Editing 100 Broken Windows

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox album
| name       = 100 Broken Windows
| type       = [[Album]]
| artist     = [[Idlewild (band)|Idlewild]]
| cover      = 100 Broken Windows (Idlewild album - cover art).jpg
| border     = yes
| alt        = A person dragging a chair across a snowy field
| released   = 10 April 2000
| recorded   = May – November 1999
| studio     = *[[Air Lyndhurst|AIR]], London
*Jacob's, Surrey
*[[Rockfield Studios|Rockfield]], Wales
*[[Electrical Audio]], Chicago
| genre      = <!-- sourced in prose -->[[Indie punk]]
| length     = 38:46
| label      = [[Food Records|Food]]
| producer   = [[Dave Eringa]]
| prev_title = [[Hope Is Important]]
| prev_year  = 1998
| next_title = [[The Remote Part]]
| next_year  = 2002
| misc       = {{Singles
 | name        = 100 Broken Windows
 | type        = album
 | single1     = Little Discourage
 | single1date = 20 September 1999
 | single2     = Actually It's Darkness
 | single2date = 27 March 2000
 | single3     = These Wooden Ideas
 | single3date = 12 June 2000
 | single4     = Roseability
 | single4date = 16 October 2000
}}
}}
'''''100 Broken Windows''''' is the second studio album by Scottish [[Rock music|rock]] band [[Idlewild (band)|Idlewild]], released on 9 May 2000. While touring in support of their debut studio album ''[[Hope Is Important]]'' (1998), the band wrote and recorded its follow-up in stages. Sessions were done between May and November 1999 at a variety of studios: [[Air Lyndhurst|AIR]] in London, Jacob's in Surrey, [[Rockfield Studios|Rockfield]] in Wales, and [[Electrical Audio]], Chicago. Initial recording with [[Bob Weston]] resulted in unremarkable material, by which point they switched to working with producer [[Dave Eringa]]. Described as an [[indie punk]] album, ''100 Broken Windows'' has been compared to [[R.E.M.]] and [[Hüsker Dü]].

A tour of the United Kingdom preceded the release of the album's [[lead single]] "Little Discourage" on 20 September 1999. Idlewild closed the year with a tour of the United States; in March and April 2000, they went on a stint of the UK. "Actually It's Darkness" was released as a single on 27 March 2000 during the latter trek. They toured Europe with [[Muse (band)|Muse]] prior to the release of the "These Wooden Ideas" single on 12 June 2000. Various festival appearances followed, till later in the year when the band went on a tour of the UK. "Roseability" was released as a single on 16 October 2000, which was promoted with a few supporting shows for [[Placebo (band)|Placebo]].

''100 Broken Windows'' received generally favourable reviews from [[Music journalism|music critics]], some of whom praised the songwriting and progress from their previous album. The album charted at number six in Scotland, and number 15 in the UK. It would later be certified gold in the UK. All of the songs appeared on the [[Scottish Singles and Albums Charts|Scottish]] and [[UK Singles Chart]]s, with "Little Discourage" charting the highest in Scotland at number 12, and "Actually It's Darkness" charting the highest in the UK at number 23. ''100 Broken Windows'' appeared on an overlooked albums from the year list by ''[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]'', and a Scottish albums of the decade list by ''[[The Skinny (magazine)|The Skinny]]''.

==Background and production==
Idlewild released their debut studio album ''[[Hope Is Important]]'' in October 1998.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/release/hope-is-important-mr0001175440|title=Hope Is Important - Idlewild {{!}} Release Info|publisher=AllMusic|author=Wilson, Mackenzie|accessdate=24 February 2019|archive-date=8 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210708085209/https://www.allmusic.com/album/release/hope-is-important-mr0001175440|url-status=live}}</ref> It peaked at number 53 in the UK, while all of its four singles appeared on the [[UK Singles Chart]], with "When I Argue I See Shapes" reaching the highest at number 24.<ref name=UKhistory>{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/4007/idlewild/|title=Idlewild {{!}} full Official Chart History|publisher=Official Charts Company|accessdate=5 July 2021|archive-date=28 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210628032150/https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/4007/idlewild/|url-status=live}}</ref> The band wrote and recorded their next album in sections during their 120-date promotional tour for ''Hope Is Important''. While writing the album, he revisited [[Scottish folk music]] that he had grown up listening to prior to discarding it for nosier forms of music, as well as [[American rock]].<ref name=Skinnydecade/> Between May and November 1999, recording sessions were held at [[Air Lyndhurst|AIRm Studios]] in London, Jacob's Studio in Surrey, [[Rockfield Studios]] in Wales, and [[Electrical Audio]] in Chicago, Illinois.<ref name=1BWbooklet/>

Woomble had been enamored with bands such as [[June of 44]] and [[Slint (band)|Slint]]; Idlewild contacted [[Bob Weston]] and sent him some demos. Weston, who liked the demos, went to London to work with the band.<ref name=DISre/> Woomble said they had worked on a few tracks, "but they were just so weird, and we weren't ready for that". The band wanted direction, which they felt they were unable to due to Weston taking more of an engineer role instead of a producer.<ref name=DISre/> As their label [[Food Records]] disliked those songs, the band set about working with [[Dave Eringa]], who had finished working with the [[Manic Street Preachers]] at Rockfield, and travelled to Jacob's to meet Idlewild.<ref name=DISre/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/DaveEringa/status/1270793585127030784|title=Dave Eringa on Twitter: 'I think I came straight from recording The Manics...'|publisher=[[Twitter]]|author=Eringa, Dave|date=10 June 2020|accessdate=7 July 2021|archive-date=10 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200610195409/https://twitter.com/DaveEringa/status/1270793585127030784|url-status=live}}</ref>

Woomble said they didn't want to be viewed as "just as a rowdy night out for teenagers"; with the creation of "Little Discourage" and "Roseability", the band had a newfound confidence. They visited Weston in Chicago to finish working on some tracks. Eringa revisited the material the band had done during their first session with Weston, and had them re-sing some vocal sections.<ref name=DISre>{{cite web|url=http://dis11.herokuapp.com/in_depth/1660381-rediscover--idlewild|title=ReDiScover: Idlewild / In Depth|work=[[Drowned in Sound]]|author=Diver, Mike|date=23 February 2007|access-date=7 July 2021|archive-date=31 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180131081055/http://dis11.herokuapp.com/in_depth/1660381-rediscover--idlewild|url-status=live}}</ref> Weston recorded "Listen to What You've Got", "Rusty", and "The Bronze Medal, while Eringa produced the remaining tracks, and did additional recording for "The Bronze Medal". They were assisted by John Bailey, Matt Ollivier, Lee Butler, and Willie Deans. All recordings were by mixed by Eringa at [[CaVa Studios]] in Glasgow in December 1999, except for "Rusty", which was mixed by Weston in Chicago.<ref name=1BWbooklet/>

==Composition and lyrics==
Musically, the sound of ''100 Broken Windows'' has been described as [[indie punk]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-remote-part-mw0000021279|title=The Remote Part - Idlewild {{!}} Songs, Reviews, Credits|publisher=AllMusic|author=Wilson, Mackenzie|accessdate=5 July 2021|archive-date=1 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200601183453/https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-remote-part-mw0000021279|url-status=live}}</ref> and was compared to 1980s [[alternative rock|alternative]] acts, such as [[R.E.M.]] and [[Hüsker Dü]].<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Garrity|first=Brian|title=Albums|magazine=Billboard|date=24 March 2001|volume=113|issue=12|issn=0006-2510|page=22|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WxQEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA22|access-date=7 July 2021|archive-date=8 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210708102802/https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=WxQEAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA22&pg=PA22|url-status=live}}</ref> Woomble said [[the Smiths]] served as a big influence on the album.<ref>{{cite AV media|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8iQ98h1oRPE |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/8iQ98h1oRPE |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|title=Idlewild - Roseability (Live Acoustic Recording) {{!}} The Skinny Sessions|via=YouTube|author=[[The Skinny (magazine)|The Skinny]]|date=11 February 2015|time=0:51–5}}{{cbignore}}</ref> The album saw Woomble sing in his own accent, in contrast to the previous releases where he leaned towards a more American vocal.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theskinny.co.uk/music/interviews/a-distant-history-idlewild-mark-their-return-with-everything-ever-written|title=Idlewild's Roddy Woomble and Rod Jones – Everything Ever Written|work=[[The Guardian]]|author=Carle, Darren|date=9 February 2015|access-date=7 July 2021|archive-date=25 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210125144120/https://www.theskinny.co.uk/music/interviews/a-distant-history-idlewild-mark-their-return-with-everything-ever-written|url-status=live}}</ref> Rich Hughes of ''[[The Line of Best Fit]]'' said the band got the "mix perfect between their REM-influenced literary rock and their punk past".<ref>{{cite web|author=Hughes|first=Rich|date=26 September 2007|title=Idlewild – Scottish Fiction (Best of 1997 – 2007)|url=https://www.thelineofbestfit.com/reviews/albums/idlewild-scottish-fiction-best-of-1997-2007-1779|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210705143751/https://www.thelineofbestfit.com/reviews/albums/idlewild-scottish-fiction-best-of-1997-2007-1779|archive-date=5 July 2021|access-date=7 July 2021|work=[[The Line of Best Fit]]}}</ref> ''Ink 19'' writer Marcel Feldmar said it "conjures up some of the best moments of [[Swervedriver]], and at other moments you just get lost in the power and passion, pulling in a ferocity like the [[New Model Army (band)|New Model Army]] up in arms again".<ref name=Ink19review>{{cite web|url=https://ink19.com/2001/08/magazine/music-reviews/uhz3kb-idlewild|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20220808154537/https://ink19.com/2001/08/magazine/music-reviews/uhz3kb-idlewild|title=Idlewild 100 Broken Windows|work=Ink 19|author=Feldmar, Marcel|date=23 August 2001|archivedate=8 August 2022|accessdate=8 August 2022}}</ref> Discussing the title, guitarist Rod Jones said Woomble had written it in a book sometime prior, and that it dealt the album's topical theme of dissatisfaction.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.angelfire.com/ab/roofdog/music/ints/idlewild.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211027125138/https://www.angelfire.com/ab/roofdog/music/ints/idlewild.html|title=Idlewild|author=Bell, Alix|publisher=The Music Bar|date=27 March 2000|archive-date=27 October 2021|accessdate=15 September 2022}}</ref> Woomble said the lyrics reference subject matter such as [[postmodernism]], the Scottish mountains, [[crofting]], and [[Gertrude Stein]]. He said the band were improving as songwriters, "but not so much for the album to lose its raw edges".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/nov/17/idlewild-countdown-frontman-roddy-woomble-ranks-indie-band-albums|title=Idlewild countdown: frontman Roddy Woomble ranks the indie band's albums {{!}} Indie|work=[[The Guardian]]|author=Woomble, Roddy|date=17 November 2014|access-date=7 July 2021|archive-date=5 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210705143424/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/nov/17/idlewild-countdown-frontman-roddy-woomble-ranks-indie-band-albums|url-status=live}}</ref> Jeff Jackson of Sonic said the lyrics bounce between "straightforward declarations and enigmatic wordplay, the songs unfurl their meanings in short bursts and volleys".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sonicnet.com/reviews/archive/arch_rev.jhtml?id=1442903|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010430014607/http://www.sonicnet.com:80/reviews/archive/arch_rev.jhtml?id=1442903|title=100 Broken Windows, Idlewild|author=Jackson, Jeff|publisher=Sonicnet|date=18 April 2001|archive-date=30 April 2001|accessdate=14 August 2022|url-status=dead}}</ref>

{{multiple image
| direction = vertical
| footer    = Critics drew comparison between ''100 Broken Windows'' and the work of [[R.E.M.]] ''(top)'' and [[Hüsker Dü]] ''(bottom)''.
| image1    = R.E.M. in 2008 at the Albert Hall.jpg
| alt1      = Three men on a stage
| width1    = 180
| image2    = Hüsker Dü (1985 SST publicity photo).jpg
| alt2      = Three men holding drinks
| width2    = 180
}}
''100 Broken Windows'' opens with "Little Discourage", a track that beings with a [[Nirvana (band)|Nirvana]]-esque guitar part. Its [[Call and response (music)|call-and-response]] chorus section contains touches of [[New wave music|new wave]] keyboards.<ref name=Spinreview/> It was one of the first songs written for the album, and initially sounded closer to "[[You're the Voice]]" (1986) by [[John Farnham]]. They subsequently changed the song; its lyrics were intentionally vague, spurred on by the opening line, which Woomble had written on its own at the top of his notebook.<ref name=Collectionbooklet/> "These Wooden Ideas" is critical of the music industry, and was compared to ''[[Murmur (album)|Murmur]]'' (1983)-era R.E.M.<ref name=NMEreview/><ref name=Stylusreview/> The band borrowed a keyboard and guitar from [[Teenage Fanclub]] for the song as they were recording in another room at Rockfield.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/RodJonesMusic/status/1270794502224203776|title=Rod Jones on Twitter: 'we borrowed @TeenageFanclub casio keyboard and @fender jaguar...'|publisher=Twitter|author=Jones, Rod|date=10 June 2020|accessdate=7 July 2021|archive-date=10 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200610202407/https://twitter.com/RodJonesMusic/status/1270794502224203776|url-status=live}}</ref> "Roseability" is an [[alternative rock]] track; Woomble said he was inspired by [[Sacred Emily|a poem by Gertrude Stein]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.stereogum.com/2081954/idlewild-100-broken-windows-review/reviews/the-anniversary/|title=Idlewild's '100 Broken Windows' Turns 20|work=[[Stereogum]]|author=Deville, Chris|date=8 May 2020|access-date=7 July 2021|archive-date=19 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210119212656/https://www.stereogum.com/2081954/idlewild-100-broken-windows-review/reviews/the-anniversary/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=Collectionbooklet/> When working on a song, Woomble wanted to play along to it to come up with potential lyrics, to which Eringa said he'd "give him an idea track".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/DaveEringa/status/1270796293074489354|title=Dave Eringa on Twitter: 'This is from the second session we did at Jacobs - the title came...'|publisher=Twitter|author=Eringa, Dave|date=10 June 2020|accessdate=7 July 2021|archive-date=10 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200610203038/https://twitter.com/DaveEringa/status/1270796293074489354|url-status=live}}</ref>

The song "Idea Track" was subsequently named after this, and deals with optimism.<ref name=Collectionbooklet/> Jones said it was the band's first attempting at writing a track while at a studio.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/RodJonesMusic/status/1270796349433397248|title=Rod Jones on Twitter: 'Idea Track Recorded in our second Jacobs session with @DaveEringa. Our...'|publisher=Twitter|author=Jones, Rod|date=10 June 2020|accessdate=7 July 2021|archive-date=10 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200610195826/https://twitter.com/RodJonesMusic/status/1270796349433397248|url-status=live}}</ref> The chorus sections came about as Woomble was unable to settle on a melody that he enjoyed, so Eringa combined all six existing vocal takes into one.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/DaveEringa/status/1270796512923172864|title=Dave Eringa on Twitter: 'The chorus came cos Roddy couldn't decide what melody...'|publisher=Twitter|author=Eringa, Dave|date=10 June 2020|accessdate=7 July 2021|archive-date=10 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200610193320/https://twitter.com/DaveEringa/status/1270796512923172864|url-status=live}}</ref> The bridge section features a violin performance from Jones, as they had found the instrument while at Jacob's.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/DaveEringa/status/1270796641763803136|title=Dave Eringa on Twitter: 'Mad little folk middle 8 - featuring a rare Rod Jones violin...'|publisher=Twitter|author=Eringa, Dave|date=10 June 2020|accessdate=7 July 2021|archive-date=10 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200610192756/https://twitter.com/DaveEringa/status/1270796641763803136|url-status=live}}</ref> "Let Me Sleep (Next to the Mirror)" is a mid-tempo song that recalls the early work of [[the Smashing Pumpkins]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.popmatters.com/idlewild-scottish-fiction-2496188025.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709083034/https://www.popmatters.com/idlewild-scottish-fiction-2496188025.html|title=Idlewild: Scottish Fiction|work=PopMatters|author=Bergstrom, John|date=9 January 2008|archivedate=9 July 2021|accessdate=9 July 2021|url-status=live}}</ref> "Listen to What You've Got" evoked the work of the [[Pixies (band)|Pixies]], which Woomble attributed to the American [[Underground music|underground rock]] they liked.<ref name=NMEreview/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/RoddyWoomble/status/1270798370102181890|title=Roddy Woomble on Twitter: 'Listen to what - recorded in Chicago with Bob Weston. Very...'|publisher=Twitter|author=Woomble, Roddy|date=10 June 2020|accessdate=7 July 2021|archive-date=10 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200610202217/https://twitter.com/RoddyWoomble/status/1270798370102181890|url-status=live}}</ref> As the song was done in Chicago with Weston, Jones was able to use [[Steve Albini]]'s [[Travis Bean]] and IVP guitars to give it "that buzzsaw guitar sound".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/RodJonesMusic/status/1270798023669493760|title=Rod Jones on Twitter: 'Part of the Bob Weston session in chicago @ElctrcAudioDpt. Getting...'|publisher=Twitter|author=Jones, Rod|date=10 June 2020|accessdate=7 July 2021|archive-date=10 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200610200958/https://twitter.com/RodJonesMusic/status/1270798023669493760|url-status=live}}</ref>

"Actually It's Darkness" opens with a [[post-punk]] keyboard part, before switching into [[Oi!]]-era guitar riff, with a piano-centred bridge section.<ref name=Stylusreview/> One of its lines, "shed a shade of shyness" was taken from a live review about Woomble, which he felt "link[ed] together public and personal opinion".<ref name=Collectionbooklet/> "Rusty" featured guitar riffs in the style of [[Fugazi]], which were inspired by [[Shellac (band)|Shellac]]'s ''[[1000 Hurts]]'' (2000), and also played on the Travis Bean and IVP guitars.<ref name=NMEreview/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/RodJonesMusic/status/1270799290320015360|title=Rod Jones on Twitter: 'Rusty - The other track from @ElctrcAudioDpt session with Bob...'|publisher=Twitter|author=Jones, Rod|date=10 June 2020|accessdate=7 July 2021|archive-date=10 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200610195150/https://twitter.com/RodJonesMusic/status/1270799290320015360|url-status=live}}</ref> During one weekend, Eringa was working as a sound engineer for a Manic Street Preachers show; Idlewild got drunk in the studio, attempting to cover "[[Save Tonight]]" (1997) by [[Eagle-Eye Cherry]], and wrote "Mistake Pageant" in the process.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/RodJonesMusic/status/1270800426632388608|title=Rod Jones on Twitter: 'ok so.A bit of a mistake all round for me this one. Written when...'|publisher=Twitter|author=Jones, Rod|date=10 June 2020|accessdate=7 July 2021|archive-date=10 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200610194244/https://twitter.com/RodJonesMusic/status/1270800426632388608|url-status=live}}</ref> The album ends with the ballad "The Bronze Medal", which recalled "[[All Apologies]]" (1993) by Nirvana.<ref name=Spinreview/><ref name=Oxreview>{{cite web|url=https://www.ox-fanzine.de/review/idlewild-100-broken-windows-cd-5545|title=Idlewild 100 Broken Windows CD|work=Ox-Fanzine|author=Salmutter, Elmar|date=June–August 2000|accessdate=7 July 2021|language=DE|archive-date=5 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210705122159/https://www.ox-fanzine.de/review/idlewild-100-broken-windows-cd-5545|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Release==
In July and August 1999, Idlewild played a handful of shows in mainland Europe and the UK, including an appearance at the [[Reading and Leeds Festivals]].<ref name=KMinterview>{{cite web|url=https://www.kindamuzik.net/interview/idlewild/idlewild/385/index.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220815134247/https://www.kindamuzik.net/interview/idlewild/idlewild/385/index.html|title=Idlewild|publisher=KindaMuzik|author=Tang, Niels van der|date=26 July 1999|archive-date=August 15, 2022|accessdate=August 15, 2022|url-status=live}}</ref> In September 1999, the band embarked on a tour of the UK. Coinciding with this, "Little Discourage" was released as a single on 20 September 1999.<ref name=NMEremember/> Two versions were released on CD: the first with "A Tone" and "Broken Windows", while the second included "1990 Nightime", and a live version of "You Don't Have the Heart".<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title="Little Discourage"|author=Idlewild|date=1999|type=sleeve|publisher=Food Records|id=CDFOODS 124/7243 8 87683 2 0/8875802}}</ref><ref>{{cite AV media notes|title="Little Discourage"|author=Idlewild|date=1999|type=sleeve|publisher=Food Records|id=CDFOOD 124/7243 8 87683 2 0/8876832}}</ref> The music video for "Little Discourage" was directed by James and Alex.<ref name=SFbooklet/> After this, they went on a headlining tour of the United States throughout the following month.<ref name=NMEremember>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/idlewild-81-1399522|title=Remember You're a Woomble|work=[[NME]]|date=12 July 1999|access-date=6 July 2021|archive-date=30 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201030104536/https://www.nme.com/news/music/idlewild-81-1399522|url-status=live}}</ref> On 13 January 2000, ''100 Broken Windows'' was announced for released in three months' time.<ref name=NMEnew>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/idlewild-86-1386905|title=Idlewild Have Got New Album Cracked|work=NME|date=13 January 2000|access-date=6 July 2021|archive-date=5 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210705122017/https://www.nme.com/news/music/idlewild-86-1386905|url-status=live}}</ref> In March and April 2000, the band toured across the UK; Jeremy Mills of Peeps into Fairyland served as the band's touring guitarist for the trek.<ref name=NMEnew/><ref name=NMEactually/>

"Actually It's Darkness" was released as a single on 27 March 2000.<ref name=NMEactually>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/idlewild-84-1398991|title=Idlewild – Actually, It's a Single and Tour|work=NME|date=24 February 2000|access-date=6 July 2021|archive-date=5 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210705122014/https://www.nme.com/news/music/idlewild-84-1398991|url-status=live}}</ref> Two versions were released on CD: the first with "Meet Me at the Harbour" and "West Haven", while the second featured "Forgot to Follow", and a cover of "[[Sandy (Sandy Denny album)|It'll Take a Long Time]]" (1972) by [[Sandy Denny]].<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title="Actually It's Darkness"|author=Idlewild|date=2000|type=sleeve|publisher=Food Records|id=CDFOODS127/7243 8 88447 2 7}}</ref><ref>{{cite AV media notes|title="Actually It's Darkness"|author=Idlewild|date=2000|type=sleeve|publisher=Food Records|id=CDFOOD127/7243 8 88339 2 9}}</ref> The music video for "Actually It's Darkness" was directed by James and Alex.<ref name=SFbooklet/> ''100 Broken Windows'' was released on 10 April 2000 by Food Records.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/idlewild-79-1395963|title=Idlewild to Play Instore for Free|work=NME|date=29 March 2000|access-date=6 July 2021|archive-date=5 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210705121710/https://www.nme.com/news/music/idlewild-79-1395963|url-status=live}}</ref> The album's booklet includes a black-and-white map of [[Outer Hebrides]].<ref name=DISfriday>{{cite web|url=https://drownedinsound.com/in_depth/4151076-the-friday-fangasm--100-broken-windows-by-idlewild|title=The Friday Fangasm: 100 Broken Windows by Idlewild / In Depth|work=[[Drowned in Sound]]|author=Clayton, Tom|date=2 June 2017|access-date=7 July 2021|archive-date=18 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210618084902/https://drownedinsound.com/in_depth/4151076-the-friday-fangasm--100-broken-windows-by-idlewild|url-status=dead}}</ref> In another part of the booklet, "Subject: History" is mentioned, which Woomble had a double meaning: when people inquired as to the subject matter of their songs; when they worked with Weston, the tapes had a section on the label listed as "Subject", intended for the name of the band, though Weston wrote topics like geography and history.<ref name=TIMBTinterview>{{cite web|url=http://www.thenitmustbetrue.com/idlewild/idlewild.html|title=Idlewild|publisher=Then It Must Be True|date=March 2001|access-date=5 February 2024|archive-date=9 May 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080509070649/http://www.thenitmustbetrue.com/idlewild/idlewild.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

''100 Broken Windows'' was promoted with an instore performance at the [[HMV]] shop in Edinburgh, a one-off gig that was broadcast on Japanese TV, as well as appearances on ''[[Later... with Jools Holland]]'' and ''[[Top of the Pops]]''.<ref name=NMEfree>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/idlewild-76-1395146|title=Idlewild Gig – Actually, It's Free!|work=NME|date=5 April 2000|access-date=6 July 2021|archive-date=6 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201206011213/https://www.nme.com/news/music/idlewild-76-1395146|url-status=live}}</ref> They then embarked on a tour of Europe with [[Muse (band)|Muse]] in May 2000, leading up to the single release of "These Wooden Ideas" on 12 June 2000.<ref name=NMEfree/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/idlewild-95-1391111|title=Idlewild Have Got It Covered|work=NME|date=16 May 2000|access-date=6 July 2021|archive-date=5 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210705121633/https://www.nme.com/news/music/idlewild-95-1391111|url-status=live}}</ref> Two versions were released on CD: the first with "There's Glory in Your Story" and a cover of "[[When the Ship Comes In]]" (1964) by [[Bob Dylan]], while the second included an acoustic version of "Actually It's Darkness", and a cover of "[[Rescue (Echo & the Bunnymen song)|Rescue]]" (1980) by [[Echo & the Bunnymen]].<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title="These Wooden Ideas"|author=Idlewild|date=2000|type=sleeve|publisher=Food Records|id=CDFOODS132/7243 8 88855 2 6}}</ref><ref>{{cite AV media notes|title="These Wooden Ideas"|author=Idlewild|date=2000|type=sleeve|publisher=Food Records|id=CDFOOD132/7243 8 88714 2 6}}</ref> The music video for "These Wooden Ideas" was directed by James and Alex.<ref name=SFbooklet/> The band played a handful of instore performances at [[Virgin Megastores UK|Virgin Megastores]], prior to appearances at the [[Glastonbury Festival|Glastonbury]], [[T in the Park]], [[Witnness]], [[The Edge Festival|T on the Fringe]] and [[Reading and Leeds Festivals]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/idlewild-89-1388904|title=Let's All Go 'Wild!|work=NME|date=5 June 2000|access-date=6 July 2021|archive-date=5 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210705122730/https://www.nme.com/news/music/idlewild-89-1388904|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=NMEfling>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/idlewild-85-1399069|title=Idlewild's Highland Fling|work=NME|date=6 July 2000|access-date=6 July 2021|archive-date=5 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210705122635/https://www.nme.com/news/music/idlewild-85-1399069|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/idlewild-92-1390918|title=Idlewild Seize the Day|work=NME|date=25 August 2000|access-date=6 July 2021|archive-date=5 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210705122559/https://www.nme.com/news/music/idlewild-92-1390918|url-status=live}}</ref>

In between of these shows, Jones accompanied [[Graham Coxon]] on his solo tour of the UK in July 2000.<ref name=NMEfling/> In October 2000, the band went on another tour of the UK, which coincided with the release of single "Roseability" on 16 October 2000.<ref name=NMEextra/> Two versions were released on CD: the first with "Thousand", a remix of "Rusty", and the music video for "Roseability" (directed by Grant Gee), while the second featured a live version of "I've Only Just Begun", and a radio session version of "Self Healer".<ref name=SFbooklet/><ref>{{cite AV media notes|title="Roseability"|author=Idlewild|date=2000|type=sleeve|publisher=Food Records|id=CDFOODS134/7243 8 89489 0 6}}</ref><ref>{{cite AV media notes|title="Roseability"|author=Idlewild|date=2000|type=sleeve|publisher=Food Records|id=CDFOOD134/7243 8 89489 2 0}}</ref> The concept for the "Roseability" video stemmed from the label asking if they could create a "straightforward video" as the previous ones were not shown till after midnight. As James and Alex were busy, the band settled on Gee, who had previously worked with other acts on [[Parlophone]], such as [[Coldplay]] and [[Radiohead]]; they invited their fans to appear in the video.<ref name=TIMBTinterview/> Following this, the band supported [[Placebo (band)|Placebo]] for a handful of shows.<ref name=NMEextra>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/idlewild-96-1392376|title=Extra Wild!|work=NME|date=16 August 2000|access-date=6 July 2021|archive-date=5 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210705122559/https://www.nme.com/news/music/idlewild-96-1392376|url-status=live}}</ref> ''100 Broken Windows'' was released in the US on 13 March 2001 through [[Capitol Records|Capitol]] and Odeon Records.<ref name=Blenderreview/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/idlewild-82-1397965|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20210705122411/https://www.nme.com/news/music/idlewild-82-1397965|title=In Rod We Trust!|work=NME|date=31 January 2001|archivedate=5 July 2021|access-date=8 July 2021|url-status=live}}</ref> "Little Discourage" was released to US [[modern rock]] radio stations on 11 June 2001.<ref>Adored 2001, p. 40</ref>

''100 Broken Windows'' was played in full in December 2008 at [[King Tut's Wah Wah Hut]] in Glasgow as part of a series of shows where the band performed all of their albums.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://drownedinsound.com/in_depth/4135853-disection--idlewild-hope-is-important-track-by-track|title=DiSection: Idlewild Hope Is Important track-by-track / In Depth|work=[[Drowned in Sound]]|author=Webb, Rob|date=26 November 2008|access-date=5 July 2021|archive-date=18 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210618081230/https://drownedinsound.com/in_depth/4135853-disection--idlewild-hope-is-important-track-by-track|url-status=dead}}</ref> It was released as a two-CD package with ''Hope Is Important'' in 2002, and then with their third studio album ''[[The Remote Part]]'' in 2011.<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=100 Broken Windows / Hope Is Important|author=Idlewild|year=2002|type=sleeve|publisher=Food Records|id=5431 482}}</ref><ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=100 Broken Windows / The Remote Part|author=Idlewild|year=2011|type=sleeve|publisher=[[EMI]]|id=5099968071721}}</ref> A 10th anniversary two-CD version of ''100 Broken Windows'' was released in 2010, with B-sides, demos, and radio session versions.<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=100 Broken Windows|author=Idlewild|year=2010|type=sleeve|publisher=Food Records|id=FOODCDX 32/5099990677328}}</ref> The band performed the album in its entirety again, in 2010 in Edinburgh.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.list.co.uk/article/31533-idlewild-perform-100-broken-windows-album-live/|title=Idlewild perform 100 Broken Windows album live|work=The List|author=Pollock, David|date=23 December 2010|access-date=7 July 2021|archive-date=30 January 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130130104142/http://www.list.co.uk/article/31533-idlewild-perform-100-broken-windows-album-live/|url-status=live}}</ref> "Roseability", "These Wooden Ideas", "Let Me Sleep (Next to the Mirror)", and "Little Discourage" were included on the band's first compilation album, ''Scottish Fiction: Best of 1997–2007'' (2007), alongside the music videos for all of the album's singles.<ref name=SFbooklet>{{cite AV media notes|title=Scottish Fiction: Best of 1997–2007|author=Idlewild|year=2007|type=booklet|publisher=[[Parlophone]]|id=50999 5 06427 2 4/506 4272}}</ref> "Roseability", "Actually It's Darkness", "Idea Track", "Little Discourage", and the remix of "Rusty" were included on the band's third compilation album, ''The Collection'' (2010).<ref name=Collectionbooklet>{{cite AV media notes|title=The Collection|author=Idlewild|year=2010|type=booklet|publisher=EMI|id=5099963186727}}</ref>

==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>

==Track listing==
All songs by [[Idlewild (band)|Idlewild]].<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=100 Broken Windows|author=Idlewild|year=2000|type=sleeve|publisher=Food Records|id=FOODCD32/7243 5 25439 2 2}}</ref>

#"Little Discourage" – 3:08
#"I Don't Have the Map" – 2:14
#"These Wooden Ideas" – 3:52
#"Roseability" – 3:38
#"Idea Track" – 3:13
#"Let Me Sleep (Next to the Mirror)" – 3:20
#"Listen to What You've Got" – 2:32
#"Actually It's Darkness" – 2:39
#"Rusty" – 4:17
#"Mistake Pageant" – 2:49
#"Quiet Crown" – 3:21
#"The Bronze Medal" – 3:35

==Personnel==
Personnel per booklet.<ref name=1BWbooklet>{{cite AV media notes|title=100 Broken Windows|author=Idlewild|year=2000|type=booklet|publisher=[[Food Records]]|id=FOODCD32/7243 5 25439 2 2}}</ref>
{{col-begin}}
{{col-2}}
'''Idlewild'''
* [[Bob Fairfoull]] – bass
* [[Rod Jones (musician)|Rod Jones]] – guitar
* [[Colin Newton]] – drums
* [[Roddy Woomble]] – vocals
{{col-2}}
'''Production and design'''
* [[Bob Weston]] – recording <small>(tracks 7, 9 and 12)</small>, mixing <small>(track 9)</small>
* [[Dave Eringa]] – producer, mixing <small>(all except track 9)</small>, additional recording <small>(track 12)</small>
* John Bailey – studio assistant
* Matt Ollivier – studio assistant
* Lee Butler – studio assistant
* Willie Deans – studio assistant
* Ian Ritterskamp – cover photograph
* Chika – band photography
* Anonymous – design
{{col-end}}

==Charts and certifications==
{{col-begin}}
{{col-2}}

===Weekly charts===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+Chart performance for ''100 Broken Windows''
! scope="col"| Chart (2000)
! scope="col"| Peak<br />position
|-
{{album chart|Scotland|6|date=20000422|rowheader=true|accessdate=7 July 2021|refname=Scotlandchart}}
|-
{{album chart|UK|15|artist=Idlewild|album=100 Broken Windows|rowheader=true|accessdate=7 July 2021|refname=UKchart}}
|}
{{col-2}}

===Certifications===
{{Certification Table Top|caption=Certifications for ''100 Broken Windows''}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|type=album|artist=Idlewild|title=100 Broken Windows|accessdate=8 July 2021|relyear=2000|certyear=2013|award=Gold|id=25-1134-2}}
{{Certification Table Bottom|nosales=true}}
{{col-end}}

==References==
'''Citations'''
{{reflist}}

'''Sources'''
{{refbegin}}
* {{cite journal|author=Adored, Ivana B.|title=Post Modern|journal=[[Hits (magazine)|Hits]]|date=8 June 2001|issue=747|volume=15|oclc=15994494|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Hits/00s/2001/Hits-2001-06-08.pdf}}
{{refend}}

==External links==
<!-- This is a licensed stream for the album, which is allowed under Wikipedia polices -->
* [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_l7ybTsvke5LgFxxMQ7S_XkP1gzgKEyO8k ''100 Broken Windows''] at [[YouTube]] (streamed copy where licensed)

{{Idlewild}}

{{Authority control}}

[[Category:Idlewild (band) albums]]
[[Category:2000 albums]]
[[Category:Albums produced by Dave Eringa]]
[[Category:Food Records albums]]