Albums include The Remote Part, 100 Broken Windows, and Hope Is … The result was Captain, which the band describes as "an innocent, frank nugget of noise pop magic". The band then returned to America in May at the request of Pearl Jam, who asked the band to open one leg of their Riot Act world tour.

Lamacq was particularly impressed with the track "Self Healer" and asked, on the air, that if anyone knew anything about the band, they should contact him. "A Ghost in the Arcade" was the next single, released on 18 June, though only as an internet-downloadable track and not available on physical CD. Idlewild: The Remote Part (Album) 14 versions : Parlophone, Parlophone: TOCP-66018: Japan: 2002: Sell This Version: 14 versions : 7243 8 60713 2 3, 8607132: Idlewild : Warnings / Promises (Album… It was released on August 22, 2006, by LaFace Records and served as the soundtrack album to the duo's musical film of the same name, which was released that same month. A Distant History - Rarities 1997-2007 included the band's early singles as well as many B-sides and was available only through download stores. 1998 marked the year where the public became actively aware of Idlewild, who kicked off the year with their first UK tour, supporting the band Midget. Idlewild are a Scottish rock band formed in Edinburgh in 1995.

100 Broken Windows reached silver status in the UK and the band went on tour in Europe and North America.

Scottish Fiction - Best of 1997-2007 was released on 1 October 2007 by Parlophone and is a 17 track 'best of' compilation featuring career highlights, and includes the aforementioned DVD.

[28], In February 2019 mailing list recipients received notification of a new Idlewild album to pre-order on multiple formats as well as a tour of the UK in the Spring.

Idlewild eventually moved up to the highlands of Scotland and began the writing and demoing process of what would become The Remote Part.

[21] Through his blog Roddy Woomble revealed that Gareth Russell had left the band back in 2013 and multi-instrumentalist Luciano Rossi had joined the band. Phil Scanlon decided to leave the band in February 1997 to concentrate on his studies. Warnings/Promises received mainly positive reviews; however, some critics and fans disliked the band's direction with this album.

Fairfoull had been present at every Idlewild show since the middle of 1996, and had impressed the others with his spoken-word, solo acoustic shows as well as his performances with Edinburgh band, Pussy Hoover.

Tours supporting Ash, Placebo and Manic Street Preachers followed the release. Along with 'Self Healer', 'Satan Polaroid' and 'A Film for the Future', the song was included in a live session on Jeff Cooper's show 'XS' (now Radio2XS) on Sheffield's Hallam FM.

"No Emotion" was the second single released; it went to No.

To date, Idlewild have released nine full-length studio albums. Woomble, Jones and Newton were tagged in the photo of a recording/rehearsal studio. Very happy with the results, the band continued to record what would become their second full-length album, 100 Broken Windows. Woomble began a friendship with Scottish Makar (poet laureate) Edwin Morgan who would eventually end up on the song "Scottish Fiction," the album's closing track. Idlewild eventually returned to Edinburgh in 1999 to begin writing new songs, and contacted engineer Bob Weston, from Chicago, who recorded six songs with them in London.

During their 16 May gig in The Liquid Room, Edinburgh, Woomble announced an Idlewild 'Greatest Hits' compilation would be released later in the year at the request of former label Parlophone. After the release of the "Chandelier" single, the band signed a deal with Food Records/EMI in December. In 2006, Woomble worked with several musicians including Kate Rusby, his wife Ailidh Lennon, songwriter Karine Polwart (to whom he presented the Horizon Award at the BBC Folk Awards 2005, and with whom he performed at Celtic Connections) and Idlewild guitarist Rod Jones on his debut solo album My Secret is My Silence, produced by John McCusker. [23] In addition to Woomble, Jones and Newton, the album also included contributions from new members Rossi and bassist Andrew Mitchell of The Hazey Janes. It is always great to work with Rod and Colin, we have been making up songs together since 1995 – not far off 20 years! Readers of The Skinny magazine in Scotland would retrospectively vote 100 Broken Windows 'The Scottish Album of the Decade' in December 2009. Roddy toured the album in July and August.

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

In March 2011, Woomble released his second solo album, The Impossible Song & Other Songs.

During the summer, Idlewild were invited to play at the opening of the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh, a momentous day for Scottish history.

"[15], On 21 November the band sent an email to fans on the mailing list offering them a chance to preorder the new album (along with "exclusive packaging & including at least one bonus track") to be "shipped within weeks of completion".

… In the immediate aftermath of Fairfoull's departure, Idlewild fulfilled their tour dates for the rest of the year with Grant on bass.

The band's debut single "Queen of the Troubled Teens" was released on 17 March 1997, and built upon the chaotic reputation of their shows. [26] The second Glasgow show was also notable for surprise guest appearances by former Idlewild members Allan Stewart and Bob Fairfoull. In the UK, the band embarked upon an extensive UK tour, changing the setlist every night and revisiting songs from each of their albums.