Selected is the first compilation album

Compilation album

A compilation album is an album featuring tracks from one or more performers, often culled from a variety of sources The tracks are usually collected according to a common characteristic, such as popularity, genre, source or subject matter...

 released by the British musical project Recoil

Recoil (band)

Recoil is a musical project created by former Depeche Mode member Alan Wilder. Essentially a solo venture, Recoil began whilst Wilder was still in Depeche Mode as an outlet for his experimental, less pop-oriented compositions...

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

Diamanda Galás

Diamanda Galás is an American avant-garde composer, vocalist, pianist, organist, performance artist and painter.Galás has been described as "capable of the most unnerving vocal terror", with her three and a half octave vocal range. She often screams, hisses and growls...

, Joe Richardson, Douglas McCarthy

Douglas McCarthy

Douglas John McCarthy is the vocalist of Chelmsford, Essex-based EBM band Nitzer Ebb.Apart from writing and performing with Nitzer Ebb, McCarthy has also appeared on recordings by Recoil and has released material in collaboration with DJ Terence Fixmer as Fixmer/McCarthy...

, Samantha Coerbell, Siobhan Lynch, Toni Halliday

Toni Halliday

Antoinette "Toni" Halliday is an English musician best known as the lead vocalist, lyricist, and occasional guitarist of the band Curve.-Early life and career:...

, Nicole Blackman

Nicole Blackman

Nicole Blackman 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....

, Maggie Estep

Maggie Estep

Maggie Estep is an American poet and writer. She has published six books and released two spoken word albums: Love is a Dog From Hell and No More Mr. Nice Girl.Estep was born in 1963 in Summit, New Jersey...

 and Carla Trevaskis.

The tracks on Selected has been 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.

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 Wave

Wave

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, MP3

MP3

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 and FLAC

FLAC

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 formats. These include three versions of "Want" by Haujobb

Haujobb

Haujobb is a German musical project whose output has ranged drastically within the electronic music spectrum, from electro-industrial to IDM and techno...

 founder Daniel Myer's carnation Architect (hence the title of the set) — and a remix of "Jezebel" by Ehron VonAllen

Ehron VonAllen

Ehron VonAllen is a dark style synth-pop act based in Dallas, Texas. Born Aaron Christopher Allen in 1980, VonAllen began music in a small town of 4,000 in Walnut Ridge, Arkansas during the mid 1990s. Delving deep into the gothic scene, VonAllen tried to emulate his favorite music such as Depeche...

. Additionally, a QuickTime

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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.

A "Strange Hours" live DVD will be released in 2012, from one of the Selected Events from Recoil's tour.

Selected

1. "Strange Hours" (original version on Liquid) – 5:13
2. "Faith Healer" (original version on Bloodline) – 5:09
3. "Jezebel" (original version on Liquid) – 4:29
4. "Allelujah" (original version on subHuman
   SubHuman
   - CD/DVD: Mute / LCD STUMM 279 :* includes CD album as above plus a DVD featuring:*High-quality 24-bit and 48 kHz recording of subHuman*5.1 DTS and AC3 Surround Sound versions of subHuman...
   
   ) – 5:56
5. "Want" (original version on Liquid) – 5:50
6. "Red River Cargo" (original version on Unsound Methods
   Unsound Methods
   Unsound Methods is the third Recoil studio album, released in 1997. It was recorded at Alan Wilder's home studio, The Thin Line, in Sussex, during sessions that lasted from September 1996 to March 1997. The album was produced by Alan Wilder, with assistance and coordination by Hepzibah Sessa, and...
   
   ) – 6:04
7. "Supreme" (original version on Liquid) – 6:18
8. "Prey" (original version on subHuman) – 4:52
9. "Drifting" (original version on Unsound Methods) – 5:17
10. "Luscious Apparatus" (original version on Unsound Methods) – 5:39
11. "The Killing Ground" (excerpt) (original version on subHuman) – 5:42
12. "Shunt" (original version on Unsound Methods) – 5:47
13. "Edge To Life" (original version on Bloodline) – 5:11
14. "Last Breath" (original version on Unsound Methods) – 5:24

Selected – Remixed

1. "Supreme (True Romance)" (original version on Liquid) – 6:07
2. "Prey (Shotgun mix)" (originally released as a free download, December 2008) – 5:10
3. "Drifting (Poison Dub)" (an edit of the version on the Drifting single) – 7:13
4. "Jezebel (Filthy Dog mix)" (an edit of the version on the Strange Hours single) – 5:41
5. "Allelujah (Noisy Church mix)" (original version on subHuman) – 5:33
6. "Stalker (Punished mix)" (an edit of the version on the Stalker/Missing Piece single) – 7:00
7. "The Killing Ground (Solid State mix)" (original version on subHuman) – 5:44
8. "Black Box" (excerpt) (an excerpt from the version on the Jezebel single) – 7:17
9. "5000 Years (A Romanian Elegy for Strings)" (original version on subHuman) – 5:45
10. "Strange Hours '10" (featuring The Black Ships) (original version on Liquid) – 5:49
11. "Missing Piece (Night Dissolves)" (an edit of the version on the Stalker/Missing Piece single) – 7:22
12. "Shunt (Pan Sonic
    Pan sonic
    Pan Sonic was a Finnish experimental electronic music duo consisting of Mika Vainio and Ilpo Väisänen.-Music:...
    
     mix)" (original version on the Drifting single) – 5:19

• Tracks 1, 5, 7, 9 and 10 were previously unreleased.

Selected – A Strange Hour

1. Recoil – "Recoil Medley"
2. Recoil – "Prey (Shotgun Mix)"
3. Recoil – "Want"
4. Optical
   Optical (artist)
   Matt Quinn, better known as Optical, is a drum and bass producer and DJ from England.He is best known for his work with Ed Rush, fellow head of the Virus Recordings label, and as a pioneer of the techstep and neurofunk sound...
   
    – "To Shape the Future"
5. Recoil – "Drifting (Poison Dub)"
6. Recoil – "Strange Hours '10"
7. Recoil – "Allelujah (Noisy Church Mix)"
8. Recoil – "The Killing Ground (Solid State Mix)"
9. Depeche Mode
   Depeche Mode
   Depeche Mode are an English electronic music band formed in 1980 in Basildon, Essex. The group's original line-up consisted of Dave Gahan , Martin Gore , Andy Fletcher and Vince Clarke...
   
    – "Never Let Me Down Again
   Never Let Me Down Again
   "Never Let Me Down Again" is Depeche Mode's nineteenth UK single, released on August 24, 1987, and the second single for the then upcoming album Music for the Masses. A relatively moderate hit in the UK, at #22, it was a smash in West Germany, where it hit #2, and a Top 10 success in several other...
   
    (Aggro Mix / Digitalism
   Digitalism (band)
   Digitalism is a German electro house duo founded in 2004 in Hamburg and consisting of Jens "Jence" Moelle and İsmail "Isi" Tüfekçi. They are signed to French label Kitsuné Music, and have released four singles to date: "Idealistic", "Zdarlight", "Jupiter Room", and "Pogo"...
   
    Remix)"
10. Pan Sonic
    Pan sonic
    Pan Sonic was a Finnish experimental electronic music duo consisting of Mika Vainio and Ilpo Väisänen.-Music:...
    
     / Recoil / Speedy J
    Speedy J
    Speedy J , is a Dutch electronic music producer based in the city of Rotterdam. His breakthrough came with the release in 1992 of the minimal techno track Pullover...
    
     – "Uranokemia" / "Shunt (Pan Sonic Mix)" / "Hayfever"
11. Recoil – "Black Box (Excerpt)"
12. Recoil – "Stalker (Punished Mix)"
13. Recoil / Sasha
    Sasha (DJ)
    Sasha is a Welsh DJ and record producer. Sasha began his career playing acid house dance music in the late 1980s...
    
     – "Faith Healer (LFO Disbeliever Mix) / Fundamental"
14. Recoil – "Shunt"
15. Recoil – "Jezebel / New York Nights"