A Poke in the Eye... with a Sharp Stick
1988 studio album by PIG
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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]
Released1988
Length40:28
47:41 (CD version)
47:41 (CD version)
LabelYellow Ltd. (Germany)
Wax Trax! Records (United States)
Wax Trax! Records (United States)
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| Released | 1988 | |||
| Genre | Post-industrial | |||
| Length | 40:28 47:41 (CD version) | |||
| Label | Yellow Ltd. (Germany) Wax Trax! Records (United States) | |||
| Producer | Raymond Watts, John Caffery, JG Thirlwell | |||
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Reception
Track listing
- "It Tolls for Thee (Pig Breath)" (Raymond Watts) – 4:25
- "Scumsberg" (Watts) – 4:02
- "One for the Neck" (Watts) – 3:54
- "Hildelinde" (traditional) – 2:45
- "My Favourite Car" (Watts) – 5:01
- "Never for Fun" (Watts) – 5:26
- "Shit for Brains" (Watts) – 4:36
- "Red Man" (Watts) – 6:06
- "The Press" (Watts) – 3:59
- "Peoria" (Watts/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, programming, lyrics
Guests and production
- Hanns Joachim Mennicken – guitar on "Scumsberg"
- Alexander Hacke – guitar on tracks 1, 5, 9
- Nikkolai Weidemann – guitar, piano and saxophone on "One for the Neck"
- Axel Dill – drums and piano on "Hildelinde"
- Uwe Wurst – guitar on "My Favorite Car"
- JG Thirlwell – production, lyrics on "Peoria"
- Christian Graupner – percussion on "Scumsberg" and "Red Man"
- John Caffery – production on tracks 1–9
