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.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.
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)
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
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