| It Tolls For Thee (Pigbreath) | 4:27 |
| Scumsberg | 3:57 |
| One For The Neck | 4:50 |
| Hildelinde | 2:42 |
| My Favourite Car | 4:57 |
| Never For Fun | 5:22 |
| Shit For Brains | 4:36 |
| Red Man | 5:30 |
| The Press | 4:00 |
| Peoria | 7:13 |
A Poke in the Eye… With a Sharp Stick is a 1988 album by Raymond Watts (as PIG). It was reissued in Japan in 1998 by Blue Noise. A low-budget promotional video for “Shit for Brains” exists, and was released on the Best Of Berlin Independence Days ’88 compilation VHS.
| LP | Wax Trax! Records | WAX 051 | US | 1988 |
| CD | Yellow Ltd. | Yellow 28 | Germany | 1988 |
| CD | Wax Trax! Records | WAXCD 051 | US | 1988 |
| Cass | Wax Trax! Records | WAXCS 051 | US | 1988 |
| LP | Yellow Ltd. | Yellow 28 | Germany | 1988 |
| LP TP | Wax Trax! Records | WAX 051 | US | 1988 |
| CD RM | Blue Noise, D:Pop | DRCN-25018 | Japan | 1998 |
Wax Trax!:
All songs written and arranged by Raymond Watts
Except “Hildelinde” (traditional)
Thank you for
Guitar on 1, 5 + 9 Alex Hacke
Guitar on 2 + 7 Achim Mennicken
Guitar, piano + sax on 3 + 6 Nikkolai Weidemann
Drums, piano + mix on 4 Axel Dill
Guitar on 5 Uwe Wüst
Guitar on 8 Remo Park
Percussion + programming on 2 + 8: Christian Graupner
Cover photos by Karin Elmers
Artwork by Chris Zander
Special thanks to Anna Wildsmith, Christian Graupner,
Nikkolai Weidemann, Alex Hacke, Klaus Maeck + Mark Chung
Produced by Raymond Watts + John Caffery, Berlin 1988
Peoria 9.1.61
Voice Raymond Watts
Music performed and produced by J.G. Thirlwell and R.G. Watts
Words written by J.G. Thirlwell
Music J.G. Thirlwell & R.G. Watts
Published by Freibank
Recorded at Foetus Ranch 8.18.88 with Roli Mosimann
Edited by Martin Bibi at B.C. Studios N.Y.C.
Blue Noise:
All songs written by Raymond Watts
Produced by Raymond Watts and Jon Caffery Berlin 1988.
“Peoria” written and produced by J.G. Thirlwell and Raymond Watts Foetus Ranch NYC.
Design and photography by Stephen Lovell-Davis
