Oracular Spectacular
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| Studio album by MGMT | ||||
| Released | October 2, 2007 (digital) January 22, 2008 (CD & LP) | |||
| Recorded | March 2007 - April 2007 | |||
| Genre | Electronica Neo-psychedelia Indie rock |
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| Length | 40:18 | |||
| Label | Sony/Columbia | |||
| Producer | Dave Fridmann | |||
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2007 digital cover
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Oracular Spectacular is the first major label studio album by Brooklyn, New York indie rock band MGMT, released digitally October 2, 2007 on Columbia Records, available in CD & LP formats from January 22, 2008.[1] The album features new versions of both "Kids" and "Time to Pretend", songs from their previous release, Time to Pretend EP (2005), the opening track serving as a "mission statement" and theme continued through the proceeding tracks. Pitchfork Media compared MGMT to Muse and Mew, but weaving in an early 90s Britpop sound.[2] Prefix Magazine said the album "sounds like a college-dorm experiment gone horribly right."[3] It was named the best album of 2008 by NME.
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[edit] Track listing
All songs written and composed by Andrew Van Wyngarden and Ben Goldwasser.
| Oracular Spectacular | |||||||||
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| # | Title | Length | |||||||
| 1. | "Time to Pretend" | 4:21 | |||||||
| 2. | "Weekend Wars" | 4:12 | |||||||
| 3. | "The Youth" | 3:48 | |||||||
| 4. | "Electric Feel" | 3:49 | |||||||
| 5. | "Kids" | 5:02 | |||||||
| 6. | "4th Dimensional Transition" | 3:58 | |||||||
| 7. | "Pieces of What" | 2:43 | |||||||
| 8. | "Of Moons, Birds & Monsters" | 4:46 | |||||||
| 9. | "The Handshake" | 3:39 | |||||||
| 10. | "Future Reflections" | 4:02 | |||||||
| 40:30 | |||||||||
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| 16. | "Time To Pretend" (Jorge Elbrecht of Violens Remix) | 4:30 | |||||||
- "Time to Pretend" originally appeared on Time to Pretend EP.
- "Kids" originally appeared on We (Don't) Care and Time to Pretend EP .
[edit] Quotations
- "Knowing that the Almost Famous notion of stardom doesn't exist anymore (if it ever did), the duo of Andrew VanWyngarden and Ben Goldwasser realize they're "fated to pretend." It's a charming idea — making a career out of fantasizing — and on Oracular Spectacular, they not only accept their playacting destiny, they demonstrate that, just maybe, it's a path more people should take." - Eric Harvey, Pitchfork Media
- "This space-rock gem mocks the clichéd coke-and-hookers rock-star lifestyle, over big synth whooshes." - Kevin O'Donnell of Rolling Stone on the single 'Time to Pretend.'[4]
- "We redid a lot of our songs that sounded too polished... Dave (producer David Fridmann) ended up running the tracks through this thing that crushed them and made them sound really gross again. They're a lot better now." - Ben Goldwasser in Rolling Stone[4]
- "The apocalypse is in the zeitgeist... but it doesn't have to be about death and destruction; it could be the shattering of a mass hallucination…where the human race realizes its true potential!" - Andrew Vanwyngarden in Spin.com [5]
[edit] Charts
| Chart (2008) | Peak position |
Certification | Physical Sales |
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| Australian ARIA Albums Chart[6] | 6 | Platinum[7] | 70,000+ |
| Belgian (Flanders) Albums Chart | 10 | Gold[8] | 15,000+ |
| Belgian (Wallonia) Albums Chart | 55 | ||
| Canadian Albums Chart | 24 | Gold[9] | 50,000+ |
| Dutch Albums Chart | 45 | ||
| French Albums Chart | 22 | Silver[10] | 65,480 |
| Irish Albums Chart [11] | 5 | 2× Platinum[12] | 30,000+ |
| Italian Albums Chart | 85 | ||
| Japanese Oricon Albums Chart | 161 | ||
| Mexican Albums Chart[13] | 74 | ||
| New Zealand Albums Chart[14] | 13 | Gold | 7,500+ |
| Swiss Albums Chart | 68 | ||
| UK Albums Chart | 8 | Platinum[15] | 300,000+ |
| U.S. Billboard 200 | 38 | Gold[16] | 500,000+ |
| End of year chart (2008) | Position |
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| Australian Albums Chart | 16[17] |
| French Albums Chart | 77[18] |
| UK Albums Chart | 65[19] |
[edit] References
- ^ "Oracular Spectacular on Amazon". Amazon.com. http://www.amazon.com/Oracular-Spectacular-MGMT/dp/B0010VD7EO. Retrieved 2008-01-01.
- ^ Harvey, Eric. "Oracular Spectacular: Review". Pitchfork Media. http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/46197-oracular-spectacular. Retrieved 2007-10-22.
- ^ Goldmeier, Jeremy. "Oracular Spectacular: Album review". Prefix Magazine. http://www.prefixmag.com/reviews/mgmt/oracular-spectacular/16336/. Retrieved 2007-11-26.
- ^ a b O'Donnell, Kevin. "Artist to Watch: MGMT". Rolling Stone. http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/17323914/artist_to_watch_mgmt. Retrieved 2007-11-14.
- ^ Marchese, David (2007-11-23). "Breaking Out: MGMT". Spin.com. http://www.spin.com/features/magazine/2007/11/0712_mgmt/. Retrieved 2007-11-23.
- ^ "Oracular Spectacular ARIA Albums". Australian ARIA Albums Chart. http://www.ariacharts.com.au/pages/charts_display.asp?chart=1G50. Retrieved 2008-05-13.
- ^ http://ariacharts.com.au/pages/charts_display_album.asp?chart=1G50
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- ^ http://www.infodisc.fr/Ventes_Album08.php
- ^ "Irish Album Chart 13th March 2008". http://www.chart-track.com/index.jsp?c=p%2Fmusicvideo%2Fmusic%2Farchive%2Findex_test.jsp&ct=240002&arch=t&lyr=2008&year=2008&week=11. Retrieved 2008-04-03.
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- ^ "AMPROFON: Week 43" (PDF). amprofon.com.mx. http://greaves.tv/amprofon3/Top100.pdf. Retrieved 2008-11-07.
- ^ "Oracular Spectacular RIANZ Albums". charts.org.nz. http://charts.org.nz/search.asp?cat=a&search=mgmt. Retrieved 2008-07-23.
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- ^ http://www.aria.com.au/pages/aria-charts-end-of-year-charts-top-100-albums-2008.htm
- ^ http://www.disqueenfrance.com/fr/page-259376.xml?year=2008&type=2
- ^ http://www.ukchartsplus.co.uk/ChartsPlusYE2008.pdf
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