The discography of Idlewild, a Scottish rock band, consists of ten studio albums, three EPs, three compilations, one live album, and twenty-eight singles.
Studio albums YearDetailsPeak chart positionsCertifications(sales thresholds)UKFRAIRESCOScottish albums:
1998 Captain1 Released: January 1998 Label: Deceptive Records —2 — — — Hope Is Important Released: 19 October 1998 Label: Food Records 53 — — 44BPI: Silver 2000 100 Broken Windows Released: 9 May 2000 Label: Food Records 15 — — 6BPI: Gold 2002 The Remote Part Released: 15 July 2002 Label: Parlophone 3 135 39 2BPI: Gold 2005 Warnings/Promises Released: 7 March 2005 Label: Parlophone 9 — 50 5BPI: Silver 2007 Make Another World Released: 5 March 2007 Label: Sequel Records 24 — 100 8 2009 Post Electric Blues3 Released: 5 October 2009 Label: Cooking Vinyl 90 — — 37 2015 Everything Ever Written4 Released: 9 February 2015 Label: Empty Words 20 — — 4 2019 Interview Music Released: 5 April 2019 Label: Empty Words 22 — — 1 2025 Idlewild Released: 3 October 2025 Label: V2 16 — — 3 1 Often considered to be a mini-album. 2 Charted at number 2 on the UK Indie Chart. 3 Initially self-released to fans on 11 June through idlewildmusic.com. 4 Pre-orders through Pledge Music announced on 3 November 2014.
EPs YearDetails2005 Love Steals Us From Loneliness Released: 22 February 2005 Label: Parlophone I Understand It Released: 29 April 2005 Label: Parlophone2020 Interview Music – Acoustic EP Released: 15 January 2020 Label: Empty Words
Compilation albums YearDetailsPeak chart positionsUKSCO2007 Scottish Fiction - Best of 1997-2007 Released: 1 October 2007 Label: Parlophone/EMI 79 21 A Distant History - Rarities 1997-20071 Released: 29 October 2007 Label: Parlophone/EMI — —2010 The Collection Released: 23 April 2010 Label: EMI — — 1 Download-only.
Live albums YearDetails2015 Live at Duart Castle Released: 16 Feb 2015 Given away free to people who pre-ordered Everything Ever Written2016 Live Released: 16 May 2016 Label: Empty Words
Singles YearTitlePeak chart positionsAlbumUKIRESCOScottish singles:
1997"Queen of the Troubled Teens"[A]————"Chandelier"[A]———1998"Satan Polaroid"160——CaptainA Film for the Future"53—39Hope Is Important"Everyone Says You're So Fragile"47—42"I'm a Message"41—311999"When I Argue I See Shapes"19—15"Little Discourage"24—12100 Broken Windows2000"Actually It's Darkness"23—14"These Wooden Ideas"32—18"Roseability"38—252002"You Held the World in Your Arms"9—4The Remote Part"American English"15—8"Live in a Hiding Place"26—172003"A Modern Way of Letting Go"28—212005"Love Steals Us from Loneliness"16376Warnings/Promises"I Understand It"32——"El Capitan"39——2006"If It Takes You Home"———Make Another World2007"No Emotion"36—7"A Ghost in the Arcade"———2009"Readers & Writers"———Post Electric Blues"City Hall" ———2014"Collect Yourself" ———Everything Ever Written2015"Come on Ghost"———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"
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