- rock, alternative rock
- 54 min
- 11 tracks
- Kscope
The Optimist is the eleventh and final studio album by the British rock band Anathema. It was issued on 9 June 2017, through Kscope, three years after their last release, Distant Satellites.
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Character
Spare, grave, character-led and classical in form.
- sparerichly built
- gravecomic
- character-ledplot-driven
- classical in formformally daring
- contemporarynostalgic
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Tracks
- A132.63N 117.14W1:17
- A2Leaving It Behind4:28
- A3Endless Ways5:50
- A4The Optimist5:37
- B1San Francisco4:60
- B2Springfield5:50
- C1Ghosts4:17
- C2Can't Let Go5:01
- D1Close Your Eyes3:39
- D2Wildfires5:39
- D3Back to the Start7:36
11 tracks, 54 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Anathema
- Label
- Kscope
- Released
- 2017
- Type
- Album
- Format
- 12" Vinyl
- Country
- XE
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