Scottish Fiction: Best of 1997–2007

Scottish Fiction: Best of 1997–2007  is a best of compilation album by Scottish rock band Idlewild, released on 1 October 2007 through Parlophone. The album was released following Idlewild's split from Parlophone/EMI, and, as a result, only features two songs from 2007's Make Another World, which was released through Sequel Records.

A limited edition version of the album was released which included a DVD. The DVD featured a documentary on the band, a live concert recorded in Aberdeen during 2007's Make Another World tour, and all the band's promotional videos.

The album entered the UK Album Chart at #79.

CD track listing

 * 1) "You Held the World in Your Arms" – 3:23
 * 2) "No Emotion" – 3:05
 * 3) "Roseability" – 3:40
 * 4) "When I Argue I See Shapes" – 4:25
 * 5) "Love Steals Us from Loneliness" – 3:14
 * 6) "American English" – 4:35
 * 7) "These Wooden Ideas" – 3:54
 * 8) "El Capitan" – 3:57
 * 9) "A Modern Way of Letting Go" – 2:25
 * 10) "Let Me Sleep (Next to the Mirror)" – 3:23
 * 11) "I'm a Message" – 2:31
 * 12) "In Remote Part/Scottish Fiction" – 3:50
 * 13) "I Understand It" – 3:21
 * 14) "Little Discourage" – 3:11
 * 15) "As if I Hadn't Slept" – 3:37
 * 16) "Live in a Hiding Place" – 3:16
 * 17) "Make Another World" – 4:08

Music for Documentary: Interludes Between Live Songs

 * 1) "Scottish Fiction" (alternative version 2002)
 * 2) "A Distant History"
 * 3) "Safe and Sound" (recording studio audio 1998)
 * 4) "'demo tape scratchings'" (1999)
 * 5) "Let Me Sleep (Next to the Mirror)" (demo version 1999)
 * 6) "In Words We Walk On" (unreleased demo 2004)
 * 7) "I'm Happy to Be Here Tonight" (acoustic live version at Newbury comics, Boston MA 2003)
 * 8) "We Live for Fate" (unreleased demo 2004)
 * 9) "Gone Too Long"
 * 10) "Easier to Learn" (unreleased demo 2001)
 * 11) "These Wooden Ideas" (acoustic version live at Virgin Megastore, London 2002)
 * 12) "Palace Flophouse
 * 13) "Maybe I'm Saying This to Someone" (unreleased demo 2004)
 * 14) "I Misunderstood" (unreleased demo 2004)
 * 15) "'unnamed noisy song'" (unreleased demo 2004)
 * 16) "Logic Always Dictates" (unreleased demo 2001)
 * 17) "I Understand It" (recording studio audio 2004)
 * 18) "Royal Glue" (unreleased demo 2004)
 * 19) "Actually It's Darkness" (acoustic version 2000)
 * 20) "Love Steals Us From Loneliness" (acoustic version live at the Shaw Theatre, London 2005)
 * 21) "Make Another World"
 * 22) "Someone, Somewhere" (unreleased demo 2004)
 * 23) "Roseability" (demo version 1999)