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==Reception== {{Music ratings | title = Original release | rev1 = [[AllMusic]] | rev1Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}<ref name=AMreview>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/100-broken-windows-mw0000116206|title=100 Broken Windows – Idlewild|publisher=[[AllMusic]]|accessdate=17 August 2011|last=Wilson|first=MacKenzie|archive-date=9 November 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121109125156/http://www.allmusic.com/album/100-broken-windows-mw0000116206|url-status=live}}</ref> | rev2 = ''[[Blender (magazine)|Blender]]'' | rev2score = {{Rating|2|5}}<ref name=Blenderreview>{{cite web|url=http://www.blender.com/reviews/review_1005.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040613201933/http://www.blender.com/reviews/review_1005.html|title=Idlewild 100 Broken Windows|work=[[Blender (magazine)|Blender]]|author=Lorraine, Chris|archivedate=13 June 2004|accessdate=7 December 2021}}</ref> | rev3 = ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' | rev3Score = A<ref name=EWreview>{{cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/article/2001/03/23/100-broken-windows/|title=100 Broken Windows|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|date=23 March 2001|accessdate=24 February 2019|last=Raftery|first=Brian M.|page=115|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190224173426/https://ew.com/article/2001/03/23/100-broken-windows/|archivedate=24 February 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref> | rev4 = ''[[The Guardian]]'' | rev4Score = {{Rating|2|5}}<ref>{{cite news|title=Idlewild: 100 Broken Windows (Food)|work=[[The Guardian]]|date=21 April 2000|last=Costa|first=Maddy}}</ref> | rev5 = ''[[La Opinión]]'' | rev5Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name=LAreview>{{cite journal|last=Hernandez|first=Octavio|title=Compactorama|journal=La Opinión|date=24 May 2001|issn=0276-590X|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Xf9CAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA21|language=Spanish|access-date=7 July 2021|archive-date=8 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210708102823/https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=Xf9CAAAAIBAJ&lpg=PA21&pg=PA21|url-status=live}}</ref> | rev6 = ''[[NME]]'' | rev6Score = 8/10<ref name=NMEreview>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/2084|title=100 Broken Windows|work=[[NME]]|date=5 April 2000|accessdate=31 May 2016|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121014004440/http://www.nme.com/reviews/2084|archivedate=14 October 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> | rev7 = ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]'' | rev7Score = 8.3/10<ref name=PFreview>{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/4063-100-broken-windows/|title=Idlewild: 100 Broken Windows|work=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]|date=9 May 2000|accessdate=17 August 2011|author=Beatty & Garrett|archive-date=14 August 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110814015319/http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/4063-100-broken-windows/|url-status=live}}</ref> | rev8 = ''[[Select (magazine)|Select]]'' | rev8Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine|author=Ridley, Bill|title=Album Reviews|magazine=[[Select (magazine)|Select]]|date=May 2000}}</ref> | rev9 = ''[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]'' | rev9score = 9/10<ref name=Spinreview>{{cite journal|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aPe2ZKjsEBIC&pg=PT16|title=Idlewild: 100 Broken Windows|journal=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]|volume=16|issue=12|date=December 2000|last=Dolan|first=Jon|page=56|access-date=2016-05-31|archive-date=2016-05-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160520142618/https://books.google.com/books?id=aPe2ZKjsEBIC&pg=PT16|url-status=live}}</ref> | rev10 = ''[[Stylus Magazine|Stylus]]'' | rev10Score = A−<ref name=Stylusreview>{{cite web|url=http://www.stylusmagazine.com/reviews/idlewild/100-broken-windows.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080517065747/http://www.stylusmagazine.com/reviews/idlewild/100-broken-windows.htm|title=Idlewild - 100 Broken Windows|work=[[Stylus Magazine|Stylus]]|author=Gwillim, Keith|date=9 January 2003|archive-date=17 May 2008|access-date=7 July 2021|url-status=dead}}</ref> }} ===Original reviews=== ''100 Broken Windows'' was met with generally favorable reviews from [[Music journalism|music critics]]. ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' writer Brian M. Raftery said Woomble's voice was "backed by rousing punk guitars and a ceaseless energy. The results are flashes of beauty and menace, often [...] in one song."<ref name=EWreview/> Octavio Hernandez of ''[[La Opinión]]'' said it was an "energetic recording", with Woomble's " brilliant voice and a rhythmic skeleton of great flavor".<ref name=LAreview/> ''[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]''{{'s}} Jon Dolan wrote that the album was an "astounding follow-up" to ''Hope Is Important''.<ref name=Spinreview/> The staff at ''[[NME]]'' said melody is "now paramount over velocity, the rough edges of reckless spontaneity smoothed by the high-gloss patina of responsible coherence". They noted that the album "gracefully enacts the sort of awkward, jarring progression another band would take several albums to complete."<ref name=NMEreview/> Keith Gwillim of ''[[Stylus Magazine|Stylus]]'' write that the band made music that is "all bluster and belligerence on the surface, but goes much deeper", showcasing that they were capable of "stealing from the past and making it your own".<ref name=Stylusreview/> ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]'' joint reviewers Beatty & Garrett expected a repeat of ''Hope Is Important'' and were "completely [...] surprise[d]" as it had "[n]o more screeching. No more punk-guitar chaos. No more uncomfortable strain." They added that the "chord progressions are crisp and the hooks immediate."<ref name=PFreview/> In ''[[The Rolling Stone Album Guide]]'', Chris Ryan wrote that the band "grows up and gets smart", greatly "step[ping] up in song-writing quality, as melody takes precedence over noise".<ref name=RSAGreview>{{cite book|chapter=Idlewild|last=Ryan|first=Chris|title=The New Rolling Stone Album Guide|title-link=The Rolling Stone Album Guide|editor1-last=Brackett|editor1-first=Nathan|editor2-last=Hoard|editor2-first=Christian|publisher=[[Simon & Schuster]]|edition=4th|year=2004|pages=[https://archive.org/details/newrollingstonea00brac/page/401 401–02]|isbn=0-7432-0169-8}}</ref> [[AllMusic]] reviewer MacKenzie Wilson noted that the band "scale back a bit" on the album, while showing they had "grown up".<ref name=AMreview/> Chris Lorraine for ''[[Blender (magazine)|Blender]]'' said that while it was a "melodic, chorus-catchy disc", the band's "need to kick into a loud anthemic chorus on each song feels a bit by-the-book".<ref name=Blenderreview/> ===Retrospective reviews=== {{Music ratings | title = Retrospective reviews | rev1 = ''[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]'' | rev1Score = {{Rating|5|5}}<ref>{{cite book|last=Larkin|first=Colin|author-link=Colin Larkin|title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music|title-link=Encyclopedia of Popular Music|chapter=Idlewild|publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]|edition=4th|year=2007|isbn=978-0195313734|page=1929}}</ref> | rev2 = ''[[The List (magazine)|The List]]'' | rev2Score = {{Rating|5|5}}<ref name=Listreview>{{cite web|url=https://www.list.co.uk/article/30738-idlewild-100-broken-windows-10th-anniversary-edition/|title=Idlewild - 100 Broken Windows: 10th Anniversary Edition|work=The List|author=Pia, Camilla|date=15 November 2010|accessdate=7 July 2021|archive-date=6 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201206025838/https://www.list.co.uk/article/30738-idlewild-100-broken-windows-10th-anniversary-edition/|url-status=live}}</ref> | rev3 = ''[[The Press (York)|The Press]]'' | rev3Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name=YPreview>{{cite web|url=https://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/8791763.idlewild-100-broken-windows-10-year-anniversary-edition-emi/|title=Idlewild, 100 Broken Windows (10 Year Anniversary Edition) EMI ****|work=[[The Press (York)|The Press]]|author=Bean, Dan|date=14 January 2011|accessdate=7 July 2021|archive-date=8 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210708102833/https://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/8791763.idlewild-100-broken-windows-10-year-anniversary-edition-emi/|url-status=live}}</ref> | rev4 = ''[[Record Collector]]'' | rev4Score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref name=RCreview>{{cite journal|url=https://recordcollectormag.com/reviews/album/100-broken-windows10th-anniversary-specialedition|title=100 Broken Windows: 10th Anniversary Special Edition {{!}} Idlewild|journal=[[Record Collector]]|issue=383|author=Atkins, Jamie|date=20 November 2010|accessdate=6 July 2021|archive-date=6 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210706183319/https://recordcollectormag.com/reviews/album/100-broken-windows10th-anniversary-specialedition|url-status=live}}</ref> | rev5 = ''[[The Skinny (magazine)|The Skinny]]'' | rev5Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name=Skinnyreview>{{cite web|url=https://www.theskinny.co.uk/music/reviews/albums/idlewild-100-broken-windows-special-edition|title=Idlewild – 100 Broken Windows: Special Edition|work=The Skinny|author=Meiklem, PJ|date=23 November 2010|accessdate=7 July 2021|archive-date=3 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201003192037/https://www.theskinny.co.uk/music/reviews/albums/idlewild-100-broken-windows-special-edition|url-status=live}}</ref> }} ''[[The List (magazine)|The List]]'' writer Camilla Pia said the album was "slightly out of step with the modern world and yet meant so much to those who ‘got it{{Single+double}}.<ref name=Listreview/> ''[[Record Collector]]'' reviewer Jamie Atkins wrote that the album went on to be the band's "finest moment", with several of the tracks displaying a "new maturity to their songwriting without sacrificing the abrasiveness that made their earlier records so exciting".<ref name=RCreview/> [[BBC Music]]'s Mike Diver saw the album as a "game-changer" that "stamped Idlewild's identity as a highly literate, immensely able outfit whose melodies had evolved into true earworms".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/vcj9/|title=Review of Idlewild - 100 Broken Windows|publisher=BBC Music|author=Diver, Mike|date=2010|accessdate=8 July 2021|archive-date=16 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210316145849/https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/vcj9/|url-status=live}}</ref> Dan Bean of ''[[The Press (York)|The Press]]'' wrote that the album has "dated little" since its release, with "Little Discourage" "setting the pace and style of the album".<ref name=YPreview/> ''[[The Skinny (magazine)|The Skinny]]''{{'s}} PJ Meiklem noted that a few of tracks had "all the melodic clues" that would be expanded upon with their next album ''The Remote Part''. He added that ten years removed from its release, ''100 Broken Windows'' was "still a powerful record".<ref name=Skinnyreview/> ===Commercial performance and accolades=== ''100 Broken Windows'' peaked at number six in Scotland,<ref name=Scotlandchart/> and number 15 in the UK.<ref name=UKchart/> "Little Discourage" charted at number 12 in Scotland,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/scottish-singles-chart/19990926/41/|title=Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100|publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]|date=26 September 1999|accessdate=7 July 2021|archive-date=10 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210310090754/https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/scottish-singles-chart/19990926/41/|url-status=live}}</ref> and number 24 in the UK.<ref name=UKhistory/> "Actually It's Darkness" charted at number 14 in Scotland,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/scottish-singles-chart/20000402/41/|title=Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100|publisher=Official Charts Company|date=2 April 2000|accessdate=7 July 2021|archive-date=18 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181118164446/https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/scottish-singles-chart/20000402/41/|url-status=live}}</ref> and number 23 in the UK.<ref name=UKhistory/> "These Wooden Ideas" charted at number 18 in Scotland,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/scottish-singles-chart/20000618/41/|title=Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100|publisher=Official Charts Company|date=18 June 2000|accessdate=7 July 2021|archive-date=28 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201028210300/https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/scottish-singles-chart/20000618/41/|url-status=live}}</ref> and number 32 in the UK.<ref name=UKhistory/> "Roseability" charted at number 25 in Scotland,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/scottish-singles-chart/20001022/41/|title=Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100|publisher=Official Charts Company|date=22 October 2000|accessdate=7 July 2021|archive-date=18 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210518171303/https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/scottish-singles-chart/20001022/41/|url-status=live}}</ref> and number 38 in the UK.<ref name=UKhistory/> ''100 Broken Windows'' was certified gold by the [[British Phonographic Industry]] (BPI).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bpi.co.uk/award/25-1134-2|title=Idlewild 100 Broken Windows|publisher=[[British Phonographic Industry]]|accessdate=7 July 2021|archive-date=8 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210708102832/https://www.bpi.co.uk/award/25-1134-2|url-status=live}}</ref> By July 2003, it has sold 35,000 copies in the US.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/07/18/movies/the-next-is-ready-for-here-and-now.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20210226201049/https://www.nytimes.com/2003/07/18/movies/the-next-is-ready-for-here-and-now.html|title='The Next' Is Ready For 'Here and Now'|work=The New York Times|author=Lindgren, Hugo|date=18 July 2003|archivedate=26 February 2021|access-date=9 July 2021}}</ref> ''Spin'' ranked it at number one on their list of overlooked albums from the year.<ref>{{cite journal|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=k9KJt3F7IdUC&pg=PA77|title=The Ten Best Records You Didn't Hear of the Year|journal=Spin|volume=17|issue=1|date=January 2001|last=Hermes|first=Will|page=77|access-date=2021-07-07|archive-date=2021-07-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210708102824/https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=k9KJt3F7IdUC&lpg=PA77&pg=PA77|url-status=live}}</ref> ''The Skinny'' ranked the album as number one on their Scottish Albums of the Decade list.<ref name=Skinnydecade>{{cite web|url=https://www.theskinny.co.uk/music/opinion/albums-of-the-year/scottish-albums-of-the-decade-1-idlewild-100-broken-windows|title=Scottish Albums of the Decade #1: Idlewild - 100 Broken Windows|work=The Skinny|author=Carle, Darren|date=1 December 2009|accessdate=7 July 2021|archive-date=5 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210705121553/https://www.theskinny.co.uk/music/opinion/albums-of-the-year/scottish-albums-of-the-decade-1-idlewild-100-broken-windows|url-status=live}}</ref> ''[[Kerrang!]]'' included it on their list of Seven Amazing British Rock Albums From A Golden Era between 1999 and 2002.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kerrang.com/features/seven-amazing-british-rock-albums-from-a-golden-era-of-1999-2002/|title=Seven Amazing British Rock Albums From A Golden Era Of 1999 – 2002|work=[[Kerrang!]]|date=15 September 2017|access-date=7 July 2021|archive-date=4 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210204174442/https://www.kerrang.com/features/seven-amazing-british-rock-albums-from-a-golden-era-of-1999-2002/|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Fatherson]] have cited it as an influence on their third album ''[[Sum of All Your Parts]]'' (2018),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theskinny.co.uk/music/playlists/fatherson-under-the-influence|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20220704005253/https://www.theskinny.co.uk/music/playlists/fatherson-under-the-influence|title=Fatherson: Under the Influence|work=[[The Skinny (magazine)|The Skinny]]|author=Fatherson|author-link=Fatherson|date=11 September 2018|archivedate=4 July 2022|access-date=14 August 2023}}</ref> while [[Mastersystem]] have cited it and ''Hope Is Important'' as influences on their debut album ''Dance Music'' (2018).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theskinny.co.uk/music/playlists/mastersystem-under-the-influence|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20211018204750/https://www.theskinny.co.uk/music/playlists/mastersystem-under-the-influence|title=Mastersystem: Under the Influence|work=The Skinny|author=Mastersystem|author-link=Mastersystem|date=4 April 2018|archivedate=18 October 2021|access-date=14 August 2023}}</ref>
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