100 Broken Windows
| Untitled | |
|---|---|
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [1] |
| Entertainment Weekly | A[2] |
| NME | 8/10[3] |
| Pitchfork Media | 8.3/10[4] |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [5] |
| Spin | 9/10[6] |
100 Broken Windows is the second full-length studio album by Scottish band Idlewild, released on 9 May 2000. The album showcased a significantly mellower, less distorted sound for Idlewild, with the songs being of a slower tempo than those on the punk influenced Hope Is Important. In 2008, vocalist Roddy Woomble stated that the album "seems to be the record many people make a connection with."[7]
The album was preceded by the single "Little Discourage" in September 1999 (charting at 24), then shortly before release "Actually It's Darkness" charted at number 23. After the album's release, the band enjoyed further hits with "These Wooden Ideas" (32) and "Roseability" (38).
The album was performed in full on 18 December 2008, with Woomble noting that he was "looking forward to playing it again."[7]
Accolades
In December 2009, 100 Broken Windows ranked #1 in The Skinny's "Scottish Albums of the Decade" list.[8]
In an interview accompanying the accolade, vocalist Roddy Woomble noted:[8]
100 Broken Windows was very much, for me, us still getting somewhere, still finding our feet. I suppose that’s maybe the best era of any band, when they’ve gone beyond their debut but they haven’t quite got to the peak of their popularity yet; where they’re somewhere in between. It’s quite a pure area isn’t it?
Track listing
All tracks are written by Idlewild
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Little Discourage" | 3:08 |
| 2. | "I Don't Have the Map" | 2:14 |
| 3. | "These Wooden Ideas" | 3:52 |
| 4. | "Roseability" | 3:38 |
| 5. | "Idea Track" | 3:13 |
| 6. | "Let Me Sleep (Next to the Mirror)" | 3:20 |
| 7. | "Listen to What You've Got" | 2:32 |
| 8. | "Actually It's Darkness" | 2:39 |
| 9. | "Rusty" | 4:17 |
| 10. | "Mistake Pageant" | 2:49 |
| 11. | "Quiet Crown" | 3:21 |
| 12. | "The Bronze Medal" | 3:35 |
B-Sides from this album
- "A Tone" (released with "Little Discourage")
- "Broken Windows" (released with "Little Discourage")
- "1990 Nighttime" (released with "Little Discourage")
- "Meet Me at the Harbour" (released with "Actually It's Darkness")
- "West Haven" (released with "Actually It's Darkness")
- "Forgot to Follow" (released with "Actually It's Darkness")
- "It'll Take A Long Time" (released with "Actually It's Darkness")
- "There's Glory in Your Story" (released with "These Wooden Ideas")
- "When the Ship Comes In" (Bob Dylan) (released with "These Wooden Ideas")
- "Rescue" (Ian McCulloch/Les Pattinson/Will Sergeant/Pete de Freitas) (released with "These Wooden Ideas")
- "Actually It's Darkness (Acoustic Version)" (released with "These Wooden Ideas")
- "Thousand" (released with "Roseability")
- "I've Only Just Begun" (released with "Roseability")
References
- ^ a b Wilson, MacKenzie. "100 Broken Windows – Idlewild". AllMusic. Retrieved August 17, 2011.
- ^ "Idlewild: 100 Broken Windows". Entertainment Weekly: 115. May 23, 2001.
- ^ "100 Broken Windows". NME. Retrieved May 31, 2016.
- ^ Beatty & Garrett (May 9, 2000). "Idlewild: 100 Broken Windows". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved August 17, 2011.
- ^ Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian, eds. (2004). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. Simon & Schuster. pp. 401–02. ISBN 0-743-20169-8.
- ^ Dolan, Jon (December 2000). "Idlewild: 100 Broken Windows". Spin. 16 (12): 56. Retrieved May 31, 2016.
- ^ a b "Scotland Best Read Sunday Newspaper". Sunday Mail. 2009-08-11. Retrieved 2011-08-17.
- ^ a b "Scottish Albums of the Decade #1: Idlewild - 100 Broken Windows". The Skinny. 2009-12-01. Retrieved 2011-08-17.