Origins (Imagine Dragons album)
Origins | ||||
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Imagine Dragons studio album | ||||
Publication |
November 9, 2018 |
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Label (s) | Interscope Records , KIDinaKORNER | |||
Format (s) |
CD, download |
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Title (number) |
12 |
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running time |
40:02 |
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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 .
Charts | Top ranking | Weeks |
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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
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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 |
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Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales) |
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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 |
Main article: Imagine Dragons / Music Sales Awards
Web links
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- ↑ Imagine Dragons On The Making Of 'Origins' , udiscovermusic.com
- ↑ Credits from Allmusic
- ↑ Natural , genius.com
- ↑ Zero , genius.com
- ↑ Imagine Dragons - Origins (Official Trailer) on YouTube
- ↑ Machine , genius.com
- ↑ Bad Liar , genius.com
- ↑ Origins (Deluxe) on Spotify
- ^ Criticism at Allmusic
- ^ Criticism at The Daily Campus
- ↑ Review by The Guardian
- ↑ 2019 Billboard Music Awards Winners: The Complete List , Billboard
- ↑ Billboard 200, November 24, 2018
- ↑ Chart placement in Germany
- ↑ Chart placement in Austria
- ↑ Chart placement in Switzerland
- ↑ Chart placement in the UK
- ↑ in the United States
- ↑ Chart placements by Natural at austriancharts.at
- ↑ Placements on the Billboard Hot 100
- ↑ Placement in the British single charts
- ↑ Chart placements by Zero at austriancharts.at
- ↑ Awards in Germany
- ↑ Awards in Austria
- ^ Birds (Remix) , genius.com
- ↑ Chart placements by Birds at austriancharts.at
- ↑ Chart placements by Birds feat. Elisa at austriancharts.at