Origin:Orphan

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Origin:Orphan
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Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 22, 2009
Genre Indie rock
Label Arts & Crafts
The Hidden Cameras chronology
Awoo
(2006)
Origin:Orphan
(2009)
Age
(2014)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
BBC (very positive) [1]
CHARTattack Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [2]
Cokemachineglow 79% [3]
Drowned In Sound [4]
Eye Weekly Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [5]
The Georgia Straight Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [6]
MusicOMH Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svg [7]
The Onion A.V. Club B [8]
Pitchfork Media 5.2/10 [9]
PopMatters 8/10 [10]
Strange GlueStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [11]

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. [12]

The album's first official single is "In the NA", [13] although the song "Walk On" was previously released as a preview track on the web and the compilation album Arts & Crafts Sampler Vol. 6. [13] The music video for "In the NA" was screened at several film festivals, including the 19th Annual Inside Out Film and Video Festival, [14] the opening night of SXSW [15] and the 2008 Atlantic Film Festival. [16]

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

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