A Poke in the Eye… with a Sharp Stick is a 1988 album by Raymond Watts under the moniker PIG. It was reissued in Japan in 1998 by Blue Noise. An extremely low-budget promotional video for “Shit for Brains” exists, and was released on the Best of Berlin Independence Days ’88 compilation VHS.[1]
Reception
The album holds a 4.5/5 rating on AllMusic and is designated as their album pick of his discography.[2]
Track listing
All tracks written by Raymond Watts, unless otherwise noted. All tracks produced by John Caffery, except for track 10 which was produced by JG Thirlwell.
- “It Tolls for Thee (Pig Breath)” – 4:25
- “Scumsberg” – 4:02
- “One for the Neck” – 3:54
- “Hildelinde” (traditional) – 2:45
- “My Favourite Car” – 5:01
- “Never for Fun” – 5:26
- “Shit for Brains” – 4:36
- “Red Man” – 6:06
- “The Press” – 3:59
- “Peoria” (Raymond Watts and JG Thirlwell) – 7:13
Track 10 is a bonus track on the US Wax Trax CD version, taken from the European 12″ single Sick City/Shit For Brains (Potomak RTD M 28–1)[3]
Personnel
PIG
- Raymond Watts – vocals, keyboards and programming
Additional musicians
- Hanns Joachim Mennicken – guitar (2)
- Alexander Hacke – guitar (1, 5, 9)
- Nikkolai Weidemann – guitar, piano and saxophone (3, 6)
- Axel Dill – drums and piano (4)
- Uwe Wurst – guitar (5)
- Christian Graupner – percussion (2, 8)
References
- ^ The Complete Pig Discography
- ^ A Poke in the Eye… with a Sharp Stick – Pig | User Reviews | AllMusic, retrieved 16 March 2021
- ^ “The Swining – Discography page”. Archived from the original on 16 October 2007.
