The Idiots Are Winning is the debut album by English electronic music producer James Holden.

The title of the album is a quote from British comedy series Nathan Barley.

[2] The album received a positive review in The Guardian which called it "the most invigoratingly coherent blast of pure electronic sound since the Boards of Canada last remembered to set their alarm clock.

"[3] Writing for Pitchfork, Matthew Herbert named The Idiots Are Winning as one of his top five albums of 2006.

[4] A review in Stylus Magazine gave the album a rating of 'B+', calling it "gorgeously magisterial.