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Turin Brakes, The Optimist LP

Audio CD

Disk ID: 1276211

Disk length: 51m 49s (12 Tracks)

Original Release Date: 2001

Label: Unknown

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Tracks & Durations

1. Feeling Oblivion 3:43
2. Underdog (Save Me) 3:35
3. Emergency 72 4:05
4. Future Boy 3:57
5. The Door 3:50
6. State Of Things 3:31
7. By TV Light 4:52
8. Slack 3:14
9. Starship 2:48
10. The Road 5:31
11. Mind Over Money 4:53
12. The Optimist 7:41

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Review

Although this British duo draws effectively on early-'70s rock--mainly warm SoCal folk pop, à la America, and shimmery-cool British space glam, à la T. Rex--what makes them distinctive are their modern easy grooves and their uneasy emotional nakedness. "I panic at the quiet times, decisions at the door," sighs vocalist-guitarist Ollie Knights in "The Door," but throughout The Optimist, he and coconspirator and slide guitarist Gale Paridjanian resist the alt-rock urge to bury anxiety in walls of noise. Their debut full-length (comprising five tracks from earlier EPs and seven new originals) is rife with subtle, contemplative moments that often turn lyrically dark ("I'm sick and I'm twisted/ Like a Sunday massacre") or get carried away by cresting rhythms, like the post-breakup lament "State of Things" ("You and me used to be on fire/ There ain't no straight lines in this state of things"). Although Turin Brakes can rock when they care to (here most effectively on "Mind over Money"), their strength comes from exploring the tension in life's deceptively calm shadows. --Lisa GidleyDebut album from London duo, who have already sparked a storm of praise in the British music press. Turin Brakes inhabit a space which is entirely their own, fully formed and brutally emotive. A video for 'The Door' directed by Sophie Muller (Coldplay 'Yellow') will be serviced to MTV2 and is included as a bonus on this release. Enhanced CD portion contains video for The Door, viewable on your computer. 12 tracks. 2001 release.Every Now and Again a Record Practically Throws Itself Up from the Stack, and on First Listening Strikes a Chord that Separates it from the Pack. 'optimist' is One of Those Records, a Warm Feel Good Experience.

Other Versions

Albums are mined from the various public resources and can be actually the same but different in the tracks length only. We are keeping all versions now.

The Optimist LP

Tracks: 12, Disk length: 51m 41s (-1m 52s)

The Optimist LP

Tracks: 12, Disk length: 51m 38s (-1m 49s)

The Optimist LP

Tracks: 12, Disk length: 51m 38s (-1m 49s)

The Optimist LP

Tracks: 12, Disk length: 52m 2s (+0m 13s)

The Optimist LP

Tracks: 13 (+1 tracks), Disk length: 55m 47s (+3m 58s)

The Optimist LP

Tracks: 13 (+1 tracks), Disk length: 60m 42s (+8m 53s)

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