Captain is the debut release by Scottish

Scotland

Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...

 rock band Idlewild

Idlewild (band)

Idlewild are a Scottish rock band, formed in Edinburgh, in 1995, comprising Roddy Woomble , Rod Jones , Colin Newton , Allan Stewart and Gareth Russell...

, released in January 1998. Although the number of tracks would normally class the release as an EP

Extended play

An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...

, Captain is commonly known as a mini-album. Guitarist Rod Jones

Rod Jones (musician)

Rodric "Rod" Iwan Pryce Jones is the guitarist and backing vocalist for indie rock band Idlewild.Son of classical musician, John Pryce-Jones, Jones is an energetic live performer, and his guitar playing has been described as "gritty yet melodic."In 2000 Jones played second guitar for Graham Coxon...

 notes that the album "was a sort of introduction to Idlewild."

The album was produced by Paul Tipler in the first week of October, 1997 at River Studios, London

London

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, and released through Deceptive Records

Deceptive Records

Deceptive Records was a British independent record label formed in 1992 by Steve Lamacq, Tony Smith and Alan James, which concentrated on rock and alternative rock. The most famous group signed to the label were Elastica....

.

In an interview in 2007, Roddy Woomble spoke about the album, stating that he:

was singing in an American accent, y’know! Of course it’s how we found our feet – I was deeply into Tom Barman

Tom Barman

Tom Barman is a Belgian musician and film director.Barman studied at the film school of St.-Lucas in Brussels, but didn't finish his studies because of he wished to pursue a career in music. He began by forming the rock band, Deus in Antwerp, in 1989...

, and even though he’s Belgian he sang in an American accent, and I thought if he could do it so could I. But after the first album, I found another voice, my own voice.

The album was played in full, alongside Make Another World

Make Another World

Make Another World is the fifth full-length studio album by Scottish rock band Idlewild, released on 5 March 2007 through Sequel Records. The album is the first to feature bassist Gareth Russell, following Gavin Fox's departure at the end of 2005, and is their first since leaving Parlophone...

, on December 21, 2008.

Track listing

1. "Self Healer" - 1:58
2. "Annihilate Now!" - 3:32
3. "Captain" - 3:35
4. "Last Night I Missed All The Fireworks" - 1:24
5. "Satan Polaroid" - 3:17
6. "You Just Have To Be Who You Are" - 5:57

Personnel

• Bob Fairfoull
  Bob Fairfoull
  Bob Fairfoull is a Scottish musician. He was the bass guitarist for the Scottish rock band Idlewild. Roddy Woomble - a friend of Fairfoull and Idlewild's lead singer - asked Fairfoull to join in February 1997 following the departure of Phil Scanlon...
  
   - bass
• Rod Jones
  Rod Jones (musician)
  Rodric "Rod" Iwan Pryce Jones is the guitarist and backing vocalist for indie rock band Idlewild.Son of classical musician, John Pryce-Jones, Jones is an energetic live performer, and his guitar playing has been described as "gritty yet melodic."In 2000 Jones played second guitar for Graham Coxon...
  
   - guitar
• Colin Newton
  Colin Newton
  Colin Newton is the Scottish drummer for the Scottish indie rock band, Idlewild....
  
   - drums
• Roddy Woomble
  Roddy Woomble
  Roderick "Roddy" Woomble is the lead singer of Scottish rock band, Idlewild and a solo contemporary folk musician. To date, Woomble has released six full-length studio albums with Idlewild, and two solo albums, My Secret is My Silence and The Impossible Song & Other Songs...
  
  - vocals
• Paul "The Captain" Tipler - producer
• Ian Ritterskamp - photography