Wrecked

Pig | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 16, 1997)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Tvt
• ASIN: B000000GT8
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #135,004 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #100 in Music > Indie Music > Alternative Rock > Goth & Industrial

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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Probably not Watts' best, but..., April 15, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Wrecked (Audio CD)

Raymond Watts, the guy behind Pig, is one of the rare people in an artistic field who turns to gold everything he touches. Witness: KMFDM, who with Watts as frontman turned out some very good tunes, and without Watts generally wound up doing cheesy and formulaic self-parody. This album, Pig's most recent (though it wouldn't be if Black Brothel would ever get done) probably isn't his best. I don't know what his best is, since I have yet to have heard his entire back catalogue (I am woefully Swining-less). However, not Watts' best is still better than anything else. A great combination of electro-industrial, heavy geetar and bombastic orchestral sweeps comprises the Pig sound in these post-Sinsation days. And what a sound it is. Best songs on this album: Book Of Tequila, (unfortunately not on the American version of the album) Save Me, Fuck Me I'm Sick (also not on the US release), and the remakes of Blades and My Sanctuary. The only real low points are the redo of Find It Fuck It Forget It (having not heard the original, I can only judge it to the Sump mix on No One Gets Out of Her Alive and the live version on the Painiac single-- it is inferior to both) and the title track, which drags on a little too much. Still really really good stuff though. Why Watts hasn't become a mainstream superstar is beyond me, since second-rate hacks like Marilyn Manson have no problem doing it. Oh well. All the better for the elitist in me.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Your CD player will be begging you to keep this one inside, January 26, 2004

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Wesley A. Mcbryde (Hendersonville, TN) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Wrecked (Audio CD)

This is the first CD from Pig that I was introduced to, and in my opinion, it happens to be his best. After listening to every track - and I do mean every track...this is one of those CDs that can spin through my CD player all day without me getting tired of it - I was prompted to set out and attempt to buy as much Pig merchandise as I could get my hands on. I've read from several people that they don't understand why Raymond Watts isn't big here in America, and honestly, I don't know why either. Although you couldn't fit him in with Trent Reznor's *current* style of music, you could definitely fit Wrecked in with The Downward Spiral in terms of tormented vocals, amazingly diverse lyrics (check out Sanctuary if you get the chance), and wonderful usage of layered electronics altogether. Even though he's popular in Japan, he deserves a lot more recognition in the states.

If Wrecked just so happens to be your first taste of the Lard as well, I suggest venturing over to Genuine American Monster and Sinsation next. If you're unsure whether this CD is worth the buy or even the listen, I strongly recommend three of the end tracks, Blades (Slash Mix), Find It F. It Forget It (Sump Mix), and Sanctuary (Spent Sperm Mix) to aid in turning your ear to one of the greatest industrial artists out there.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Raymond Watts is the Lard, March 13, 2001

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"halo1000" (A Warm Place) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Wrecked (Audio CD)

There's several people you must know if you consider yourself a true alternative music fan. One of them is Raymond Watts, the guy behind Pig and one of the guys behind KMFDM. Watts is a great musician. What I find so interesting about Pig is the fact that he does such dark, twisted songs with such upbeat music. Witness No One Gets Out of Her Alive, which sounds like something you'd hear on a modern rock station, but it's got such dark lyrics (it's sort of about satanism) that it would never get played on the radio. His instrumentals are also something else, like Silt on this disc. Other songs worth mentioning are Comtempt, Save Me, and the infamous Find It, F*** It, Forget It. Another thing to mention is Watts' attention to detail and is deep, brutal voice that makes Marilyn Manson sound like Ricky Martin. This is the perfect CD to give to anyone who thinks Limp Bizkit and Manson are edgy. Anything by Pig will scare fans of those bands straight ...