Their third album, this reissue continues to celebrate the bands legacy and catalogue following the reissues of Captain in November 2020 and Warnings/Promises in November 2021. In an exclusive interview with Dig!, Roddy Woomble shared his thoughts on the importance of this record to the band’s history Simply speaking, The Remote Part is the most popular, commercially successful record that Idlewild ever made. None of our other records achieved that level of popularity. So its the defining record for the group.

Upon its original release, the album was met with huge critical acclaim with the NME saying It’s every ounce of Idlewild’s potential fulfilled at once and Mojo agreeing Sounding assured and triumphant, Scotland’s finest finally have realised their true potential, while Rolling Stone saw this as the album that made them stand out above their peers They ratchet up the latent R.E.M.-isms, elevating themselves heads above their musical kin and Uncut defined it as a huge progression for the band The Remote Part is Idlewild Mark II–sleeker, bolder, better.

The release is pressed on 140g recycled vinyl in a gatefold sleeve.

Track List

LP1

Side One

1. You Held the World in Your Arms
2. A Modern Way of Letting Go
3. American English
4. I Never Wanted
5. (I Am) What I Am Not
6. Live in a Hiding Place

Side Two

1. Out of Routine
2. Century After Century
3. Tell Me Ten Words
4. Stay the Same
5. In Remote Part / Scottish Fiction