''The Singles Collect'' is a compilation album by Canadian

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band

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, released in 1999. The release serves as a collection of singles along with a few assorted promotional singles and alternate mixes. The compilation represents all of the singles released by Nettwerk before the band's move to American Recordings and subsequent break-up. On the rear cover, Track 8 is mistakenly titled "Spamsmolytic" instead of "Spasmolytic".

Track listing

Personnel

;Skinny Puppy *

Nivek Ogre Kevin Graham Ogilvie (born December 5, 1962), known professionally as Nivek Ogre, is a Canadian musician, performance artist and actor, best known for his work with the industrial music group Skinny Puppy, which he co-founded with cEvin Key. Sinc ...

– vocals *

cEvin Key Kevin William Crompton (born February 13, 1961), known professionally as cEvin Key, is a Canadian musician, songwriter, producer, and composer. He is best known as a member of the industrial music group Skinny Puppy, which he co-founded in 1982 ...

– synthesizers, guitars, bass guitars, drums *

Dwayne Goettel Dwayne Rudolph Goettel (February 1, 1964August 23, 1995) was a Canadian electronic musician, best known for his work in the industrial music group Skinny Puppy. Starting his career playing for a variety of acts around Edmonton, he joined Skinny Pu ...

– synthesizers, sampling ;Additional personnel *Dale Plevin –

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on 1, 8, 10 *

Tom Ellard Tom or TOM may refer to: * Tom (given name), a diminutive of Thomas or Tomás or an independent Aramaic given name (and a list of people with the name) Characters * Tom Anderson, a character in '' Beavis and Butt-Head'' * Tom Beck, a character ...

– tapes, samples on 5 * Wilhelm Schroeder – backing voice on 6, bass synth on 15 * Alien Jourgensen – additional guitar on 9 *

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– live sound, guitar on 4, 8, 12

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Singles Collect, The 1999 compilation albums Skinny Puppy compilation albums Nettwerk Records compilation albums