100 Broken Windows

100 broken windows

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Product Description
Second major label full length from the Scottish punk rock revival act. Includes the singles 'Actually It's Darkness' & 'Little Discourage'. 12 tracks in all. 2000 release. Standard jewel case.

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100 Broken Windows
100 Broken Windows
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • Imminently Catchy
  • Are you serious? One doller twenty-five
  • hmmm....
  • Scottish bliss
  • AMAZING
 100 Broken Windows
Idlewild
Manufacturer: Capitol
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00004R9EN
Release Date: 2001-03-13

Tracks:

  1. Little Discourage
  2. I Don't Have The Map
  3. These Wooden Ideas
  4. Roseability
  5. Idea Track
  6. Let Me Sleep (Next To The Mirror)
  7. Listen To What You've Got
  8. Actually It's Darkness
  9. Rusty
  10. Mistake Pageant
  11. Quiet Crown
  12. The Bronze Medal

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Edinburgh's noise merchants have stepped through the looking glass with this newest release. While harmony and traditional song structure used to play second fiddle to their anguished cries and hearty gusts of guitar squall, 100 Broken Windows displays a more mature quartet: still edgy but wonderfully tuneful. It's a formula that's less "Sex Pistols for students," as they've been previously described, and more "R.E.M. for street punks." That comparison seems inevitable, given lead vocalist Roddy Woomble's passionate delivery of cloudy-clever lyrics, but plenty of other influences come to mind throughout as well: exhilarating, throaty Nirvana-esque sing-a-longs ("Roseability," "Idea Track," "Actually It's Darkness") and emotive Fugazi-like stormers ("Listen to What You've Got," "Rusty"). But these 12 tracks are thoroughly the band's own and ultimately live well beyond any easy points of reference. --Bob Michaels

Album Description

Second major label full length from the Scottish punk rock revival act. Includes the singles 'Actually It's Darkness' & 'Little Discourage'. 12 tracks in all. 2000 release. Standard jewel case.

Album Details

Second Major Label Full Length from this Scottish Punk Rock Revival Act.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Imminently Catchy.......2006-08-13

REM without the politics is the best way to describe 100 Broken Windows. But don't let that stop you from buying this disc, you would regret it. Admitedly the message can add power to a song but it can also be depressing to have to hear the message everytime. 100 Broken Windows is a fun listen that will let you escape.

The lyrics are obscure enough that you will enjoy the vocals as another instrument but understandable enough that you will be singing with the songs. 100 Broken Windows has at least a half dozen tunes that you will find yourself humming the next day. Multi-layered sound with outstanding songwriting. You will find yourself constantly changing your mind as to which is your favorite song but you won't be skipping any when you listen to the disc. Do yourself a favor and get this relatively undiscovered gem.

5 out of 5 stars Are you serious? One doller twenty-five.......2006-01-13

This is a really good album for that price. It's got some good rockin' Morrisseyed style to it, "Roseability" is a good example, if you don't like that song, then you're crazy. Just the chorus alone, "Gertrude Stein said that's enough! I know that that's not enough now"

This album was always one that puzzle me it could slip through the cracks so easily but it really does the trick, for a dollar twenty-five, why wonder about it, if you don't like it, then you only spent a dollar. I'll break it down though so you'll know what your getting. It's a bit Morrissey like, only more upbeat and kind of rockin' there's moments that outshine others sure, but it's still a crackin' album.

3 out of 5 stars hmmm...........2005-10-23

these guys really sound like REM on some of these songs. with a little bit of early Blur thrown in and some harder sounding guitar work. i had heard great things about this band and i got this album expecting to be blown away. but even though there are a few good songs on here, nothing really astounds me and i find myself being bored and even a little bit annoyed while listening to this. it just sounds kind of underdone. not bad, but... perhaps some of their later records are a bit better?

5 out of 5 stars Scottish bliss.......2005-03-14

Okay, so Idlewild does have a tendency to sound like a punkier version of _Document_-era R.E.M. -- especially on this album. There must be room in your heart for that, right?

Its sequel, _The Remote Part_, is a bit more ostentatious in terms of its production values, but I'd have to say that this one has it beat in terms of melody and passion.

The first two-thirds of _100 Broken Windows_ represents one of the best eight-song winning streaks I've ever heard: just when you think they can't possibly come up with another scorching guitar hook or sing-along lyric, WHAM. In particular, "Little Discourage" takes the nuclear approach to album-opening, followed a bit later by the spectacular triple punch of "Roseability," "Idea Track," and "Let Me Sleep (Next to the Mirror)." Things do fall off a bit after that, but by then, I'm willing to bet that you'll be prepared to forgive.

5 out of 5 stars AMAZING.......2004-11-25

This band is truly amazing. 100 Broken Windows is definitely one of the top ten records ever recorded, it is full of heartfelt songs that hit you hard while listening. My favorite track has to be "Little Discourage." The song is just incredible. If you're looking just to listen to a few songs to see whether you like them or not, listen to that song. But I'm sure that won't even matter, because every single song on this album is incredible. A must have for any indie-rock music fan.
100 Broken Windows
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Pure Scottish Genius
 100 Broken Windows
Idlewild
Manufacturer: EMI/Parlophone
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00004SDQ1
Release Date: 2000-04-17

Tracks:

  1. Little Discourage
  2. I Don't Have The Map
  3. These Wooden Ideas
  4. Roseability
  5. Idea Track
  6. Let Me Sleep (Next To The Mirror)
  7. Listen To What You've Got
  8. Actually It's Darkness
  9. Rusty
  10. Mistake Pageant
  11. Quiet Crown
  12. The Bronze Medal

Album Description

Second major label full length from the Scottish punk rock revival act. Includes the singles 'Actually It's Darkness' & 'Little Discourage'. 12 tracks in all. 2000 release. Standard jewel case.

Album Description

Second major label full length from the Scottish punk rock revival act. Includes the singles 'Actually It's Darkness' &'Little Discourage'. 12 tracks in all. 2000 release. Standard jewel case.

Album Details

Second Major Label Full Length from this Scottish Punk Rock Revival Act.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Pure Scottish Genius.......2005-10-08

I am some what a fan of idlewild now. I went on a bit of a bender a while back buying pretty much every record and only really listening to "remote Part". I have since listened to "100 Broken Windows" and believe me it is there best. It's a classic album and really lets you know what this edinburgh group is about. "Let Me Sleep (Next To The Mirror)" has to be the best song on the album. If not that then "Bronze Medal". If you've heard or even got any of there other stuff this is well worth it, trust me. And even better when you manage to catch them live!!
100 Broken Windows
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • 100 broken windows-pavement fans beware!
  • Outstanding!!!
 100 Broken Windows
Idlewild
Manufacturer: Toshiba EMI Japan
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00004NKU1
Release Date: 2000-03-29

Tracks:

  1. Little Discourage
  2. I Don't Have the Map
  3. These Wooden Ideas
  4. Roseability
  5. Idea Track
  6. Let Me Sleep (Next to the Mirror)
  7. Listen to What You've Got
  8. Actually It's Darkness
  9. Rusty
  10. Mistake Pageant
  11. Quiet Crown
  12. Bronze Medal
  13. Meet Me at the Harbour [*]
  14. There's Glory in Your Story [*]

Album Details

Japanese Version featuring Two Bonus Tracks: Meet Me at the Harbour, and There's Glory in Your Story.

Customer Reviews:

3 out of 5 stars 100 broken windows-pavement fans beware!.......2001-07-17

First of all, being a pavement fan, I feel I need to complain about any comparisons-if anything, Idlewild have an updated Smiths or even Love Spit Love type sound. An obviously very accomplished band, I find their approach confusing-they are impossible to categorize. The pleasant vocals recall Michael Stipe,and the song structure is largely pop, but some of the guitar is very aggressive-variously jangly and emoish ("listen to what you've got" or "rusty"-an almost hardcore track, and my fave) to synthey and distorted For every rocker like "little discourage" or "i don't have a map" there is an irritatingly sappy pop number like "let me sleep". Dare say it...this band could even revitalize the tired "alterna radio", the songs are undeniably catchy (a little too poppy for my liking)

5 out of 5 stars Outstanding!!!.......2001-02-25

2 months ago I read a number of rave reviews of this CD on this exact webpage, now today I am writing as the first reviewer. What happened to all the other reviews? These reviews all said this CD was a masteriece and compared Idlewild to R.E.M, Pavement, and a bunch of other bands I love. They were right in a number of respects, although I feel that Idlewild is greater than the sum of their influences. As for R.E.M., sometimes when listening to 100BWs I think of Life's Rich Pageant ('These Wooden Ideas') or Murmur ('Idea Track'), but most often I'm taken back to Chronic Town ('Meet Me at the Harbor' reminds me of 'Carnival of Sorts'). However, if your favorite R.E.M. songs are 'Stand' or 'Losing My Religion' or 'Everybody Hurts' you may be disappointed - 100BWs recalls the hidden gems from R.E.M. of yesteryear, not the stuff you typically hear on the radio. If you like Pavement's Slanted and Enchanted or the harder stuff from their other CDs, you'll like this CD (for example, songs like 'Listen to What You've Got', 'Actually Its Darkness', and 'Rusty'). Also, there are elements of The Smiths here ('Let Me Sleep (Next to the Mirror)', 'Mistake Pageant', 'There's Glory in Your Story'). But like I said, Idlewild is greater than the sum of their influences, and songs like 'Little Discourage', 'I Don't Have the Map', and 'Roseability' are really great, multi-layered-original-well-produced, and fun as hell to listen to going 80mph on the New Jersey Turnpike.
Hope Is Important/100 Broken Windows
Average customer rating: Not rated
    		Hope Is Important/100 Broken Windows
    Idlewild
    Manufacturer: EMI
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

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    ASIN: B0002TKFAE
    Release Date: 2004-09-13

    Tracks:

    1. Little Discourage
    2. I Don't Have The Map
    3. These Wooden Ideas
    4. Roseability
    5. Idea Track
    6. Let Me Sleep (Next To The Mirror)
    7. Listen To What You've Got
    8. Actually It's Darkness
    9. Rusty
    10. Mistake Pageant
    11. Quiet Crown
    12. The Bronze Medal

    Tracks:

    1. You've Lost Your Way
    2. A Film For The Future
    3. Paint Nothing
    4. When I Argue I See Shapes
    5. 4 People Do Good
    6. I'm Happy To Be Here Tonight
    7. Everyone Says You're So Fragile
    8. I'm A Message
    9. You Don't Have The Heart
    10. Close The Door
    11. Safe And Sound
    12. Low Light

    Album Description

    Limited edition box-set combines the Scottish rockers' 1999 & 2000 albums. Slipcase. EMI. 2004.

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    2. 100 Songs You Know by Heart
    3. 10 Great Songs & An Ok Voice [Import]
    4. 111
    5. 1 2 3 4 Beat Beat Beat V.4 [Import]
    6. 13 Acres [Import]
    7. 13 Days
    8. 13 Drinking Songs
    9. 13 Violets
    10. 14 Shades of Grey [Clean] [Enhanced]

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