An Imaginary Country

An Imaginary Country
Studio album by Tim Hecker
Released	March 10, 2009
Genre	Ambient drone
Length	48:00
Label	Kranky
Tim Hecker chronology
Harmony in Ultraviolet (2006) An Imaginary Country (2009) Ravedeath, 1972 (2011)

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.

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
NME	[3]
The Phoenix	[4]
Pitchfork Media	7.7/10[5]
PopMatters	8/10[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

No.	Title	Length
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

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.