An Imaginary Country
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An Imaginary Country is Tim Hecker
's fifth full-length album, released on March 10, 2009 by Kranky
. The album is available on either CD
or 2×LP
.
, 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.
Tim Hecker
Tim Hecker is an electronic musician and sound artist based in Montreal, Canada. Hecker previously recorded under the moniker Jetone, but has become better known internationally for his ambient recordings released through Kranky, Mille Plateaux, Alien8, Force Inc, Staalplaat, and Fat Cat under his...
's fifth full-length album, released on March 10, 2009 by Kranky
Kranky Records
Kranky is an independent record label, located in Chicago, Illinois. It was started in 1993 by Bruce Adams and Joel Leoschke.The bands it houses are noted for combining experimental and often electronic influences with elements of more traditional rock structures, and many of the artists on Kranky...
. The album is available on either CD
Compact Disc
The Compact Disc is an optical disc used to store digital data. It was originally developed to store and playback sound recordings exclusively, but later expanded to encompass data storage , write-once audio and data storage , rewritable media , Video Compact Discs , Super Video Compact Discs ,...
or 2×LP
LP album
The LP, or long-playing microgroove record, is a format for phonograph records, an analog sound storage medium. Introduced by Columbia Records in 1948, it was soon adopted as a new standard by the entire record industry...
.
Reception
Initial critical response to An Imaginary Country was positive. At MetacriticMetacritic
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, which assigns a normalized
Standard score
In statistics, a standard score indicates how many standard deviations an observation or datum is above or below the mean. It is a dimensionless quantity derived by subtracting the population mean from an individual raw score and then dividing the difference by the population standard deviation...
rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has received an average
Weighted mean
The weighted mean is similar to an arithmetic mean , where instead of each of the data points contributing equally to the final average, some data points contribute more than others...
score of 79, based on 11 reviews.
Track listing
- "100 Years Ago" – 3:28
- "Sea of Pulses" – 4:41
- "The Inner Shore" – 4:17
- "Pond Life" – 1:24
- "Borderlands" – 4:46
- "A Stop at the Chord Cascades" – 4:43
- "Utropics" – 1:05
- "Paragon Point" – 5:04
- "Her Black Horizon" – 1:27
- "Currents of Electrostasy" – 3:43
- "Where Shadows Make Shadows" – 8:37
- "200 Years Ago" – 4:45