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

## 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 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
