| Selected | |
| Type: | compilation |
| Artist: | Recoil |
| Cover: | Recoil selected.jpg |
| Released: | 19 April 2010 |
| Recorded: | 1991–2010 |
| Genre: | |
| Length: | 76:51 |
| Label: | Mute |
| Producer: | Alan Wilder |
| Prev Title: | subHuman |
| Prev Year: | 2007 |
Selected is the first compilation album released by the British musical project Recoil, fronted by Alan Wilder, released on April 19, 2010. The album features an eclectic mixture of vocalists including Diamanda Galás, Joe Richardson, Douglas McCarthy, Samantha Coerbell, Siobhan Lynch, Toni Halliday, Nicole Blackman, Maggie Estep and Carla Trevaskis.
The tracks on Selected were chosen by 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."[1] 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.
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 and 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, MP3 and FLAC formats. These include three versions of "Want" by Haujobb founder Daniel Myer's alias Architect (hence the title of the set), and a remix of "Jezebel" by Ehron VonAllen. Additionally, a QuickTime video for one of the remixes of "Want" accompanies the downloads.[2]
"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 was released in 2012, from the Selected Events from Recoil's tour.
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.