life is to short for LOVE, there is many great things to do online !!! Stormtroopers of Death - ''Speak English or Die'' apos;'[image] I better die, because I never will learn speek english, so I choose dieing
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| JÄY Metal slave Posts: 1567 From: USA |
Written by Guest on 16.02.2013 at 06:38 yes and yes
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| Dzidziafon Posts: 23 From: Poland |
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| _deepblack Posts: 211 From: Iran  |
One the greatest conceptual albums of all time and their greatest hit the tracks Crimson Idol and The Great Misconceptions Of Me and Titanic Overture are just perfect
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| Bad English Tage Westerlund Posts: 60947 From: Sweden |
Written by deadone on 17.04.2014 at 05:46 disagree its epic , most epic wasp album ever,
---- Life is to short for LOVE, there is many great things to do online !!! Stormtroopers of Death - ''Speak English or Die'' apos;'[image] I better die, because I never will learn speek english, so I choose dieing
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| me<3mertl Posts: 139 From: Romania  |
Can't resist,I'll give it a 10! One of the best heavy metal albums I've heard in a long time!
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| lord artan Posts: 297 From: Iran  |
Omfg....i just listen to this song again after many years.....i just cry....this is masterpiece
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| robpal Proglord Posts: 205 From: Poland |
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| Bad English Tage Westerlund Posts: 60947 From: Sweden |
Written by robpal on 06.07.2015 at 15:51 how can you compere those 2, this is much higher level and band still stand shigh and walks tall... Que .. where are they, new song in both bands are weak and boring, this , simply cant disappoint, it would be high whit out MTV, but Que ... are because MTV so high ... gosh, this is million time bet:banger:ter
---- Life is to short for LOVE, there is many great things to do online !!! Stormtroopers of Death - ''Speak English or Die'' apos;'[image] I better die, because I never will learn speek english, so I choose dieing
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| Warman Erotic Stains Posts: 7695 From: Sweden  |
Written by Bad English on 26.07.2015 at 19:57 Because they're both classic concept albums from two classic metal bands. "The Crimson Idol" is a masterpiece, but in my opinion not as fucking great as "Operation: Mindcrime".
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| Marcel Hubregtse Grumpy Old Fuck Posts: 40071 From: The Netherlands  |
Written by Bad English on 26.07.2015 at 19:57 It is easy to compare the two since they are both concepts albums and tbh Operation Mindcrime is superior in every single aspect (lyrically, musically etc.) He;;, The Crimsopn Idol's concept was already done a year earlier and lots better (musically, lyrically, etc.) by Savatage on Streets. The Crimson Idol doesn't even hold a candle to WASP's own album The Headless Children and tbh that is WASP's ONLY good album.
---- Member of the true crusade against European Flower Metal Yesterday is dead and gone, tomorrow is out of sight Dawn Crosby (r.i.p.) 05.04.1963 - 15.12.1996 
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| Bad English Tage Westerlund Posts: 60947 From: Sweden |
Jacob - I disagree about it, even both are great, but to me WASP is much better Marcel - how many wasp you have heard? sounds like my school days, dude has 3 wasp albums, never have heard THC and says because other says that's best To me its not so good, even I don't think 1-2 are super great ever, this one and DFW are much better, rare band what can write good albums (even latest on was decend, but weak)
---- Life is to short for LOVE, there is many great things to do online !!! Stormtroopers of Death - ''Speak English or Die'' apos;'[image] I better die, because I never will learn speek english, so I choose dieing
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| musclassia Posts: 7031 From: UK  |
The Crimson Idol is far better than the dull Streets by Savatage. It relies too much on leitmotifs but is consistently exciting and brimming with emotion throughout, and Chainsaw Charlie is probably the best song they ever did - certainly, despite The Headless Children being a strong album, TCI is easily the best thing the band ever did.
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| Bad English Tage Westerlund Posts: 60947 From: Sweden |
Written by musclassia on 12.09.2015 at 18:54 yes and I like lyrics My name is Charlie Cock sucking asshole that's how they call me
---- Life is to short for LOVE, there is many great things to do online !!! Stormtroopers of Death - ''Speak English or Die'' apos;'[image] I better die, because I never will learn speek english, so I choose dieing
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| Lord Pisi Pisi Posts: 8 From: Turkey  |
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| Lord_Regnier Posts: 1469 From: Canada  |
By far the best WASP album. Funny, as it started as a solo project from Blackie Lawless and not a WASP album.
---- "Why would we fear death, when life is so much more frightening?"
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| Joppe Steelemeister Posts: 3292 From: Finland  |
Generally speaking an over rated band, but as I see it, this album is a bit better than an average WASP album. If only they would leave those slow songs out, that all sound almost exactly the same...
---- My vision is augmented
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| Timelord Posts: 276 From: USA  |
This was never intended to be a W.A.S.P. album but Blackie has said the record company refused to release it unless it carried the WASP name. Aside from Blackie's vocals IDOL just doesn't come across TO ME as WASP sounding. I have NEVER been a fan of concept or rock opera albums and this release did nothing to change my mind. I like Chainsaw Charlie but not much else.
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| Mountain King K i K o Posts: 1361 From: Slovak Republic  |
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| (o> . Posts: 207 From: Slovak Republic  |
Damn I didn't expect such a theatrical, almost like a drama play heavy metal balad of an album. Very powerful. The mix and overall production is rather clean, it's '92 yet the bass has such clarity and the drums aren't an overpowering rumble. A pleasant surprise.
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| Rekko Posts: 8 From: Finland |
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