Roseability

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"Roseability"
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Single by Idlewild
from the album 100 Broken Windows
ReleasedOctober 2000
Genre Alternative rock, punk rock
Label Food
Songwriter(s) Colin Newton, Roddy Woomble, Rod Jones, Bob Fairfoull
Producer(s) Dave Eringa
Idlewild singles chronology
"These Wooden Ideas"
(2000)
"Roseability"
(2000)
"You Held the World in Your Arms"
(2002)
Alternative cover
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CD2

"Roseability" is a song by Scottish rock band Idlewild, from their 2000 album 100 Broken Windows . It was the fourth and final single to be released from the album in October 2000 and charted at #38 in the UK Singles Chart (see 2000 in British music). The song makes reference to the American writer Gertrude Stein.

Track listings

In the UK

All songs written by Idlewild.

  1. "Roseability" – 3:39
  2. "Rusty (Poor Soldier Remix)" – 4:55
  3. "Thousand" – 3:02
  4. Enhanced section
  1. "Roseability" – 3:39
  2. "I've Only Just Begun" – 2:18
  3. "Self Healer (Acoustic Lamacq Live)" – 2:12
  1. "Roseability" – 3:39
  2. "Rusty (Poor Soldier Remix)" – 4:55


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