Hyperborea | ||||
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Released | September 1983 [1] | |||
Recorded | August 1983 | |||
Genre | Electronic music | |||
Length | 40:15 | |||
Label | Virgin | |||
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AllMusic | [2] |
Hyperborea is the nineteenth major release and thirteenth studio album by Tangerine Dream. [3] It spent two weeks on the UK album chart peaking at No.45.
The album title refers to Hyperborea, a mythical, idyllic land in the Ancient Greek tradition, supposedly located far to the north of Thrace and where it was claimed the sun shone twenty-four hours a day.
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "No Man's Land" | 9:03 |
2. | "Hyperborea" | 8:31 |
3. | "Cinnamon Road" | 3:54 |
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Sphinx Lightning" | 19:56 |
No. | Title | Length |
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5. | "The Dream Is Always the Same" | 3:43 |
6. | "No Future (Get Off the Babysitter)" | 2:01 |
7. | "Guido the Killer Pimp" | 4:19 |
8. | "Lana" | 3:53 |
9. | "Love on a Real Train" | 3:59 |
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