The Optimist LP explained

The Optimist LP
Type:	studio
Artist:	Turin Brakes
Cover:	theoptimist.jpg
Released:	5 March 2001
Studio:	Konk, London
Genre:	Folk rock
Length:	51:36
Label:	Source
Producer:	Turin Brakes
Prev Title:	Fight or Flight
Prev Year:	2000
Next Title:	Ether Song
Next Year:	2003

The Optimist LP is the first full-length album release by Turin Brakes in 2001. "The Door" and "The Road" (previously released on The Door EP) were re-recorded for this album.

The album was nominated for the Mercury Music Prize.^[1]

In late 2011, Turin Brakes embarked on a national tour performing the whole of the album in its entirety for its tenth anniversary and again in 2021 for its twentieth anniversary.

Critical reception

Q listed The Optimist LP as one of the best 50 albums of 2001.^[2]

Track listing

1. "Feeling Oblivion" – 3:52
2. "Underdog (Save Me)" – 3:35
3. "Emergency 72" – 4:05
4. "Future Boy" – 4:00
5. "The Door" – 3:52
6. "State of Things" – 3:33
7. "By TV Light" – 4:53
8. "Slack" – 3:16
9. "Starship" – 2:50
10. "The Road" – 5:33
11. "Mind Over Money" – 4:53
12. "The Optimist" – 7:43

• The song "The Optimist" ends at 3:25. After 2 minutes of silence, at 5:25 the hidden song "Three Days Old" begins.

Charts

Year-end charts

Chart (2001)! scope="col"

Position
UK Albums (OCC)^[3]	130

Notes and References

1. Web site: Mercury Music Prize - Previous Shortlists . 2022-10-18.
2. News: The Best 50 Albums of 2001. Q. December 2001. 60–65.
3. Web site: The Official UK Albums Chart 2001. UKChartsPlus. 25 November 2021.