An Imaginary Country
by Tim Hecker
  • Record Label: Kranky
  • Release Date: Mar 10, 2009
User Score
8.6

Universal acclaim- based on 16 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 15 out of 16
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 16
  3. Negative: 0 out of 16

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  1. gerryg
    Mar 15, 2009
    9
    It's a solid well done album with a lot of soul.
  2. erics
    Jun 22, 2009
    9
    All those reviews under 8 need to get there ears checked.
  3. RobinG
    Mar 15, 2009
    9
    Best ambient electronica ever recorded.

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Metascore
79

Generally favorable reviews - based on 11 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 11
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 11
  3. Negative: 0 out of 11
  1. AllMusic
    80
    Tim Hecker's elegantly inventive way around sound art moved into a full decade of released work with An Imaginary Country, one of his most serene and, from its striking start "100 Years Ago" forward, uplifting albums.
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  2. cokemachineglow
    80
    Nowhere is this idea of acceptance clearer than on An Imaginary Country. In a sense the album evokes nothing so much as Hecker himself, diligently and intuitively molding his sounds through synthesizer, guitar and laptop, and as a result may be the most symbiotic album of the year.
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  3. Delusions of Adequacy
    80
    An Imaginary Country suffers nothing for these decisions [to ease back on the heavier, noisier aspects of his work] and in fact nearly stands as a perfect counterpoint to the acidic blasts of white noise on "Harmony in Ultraviolet."
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