Origin

For the song, see Origin (song).

Origin
Released	November 4, 2000
Label	Bigwig Enterprises

Origin was released on November 4th, 2000, in Little Rock, Arkansas. Many different versions of Origin exist, but there’s only one true track listing. Only 2500 copies of the original were made. Bigwig Enterprises stopped selling Origin in early February 2003 (a day or two before the Daredevil Soundtrack album was released) and removed it from their catalogue. Real and fake copies are bought on EBay for upwards of $300. Amy Lee does not consider this an album, but rather a collection of demos that they "dressed up" to send to different major labels.

The album contains early versions of songs found on Fallen: My Immortal, Imaginary, Whisper.

The original release contained a hidden track, which is located before the first track. In order to hear it, you have to rewind (while hearing what you are rewinding) the first song and reach -0:24 approximately (yes, minus). It is an outtake of the end of the bridge of Anywhere, featuring Amy Lee and David Hodges singing and apparently Ben Moody says a few words at the end of it, just before Origin begins.

The end of the album was originally supposed to include the song Listen To The Rain between the songs Eternal and Demise. Pre-releases of the album included this song, but the finished product did not include the song (Listen to pre-release ending).

Track Listing

0. Anywhere (Hidden Outtake)

1. Origin

2. Whisper

3. Imaginary

4. My Immortal

5. Where Will You Go

6. Field of Innocence

7. Even In Death

8. Anywhere

9. Lies

10. Away From Me

11. Eternal

Outtakes

1. Listen To The Rain
2. Demise (was eventually merged into Eternal)

Lineup

• Amy Lee - vocals
• Ben Moody - guitars, bass, drums
• David Hodges - piano/keyboards

Guests

• William Boyd - bass on Away From Me
• Bruce Fitzhugh - vocals on Lies
• Stephanie Pierce - vocals on Lies
• Suvi Petrajajvri, Sara Moore, Catherine Harris and Samantha Strong - female vocal ensemble on Field of Innocence

Fake "Re-Release"

Fake Release

In 2003, a "re-release" of Origin came out supposedly under the label 'Epic' although was in fact a fake. It contained most of the tracks from the real Origin, however with some tracks, different versions were used. In the case of Whisper and My Immortal, the Fallen versions were used.

The audio portion of the CD was very poorly produced, and in most cases, the songs were either corrupted or of low quality (as if downloaded as an MP3 and then burned on the CD). This bootleg has very elaborate and professional looking artwork, with a silk screened, factory pressed CD and a fold out booklet with a small biography (which mostly rambles on about the 'Christian band' controversy).

The CD contained 'Bonus Tracks' such as Missing (which is very corrupted and of extremely low quality), the Nirvana cover 'Heart-Shaped Box', and a [rather bad] trance remix of Bring Me To Life.

The CD itself has a red silkscreen with black bird design with the word "sorry" on it. The jewel case has a gothic red design with a speckled face on the back along with the track listing. The inside tray artwork has an image of the band (the one from the booklet in Fallen). The cover has a skull design that is similar to the actual album released by the band. The most noticeable difference is the Evanescence Logo, which is pointy and unlike any design officially released by the band.

On the back artwork the fine print/credits are actually copied from the back of Fallen.

Modern Bootlegs

Recently, bootlegs are now becoming harder and harder to distinguish from the real thing. The authentic artwork, distinctive CD numbers and tracklisting—right down to the hidden outtake track—are all present and in (apparently) extremely good quality. There is some speculation that someone from Bigwig Enterprises is producing these items because of their immaculate authenticity, but this cannot be verified. Either way, these bootlegs are saturating the online auction market and making it nearly impossible to acquire a real copy of the album. They usually sell for around $40-$60 on eBay.

Note that real copies of the album, when brand new from the factory, were never "sealed" like most CDs. Anything claiming to be "new and factory sealed" is not authentic.