The Optimist LP

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.

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

 * 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.