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Idlewild discography
Idlewild at The Outsider in 2008
Studio albums	8
EPs	3
Live albums	2
Compilation albums	3
Singles	26

The discography of Idlewild, a Scottish rock band, consists of eight studio albums, three EPs, three compilations, one live album, and twenty-eight singles.

Studio albums

Year	Details	Peak chart positions				Certifications (sales thresholds)
Year	Details	UK	FRA	IRE	SCO	Certifications (sales thresholds)
1998	Captain Released: January 1998 Label: Deceptive Records	—	—	—	—
1998	Hope Is Important Released: 19 October 1998 Label: Food Records	53	—	—	44	BPI: Silver
2000	100 Broken Windows Released: 9 May 2000 Label: Food Records	15	—	—	6	BPI: Gold
2002	The Remote Part Released: 15 July 2002 Label: Parlophone	3	135	39	2	BPI: Gold
2005	Warnings/Promises Released: 7 March 2005 Label: Parlophone	9	—	50	5	BPI: Silver
2007	Make Another World Released: 5 March 2007 Label: Sequel Records	24	—	100	8
2009	Post Electric Blues Released: 5 October 2009 Label: Cooking Vinyl	90	—	—	37
2015	Everything Ever Written Released: 9 February 2015 Label: Empty Words	20	—	—	4
2019	Interview Music Released: 5 April 2019 Label: Empty Words	22	—	—	1

Often considered to be a mini-album.
Charted at number 2 on the UK Indie Chart.
Initially self-released to fans on 11 June through idlewildmusic.com.
Pre-orders through Pledge Music announced on 3 November 2014.

EPs

Year	Details	Peak chart positions				Certifications (sales thresholds)
Year	Details	UK	FRA	IRE	SCO	Certifications (sales thresholds)
2005	Love Steals Us From Loneliness Released: 22 February 2005 Label: Parlophone	—	—	—	—
2005	I Understand It Released: 29 April 2005 Label: Parlophone	—	—	—	—
2020	Interview Music - Acoustic EP Released: 15 January 2020 Label: Empty Words	—	—	—	—

Compilation albums

Year	Details	Peak chart positions				Certifications (sales thresholds)
Year	Details	UK	FRA	IRE	SCO	Certifications (sales thresholds)
2007	Scottish Fiction - Best of 1997-2007 Released: 1 October 2007 Label: Parlophone/EMI	79	—	—	21
2007	A Distant History - Rarities 1997-2007 Released: 29 October 2007 Label: Parlophone/EMI	—	—	—	—
2010	The Collection Released: 23 April 2010 Label: EMI	—	—	—	—

Download-only.

Live albums

Year	Details	Peak chart positions	Certifications (sales thresholds)
UK	FRA	IRE	SCO
2015	Live at Duart Castle Released: 16 Feb 2015 Given away free to people who pre-ordered Everything Ever Written	—	—	—	—
2016	Live Released: 16 May 2016 Label: Empty Words	—	—	—	—

Year

Details

Peak chart positions

Certifications
(sales thresholds)

FRA

IRE

SCO

2015

Live at Duart Castle

Released: 16 Feb 2015

Given away free to people who pre-ordered Everything Ever Written

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2016

Live

Released: 16 May 2016
Label: Empty Words

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Singles

Year	Title	Peak chart positions			Album
Year	Title	UK	IRE	SCO	Album
1997	"Queen of the Troubled Teens"	—	—	—	—
1997	"Chandelier"	—	—	—	—
1998	"Satan Polaroid"	160	—	—	Captain
	"A Film for the Future"	53	—	39	Hope Is Important
	"Everyone Says You're So Fragile"	47	—	42
	"I'm a Message"	41	—	31
1999	"When I Argue I See Shapes"	19	—	15
1999	"Little Discourage"	24	—	12	100 Broken Windows
2000	"Actually It's Darkness"	23	—	14
	"These Wooden Ideas"	32	—	18
	"Roseability"	38	—	25
2002	"You Held the World in Your Arms"	9	—	4	The Remote Part
	"American English"	15	—	8
	"Live in a Hiding Place"	26	—	17
2003	"A Modern Way of Letting Go"	28	—	21
2005	"Love Steals Us from Loneliness"	16	37	6	Warnings/Promises
	"I Understand It"	32	—	—
	"El Capitan"	39	—	—
2006	"If It Takes You Home"	—	—	—	Make Another World
2007	"No Emotion"	36	—	7
2007	"A Ghost in the Arcade"	—	—	—
2009	"Readers & Writers"	—	—	—	Post Electric Blues
2009	"City Hall"	—	—	—	Post Electric Blues
2014	"Collect Yourself"	—	—	—	Everything Ever Written
2015	"Come on Ghost"	—	—	—	Everything Ever Written
2019	"Dream Variations"	—	—	—	Interview Music
	"Same Things Twice"	—	—	—
	"There's a Place for Everything (Acoustic)"	—	—	—

Notes

A ^Chart ineligible.

Other appearances

1998 – Gran Turismo – "A Film for the Future"
2003 – FIFA 2003 – "You Held the World in Your Arms"
2005 – Midnight Club 3: DUB Edition – "A Modern Way of Letting Go"
2006 – Saints Row – "Too Long Awake"
2007 – Ballads of the Book – "The Weight of Years"

References

"Idlewild Songs, Albums, Reviews, Bio & More". AllMusic.
"Idlewild | full Official Chart history". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
^ "UK Chartlog: I Am Kloot – I Wayne". Retrieved 2009-06-14.
^ "lescharts: Search – Idlewild chart positions". Retrieved 2009-06-14.
^ "irish-charts: Search – Idlewild chart positions". Retrieved 2009-07-31.
^ Scottish albums:
- "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". officialcharts.com. 1998-11-01. Retrieved 2016-09-19.
- "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". officialcharts.com. 2000-04-22. Retrieved 2016-09-19.
- "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". officialcharts.com. 2002-07-27. Retrieved 2016-09-19.
- "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". officialcharts.com. 2005-03-19. Retrieved 2016-09-19.
- "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". officialcharts.com. 2007-03-17. Retrieved 2016-09-19.
- "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". officialcharts.com. 2007-10-07. Retrieved 2016-09-19.
- "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". officialcharts.com. 2009-10-11. Retrieved 2016-09-19.
- "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". officialcharts.com. 2015-02-28. Retrieved 2016-09-19.
- "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". officialcharts.com. 2007-10-07. Retrieved 2016-09-19.
- "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". officialcharts.com. 2019-04-12. Retrieved 2019-04-13.
^ "Certified Awards". Archived from the original on 2013-01-24. Retrieved 2014-04-11.
"Interview Music The New Album – Out 5 April". Idlewild. 8 February 2019. Retrieved 8 February 2019.
Scottish singles:
- "Official Scottish Singles Chart Top 100". officialcharts.com. 1998-05-03. Retrieved 2016-09-19.
- "Official Scottish Singles Chart Top 100". officialcharts.com. 1998-07-19. Retrieved 2016-09-19.
- "Official Scottish Singles Chart Top 100". officialcharts.com. 1998-10-18. Retrieved 2016-09-19.
- "Official Scottish Singles Chart Top 100". officialcharts.com. 1999-02-07. Retrieved 2016-09-19.
- "Official Scottish Singles Chart Top 100". officialcharts.com. 1999-09-26. Retrieved 2016-09-19.
- "Official Scottish Singles Chart Top 100". officialcharts.com. 2000-04-02. Retrieved 2016-09-19.
- "Official Scottish Singles Chart Top 100". officialcharts.com. 2000-06-18. Retrieved 2016-09-19.
- "Official Scottish Singles Chart Top 100". officialcharts.com. 2000-10-22. Retrieved 2016-09-19.
- "Official Scottish Singles Chart Top 100". officialcharts.com. 2002-04-28. Retrieved 2016-09-19.
- "Official Scottish Singles Chart Top 100". officialcharts.com. 2002-07-07. Retrieved 2016-09-19.
- "Official Scottish Singles Chart Top 100". officialcharts.com. 2002-10-27. Retrieved 2016-09-19.
- "Official Scottish Singles Chart Top 100". officialcharts.com. 2003-02-16. Retrieved 2016-09-19.
- "Official Scottish Singles Chart Top 100". officialcharts.com. 2005-02-27. Retrieved 2016-09-19.
- "Official Scottish Singles Chart Top 100". officialcharts.com. 2007-03-04. Retrieved 2016-09-19.

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Studio albums	Hope Is Important 100 Broken Windows The Remote Part Warnings/Promises Make Another World Post Electric Blues Everything Ever Written Interview Music
Compilations	Scottish Fiction: Best of 1997–2007 A Distant History: Rarities 1997–2007
Mini-albums	Captain
Singles	"Queen of the Troubled Teens" "A Film for the Future" "Everyone Says You're So Fragile" "I'm a Message" "When I Argue I See Shapes" "Little Discourage" "Actually It's Darkness" "These Wooden Ideas" "Roseability" "You Held the World in Your Arms" "American English" "Live in a Hiding Place" "A Modern Way of Letting Go" "Love Steals Us from Loneliness" "I Understand It" "El Capitan"
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