| Make Another World | ||||
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| Released | 5 March 2007 | |||
| Recorded | Sub Station, Rosyth | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Length | 34:38 | |||
| Label | Sequel | |||
| Producer | Dave Eringa | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 65/100[1] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AbsolutePunk.net | (81%) link |
| Allmusic |   link |
| Entertainment Weekly | (A-) link |
| NME | (6/10) link |
| Kerrang! | |
| Popmatters | (7/10) link |
| Pitchfork Media | (6.2/10) link |
| Q | (Mar 2007, p.112) |
| The Skinny | link |
Make Another World is the fifth full-length studio album by the Scottish rock band Idlewild, released on 5 March 2007 through Sequel Records. The album is the first with bass guitarist Gareth Russell, following Gavin Fox's departure at the end of 2005, and is their first since leaving Parlophone. Vocalist Roddy Woomble said that the band "made a conscious decision to make a strong, loud, rock record."[2]
According to the guitarist Rod Jones, the album references each of the band's previous albums, and is a "summing up of the past twelve years".[3] The album was noted for its return to Idlewild's heavier roots, while continuing to maintain a strong sense of melody as displayed on more recent albums. Q described the album as "the sound of a band re-energised."[4]
The album reached No. 24 on the UK Album Chart and, according to Woomble, has sold "40,000 copies, even though the record label effectively closed down just after it was released."[5] "No Emotion" was released to American radio on 6 March 2007.[6]
The album was performed in full on 21 December 2008, alongside their first album, Captain, at King Tut's Wah Wah Hut in Glasgow. In an interview following the gig, the guitarist Rod Jones said that the album - alongside Warnings/Promises - is his favourite release, saying that he "feels that we have become better at our craft as time goes on and I feel more confident in our song-writing as time goes by."[7]
- ^ "Make Another World by Idlewild". Metacritic. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
- ^ Make Another World EPK
- ^ "Idlewild - Interview". ComfortComes. Retrieved 11 September 2011.
- ^ "Idlewild: Make Another World (2007): Reviews". Metacritic.com. 6 March 2007. Retrieved 11 September 2011.
- ^ "Artist Info Idlewild". Archived from the original on 3 October 2009.
- ^ "FMQB Airplay Archive: Modern Rock". Friday Morning Quarterback Album Report, Incorporated. Archived from the original on 22 March 2013. Retrieved 31 October 2016.
- ^ Lindsay, Andrew. "Interview: Rod Jones (Idlewild)". stereokill.net. Retrieved 11 September 2011.