An Imaginary Country
by Tim Hecker

An Imaginary Country by Tim Hecker
Year: 2009
Release date: 2009-03-09
Overall rank: 18,876th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
72/100 (from 28 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 2009 (360th)
Award Top albums of of the 2000s (3,449th)
Award Best albums of all time (18,876th)

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Tim Hecker bestography

An Imaginary Country is ranked 10th best out of 19 albums by Tim Hecker on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Tim Hecker is Virgins which is ranked number 1271 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,371.

Tim Hecker album bestography « Higher ranked (15,376th)
Mirages
This album (18,876th)
An Imaginary Country
Lower ranked (20,544th) »
Anoyo

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An Imaginary Country rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 18,876th | 2000s rank: 3,449th | 2009 rank: 360th
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2026 videoheadcleanervideoheadcleaner's 401-50086/100 -
2026 videoheadcleanerTop 100 Music Albums of the 2000s85/1003
2026 videoheadcleanerTop 100 Music Albums of 20098/1005
2026Exist-en-cielTop 100 Music Albums of 200952/1002
2025 cestuneblagueTop 100 Music Albums of 200969/1002
2025 TheDarkOrbTop 23 Music Albums of 200918/231
2025cicadelicDelusions Of Adequacy Best Albums Of 200923/49 -
2024 ArthurknightTop 100 Music Albums of 200959/1002
2024sonicdiscourse2009 To-Do List7/78 -
2024 EyeKanFlyAM Bubbling Under 2000s 0877/100 -
2024 LowkeyTop 99 Music Albums of 200937/993
2024 ForegroundNoiseTim Hecker: Worst to Best9/10 -
2023ThuramThugoodRanked - Tim Hecker (CAN) - Ranked18/19 -
2020LacobraTop 10 Music Albums of 20099/101
2019 SleepDealerTop 30 Music Albums of 200928/301
2018LuigiiTop 45 Music Albums of the 2000s24/4510
2018LuigiiTop 6 Music Albums of 20094/63
2017 ERadioTop 50 Music Albums of 200930/502
2017 MadadudeTop 100 Greatest Music Albums90/1001
2016 fearlessoldsunTop 50 Greatest Music Albums50/50 -
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 28
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 57
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Average Rating: 
72/100 (from 28 votes)
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07/13/2024 13:32 cicadelic  Ratings distribution  13,15973/100
 
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06/13/2024 01:05 teague  Ratings distribution  4,33178/100

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From 01/05/2014 04:27 | #99858
An Imaginary Country holds some of Hecker's most dense and climatic emotional pieces. Tracks like Borderlands, 200 Years Ago, and Where Shadows Make Shadows are some of his best recordings.
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From 06/20/2012 22:17 | #44875
For me, there is little by way of emotional engagement here to sustain any proplonged interest in the material, much of which hardly ever varies. It's the droning and repetitive nature of the music and its allusions to romanticism, that renders it a meandering and monotonous experience.
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