An Imaginary Country is the fifth studio album by Canadian electronic music musician Tim Hecker, released on March 10, 2009, by Kranky.[1] The album is available on either CD or 2×LP.

An Imaginary Country
Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 10, 2009
Genre
Length48:00
LabelKranky
Tim Hecker chronology
Harmony in Ultraviolet
(2006)
An Imaginary Country
(2009)
Ravedeath, 1972
(2011)

Reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic     [2]
NME     [3]
The Phoenix    [4]
Pitchfork Media7.7/10[5]
PopMatters8/10[6]
Tiny Mix Tapes     [7]

Initial critical response to An Imaginary Country was positive. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has received an average score of 79, based on 11 reviews.[8]

Track listing

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No.TitleLength
1."100 Years Ago"3:28
2."Sea of Pulses"4:41
3."The Inner Shore"4:17
4."Pond Life"1:24
5."Borderlands"4:46
6."A Stop at the Chord Cascades"4:43
7."Utropics"1:05
8."Paragon Point"5:04
9."Her Black Horizon"1:27
10."Currents of Electrostasy"3:43
11."Where Shadows Make Shadows"8:37
12."200 Years Ago"4:45
Total length:48:00

References

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  1. ^ Tim Hecker/Aidan Baker (Nadja) Collab LP Revealed Archived January 16, 2009, at the Wayback Machine; retrieved on 2009-01-10
  2. ^ "An Imaginary Country - Tim Hecker | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic.
  3. ^ "Album Review: Tim Hecker | NME". NME. April 4, 2009.
  4. ^ "The Phoenix > CD Reviews > Tim Hecker | An Imaginary Country". March 18, 2009. Archived from the original on March 18, 2009.
  5. ^ "Tim Hecker: An Imaginary Country". Pitchfork.
  6. ^ "Tim Hecker: An Imaginary Country". PopMatters. March 10, 2009.
  7. ^ "Music Review: Tim Hecker - An Imaginary Country". Tiny Mix Tapes.
  8. ^ "Tim Hecker:An Imaginary Country (2009): Reviews". Metacritic. CNET Networks, Inc. Archived from the original on 3 April 2009. Retrieved 2009-04-14.