Hyperborea (album)

Hyperborea
Studio album by Tangerine Dream
Released	30 August 1983 (1983-08-30) [1] 24 October 1983 (1983-10-24) (UK) [2]
Recorded	August 1983
Genre	Electronic music
Length	40:15
Label	Virgin
Tangerine Dream chronology
Wavelength (1983) Hyperborea (1983) Risky Business (1984)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]

Hyperborea is the nineteenth major release and thirteenth studio album by Tangerine Dream. ^[4] 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.

Track listing

Side one

No.	Title	Length
1.	"No Man's Land"	9:03
2.	"Hyperborea"	8:31
3.	"Cinnamon Road"	3:54

Side two

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Sphinx Lightning"	19:56

Deluxe edition bonus tracks

No.	Title	Length
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

Personnel

• Edgar Froese
• Christopher Franke
• Johannes Schmoelling

References

1. "Tangerine Dream - Hyperborea". Dutch Charts . Retrieved 23 December 2025.
2. "News - Marketing - Virgin push for Genesis, Culture LPs" (PDF). Music Week . October 8, 1983. p. 3. Retrieved 23 December 2025– via World Radio History.
3. Swan, Glenn. Hyperborea at AllMusic
4. Berling, Michael (29 September 2016). "Hyperborea". Voices in the Net.