The Optimist (New Young Pony Club album) explained

The Optimist
Type:	studio
Artist:	New Young Pony Club
Cover:	New Young Pony Club - The Optimist.png
Recorded:	The Glue Factory
Label:	The Numbers
Prev Title:	Fantastic Playroom
Prev Year:	2007
Next Title:	NYPC
Next Year:	2013

The Optimist is the second studio album by English band New Young Pony Club. It was released on 5 March 2010 on the band's label The Numbers, distributed by the PIAS Entertainment Group. The album showcases a darker, more emotive sound for the band.^[1] The songs "Oh Cherie" and "Lost a Girl" were used, respectively, in the third and fourth episodes of the fourth season of Gossip Girl.^{[2] [3]}

Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of The Optimist.^[4]

New Young Pony Club

• Tahita Bulmer – performer, production
• Lou Hayter – extra vocals, extra piano
• Sarah Jones – drums, extra vocals, additional drums
• Andy Spence – performer, production

Additional personnel

• Pete Fraser – saxophone
• Liz Harry – art direction, design
• Mark McNulty – photography
• Al O'Connel – drum engineering
  • Morgan Quaintance – heys, extra Vox Craig Silvey – mixing
• Tom Stanley – drum engineering

Release history

Region	Date	Label
Ireland	5 March 2010	The Numbers	^[6]
United Kingdom	8 March 2010		^[7]
Australia	19 March 2010	Liberator	^[8]
France	5 April 2010	PIAS	^[9]
Germany	16 April 2010	PIAS Integral	^[10]
Japan	21 April 2010	Hostess	^[11]
United States	4 May 2010	PIAS America

Notes and References

1. Web site: New Young Pony Club talk "deliciously menacing" new LP . . 7 January 2010 . 11 March 2010.
2. Web site: Gossip Girl Music Season 4 – Episode 3 . . 22 August 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20101003044859/http://cwtv.com/music/gossip-girl/season-4/episode-403 . 3 October 2010.
3. Web site: Gossip Girl Music Season 4 – Episode 4 . The CW . 22 August 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20101016225256/http://www.cwtv.com/music/gossip-girl/season-4/episode-404 . 16 October 2010.
4. The Optimist . liner notes . . The Numbers . 2010 . NYPCCD030.
5. Web site: Chart Log UK: Nadanuf – Michael Nyman . The Zobbel Website . 20 July 2011.
6. Web site: New Young Pony Club – Optimist . Tower Records Ireland . 20 July 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120315011621/http://www.towerrecords.ie/product/New_Young_Pony_Club_Optimist/476415 . 15 March 2012.
7. Web site: New Young Pony Club: Optimist . . 20 July 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121011224654/http://hmv.com/hmvweb/displayProductDetails.do?ctx=280;1;-1;-1;-1&sku=313791 . 11 October 2012.
8. Web site: Optimist, The – New Young Pony Club . . 20 July 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121023020446/http://www.jbhifionline.com.au/music/alternative/optimist-the/485158 . 23 October 2012.
9. Web site: The Optimist – New Young Pony Club . . French . 20 July 2011.
10. Web site: The Optimist: New Young Pony Club . Amazon (Germany) . German . 18 May 2018.
11. Web site: ジ・オプティミスト . The Optimist . Amazon (Japan) . Japanese . 20 July 2011.