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A Poke in the Eye... with a Sharp Stick

{{for|the 1976 Amnesty International benefit show|A Poke in the Eye (With a Sharp Stick)}}

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{{Infobox album

| name = A Poke in the Eye... with a Sharp Stick

| type = studio

| artist = PIG

| cover = A poke in the eye.jpg

| alt =

| released = 1988

| recorded =

| studio =

| genre = Post-industrial

| length = 40:28
47:41 (CD version)

| label = Wax Trax! Records

| producer = Raymond Watts, John Caffery, JG Thirlwell

| prev_title =

| prev_year =

| next_title = Praise the Lard

| next_year = 1991

}}

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.[https://web.archive.org/web/20090102005713/http://www.mnine.com/pigdiscography.html The Complete Pig Discography]

Reception

The album holds a 4.5/5 rating on AllMusic and is designated as their album pick of his discography.{{Citation|title=A Poke in the Eye... with a Sharp Stick - Pig {{!}} User Reviews {{!}} AllMusic|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/a-poke-in-the-eye-with-a-sharp-stick-mw0000198642|language=en|access-date=16 March 2021}}

Track listing

  1. "It Tolls for Thee (Pig Breath)" (Raymond Watts) – 4:25
  2. "Scumsberg" (Watts) – 4:02
  3. "One for the Neck" (Watts) – 3:54
  4. "Hildelinde" (traditional) – 2:45
  5. "My Favourite Car" (Watts) – 5:01
  6. "Never for Fun" (Watts) – 5:26
  7. "Shit for Brains" (Watts) – 4:36
  8. "Red Man" (Watts) – 6:06
  9. "The Press" (Watts) – 3:59
  10. "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){{Cite web|url=http://theswining.com/r.php?id=6 |title=The Swining – Discography page |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071016142938/http://theswining.com/r.php?id=6 |archivedate=16 October 2007 }}

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

References

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Category:Pig (musical project) albums

Category:1988 albums

Category:Albums produced by JG Thirlwell

Category:Wax Trax! Records albums

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