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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0886971951226
Format: Enhanced
Label: Sony
Manufacturer: Sony
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Sony
Release Date: January 22, 2008
Sales Rank: 213
Studio: Sony
Disc 1:- Time to Pretend
- Weekend Wars
- The Youth
- Electric Feel
- Kids
- 4th Dimensional Transition
- Pieces of What
- Of Moons, Birds & Monsters
- The Handshake
- Future Reflections
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Editorial Review:
Album Description:
MGMT invites you to open your mind to the multi-dimensional vibrating Technicolor sounds of Oracular Spectacular.
Amazon.co.uk:
The term Oracular Spectacular might not mean much, if anything, at all--it's essentially nonsensical--but that doesn't stop it feeling exactlyright. Here is a band that treats dizzy cross-eyed awe and a vast bounding sense of sonic weightlessness as their yardstick, jostling to surpass themselves on a track-by-track basis and aiming for the musical equivalent of performing somersaults in tye-dye t-shirts off the rings of Jupiter. MGMT seemingly submit this debut album as an application to acquire and even supersede The Flaming Lips' previously uncontested mantle as spiritual leaders of over-sized Technicolor psychedelic-indie with a soul, weird but not so weird that swelling crowds and even flirtations with the charts aren't a foregone conclusion. 'Time to Pretend' opens and sets a tone for the record, producer David Fridmann (Flaming Lips, Mercury Rev) providing a familiar expanse for them to riff across with bull's-eye synths, massive drums and their twist on the template--retro 80s electro and abstract shapes, see Suicide and the Talking Heads for reference. 'The Youth' is centred around a hypnotically looping refrain that recalls Pink Floyd and David Bowie, as interpreted by a mellow Secret Machines and the brilliant 'Pieces of What' is Ryan Adams spinning through cosmos with classic Neil Young on his headphones. 'Future Reflections' meanwhile stand on its hands on a line somewhere in-between XTC and Ween. Thrillingly eclectic, endlessly colourful and never predictable. It's all a bit ridiculous, but indeed spectacularly so. --James Berry
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Only two good songs
I listen to a lot of different genres of music. I recently heard MGMT's "time to pretend," and was very compelled to buy the CD. I normally don't buy CD's, but I found myself in a store that sells them (and I had consumed some lunch beers). I decided to roll with my inclination.
I popped the disk in almost immediately, on my way home, and reconfirmed that I like "Time to Pretend." I was also really grooving on "Electric Feel," but to my disappointment these are the only two songs that are ... Read More
Rating: - A groovy electro adventure that does for the 70s what electroclash did for the eighties
Although I never received this from amazon, I listened to it in other mediums. MGMT has a laid back groove somewhere at the intersection of Scissor Sisters and Phoenix with a dash of Thievery Corporation. Not a bad place to operate and with nary a jarring note.
Rating:  - Truly spectacular!!
MGMT are a New York duo whose Pop/Dance/Rock/Electronic sound makes for a heady mix. Their very playful disc "Oracular spectacular" comprises just 10 tracks (these days, loads of CDs average 11 tracks, doing away with filler).
"Let's make some music, make some money, find some models for wives" they sing in the buzzing "Time to pretend" as they spell out the hedonistic lifestyle they have mapped out.
The acoustic "Weekend wars" reminds me a wee bit of The Beatles. "Of monsters, ... Read More
Rating: - Oh wow, awesome stuff guys!
Just shy of turning 40 I`ve become a little bit of a fossil regarding whats hip and new but Im so glad I didnt let this little gem get away. Really fantastic.
Rating: - Best MGMT Record Yet
Not to sounds pretentious or like a music snob, but I use to listen to these guys since they were referred to as "The Management". All I can say is that they've definitely grown over the years and that this is their best record yet. If you like the single "Time to Pretend", you'll love the rest of the album. This is one of those records you'll listen to again in 10 years and it wont feel like it has aged.
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EAN: 0886971951226
Format: Enhanced
Label: Sony
Manufacturer: Sony
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Sony
Release Date: January 22, 2008
Sales Rank: 213
Studio: Sony