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 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
The Remote Part rankings
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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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| ! | 12/30/2025 00:56 | Proto | 3,926 | 33/100 |
| ! | 11/13/2025 14:24 | AledJames | 1,465 | 69/100 |
| ! | 08/23/2025 16:30 | cicadelic | 11,653 | 73/100 |
| ! | 03/30/2025 09:54 |  Milhaud | 1,733 | 70/100 |
| ! | 03/15/2025 21:42 |  Graeme2 | 4,888 | 79/100 |
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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 74.7/100, a mean average of 74.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.7.
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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.
Tamthebam 05/25/2015 09:14 | #142365
This is their best album IMO it is full of great songs. one of Scotlands best bands ever.
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