Idlewild discography

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)
		UK	FRA	IRE	SCO
1998	Captain1 Released: January 1998 Label: Deceptive Records	—2	—	—	—
	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 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

• 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

Year	Details	Peak chart positions				Certifications (sales thresholds)
		UK	FRA	IRE	SCO
2005	Love Steals Us From Loneliness Released: 22 February 2005 Label: Parlophone	—	—	—	—
	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)
		UK	FRA	IRE	SCO
2007	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

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	—	—	—	—

Singles

Year	Title	Peak chart positions			Album
		UK	IRE	SCO
1997	"Queen of the Troubled Teens"[A]	—	—	—	—
	"Chandelier"[A]	—	—	—
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
	"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
	"A Ghost in the Arcade"	—	—	—
2009	"Readers & Writers"	—	—	—	Post Electric Blues
	"City Hall"	—	—	—
2014	"Collect Yourself"	—	—	—	Everything Ever Written
2015	"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"