The Optimist LP

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The album was nominated for the Mercury Music Prize.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

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Critical reception

Q listed The Optimist LP as one of the best 50 albums of 2001.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Track listing

All tracks are written by Gale Paridjanian & Olly Knights

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

Weekly charts

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Weekly chart performance for The Optimist LP

Chart (2001)	Peak position

Year-end charts

Year-end chart performance for The Optimist LP

Chart (2001)	Position
UK Albums (OCC)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	130

References

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