''Selected'' is the first compilation album released by the British musical project

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, fronted by

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, released on April 19, 2010. The album features an eclectic mixture of vocalists including:

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, Joe Richardson, Douglas McCarthy, Samantha Coerbell, Siobhan Lynch,

Toni Halliday Antoinette "Toni" Halliday (born 5 July 1964) is an English musician best known as the lead vocalist, lyricist, and occasional guitarist of the alternative rock band Curve, along with Dean Garcia. She was also a member of the bands Photofitz ...

Nicole Blackman Nicole Blackman (born November 30, 1971) is a New York City–born performance artist, poet, author, and vocalist. Literary career Blackman is involved in the North American goth, spoken word, and transgressive literature scenes. Blackman sel ...

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and Carla Trevaskis. The tracks on ''Selected'' were chosen by Alan Wilder who explained that the collection was made up of "his personal favourites, remastered and edited together into what I consider a cohesive and total listening experience." The tracks have been edited, where appropriate, by Wilder and Paul Kendall and re-mastered with Simon Heyworth at the Super Audio Mastering. The album is available as a single CD, double CD with new remixes and alternative versions, chosen and edited together by Wilder and Paul Kendall, a limited edition 4-vinyl box, plus a limited edition deluxe 4-disc box set. The artwork for ''Selected'' was designed by Un.titled under the able guidance of Matt Culpin, with photographic work, both for the studio and live album, created by Simon Congdon.

Artwork

Promotion

In support of the album, Recoil has announced details of an Events tour, ''A Strange Hour with Alan Wilder & Paul Kendall'', with dates across Europe and in the US between March & May 2010. Each date promised to be a unique event – with special guests – and these live presentations mark the first time Recoil has ventured out of the studio. The next part of the tour kicked off with dates across North America, South America and Europe between October & December 2010. On October 17, 2010 four remixes have been made available to download for free from the official Recoil website, under a common title ''Want – The Architect Mixes'', in

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and

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formats. These include three versions of "Want" by

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founder Daniel Myer's alias Architect (hence the title of the set), and a remix of "Jezebel" by

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. Additionally, a

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video for one of the remixes of "Want" accompanies the downloads. "Selected Events" continued in 2011, featuring shows in three Baltic countries and appearances at festivals until the end of October. The "A Strange Hour in Budapest" live Blu-Ray (only) was released in 2012, from the Selected Events from Recoil's tour.

Track listing

''Selected''

# "Strange Hours" (original version on ''

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'') – 5:13 # "Faith Healer" (original version on ''

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'') – 5:09 # "Jezebel" (original version on ''Liquid'') – 4:29 # "Allelujah" (original version on ''

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'') – 5:56 # "Want" (original version on ''Liquid'') – 5:50 # "Red River Cargo" (original version on ''

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'') – 6:04 # "Supreme" (original version on ''Liquid'') – 6:18 # "Prey" (original version on ''subHuman'') – 4:52 # "Drifting" (original version on ''Unsound Methods'') – 5:17 # "Luscious Apparatus" (original version on ''Unsound Methods'') – 5:39 # "The Killing Ground" (excerpt) (original version on ''subHuman'') – 5:42 # "Shunt" (original version on ''Unsound Methods'') – 5:47 # "Edge to Life" (original version on ''Bloodline'') – 5:11 # "Last Breath" (original version on ''Unsound Methods'') – 5:24

''Selected – Remixed''

# "Supreme (True Romance)" – 6:07 # "Prey (Shotgun mix)" (originally released as a free download, December 2008) – 5:10 # "Drifting (Poison Dub)" (an edit of the version on the ''Drifting'' single) – 7:13 # "Jezebel (Filthy Dog mix)" (an edit of the version on the ''Strange Hours'' single) – 5:41 # "Allelujah (Noisy Church mix)" – 5:33 # "Stalker (Punished mix)" (an edit of the version on the ''Stalker/Missing Piece'' single) – 7:00 # "The Killing Ground (Solid State mix)" – 5:44 # "Black Box" (excerpt) (an excerpt from the version on the ''Jezebel'' single) – 7:17 # "5000 Years (A Romanian Elegy for Strings)" – 5:45 # "Strange Hours '10" (featuring The Black Ships) – 5:49 # "Missing Piece (Night Dissolves)" (an edit of the version on the ''Stalker/Missing Piece'' single) – 7:22 # "Shunt (

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mix)" (slightly different version of the "Pansonic mix" on the ''Drifting'' single) – 5:19 * Tracks 1, 5, 7, 9 and 10 were previously unreleased.

''Selected – A Strange Hour''

An early version of the ''A Strange Hour'' liveset, on CD and DVD. The DVD contains the film projected during the liveset, with 48 kHz/24bit stereo audio. # Recoil – "Recoil Medley" # Recoil – "Prey (Shotgun Mix)" # Recoil – "Want" #

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– "To Shape the Future" # Recoil – "Drifting (Poison Dub)" # Recoil – "Strange Hours '10" # Recoil – "Allelujah (Noisy Church Mix)" # Recoil – "The Killing Ground (Solid State Mix)" #

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– "

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(Aggro Mix / Digitalism Remix)" #

/ Recoil / Speedy J – "Uranokemia" / "Shunt (Pan Sonic Mix)" / "Hayfever" # Recoil – "Black Box (Excerpt)" # Recoil – "Stalker (Punished Mix)" # Recoil / Sasha – "Faith Healer ( LFO Disbeliever Mix) / Fundamental" # Recoil – "Shunt" # Recoil – "Jezebel / New York Nights"

References

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