Origin (demo CD)

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Origin
Studio album (Demo) by Evanescence
Released	November 4, 2000 (U.S.)
Genre	Alternative Rock
Length	46:27
Label	Bigwig Enterprises
Evanescence chronology
Sound Asleep EP (1999)	Origin (2000)	Mystary EP (2003)

Origin was the first full length demo CD released by rock band Evanescence on the Bigwig Enterprises label. Although some people consider this to be Evanescence's first album, the lead singer Amy Lee has explicitly said that she doesn't consider it to be an album but rather a "dressed up" demo CD. Released in 2000, Origin was only sold to audiences in their hometown of Little Rock, Arkansas. Only 2500 albums were printed, but due to the band's recent popularity, the number of overpriced and pirated versions of Origin has sky-rocketed. Evanescence has been reported to say that they prefer their fans to copy/download the CD rather than buy it.^[1]

Due to the limited amount of official copies, enterprising bootleggers have been selling fake copies of the album at inflated prices over many Internet shops, often with completely different tracks and cover art, and under the guise of a "Russian re-release." These CDs are not endorsed by the band.

Evanescence rerecorded three songs from this CD for their début album Fallen. While "Whisper" and "My Immortal" are fundamentally the same on both disks, "Imaginary" exhibited a major change in structure between Origin and Fallen. In addition to these three songs, the band continued to play "Even in Death" in concert until late 2003.

Contents 1 Track listing 1.1 Outtakes 1.1.1 Outtake Track Zero 1.1.2 Omitted Tracks 2 Samples 3 Line Up 3.1 Additional musicians 4 Trivia 5 References

[edit] Track listing

• "Anywhere" (Hidden Outtake Clip) - 0:25 (This is known as Track 0)

1. "Origin" – 0:38
2. "Whisper" – 3:56
3. "Imaginary" – 3:31
4. "My Immortal" – 4:26
5. "Where Will You Go" – 3:47
6. "Field of Innocence" – 5:13
7. "Even in Death" – 4:09
8. "Anywhere" – 6:03
9. "Lies" – 3:49
10. "Away from Me" – 3:30
11. "Eternal" – 7:22

[edit] Outtakes

[edit] Outtake Track Zero

Official versions of the CD have a hidden track prior to the start of the CD containing an outtake from the song Anywhere that can be accessed in some CD players through the use of the 'previous track' button at the beginning of the first track.

This track features an outtake of the song "Anywhere" with David Hodges doing vocal ad-libs into his high range and Ben Moody interrupting suddenly saying "you're not saving that".

[edit] Omitted Tracks

Two songs, "Listen to the Rain" (a song Amy Lee wrote for her high school graduation which included her school's choir) and "Demise", were cut from the album. The band originally had "Eternal" as track 11, "Listen to the Rain" as track 12, and "Demise" as track 13. However, it was decided to merge "Eternal" and "Demise" and cut "Listen to the Rain" from the album. "Demise" became the outro of "Eternal".

Two other songs that didn't make it onto the CD were "Catherine"^[2], a song that Amy Lee and Ben Moody wrote together that was played live once or twice at their Little Rock shows, as well as "Spanish".

[edit] Samples

[edit] Line Up

• Amy Lee - Vocals
• Ben Moody - Guitar, bass, drums
• David Hodges - Piano/keyboard, vocals

[edit] Additional musicians

• Will Boyd - Bass on "Away From Me"
• Bruce Fitzhugh & Stephanie Pierce - Vocals on "Lies"
• Suvi Petrajajrvi, Sara Moore, Catherine Harris & Samantha Strong - Female vocal ensemble on "Field of Innocence"

[edit] Trivia

The intro to "Even in Death" uses the intro sample from White Zombie's "Ratfinks, Suicide Tanks and Cannibal Girls", which was released four years prior.

[edit] References

Evanescence
Amy Lee • Terry Balsamo • Rocky Gray • John LeCompt • Tim McCord
Former members: Will Boyd • David Hodges • Ben Moody
Discography
Commercial albums: Fallen • Anywhere but Home • The Open Door
Private releases: Evanescence EP • Sound Asleep EP • Origin • Mystary EP
Singles: "Bring Me to Life" • "Going Under" • "My Immortal" • "Everybody's Fool" • "Call Me When You're Sober" • "Lithium" • "Sweet Sacrifice"
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