A Poke in the Eye... with a Sharp Stick
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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]
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Released | 1988 | |||
Genre | Post-industrial | |||
Length | 40:28 47:41 (CD version) | |||
Label | Wax Trax! Records | |||
Producer | Raymond Watts, John Caffery, JG Thirlwell | |||
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Reception
editThe album holds a 4.5/5 rating on AllMusic and is designated as their album pick of his discography.[2]
Track listing
edit- "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 neither available on vinyl releases of this album nor on the CD release YELLOW 28. The release "Sick City" (RTD M 28–1) features this track.[3]
Personnel
editPIG
edit- Raymond Watts – vocals, keyboards, programming, lyrics
Guests and production
edit- 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
References
edit- ^ 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.