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The Optimist LP is the first full-length album release by Turin Brakes. Critically acclaimed by the UK music press,^{[citation needed]} the album was released in 2001 and cemented the band's place in the UK "acoustic movement" (a term invented by the music press). "The Door" and "The Road" (previously released on The Door EP) were re-recorded for this album.

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The Optimist LP
Studio album by Turin Brakes
Released	5 March 2001
Studio	Konk, London
Genre	Folk rock
Length	51:36
Label	Source
Producer	Turin Brakes
Turin Brakes chronology
Fight or Flight (2000) The Optimist LP (2001) Ether Song (2003)

Championed by radio DJs such as Jo Whiley (BBC Radio 1), the band provided a respite from the pop groups that dominated radio airplay at the time.^{[citation needed]}

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.^{[citation needed]}

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	76/100[2]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]
Drowned in Sound	8/10[4]
Entertainment Weekly	B−[5]
The Guardian	[6]
NME	9/10[7]
Pitchfork	7.7/10[8]
Q	[9]

Q listed The Optimist LP as one of the best 50 albums of 2001.[10]

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

References

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