A Poke in the Eye... With a Sharp Stick (PIG album)

This article is about the 1988 indie album by the industrial rock band "PIG"

For the unrelated live album of the 1976 benefit show for Amnesty International – see: A Poke In The Eye (With A Sharp Stick)

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, J. G. Thirlwell
PIG chronology
A Poke in the Eye... With a Sharp Stick (1988) Sick City (1989)Sick City1989

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.

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/J. G. 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.