''Pigmartyr'' (2004) is an

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, a.k.a. PIG. This was the first album he released under the moniker Watts instead of PIG. The First copies (approx. 500) were signed and numbered by Raymond Watts. The album was remastered and rereleased through

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as a

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album under the title ''Pigmata'' in 2005, with three additional tracks mixed by Isaac Glendening of Cesium 137.

Album information

Raymond Watts' first release since 1999's ''

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'', ''Pigmartyr'' is a bit of a departure from typical Pig material. Gone are most of the bombastic string sections and orchestral influence, ''Pigmartyr'' takes a turn toward the hard rock side, and has a much more raw and stripped down feel. The album was largely recorded in London, UK with a number of collaborators, including a duet ("Take") with UK rocker Harry (a.k.a.

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) and two songs ("Situation" and "Here to Stay") co-written with

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. ''Pigmartyr'' was originally planned as a PIG band album under the title ''Lust for Lard''. After a series of drawn-out recording sessions and release date changes, it was eventually released by Grand Recordings as a Watts album in the summer of 2004.

Track listing

Original UK release

# "Suck Spit Shit" 5:28 # "Here to Stay" 3:33 # "Reject" 3:53 # "Situation" 3:39 # "Kundalini" 5:44 # "Vitriol Vice and Virtue" 5:16 # "Take" 5:04 # "Arbor Vitate" 4:33 # "Stage Slut" 4:20 # "Junky" 6:03

Remastered US release

# "Suck Spit Shit" – 5:29 # "Here To Stay" – 3:31 # "Reject" – 3:51 # "Situation" – 3:38 # "Kundalini" – 5:46 # "Vitriol Vice & Virtue" – 5:15 # "Take" – 5:01 # "Arbor Vitate" – 4:33 # "Stage Slut" – 4:20 # "Junky" – 6:04 # "God Rod" – 5:27 # "On the Slaughterfront" – 6:46 # "Filth Healer" – 5:21

Personnel

– vocals, guitars, programming * Martin Eden – bass, programming, backing vocals * Steve White – guitars, programming * Jules Hodgeson – guitars *

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– drums *

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– backing vocals * Isaac Glendening - re-mastering with *

– additional programming on "Situation" and "Here To Stay" *

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– vocals on "Take" * Bryan Black – backing vocals on "Junky" * Oliver Grasset – additional programming on "Junky" * Jules Cooper – additional guitars

Album information

Under Grand Recordings, Pigmartyr was not mastered and many people could not get the album. It was soon remastered and re-released under

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under the

moniker and a new title, Pigmata. Raymond recorded three bonus songs for the album as well as having Isaac Glendening of Cesium 137 mix them. The album went on to become a rather large success at Metropolis Records, keeping the #1 spot on Metropolis' best seller list for several weeks.

References

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