Scottish Fiction: Best of 1997–2007


Scottish Fiction: Best of 1997–2007 is a best of compilation album by Scottish rock band Idlewild, released on 1 October 2007 through Parlophone. The album was released following Idlewild's split from Parlophone/EMI, and, as a result, only features two songs from 2007's Make Another World, which was released through Sequel Records.
A limited edition version of the album was released which included a DVD. The DVD featured a documentary on the band, a live concert recorded in Aberdeen during 2007's Make Another World tour, and all the band's promotional videos.
The album entered the UK Album Chart at #79.

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 " – 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

Music for Documentary: Interludes Between Live Songs

  1. "Scottish Fiction"
  2. "A Distant History"
  3. "Safe and Sound"
  4. "'demo tape scratchings'"
  5. "Let Me Sleep "
  6. "In Words We Walk On"
  7. "I'm Happy to Be Here Tonight"
  8. "We Live for Fate"
  9. "Gone Too Long"
  10. "Easier to Learn"
  11. "These Wooden Ideas"
  12. "Palace Flophouse
  13. "Maybe I'm Saying This to Someone"
  14. "I Misunderstood"
  15. "'unnamed noisy song'"
  16. "Logic Always Dictates"
  17. "I Understand It"
  18. "Royal Glue"
  19. "Actually It's Darkness"
  20. "Love Steals Us From Loneliness"
  21. "Make Another World"
  22. "Someone, Somewhere"
  23. "Roseability"