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* [[Prefix]] {{rating-5|4}} [http://www.prefixmag.com/reviews/mgmt/oracular-spectacular/16336/ link]
* [[Prefix]] {{rating-5|4}} [http://www.prefixmag.com/reviews/mgmt/oracular-spectacular/16336/ link]
*''[[Rolling Stone]]'' {{rating-5|3.5}} [http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/16604436/review/18057359/oracular_spectacular link]
*''[[Rolling Stone]]'' {{rating-5|3.5}} [http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/16604436/review/18057359/oracular_spectacular link]
* [[Return Ticket Music]] [http://www.returnticketmusic.com/index.php/june-2008/37-june-2008/135-mgmt-oracular-spectacular link]
* [[The Skinny]] {{rating-5|4}} [http://www.skinnymag.co.uk/content/view/6750/141/ link]
* [[The Skinny]] {{rating-5|4}} [http://www.skinnymag.co.uk/content/view/6750/141/ link]
| Last album = '''''[[Time To Pretend EP]]'''''<br />(2005)
| Last album = '''''[[Time To Pretend EP]]'''''<br />(2005)

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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]

Track listing

  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" – 4:00

Quotes

  • "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]

Music Videos

Charts

Chart (2008) Peak
position
Billboard 200 129
Billboard Top Heatseekers[7] 1
UK Albums Chart 12
Irish Albums Chart [8] 5
Italian Singles Chart 85
Australian ARIA Albums Chart[9] 26

References

  1. ^ "Oracular Spectacular on Amazon". Amazon.com. Retrieved 2008-01-01.
  2. ^ Harvey, Eric. "Oracular Spectacular: Review". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved 2007-10-22.
  3. ^ Goldmeier, Jeremy. "Oracular Spectacular: Album review". Prefix Magazine. Retrieved 2007-11-26.
  4. ^ a b O'Donnell, Kevin. "Artist to Watch: MGMT". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2007-11-14.
  5. ^ Marchese, David (2007-11-23). "Breaking Out: MGMT". Spin.com. Retrieved 2007-11-23. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  6. ^ "Time To Pretend video". YouTube. Retrieved 2008-02-06.
  7. ^ "Oracular Spectacular Top Heatseeker". Billboard. Retrieved 2008-04-08.
  8. ^ "Irish Album Chart 13th March 2008". Retrieved 2008-04-03.
  9. ^ "Oracular Spectacular ARIA Albums". Australian ARIA Albums Chart. Retrieved 2008-05-13.
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