Track Listing
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
| Details | | Playing Time: | 70 min. | | Producer: | Dave Fridmann | | Distributor: | Sony Music Distribution ( | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes
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.
Editorial Reviews
4.5 stars out of 5 -- ORACULAR is thick with countless layers of electronics, live instrumentation and vocal harmonies....It's brilliant.
Alternative Press
[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.
The Word
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.
Clash
Filled with electro-processed recorders, mad Mellotrons, walls of fuzz and finely fingered acoustic guitars to go with MGMT's mystic mountain melodies...
Harp
Ranked #36 in Mojo's The 50 Best Albums Of 2008 -- [With] wild reverbs, huge keyboards and slippery lyrics...
Mojo
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.
Q
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.
Uncut
Ranked #10 in Spin's 40 Best Albums Of 2008 -- [A] state-of-the-art party album.
Spin
Ranked #31 in Rolling Stone's 50 Best Albums Of 2008 -- It's acid rock for realists.
Rolling Stone
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
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