Origins

by Imagine Dragons

Overview

Delivered swiftly after Evolve -- it follows that 2017 set by a mere 17 months, practically a blip in the context of modern pop -- Origins adheres to its predecessor's kaleidoscopic digital aesthetic. Nominally a rock band -- and they're more than comfortable pulsing to a big, banging beat -- Imagine Dragons are deliberately amorphous, a blob rolling along sucking up anything in its path. Often, they're content patrolling their own backyard, relying on an EDM-inflected arena rock that consciously recalls Coldplay at both their sweetest and most urgent. The difference with Origins is, this blob sucks up a bunch of different sounds. "Only" shimmers with retro-synths that stir up the ghosts of new wave, "West Coast" stomps like early Mumford & Sons, "Machine" bounces to a malicious industrial throb, "Cool Out" glides along to a neon-lit groove. Every one of these slight variations in sound do fit within the wheelhouse of Imagine Dragons, but that's only because the group takes pains to be able to fit onto every kind of playlist imaginable: rock, pop, electronic, soul -- any popular sound that can be sculpted and shaped by a streaming service. As such, listening to Origins uncannily re-creates what it's like to experience -- or maybe more accurately, consume -- popular rock-oriented music in 2018: everything sounds vaguely familiar, vaguely connected, all designed to function as a soundtrack to whatever task you'd like. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Product Details

Release Date:	11/09/2018
Label:	Interscope
UPC:	0602577167935
Rank:	50925

Tracks

1. Natural
2. Boomerang
3. Machine
4. Cool Out
5. Bad Liar
6. West Coast
7. Zero
8. Bullet in a Gun
9. Digital
10. Only
11. Stuck
12. Love

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Imagine Dragons   Primary Artist

Technical Credits

Eric Ray Davidson   Photography
Tim Randolph   Producer,Composer
Jorgen Odegard   Mixing,Composer,Engineer,Producer
Corrie Martin   Booking
Serban Ghenea   Mixing
John Hanes   Composer,Mixing Engineer
Mark Needham   Mixing
Aja Volkman   Composer
Manny Marroquin   Mixing
Robert Reynolds   Legal Advisor
Justin Tranter   Composer
Alex da Kid   Producer,Programming,Executive Producer
Joel Little   Composer
Ido Zmishlany   Composer,Engineer,Producer
Jayson DeZuzio   Composer,Producer
Randy Merrill   Mastering
Rob Cohen   Engineer
Imagine Dragons   Producer
Dina Hovsepian   Design
Mattias Larsson   Composer
Alexander Grant   Composer,Engineer
Daniel Platzman   Composer
Ben McKee   Composer
Dan Reynolds   Composer,Engineer
Mac Reynolds   Management
Wayne Sermon   Composer,Engineer
Robin Fredriksson   Composer
John Graham Hill   Composer,Producer
Mattman & Robin   Engineer,Producer
Tyler Spratt   Mixing Assistant