Oracular Spectacular

Oracular Spectacular is the debut studio album by MGMT, released on October 2, 2007, by RED Ink and physically on January 22, 2008, by Columbia as an enhanced CD. It was produced by Dave Fridmann. Promotion for the album started as early as June 2007, when the song "Weekend Wars" was given away in summer issues of free monthly magazine Nöjesguiden in Stockholm, Sweden. Matching CDs could be picked up for free in all stores in three different shopping malls around Stockholm from June 26 to July 31. The album was also promoted with three singles: "Time to Pretend", "Electric Feel" and "Kids". Both "Time to Pretend" and "Kids" were re-recorded for the album; they were originally included on the band's previous release Time to Pretend (2005). in September 2007 the band announced their debut album Oracular Spectular
Although Oracular Spectacular never sold more than 17,000 units in a week, at least 2,000 copies per week were sold during the period from January 2008 through April 2010. The album received positive reviews from critics, who lauded its production style, musical direction and composition. It was nominated for the International Album award at the 2009 Brit Awards. In 2012, Rolling Stone ranked the album at number 494 on its list of The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time, saying, "Two hipster geeks get some rad vintage keyboards and compose a suite of synthesized heartache".
MGMT opened for Of Montreal on tour in autumn 2007 as a five-piece touring band including Matthew Asti (bass), James Richardson (drums), and Hank Sullivant (guitar).
== Track listing ==
No.	Title 	Legnth
1 	Time to Pretend 	4:21
2 	Weekend Wars 	4:12
3 	The Youth 	3:48
4 	Electric Feel 	3:48
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
== Reception ==
Oracular Spectacular received mostly positive reviews. Jason Lymangrover of AllMusic called Oracular Spectacular's tracks "some of the catchiest pop songs to come from NYC since the turn of the millennium" and stated that "the songs never feel insincere and the record is inherently strong throughout, making it a solid start to their career." Prefix Magazine described the album as "a college-dorm experiment gone horribly right." 
In a mixed review, PopMatters' Matt Fiander criticized the second half of the album, writing, "The second half of the record settles into a more monotone kind of space rock that is as big as the better first half, but gives us no recognizably distinct songs or catchy melodies." 
The album has a Metacritic score of 76 out of 100 on based on 22 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".
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Category:Albums
Category:2007