The Optimist LP
| The Optimist LP | ||||
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| Released | 5 March 2001 | |||
| Studio | Konk, London | |||
| Genre | Folk rock | |||
| Length | 51:36 | |||
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| Producer | Turin Brakes | |||
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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.