The Remote Part
by Idlewild
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The Remote Part is ranked as the best album by Idlewild.
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The Remote Part track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
The Remote Part rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 4 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | wizardalien | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | 22/100 | 16 |
| 2026 |  Bach | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | 37/100 | 13 |
| 2026 | Moondance | Top 100 Music Albums of 2002 | 75/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | baz1860 | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 32/100 | 65 |
| 2026 | wizardalien | Top 24 Music Albums of 2002 | 5/24 | 4 |
| 2026 |  Leonard | Top 100 Music Albums of 2002 | 21/100 | 4 |
| 2026 | wizardalien | Top 100 Greatest British Albums | 45/100 | - |
| 2026 | wizardalien | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 72/100 | 29 |
| 2026 | LittleM1971 | Top 89 Music Albums of 2002 | 31/89 | 3 |
| 2026 | wizardalien | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums (One Album per Artist) | 48/100 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 77 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 468 | |||
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The Remote Part ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 07/20/2026 04:43 | Exist-en-ciel | 16,297 | 70/100 |
| ! | 02/01/2026 21:26 | wizardalien | 915 | 47/100 |
| ! | 12/30/2025 00:56 | Proto | 4,371 | 33/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 11% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.6/100, a mean average of 74.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.7.
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This album was their highest selling album. I first heard a little of it in 6th Form when teacher played it in her room on one of the days coming up to Christmas. We had been learning about 'Oh What A Lovely War' and 'Journey's End' at the time. I think I got album from HMV at 'The Fort' (sadly they closed that HMV down a few years ago now). Best song here is the first one. I remember watching brother and stepbrothers play Fifa 2003 a lot and this song was always on when starting up. Elsewhere there is 'American English' which is like 'The Bronze Medal' on the last album but so improved. They had completely embraced their softer side in this moment and no longer those guys who screamed about seeing shapes. They are a band who did so much while not steping into territory too far out there. It is all wonderful messy guitar music meeting with pop thing bands like Snow Patrol and Coldplay got. 'A Modern Way of Letting Go' still shows their past and Out of Routine and Tell Me Ten Words reach for the future. Amazing amazing amazing indeed. Plus '(I Am) What I Am Not'. Othello reference? I did Othello in English class mentioned at the top! (Edited)
Some beautiful songs on here. Really underappreciated band. My highlights are Live in a Hiding Place, You Held the World in Your Arms and American English. The intro to Tell Me Ten Words is great too. A couple of weak tracks (I am what I am not, Out of Routine) but overall a really enjoyable album that gets into my top 100 comfortably. Looking forward to listening to their other albums next. (Edited)
Tamthebam TOP 100 COMMENTER 05/25/2015 09:14 | #142365 | TOP COMMENT
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This is their best album IMO it is full of great songs. one of Scotlands best bands ever. (Edited)
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