The Optimist LP
The Optimist LP is the debut studio album by English rock band Turin Brakes, released in 2001. "The Door" and "The Road" were re-recorded for this album.
The album was nominated for the Mercury Music Prize.
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.Track listing
All tracks are written by Gale Paridjanian & Olly Knights- "Feeling Oblivion" – 3:52
- "Underdog " – 3:35
- "Emergency 72" – 4:05
- "Future Boy" – 4:00
- "The Door" – 3:52
- "State of Things" – 3:33
- "By TV Light" – 4:53
- "Slack" – 3:16
- "Starship" – 2:50
- "The Road" – 5:33
- "Mind Over Money" – 4:53
- "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.
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