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The Selecter is tagged as: ska, two-tone, british, 2 tone, reggae

The Selecter were a British ska revival band from Coventry, formed in the late 1970s as one of the essential bands of the British ska movement.
Much of what set apart The Selecter from many of the other ska bands at the time was the voice of Pauline Black. She had to disguise herself as a man in order for the band to get gigs, but once they did, there was no disguising her voice. Like other ska bands of this movement, The Selecter featured a racially mixed line up, and songs about violence, politics, marijuana, a fictional spy’s theme song, James Bond, and reggae classics. The name of the band is a reference to the Jamaican word for a music selecter, known elsewhere as the DJ. Also typical to the style is the mix of one vocalist singing, and the other toasting in a Jamaican style, a precursor to rapping.
The Selecter’s first recording Too Much Pressure was recorded at the end of 1979 and beginning of 1980 and issued on the pre-eminent 2 Tone/Chrysalis label. Their second recording Celebrate the Bullet was issued in 1981. Though the band has continued to regroup and reform on and off, most of the many recordings available are recompiled selections from these first two albums, either live or studio recordings. The Selecter’s first two albums are essential Br...
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Top 10 The Selecter Songs
On My Radio
Three Minute Hero
Too Much Pressure
Missing Words
James Bond
Celebrate The Bullet
Murder
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The Whisper
They Make Me Mad
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Top 10 The Selecter Albums
Too Much Pressure
Greatest Hits
Selected Selecter Selections
Out on the Streets
Celebrate The Bullet
Cruel Britannia
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Selected Selections
Real To Reel
Street Feeling
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