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

For the 1976 Amnesty International benefit show, see A Poke in the Eye (With a Sharp Stick).

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.

A Poke in the Eye... with a Sharp Stick
Studio album by PIG
Released	1988
Genre	Post-industrial
Length	40:28 47:41 (CD version)
Label	Wax Trax! Records
Producer	Raymond Watts, John Caffery, JG Thirlwell
PIG chronology
A Poke in the Eye... with a Sharp Stick (1988) Praise the Lard (1991)

Reception

The album holds a 4.5/5 rating on AllMusic and is designated as their album pick of his discography.

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 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.

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