Idlewild is the fourth studio album by British musical duo Everything but the Girl.

Songs on Idlewild deal with domestic, daily and family topics, such as motherhood and child raising ("Apron Strings," "These Early Days"), growing up in the suburbs ("Oxford Street") and relationships ("I Always Was Your Girl", "Love Is Here Where I Live") or homesickness ("Lonesome for a Place I Know").

According to singer Tracey Thorn, at the time the album was finished, the record company considered it lacking of hits and doubted its quality, but it later received critical acclaim.

[14] In between these releases, EBTG recorded a cover of "I Don't Want to Talk About It" which became their biggest success to that point (UK No.

38 in New Zealand and received a Gold certification for sales in excess of 100,000 copies in the United Kingdom.

Additionally, Geoff Travis, Lindy Morrison and James McMillan are thanked in the liner notes.