Hope Is Important

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Hope Is Important
Hope Is Important cover
Studio album by Idlewild
Released October 19, 1998
Recorded February at Chapel Studios, LincolnShire and June 1998 at Westland Studios, Dublin
Genre Rock
Length 35:48
Label Food
Producer Paul Tipler
Professional reviews
Idlewild chronology
Captain
(1998)		 Hope Is Important
(1998)		 100 Broken Windows
(2000)
Singles from Hope Is Important
  1. "A Film for the Future"
    Released: April, 1998
  2. "Everyone Says You're So Fragile"
    Released: July, 1998
  3. "I'm a Message"
    Released: October, 1998
  4. "When I Argue I See Shapes"
    Released: February, 1999

Hope Is Important released 1998 (see 1998 in music) is the first full-length album by Scottish band Idlewild, following on from their earlier six-track release Captain.

From it, the singles "A Film for the Future" (charting at No.53), "Everyone Says You're So Fragile" (47), "I'm a Message" (41) and "When I Argue I See Shapes" (19) were all released, their success encouraging album sales and helping to establish Idlewild as a key part of the post-Britpop British indie scene.

[edit] Track listing

  1. "You've Lost Your Way" – 1:30
  2. "A Film for the Future" – 3:28
  3. "Paint Nothing" – 3:12
  4. "When I Argue I See Shapes" – 4:26
  5. "4 People Do Good" – 2:00
  6. "I'm Happy to Be Here Tonight" – 3:11
  7. "Everyone Says You're So Fragile" – 2:18
  8. "I'm a Message" – 2:28
  9. "You Don't Have the Heart" – 2:08
  10. "Close the Door" – 2:20
  11. "Safe and Sound" – 3:15
  12. "Low Light" – 5:32
  13. "Chandelier" (Japanese bonus track)
  14. "I Want to be a Writer" (Japanese bonus track)
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