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A Distant History: Rarities 1997–2007

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A Distant History – Rarities 1997–2007
Compilation album by
Released29 October 2007 (2007-10-29)
Recorded1997–2007
GenreRock
LabelParlophone/EMI
Idlewild chronology
Scottish Fiction: Best of 1997–2007
(2007)
A Distant History – Rarities 1997–2007
(2007)
Post Electric Blues
(2009)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
NME5/10 (10/27/2007, p. 39)

A Distant History: Rarities 1997–2007 is a download-only compilation album by the Scottish rock band Idlewild, released on 29 October 2007 (2007-10-29), on Parlophone. The album is a companion piece to Scottish Fiction: Best of 1997–2007 and is composed of rarities and B-sides from throughout the band's career.

According to the band's mailing list, the track listing was chosen by the band themselves.

Track listing

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Source: Amazon[1]

No.TitleLength
1."Queen of the Troubled Teens"2:17
2."Self Healer"2:00
3."Chandelier"2:21
4."I Want To Be A Writer"1:48
5."Satan Polaroid"3:18
6."This Is Worse"3:39
7."You Don't Have The Heart" (Live at the Glasgow Garage)2:07
8."There's Glory in Your Story"1:58
9."A Distant History"4:36
10."I Was Made To Think It"4:01
11."Poor Thing"4:18
12."The Nothing I Know"4:26
13."Everything Flows" (Teenage Fanclub cover)3:34
14."I Found That Essence Rare" (Gang of Four cover)3:04
15."Hold on To Your Breath"3:55
16."Gone Too Long"2:59
17."Don't Let Me Change"4:44
18."El Capitan" (Acoustic)4:07
19."Winter Is Blue" (Vashti Bunyan cover)2:15
20."Hidden Ways"2:41

References

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  1. ^ "A Distant History". Amazon. Retrieved 7 April 2011.
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