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
"Feeling Oblivion" – 3:52
"Underdog (Save Me)" – 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. Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

References

2001 debut albums
Turin Brakes albums