Scottish Fiction - Best of 1997-2007

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Scottish Fiction - Best of 1997-2007
Greatest hits by Idlewild
Released	1 October 2007
Recorded	1997-2007
Genre	Rock
Label	Parlophone/EMI
Professional reviews
Pitchfork Media (7.7/10) link Rocklouder link stv.tv link Q (November 2007, p.155)
Idlewild chronology
Make Another World (2007) Scottish Fiction - Best of 1997-2007 (2007) A Distant History - Rarities 1997-2007 (2007)

Scottish Fiction - Best of 1997-2007 is a best of compilation by Idlewild. It was released in the United Kingdom on 1st October 2007.

The album is available in a 'special edition' with a bonus DVD featuring a live concert recorded at the Aberdeen Music Hall in 2007, all the band's promotional videos and a documentary.

[edit] CD track listing

1. "You Held the World in Your Arms" – 3:23
2. "No Emotion" – 3:05
3. "Roseability" – 3:40
4. "When I Argue I See Shapes" – 4:25
5. "Love Steals Us from Loneliness" – 3:14
6. "American English" – 4:35
7. "These Wooden Ideas" – 3:54
8. "El Capitan" – 3:57
9. "A Modern Way of Letting Go" – 2:25
10. "Let Me Sleep (Next to the Mirror)" – 3:23
11. "I'm a Message" – 2:31
12. "In Remote Part/Scottish Fiction" – 3:50
13. "I Understand It" – 3:21
14. "Little Discourage" – 3:11
15. "As if I Hadn't Slept" – 3:37
16. "Live in a Hiding Place" – 3:16
17. "Make Another World" – 4:08

[edit] DVD Contents

LIVE AT ABERDEEN MUSIC HALL (19/03/07) + DOCUMENTARY INTERLUDE FOOTAGE FROM 1997-1998

• Roseability
• You Held The World In Your Arms
• No Emotion
• Love Steals Us From Loneliness
• American English
• I'm Happy To Be Here Tonight
• A Modern Way Of Letting Go
• Future Works
• Little Discourage
• Satan Polaroid
• Not Just Sometimes But Always
• El Capitan
• When I Argue I See Shapes
• In Remote Part/Scottish Fiction

PROMO VIDEOS + AUDIO COMMENTARY FROM RODDY WOOMBLE

• A Film For The Future
• Everyone Says You're So Fragile
• I'm A Message
• When I Argue I See Shapes
• Actually It's Darkness
• Little Discourage
• 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
• No Emotion
• A Ghost In The Arcade

EXTRAS

• Everything (As It Moves) (Live at Aberdeen)
• Quiet Crown (Acoustic Instore, London 2002)
• When I Argue I See Shapes (Acoustic Instore, Boston 2003)
• Glasgow Barrowland Web Promo
• The Making Of Warnings/Promises
• If It Takes You Home (studio video)
• Make Another World EPK
• Photo Gallery

[edit] References

• Link. News page on official Idlewild website. Retrieved on 10 August 2007.

v • d • e Idlewild Roddy Woomble • Rod Jones • Colin Newton • Allan Stewart • Gareth Russell Gavin Fox • Alex Grant • Bob Fairfoull • Jeremy Mills • Phil Scanlon Studio albums Captain • Hope Is Important • 100 Broken Windows • The Remote Part • Warnings/Promises • Make Another World Compilations Scottish Fiction - Best of 1997-2007 • A Distant History - Rarities 1997-2007 Singles "Queen of the Troubled Teens" • "Chandelier" • "Satan Polaroid" • "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" • "As if I Hadn't Slept" (Planned single, never released) • "If It Takes You Home" • "No Emotion" • "A Ghost in the Arcade" Related articles The Reindeer Section • Ballads of the Book