Origins (Imagine Dragons album)

	Chart positions ; Explanation of the data
	Singles
	Natural
	zero
	Bad Liar
	boomerang
	Birds (feat. Elisa )

chronology
Origins
Imagine Dragons studio album
Publication ; (s)	November 9, 2018
Label (s)	Interscope Records , KIDinaKORNER
Format (s)	CD, download
Genre (s)	Indie rock , pop rock
Title (number)	12
running time	40:02
production	Alex da kid; Ido Zmishlany; Imagine Dragons; Jayson DeZuzio; John Hill; Jorgen Odegard; Mattias Larsson; Mattman & Robin; Tim Randolph;

Origins is the fourth studio album by the US band Imagine Dragons . It was released on November 9, 2018.

background

Dan Reynolds, singer of Imagine Dragons, described the album as a kind of sister project to its predecessor Evolve . Producers of the album were the band members, Alex da Kid , Ido Zmishlany, Jayson DeZuzio, John Hill, Jorgen Odegard, Mattias Larsson, Mattman & Robin and Tim Randolph. The album's lead single was Natural , which was released in July 2018. Zero was released in September. The song is part of the soundtrack to the Disney animation film Chaos on the Net . On October 3, 2018, an official trailer for Origins was published on YouTube . The singles Machine and Bad Liar followed in late October and early November .

Track list

Natural - 3:09
Boomerang - 3:07
Machine - 3:01
Cool Out - 3:37
Bad Liar - 4:20
West Coast - 3:37
Zero - 3:30
Bullet in a Gun - 3:24
Digital - 3:21
Only - 3:00
Stuck - 3:10
Love - 2:46

Deluxe bonus tracks:

Birds - 3:39
Burn Out - 4:33
Real Life - 4:07

reception

criticism

Stephen Thomas Erlewine from Allmusic gave the album 3.5 stars out of five. The album is suitable as a soundtrack and fits into playlists of every popular genre. Matt Souvigney from The Daily Campus also gave 3.5 stars and particularly praised the singles that were released in advance. While the first half of the album consists of potential hits, the second half is not very convincing and the album is unbalanced. Alexis Petridis from The Guardian rated the album two out of five stars and criticized the fact that the band is too oriented towards mainstream pop.

Awards

Origins was nominated for a Billboard Music Award in the Top Rock Album category, while the song Natural was nominated in the Top Rock Song category.

Chart placements

album

Origins was Imagine Dragons' third album after Night Visions and Evolve, debuting at number two on the Billboard 200 . In the United Kingdom it was her lowest entry into the charts at ninth place , in Austria and Switzerland she reached number two and in Germany it was sixth. Otherwise, the album was also represented in the top ten in many other countries. It also reached number one in Slovakia .

Chart placements
Charts	Top ranking	Weeks
Chart placements
Germany (GfK)	6th (44 weeks)	44
Austria (Ö3)	2 (37 weeks)	37
Switzerland (IFPI)	2 (60 weeks)	60
United Kingdom (OCC)	9 (15 weeks)	15th
United States (Billboard)	2 (53 weeks)	53

Singles

The lead single Natural became a worldwide success in the charts and reached several top ten positions, including in Austria, Switzerland and Norway . In the US single charts , Natural reached number 13 and in the British charts number 49. Zero was a small chart hit in Switzerland and Sweden , among others , but was successful in Italy . The single Bad Liar achieved weaker placements in the USA and the UK with 56 and 44 respectively, but was a great success in continental Europe, Australia and New Zealand . Natural and Bad Liar each received gold awards in Germany and Austria. In June 2019, a version of the title Birds starring the Italian singer Elisa was released. Birds was already in the charts in some countries before . This version also made it into the Italian charts.

Awards for music sales

Evolve received a total of two gold and three platinum records for over 280,000 units sold worldwide.

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Denmark (IFPI)	gold	10,000
France (SNEP)	platinum	100,000
Italy (FIMI)	platinum	50,000
Poland (ZPAV)	platinum	20,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	gold	100,000
All in all	2 × gold 3 × platinum	280,000