Origin:Orphan

{{Infobox album

| name = Origin:Orphan

| type = studio album

| artist = The Hidden Cameras

| cover =OriginOrphan.jpg

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| released = September 22, 2009

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| genre = Indie rock

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| label = Arts & Crafts

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| prev_title = Awoo

| prev_year = 2006

| next_title = Age

| next_year = 2014

}}

{{Album ratings

| MC = 81/100{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/origin-orphan/the-hidden-cameras|title=Reviews for Origin: Orphan by The Hidden Cameras|website=Metacritic|access-date=May 11, 2025}}

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1score = {{rating|3.5|5}}{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/origin-orphan-mw0001325023|title=Origin: Orphan - The Hidden Cameras|website=AllMusic|date=September 22, 2009|access-date=May 11, 2025}}

| rev2 = The A.V. Club

| rev2Score = BNoel Murray, [https://web.archive.org/web/20090926170041/http://www.avclub.com/articles/the-hidden-cameras-origin-orphan,33117/ The Hidden Cameras: Origin: Orphan {{!}} Music {{!}} The A.V. Club]. The Onion A.V. Club. September 22, 2009. Retrieved on October 30, 2009.

| rev3 = Cokemachineglow

| rev3Score = 79%Eric Sams, [http://web.archive.org/web/20091011025948/http://www.cokemachineglow.com/record_review/4829/hiddencameras-originorphan-2009 The Hidden Cameras: Origin:Orphan]. Cokemachineglow. October 7, 2009. Retrieved November 1, 2009.

| rev4 = The Guardian

| rev4score = {{rating|5|5}}{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2009/dec/04/the-hidden-cameras-origin-orphan|title=The Hidden Cameras: Origin: Orphan|website=The Guardian|last=Simpson|first=Dave|date=4 December 2009|access-date=11 May 2025}}

| rev5 = Mojo

| rev5score = {{rating|4|5}}S, no watersports this time, but a wee triumph nonetheless. [Dec 2009, p. 100]

| rev6 = musicOMH

| rev6Score = {{Rating|5|5}}Darren Harvey, [http://www.musicomh.com/albums/hidden-cameras-2_0909.htm The Hidden Cameras – Origin: Orphan {{!}} album reviews {{!}} musicOMH]. musicOMH. November 2, 2009. Retrieved on October 30, 2009.

| rev7 = NME

| rev7score = 9/10{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100102223212/http://www.nme.com/reviews/10954|title=Album Review: The Hidden Cameras - 'Origin: Orphan'|website=NME|last=Pia|first=Camilla|date=1 November 2009|access-date=11 May 2025}}

| rev8 = Pitchfork

| rev8Score = 5.2/10Rob Mitchum, [http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/13488-origin-orphan/ Pitchfork: Album Reviews: The Hidden Cameras: Origin: Orphan]. Pitchfork. September 23, 2009. Retrieved on June 20, 2009.

| rev9 = Q

| rev9score = {{rating|4|5}}Truely, there's no one like them. [Dec 2009, p.127]

| rev10 = PopMatters

| rev10Score = 8/10Luke McGrath, [https://www.popmatters.com/111547-the-hidden-cameras-origin-orphan-2496084572.html#:~:text=Equally%2C%20the%20sense%20of%20foreboding,%E2%80%9DSilence%20is%20a%20Headline%E2%80%9D. The Hidden Cameras: Origin: Orphan < Reviews {{!}} PopMatters]. PopMatters. September 22, 2009. Retrieved on October 30, 2009.

}}

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.Brock Thiessen, [https://archive.today/20120730042011/http://www.exclaim.ca/articles/generalarticlesynopsfullart.aspx?csid1=134&csid2=844&fid1=39680 "Hidden Cameras Detail Their Origin:Orphan, Set Album for September 22 Release"]. Exclaim!, July 3, 2009.

The album's first official single is "In the NA",Kate Harper, {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20090802133217/http://www.chartattack.com/news/71798/hidden-cameras-are-orphans "Hidden Cameras Are Orphans"]}}. chartattack.com, July 3, 2009. 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,[http://www.insideout.ca/19Annual/program_details.cfm?program_id=27 Inside Out Film and Video Festival program]{{Dead link|date=October 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}. Retrieved on September 24, 2009. the opening night of SXSW[http://2009.sxsw.com/film/screenings/schedule/?a=show&s=F14894 The Hidden Cameras 'In the Na' – Film Festival Schedule {{!}} SXSW.com] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090831222641/http://2009.sxsw.com/film/screenings/schedule/?a=show&s=F14894 |date=2009-08-31 }}. Retrieved on October 30, 2009. and the 2008 Atlantic Film Festival.[http://atlantic.bside.com/2008/films/inthena_atlantic2008 Atlantic Film Festival 2008: In The Na] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110708101724/http://atlantic.bside.com/2008/films/inthena_atlantic2008 |date=2011-07-08 }}, Retrieved on October 30, 2009.