| Idlewild discography | |
|---|---|
 Idlewild at The Outsider in 2008 | |
| Studio albums | 10 |
| EPs | 3 |
| Live albums | 2 |
| Compilation albums | 3 |
| Singles | 26 |
The discography of Idlewild, a Scottish rock band, consists of ten studio albums, three EPs, three compilations, one live album, and twenty-eight singles. [1]
| Year | Details | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [2] [3] | FRA [4] | IRE [5] | SCO [6] | |||
| 1998 | Captain 1
| —2 | — | — | — | |
Hope Is Important
| 53 | — | — | 44 | ||
| 2000 | 100 Broken Windows
| 15 | — | — | 6 |
|
| 2002 | The Remote Part
| 3 | 135 | 39 | 2 |
|
| 2005 | Warnings/Promises
| 9 | — | 50 | 5 |
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| 2007 | Make Another World
| 24 | — | 100 | 8 | |
| 2009 | Post Electric Blues 3
| 90 | — | — | 37 | |
| 2015 | Everything Ever Written 4
| 20 | — | — | 4 | |
| 2019 | Interview Music
| 22 | — | — | 1 | |
| 2025 | Idlewild
| 16 | — | — | 3 | |
| Year | Details |
|---|---|
| 2005 | Love Steals Us From Loneliness
|
I Understand It
| |
| 2020 | Interview Music – Acoustic EP
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| Year | Details | Peak chart positions | |
|---|---|---|---|
| UK [3] | SCO [6] | ||
| 2007 | Scottish Fiction - Best of 1997-2007
| 79 | 21 |
A Distant History - Rarities 1997-2007 1
| — | — | |
| 2010 | The Collection
| — | — |
| Year | Details |
|---|---|
| 2015 | Live at Duart Castle
Given away free to people who pre-ordered Everything Ever Written |
| 2016 | Live
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| Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Album | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [3] | IRE [5] | SCO [9] | |||
| 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) | — | — | — | ||
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