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
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 81/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [2]
The A.V. Club B [3]
Cokemachineglow 79% [4]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svg [5]
Mojo 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]
NME 9/10 [8]
Pitchfork 5.2/10 [9]
Q Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [10]
PopMatters 8/10 [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

References

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