It landed at No. 25 on SPIN’s Best Albums of 2006. But upon Idlewild’s release, Pitchfork’s Jess Harvell stated: “Initially, it’s thrilling in the way that any spectacle is” citing “exhaustion” at the 79-minute mark. In 2023, Rolling Stone included it at No. 46 on their list of 50 “genuinely horrible” albums by great artists. […]