I don't know why 'Make Another World' gets so maligned by Idlewild fans. I love it. It has Roddy Woombles greatest set of lyrics running through it, with the happiness of his then recent marrige seeping into almost every corner of the album. There are also some full fledged classics on offer here too; The charging bass and supurb lyicism ("Let your tears fall in the shape / Of every one of the American states") of the title track, the uber-catchy 'A Ghost In The Arcade', the delicate R.E.M-esque 'You And I Are Both Away', the brass toting nostalgia of 'Future Works', the epic would-be-epitaph of 'Finished It Remains'...
The list could go on! It's a brilliant album, and one that I would place above 'Warnings / Promises', 'Captain', 'Post Electric Blues' and even (gasp!) 'The Remote Part'.
See, I told you I loved this album!
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