- alternative rock, rock, indie rock
- 38 min
- 11 tracks
- Parlophone
The Remote Part is the third studio album by Scottish rock band Idlewild, released on 15 July 2002 by Parlophone. As they were becoming increasingly aware of their label's interest in them and their demos, the band's musical direction was being steered by guitarist Rod Jones.
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Character
Spare, grave, contemporary and classical in form.
- sparerichly built
- gravecomic
- contemporarynostalgic
- classical in formformally daring
- character-ledplot-driven
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Metacritic 83/100
- AllMusic4/5 ★
- Blender4/5 ★
- Entertainment WeeklyA−
- The Guardian3/5 ★
- NME9/10
- Pitchfork6.5/10
- Q4/5 ★
- Rolling Stone4/5 ★
- SpinB−
- USA Today3.5/4 ★
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Tracks
- 1You Held the World in Your Arms3:22
- 2A Modern Way of Letting Go2:23
- 3American English4:34
- 4I Never Wanted3:56
- 5(I Am) What I Am Not2:44
- 6Live in a Hiding Place3:16
- 7Out of Routine3:10
- 8Century After Century4:01
- 9Tell Me Ten Words3:47
- 10Stay the Same3:11
- 11In Remote Part / Scottish Fiction3:55
11 tracks, 38 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Idlewild
- Label
- Parlophone
- Type
- Album
- Format
- Digital Media
- Country
- XW
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