An Imaginary Country

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 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)

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". 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.