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Oracular Spectacular (CD)

By: MGMT (Artist)

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DISC 1 for Oracular Spectacular (CD) Album By MGMT (Artist)
1   Time To Pretend
2   Weekend Wars
3   Youth, The
4   Electric Feel
5   Kids
6   4th Dimensional Transition
7   Pieces of What
8   Of Moons, Birds & Monsters
9   Handshake, The
10   Future Reflections
 

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Review

Rolling Stone (p.82) - 3.5 stars out of 5 -- "There are hints of Joy Division and Sixties nostalgia both acid-tinged and bluesy, but ORACULAR SPECTACULAR's playfulness and remarkable density are best displayed on 'Electric Feel'..."
Rolling Stone (p.92) - Ranked #31 in Rolling Stone's 50 Best Albums Of 2008 -- "It's acid rock for realists."
Spin (p.51) - Ranked #10 in Spin's "40 Best Albums Of 2008" -- "[A] state-of-the-art party album."
Uncut (p.98) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "MGMT offer a series of rock pastiches so joyously over-egged that they become something new and celebratory. A sugary feast for the senses."
Alternative Press (p.115) - 4.5 stars out of 5 -- "ORACULAR is thick with countless layers of electronics, live instrumentation and vocal harmonies....It's brilliant."
Q (Magazine) (p.138) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "[A] collection of ambitiously stitched-together genres, all massaged into punchy cohesion by Flaming Lips producer Dave Fridmann. It's a bold debut."
Mojo (Publisher) (p.66) - Ranked #36 in Mojo's "The 50 Best Albums Of 2008" -- "[With] wild reverbs, huge keyboards and slippery lyrics..."
Harp (magazine) (p.104) - "Filled with electro-processed recorders, mad Mellotrons, walls of fuzz and finely fingered acoustic guitars to go with MGMT's mystic mountain melodies..."
Clash (magazine) (p.67) - Ranked #13 in Clash's "The 40 Best Albums of 2008" -- "[I]t's raw talent that has kept MGMT afloat through 2008. Long may it do so."
The Word (magazine) (p.106) - "[MGMT] have clearly soaked up a lot of the sort of stuff that bands of their ilk exist for...but, rather charmingly in these dread-heavy times, they dress it all up in expansively positive pop songs that are, generally, high as kites."

Title Note

On its 2008 major label debut, ORACULAR SPECTACULAR, the Brooklyn-based duo MGMT (aka Management) offers up a willfully quirky set that incorporates elements of both electro-pop and freak-folk. Consisting of singer/multi-instrumentalists Ben Goldwasser and Andrew VanWyngarden, the playful act veers from the decadent, fuzzed-out "Time to Pretend" to the jangly, glam-tinged "Weekend Wars" to the funky, Ween-ish "Electric Feel," with renowned producer Dave Fridmann keeping everything from going too far off course, particularly on the catchy, synth-driven "Kids." The result is a restless and inventive first album that's guaranteed to garner hipster adoration, and, like fellow Big Apple-ites LCD Soundsystem, may also carry a wider appeal.

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5 out of 5 stars Best New Group!, May 13, 2009
By jwilliams
MGMT is absolutely amazing, every single one of their songs is really different from the others and very addictive. Kids and Electric Feel are great songs to just dance to and their use of synthesizing in it really adds to the songs. Even their music videos themselves are just an extension of their musical artistic style.

5 out of 5 stars MGMT rock and pop mix, October 24, 2008
By fun
MGMT is such a great cd .. It is a new sound that the youth are falling in love with!

5 out of 5 stars LOVE, September 26, 2008
By mgmt freak
one of the hippest and cool cds of the year.. amazing

3 out of 5 stars Not bad, not bad at all, August 19, 2008
By romanticrights
Great debut effort, but not all songs are listener-friendly. Some great, catchy hits like "Kids" and "Electric Feel" that will leave you humming all day long, but for the most part, this album takes a few listens to really get into.

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5 out of 5 stars Like what Im hearing..., January 25, 2008
By disco_pete
If youre looking for a different sound that pleases the ear...look no further. This album hasnt left my i-pod.

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