Origin:Orphan

Origin:Orphan
Studio album by
the Hidden Cameras
ReleasedSeptember 22, 2009
GenreIndie rock
LabelArts & Crafts
The Hidden Cameras chronology
Awoo
(2006)		 Origin:Orphan
(2009)		 Age
(2014)

Origin:Orphan is the fifth studio album by the Hidden Cameras, released September 22, 2009. It is the band's first release on Arts & Crafts.

The album's first official single is "In the NA", although the song "Walk On" was previously released as a preview track on the web and the compilation album Arts & Crafts Sampler Vol. 6. The music video for "In the NA" was screened at several film festivals, including the 19th Annual Inside Out Film and Video Festival, the opening night of SXSW and the 2008 Atlantic Film Festival.

Reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic81/100
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusicStarStarStarHalf star
The A.V. ClubB
Cokemachineglow79%
The GuardianStarStarStarStarStar
MojoStarStarStarStar
musicOMHStarStarStarStarStar
NME9/10
Pitchfork5.2/10
QStarStarStarStar
PopMatters8/10

Dave Simpson of The Guardian drew comparisons to bands including Dead Can Dance, the Buggles and OMD, observing "a killer mature album". He concluded, "Origin: Orphan has a similar tour-de-force feel to the first Arcade Fire album: the sound of ­loneliness and heartbreak ­gift-wrapped in bundles of sonic joy."

Track listing

  1. "Ratify the New" – 6:31
  2. "In the NA" – 4:20
  3. "He Falls to Me" – 4:09
  4. "Colour of a Man" – 4:48
  5. "Do I Belong?" – 4:12
  6. "Walk On" – 4:42
  7. "Kingdom Come" – 3:10
  8. "Origin:Orphan" – 5:21
  9. "Underage" – 2:50
  10. "The Little Bit" – 2:38
  11. "Silence Can Be a Headline" – 5:17

References

  1. ↑ Brock Thiessen, "Hidden Cameras Detail Their Origin:Orphan, Set Album for September 22 Release"[link removed]. Exclaim!, July 3, 2009.
  2. 1 2 Kate Harper, "Hidden Cameras Are Orphans". chartattack.com, July 3, 2009.
  3. ↑ Inside Out Film and Video Festival program[permanent dead link]. Retrieved on September 24, 2009.
  4. ↑ The Hidden Cameras 'In the Na' – Film Festival Schedule | SXSW.com Archived 2009-08-31 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved on October 30, 2009.
  5. ↑ Atlantic Film Festival 2008: In The Na Archived 2011-07-08 at the Wayback Machine, Retrieved on October 30, 2009.
  6. ↑ "Reviews for Origin: Orphan by The Hidden Cameras". Metacritic. Retrieved May 11, 2025.
  7. ↑ "Origin: Orphan - The Hidden Cameras". AllMusic. September 22, 2009. Retrieved May 11, 2025.
  8. ↑ Noel Murray, The Hidden Cameras: Origin: Orphan | Music | The A.V. Club. The Onion A.V. Club. September 22, 2009. Retrieved on October 30, 2009.
  9. ↑ Eric Sams, The Hidden Cameras: Origin:Orphan. Cokemachineglow. October 7, 2009. Retrieved November 1, 2009.
  10. 1 2 Simpson, Dave (4 December 2009). "The Hidden Cameras: Origin: Orphan". The Guardian. Retrieved 11 May 2025.
  11. ↑ S, no watersports this time, but a wee triumph nonetheless. [Dec 2009, p. 100]
  12. ↑ Darren Harvey, The Hidden Cameras – Origin: Orphan | album reviews | musicOMH. musicOMH. November 2, 2009. Retrieved on October 30, 2009.
  13. ↑ Pia, Camilla (1 November 2009). "Album Review: The Hidden Cameras - 'Origin: Orphan'". NME. Archived from the original on 2 January 2010. Retrieved 11 May 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  14. ↑ Rob Mitchum, Pitchfork: Album Reviews: The Hidden Cameras: Origin: Orphan. Pitchfork. September 23, 2009. Retrieved on June 20, 2009.
  15. ↑ Truely, there's no one like them. [Dec 2009, p.127]
  16. ↑ Luke McGrath, The Hidden Cameras: Origin: Orphan < Reviews | PopMatters. PopMatters. September 22, 2009. Retrieved on October 30, 2009.