Hyperborea (album)

Hyperborea
Studio album by
Released30 August 1983 (1983-08-30)[1]
24 October 1983 (1983-10-24) (UK)[2]
RecordedAugust 1983
GenreElectronic music
Length40:15
LabelVirgin
Tangerine Dream chronology
Wavelength
(1983)
Hyperborea
(1983)
Risky Business
(1984)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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.TitleLength
1."No Man's Land"9:03
2."Hyperborea"8:31
3."Cinnamon Road"3:54
Side two
No.TitleLength
1."Sphinx Lightning"19:56
Deluxe edition bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
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

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.