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Crazy how well this album has aged. Great listen, you can definetly see how they influenced a lot of todays music
Catchy AF and holds up well. Absolutely wild how this made me feel old when it came out, and now it's old music for old millennials. Time comes for us all.
замечательный, очень близкий и разнообразный! очень понравился, точно буду слушать ещё целиком в ближайшее время
LOVE IT!!!!
A college classic
I've liked a lot of their songs but never paid attention to the group. I'll check out their other stuff
I have heard a few of these songs before, which I really like, but the others are mediocre. Not bad overall.
Nota 4. Gostei. Indie com influência de David Bowie
Good album but tails off a little bit in the second half
A pretty good album overall, sprinkled with some of the best singles of the era
Honestly, a solid album from start to finish. The highs are high, the lows are generally mid. Generation defining etc etc. Stand-outs: Obviously Kids and Electric Feel, but also Time to Pretend and Of Moons Birds and Monsters.
I like the songs "Time to Pretend" "Electric Feel" "Kids"
# Playlist track - Kids # Notes - Reminds me of my early 20s. - It's pretty unique and it sounded incredibly new at the time. Some of that is retained after all this years, in Electric Feel and Kids.
Es bárbaro. Me recuerda a mi adolescencia.
A bit of a surprise for me, knew a couple songs even though I wasn't familiar with the band. Fun music.
5/10
Some certified dance with your friends hits that are truly classic for a generation. As an album it doesn't hold me in. A few tracks feel like demos. I think I want to like the album as a whole more than I do. There's potential though and this re-listen made me wonder if I should give their whole discography a try, something I never did. But for me this an album to pull tracks off for playlists.
Nothing special
Entertaining rock n roll record. Better than I expected from the genre and era.
already know this album and love it!! :D
Oh wow, never heard this full album. I like them!
One of my all time favorite albums… can’t say enough!
KIDS!!!!!! ELECTRIC FEEL!! This is party music. Shock me like an electric eel
2-3 bangers, otherwise meh
I really enjoyed this one. I was already super familiar with Time to Pretend, Kids and Electric Feel but never listened to the album.
A nice surprise. Always vitalizing Diré Straits
Not my type of music
Required listening for modern psych
Decent
•Owned •The impending doom of adulthood—even with the coming wars, deteriorating landscape, more or less hinted at—is the backdrop for getting together biblically before it all happens. A danceable singalong for all, regardless of what you partake in that night, or even remain clear headed. Don’t sell out for anything else. •4.5/5
Vivid mid-2000s flashback. I forgot the hitsingle "Kids" completely. It was on the radio back then all the time, it was practically the soudtrack of my life back then. I stopped listening to that album after this song to revel in the feeling of...memories. I'm glad I found this song again. I cannot believe how much you can forget and how much you can remember once a certain song plays. I never even paid much attention to this song back then.
its ok.
A ton of classics but the album eventually melds into one sound and doesn’t have a clear book end to finish it if that makes sense.
Temazos
As a freshman in college in 2008, this album was blasting constantly from my shitty laptop speakers in my dorm room. Still holds up. 4.5/5
A disappointing listen
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4/5. Turn of the millennium indie/psychedelic rock is always a fun genre to listen to while doing some relaxing work or casual exercise. MGMT delivered with this album. Especially with Electric Feel and Kids. Have listened to them occasionally when snowboarding down long, windy slopes. Not an all-time favorite album/band but definitely preferred when vibing.
You came home from high school and thought "man, society, right?", so you hit up a few of your myspace friends to sing about plausibly profound topics, except you've never written anything more complex than a 5th grade poem and your balls haven't dropped yet. It's what happens when you improvise lyrics and make your message "kind of fit" in the framework of a song. Or in this case most of the album. "The Youth" and "Electric Feel" actually follow a kind of groove. Everything else is essentially slam poetry performed by a very bored / depressed / self-conscious kid. Those two songs raise it just above a 1 star album for me. 2/5 "A couple of tracks aside, would definitely not listen to again."
the highs are so incredibly high, that the lower tracks feel more lacklustre than they actually are. really solid work across the board, and an excellent album. in reality this is a 4.5 star.
Some BANGERS. Rest is so so
Fine all around. I heard Time to Pretend and Kids way too often growing up. Electric Feel still goes hard as fuck though. I totally thought this album was from like 2013 but it's from 2007?
Nicht mein Ding.
3 bangers! Great background music. A lot of the tunes from reminded me of really polished 60s music. Great sound great album
I made a conscious effort to avoid this album and, to a lesser extent, this band for many years based off of the singles when they were released. Electric Feel, Kids and Time to Pretend didn’t really sit well with me then. I couldn’t get behind their sing-along, trust-fund hipster synth-funk. It was the kind of music that dudes who wore 80’s athletic shorts, had dumb mustaches and coke problems listened to; music for people who organized kickball leagues or duck-duck-goose tournaments in McCarren Park. Listening to those specific songs today, I still have that impression, I won’t lie. However, I don’t think those songs are a very good representation of what this record actually is. This is, and I mean this as a compliment of the highest order, a proper dirtbag psych rock record, along the lines of Ween or Royal Trux or maybe pre-Soft Bulletin Flaming Lips. I really fucking like it and I was wrong about this band. It’s weird, heady and psychedelic and doesn’t deserve to be lumped in with the superficiality of late aughts’ hipsterdom.
Meh, “Kids” is a classic
I didn't realize how many songs by MGMT I knew. Really solid album, the leads are all super fun.
better than the stevie wonder one but it reminds me of the island boyz meme and it’s just kinda electro funk wannabes
Meh
Absolutely amazing
Back to back nostalgia albums is nice. Although this is one is a bit more recent for me, it’s hard not to eventually get nostalgic for kids and electric feel when it’s played at every high school and college event. Even though this album is basically a shitpost about pop music it continues to blow most pop music out of the water. In addition to time to pretend and the youth, this also has stronger non-hit tracks that make it a better 5/5 album than American idiot
Great album. Time to Pretend was my graduation song. In hindsight looking at the lyrics it's absolutely hilarious to me. "I'll move to Paris, shoot some heroin and fuck with the stars". Woops. This band has just continued to innovate and I think they will go down as one of the great last "rock" bands to come out of the 2000s.
Already knew 2 songs on this album, when I turned it on I realised I knew 4 songs from this album. It's a very good album, wouldn't be surprised if it influenced bands like Everything Everything and Foals. The rest of the album is equally good (4/5).
Not great for me. Could not listen to much of it.
Certified pop classic.
Different in all the best ways. An album that lets you escape for just a little bit.
Ok I know the 3 singles from this album way too well. But there are sections from Weekend Wars and The Youth that are surprisingly beautiful harmony, and the production slaps. What a pleasant surprise.
Hey, I know this one! Never listened to it from start to finish tho.
Remember American apparel? A couple stand out singles, but why is this album on this list?
Not my cup of tea, but didn’t hate it
Kids, Time to Pretend, and Electric Feel are all bangers, and were the only MGMT songs I really knew before this. That probably won’t change as nothing else really stood out.
Kids is an absolute FIFA classic. Electric Feel is decent, would stick that on a playlist. The little tune at the start of Time to Pretend gets you going. But these are just a few nuggets of gold amongst what is otherwise a pile of shit.
Good strong opening. Obviously I was wating for kids but all the other songs are really good to listen to aswell. Pleasantly surprised by the album.
It felt poppy but I could tolerate it. I liked it but didn’t love it
Not my type of music & can barely hear the lyrics which is a big deal for me. I don’t wanna look up lyrics to enjoy a song. 2.5 stars
It was okay. Not really my style but could be good background music
Solid album, enjoyed re listening.
Good progressive rock kind of music
This album is pretty good. The first half is definitely stronger and more fun.
Meh
A good pop album, but that's about it. Nothing outstanding.
Old favorite—not new to me but always good to listen to!
Enjoyed part
Ich mag das Album danach mehr, das hier ist mir zu viel pop. Aber ok.
Is what it is. Couple bangers
I was surprised to see that this came out in 2007. I don’t remember hearing MGMT until 2012 and then it was all over the place on campus. Can’t say I’m a loyal fan and nothing here stood out as excellent. Getting a little tired of the hits from this album by this point, but it did bring back some 2012 nostalgia and I had to chase this down with “Somebody That You Used To Know” by Goyte to finish out the session, haha. Three stars, probably more like two and a half.
I have probably heard the top songs from this album a million times. I'm not even crazy about MGMT. While its not offensive its probably 2.5 stars close to 2.
Naja - Bowie verschnitt??
Smooth and quite easy listening. But for me, it's not one of the 100 albums I would take with me to a desert island
Nostalgic 4 stars
Other than the hit singles, "Time to Pretend" and "Kids," this album was a chore to get through
I'm very meh about this album. At first I really didn't like it at all, but it grew on me a bit after I relistened to a couple songs. I was never into that indie rock sound of the late '00s (The Lumineers, Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, etc.) and I think I'm still a little sick of the three singles being everywhere when it first came out. A lot of the songs feel like The Lumineers trying to do The Doors or Led Zeppelin ... or shoegaze. Something about all the really high-pitched synth notes in a wall of sound grates on me. “4th Dimensional Transition” finally sounds like a successful attempt at the modern psychedelia they seem to be aiming for. “Of Moons, Birds, and Monsters” is my favorite song on the album. It’s an interesting mix of synthpop/psychedelia/post-punk/post-rock and actually feels like a well-developed song and not just a wall of sound like the first few tracks. Other than the two tracks mentioned, I don't really see myself listening to this album again. I'd maybe sit through it if it happened to come on, but I wouldn't go out of my way to hear it.
Great example of why the hits are the hits. These guys were all over the place when I first moved to Chicago, and I've always enjoyed their well-known songs. However, their extented library is just OK. It was fun to revisit MGMT, but a deep dive wasn't needed.
I love this album. This was a peak college album for me. This would get a 5-star rating from me if some of the non-hit tracks were a little better, but it’s still like a 4.5 in my book. Youth, Time to Pretend, and Electric Feel are my favorites.
I used to like this quite a bit.
BL: as a child of the 00s this album is synonymous with so many of my core memories growing up. Specifically the track “Kids” being prevalent throughout it all. I’ve listened to this album the whole way through, it was one of the first albums I ever listened to when I started listening to albums when I was maybe 13 or 14. I found it a bit too weird for my liking at the time but I’ll see how I find it on the relisten AL: I personally think this album as a baseline is pretty good but the hits are certainly exceptional. Other tracks do stand out but generally this album is just good, not great or amazing. FT: “Weekend Wars”, “Electric Feel”, “Kids”, “Pieces of What” 3/5
nix für mich
inditronic
like it
It was alright!
I remember when Electric feel and kids came out on the radio and they were huge hits then and they still hold up really well. I enjoyed this album quite a bit.
Interessante Ansätze, aber insgesamt zu mainstreamig. Reißt mich nicht mit.
Kannte ich gar nicht. Krasser Sound beim ersten Somg, wenn man gar nicht weiß, was einen erwartet. Kann man sich aber gut anhören. Die Stimme haut mich nicht vom Hocker. Aber schöne Songs. Einige unerwartete Harmonien.
Das Album hat Spaß gemacht. Ich kannte schon zwei Songs, wusste aber nicht dass die von MGMT sind. Super produziert, wobei mir das Low-End etwas fehlt. Kann aber auch an den Kopfhörern liegen. Hat für mich Tame Impala Vibes, die ich sehr mag. Werde das Album bzw einzelne Stücke auf jeden Fall nochmal durchhören!
They wrote three singles and realized they had to fill up the rest of the album. And that filler.... hoooooo boyyyy is it filler. Overall an awful album, the bangers slap.
The album starts off with solid bangers, and then goes a bit downhill on the back half. All in all, a solid effort, and one I will no doubt revisit, as my playlist has a few more songs as a result of listening to this.
верните нулевые!
Так жаль, что людям нужны простые песни. Эх... там вторая половина альбома такая шедевральная, просто чума! Но ничего, своих слушателей, любителей нео-психодела и индитроники, они нашли.
Some ok songs, relatively pleasant.
The day I learned to play the electronic riff from "Kids" on a Stylophone, the mystical allure of MGMT was gone forever.
Not bad, not great. I kind of got bored with it and overall wasn't really moved negatively or positively. I keep thinking something on this album is something I heard in a commercial somewhere.
Oh wow, a 2000s American album trying really hard to sound like a 1970s British album. Considering the huge number of 70s albums in this mix I probably wouldn't have even noticed if I didn't check.
Eh
Reminds me of College On an unrelated note: do people still do Molly?
Genius composition and melodies. Added many songs from this album to my Playlist. Nice discovery
Some good tracks but it's a slightly air headed pop album from probably one of my most awkward eras so I'd rather just hide it away forever
It’s not bad
The hits off here are great and but beyond them is not as interesting to me, so the album feels a but unbalanced to me.
Really liked the first half - some absolute classics. I thought the second half was weaker maybe a little more esoteric. They give me an OK Go type vibe
Hey it’s all those songs I didn’t know I knew
Love it
Really liked this a lot. Some cracking classics in there, and some good stuff I've never heard. There's almost a James/Tim Booth inspiration in there somewhere.
Just okay. But I can see why it's on the list.
There's elements of greatness here, the hits hit hard and the instrumentation throughout is interesting and plucky. I enjoy the album as a whole but I can't say I love love any tracks past the breakout hits on the record. There's no completely dud tracks or skips, but on the whole it is mostly decent. They definitely capitalise on some of the darker instrumentals and tones on the latter half of the album later on in their career which makes me glad they experimented with this sound on this album, even though the latter half of the album is weaker. 7.5/10
This is another one I find hard to view objectively, because I was 17 when it came out, and listened to it obsessively that summer. That summer was incidentally one of the best of my life so far, and listening to this album through again took me back to those carefree days. One thing that always sticks out was going to my first music festival with friends, and being very hyped to see MGMT. I wasn't the only one; they had been booked to a relatively small stage and the tent was overflowing with people like myself. About halfway through the set, during a slower song I looked up and saw a (presumably intoxicated) person climbing up one of the support towers of the tent, which I was standing quite close to. Maybe like 80-100 metres up. I found it funny at first, but the higher they got the more worried I was that they would fall, probably on top of me. Pretty soon half of the crowd had turned away from the stage and more people started climbing. The band had to stop playing and plead with people to get down, eventually leaving the stage. I think the crowd started to boo the climbers then, and they finally came down. MGMT then returned to the stage and played all the hits off the album in quick succession to get the crowd back onside. Personal anecdotes aside, I do think this is a very important album generally. It is peak 2000s era electro-pop - check out the Justice remix of Electric Feel if you want more evidence of this - and led yo quite a few imitators. The weirder psych rock songs on here make a lot more sense now, having heard MGMT's later work. Overall, well worth a listen, as some of the deeper cuts on here hold up.
Really great
Pretty good, nice to listen to in the background.
This brought me back to being 25. Working at a grocery store and getting tanked every night. Now I’m 41, sober and get heartburn just for looking at any tasty foods. Time is a bitch.
The non singles on this are as good as the the singles everyone knows.
A perfect album. First half is a cool indie pop epic and once it gets to 4th dimensional transition the album goes off into wild psychedelia. . A perfect record in my opinion.
Some good songs but mainly forgettable
Always have loved MGMT
Meh
不喜欢
Dus echt heel Nice, kende al 2 nummers maar de rest nooit geluisterd tbh
Pretty good, Irecognised a few of the songs
probably tolerable if you, like many of these other reviewers, were 13 when it came out and listened to it a lot. i was 13 when it came out, but i did not
Absolute banger from adolescence. Vocals can get annoying
overall a pretty boring album. couple good songs on there.
I only knew the radio hits from this album, but it turns out MGMT is a psychedelic rock band! Interesting time signatures and instrumentation - I especially liked "Weekend Wars". Pleasantly surprised!
Les 3 singles sont fantastiques, le reste ok mais oubliable
I think "Oracular Spectacular" is a modern classic, and it's amazing it came from two young Connecticut boys on their first album...and that they haven't been able to create anything equally amazing. I wouldn't necessarily want them to do the same thing, but it's obvious they've had to run from the initial fame and success, and I just hope they can eventually circle around to something else that is as good. This album, though, is catchy, but it has some deep meanings hidden inside. The arrangements can be rather complex while letting the main melodies sit on top. They obviously had a great producer, but the bones of the songs are, themselves, so solid.
pretty good
Not bad, not as electronic as I remember.
Solid album. Recognized a few songs on it such as Kids, Time to Pretend, and Electric Feel. Had more of an ethereal vibe to it overall.
Great sons on this album
I really like Time to Pretend but I ended up being disappointed by some of the tracks, although there are a few standout hits.
wel een hoop classics, 3.7
I hate this style of singing with all my heart, but it's a varied, creative album that deserves to be on the list. Favorite song: of moos, birds and monsters
Hitting me right in the teenage years with this one, 'Kids' was inescapable for a long time, still gets plays even now on any kind of indie night around town. Out of the 3 huge singles though I think the opener 'Time to Pretend' is the king, telling a morbid story of fame with those awesome synths. 'Electric Feel' is funky as hell too, and the rest of the album manages to be pretty enjoyable if a little forgettable compared to the big 3. 'Of moons, Birds and Monsters' is maybe the deep cut that stands out the most, that big instrumental crescendo is gorgeous.
Was good listening. Diverse, catchy, passes the time nicely.
The popular songs are popular for a reason. Otherwise, a pretty mediocre album. I find the vocals to be somewhat annoying. Favorite songs - Time to Pretend, Electric Feel, Kids.
Comments: Hipster! Favorite tracks: Time to Pretend, Electric Feel, Kids Rating: 4/5
Interesting, many layers and textures. Has a garage-band sensibility with high production values. I like it. The whole album has lots of variety, and isn't track after track of minor variations of the same song. Not "knock my socks off" awesome, but still a lot of fun.
iconic album!!!!!!
Nostalgic classic for me. Love it
Singles are bangers, album tracks are kinda mid.
-OH DO I KNOW THIS ALBUM!!!!!! -it has some of the most epic songs on it!!!!!! -electric feel!!!!! kids!!!!!! like are you kidding me!!!!! -time to pretend is also so mf goooooood -electric feel might be one of the best songs ever -kids is also a song that haunted me during my peak tumblr/online years in middle school -love it so much still tho -okay the rest of this album is songs i have not heard before -i do like the vibes of all the other songs but none of them are as good as kids or electric feel -overall it is an enjoyable album! has some really iconic hits on it, so for me its getting a four
Impressive album beyond the hits. Favorite track is Youth
very nostalgic, love it
Some great songs on here (Time to Pretend, Electric Feel, Kids) that unfortunately completely outshine the rest of the album
Gefiel mir ganz gut. Vor allem der Track Kids, den ich als einziges Lied auf der CD sogar schon kannte. Zu oft hintereinander könnte ich dieses Stück allerdings nicht hören, weil die sehr markante elektronische Melodie mir irgendwann auf die Nerven gehen würde und sie großes Ohrwurmpotential hat. (Was nicht notwendigerweise eine gute Sache ist.) Insgesamt entspannte aber nicht langweilige Elektromusik, die mir viel besser als erwartet gefallen hat. Kann ich gut im Hintergrund hören.
Some good songs but i like congratulations more
Yes.
Super fun and groovy with intricate backings. Lots of great songs. Easy 5
割とブルーアイドソウル的というか、Tame Impalaの前にMGMTあり、な感じ。 時代越境的ではあるが、やはり特に惹かれるのは60年代的曲作。
Rating: 4.2/5 Standouts: time to pretend, weekend wars, electric feel Favorite: pieces of what and future reflections Least favorite: the youth and 4th dimension transition Notes: would listen to again very good
Better than I expected
Love Time to Pretend the rest is ok
WIll forever love the singles on this album. The other songs were not memorable to me.
MGMT has such a unique sound they're always fun to listen to
Great album. A few big hits, a couple lesser known good tunes. One of the better post 2000 popular albums.
3/5 definitely some good songs but didn't really stand out too much. Reminded me of Nate and Jackson.
5/10 i'm a casual here: the hits are good, rest is forgettable
Fun modern pop that is quite a bit exceptional.
I mean, this is on of the easiest 5/5 on this list. Great band, magnificent album, but I am pretty confused about the placement. Is it really that good, is it justifiably on this list? I don't feel like it's a modern breakthrough, it's not a start of a new genre, it's just a really, really solid album. Nevertheless, great music, it goes quite high on my "Vinyls To Buy Next" list.
Ah yes, the cornerstone of 00's indie electronica. Love it.
Kids and Electric Feel are cornerstones of modern alt music. This album is pretty experimental and not every song is a hit but it is still one of the best albums to come out in the 2000s. 8/10
I didn't think I would like it this much. Well, here we are. A blend of different sounds and simplistic yet relaxing bass lines.
remember control yourself take only what you need from it a family of trees wanted to be haunted
Great Album,so many bangers,the vibes of this album are infectious.
DRGS by MGMT
Not my favourite album ibfr
It was ok super short
I was sure I had never heard of MGMT. To be fair, 2007 was the apex of my drug and alcohol use, just before the precipitous and painful slide to a three-year bottom before getting sober. I was living in Medellín, going through an eight ball of first-cut cocaine and a fifth of guaro a day. Blu-ray came out the same year, and when I came back to the US I had to discover what it was. I’m still not sure I understand Blu-ray. Anyway, despite my supposed ignorance, there are three hits on this album that I feel like are still part of my life today. I never bothered to look at the lyrics, of course, and when I did as part of this exercise, I found them both funny and tiresome. If I had known these two guys were northeast liberal arts majors, who were doing this whole thing is a joke, I probably would’ve loved it—for a year, and then been tired of their music. But since I never knew anything about them—I didn’t even know those three songs are by the same group—they just kind of hung around, as has my appreciation for them. I mean, the ironic/satirical space is so dominated by the Beastie Boys it’s really unfair to anyone else. I suppose it takes a certain amount of chutzpah, I would never even get into that space, unable to not compare myself to the Beastie boys. I think that’s one of the realizations I’ve had over the last week, it’s just how fucking confident musicians are. There’s a little bit of that punk ethos in all of them, from Rod Stewart and MGMT. “Fuck it, I can do this too.“
I respect that it’s a vibe, but it’s not my vibe.
obviously a few standout bangers but the rest didn't stick that much
Solid album, I had only heard the hits before. Has anything bad ever come out of Wesleyan?
Quite easy listening - not a classic but fairly middle of the road.
kids is for the ages. was fun to revisit
Would be solid 4 back in the day. Some real bangers
Pleasantly surprised by this album.
Love the beats and the vibe!
Album makes me feel like I'm a main character in a early 2010's indie film.
Man i know them 2000s hipster clubs were lit as fuck. i hope if this vibe has a big cultural revival
Made it 6 tracks in. My impression didn't change from the first track. Generic electronic pop. All sounds the same.
3.5
Interesting choice! I really liked this album when it came out, but I can’t say I’ve listened to it at all in the last decade. To me this sounds a lot like much of the indie rock that was coming out at the same time. Were MGMT the progenitors of this sound? Were they more indie dance pop than Passion Pit or Small Sins? I’m not sure what makes them more this than any other band that was hitting in the late aughts, but I was certainly happy to throw this on for a good listen. I like the album quite a bit, but looking back at my other ratings for previous albums, it’s hard for me to think that this belongs on the same plane as Parliament or David Bowie. 3.5/5
said ooo girl fuck me like an electric eel
listened to again it's indie fun man
Another album I had when it came out - it will be interesting to revisit this as I only really remember the singles + The Youth. Also another no skip day for me. I can hear a lot of classic rock influence in here that I didn't know about when I first heard this album in 2007 - Bowie of course, there's some Jagger inflected vocals on Pieces of What, and then just a mishmash of psychedelic vibes scattered throughout. Cool to read the wiki and find out that it really was just the 2 guys performing on the album. This definitely launched some music moments in the late naughts. I was very familiar with the first half of the album- and Kids is still absolutely a standout track. The second half really surprised me and I felt it had a strong finish.
Love this album, side 1 stacked with hits, side 2 supremely underrated.
Meh
enjoyable record. made me nostalgic
The mixing is great, the singer has a very unique voice, and the band has a very fun style to their music. I enjoyed several of the songs on this album and recognized a lot of them, but the one that I liked the most was "Of Moons, Birds and Monsters"
Fantastic album. Unique sound, catchy hooks, great formulas, strange time signatures, musically complex, etc. Still easy to digest though. First album I've listened to on here that deserves 5 stars. I am genuinely excited to listen to more of this band. Although I have heard the big hits like Kids and Electric Feel, the other songs were a delight to listen to as well.
It took 27 albums until I reached one that I've previously listened to before. I can hear how it influenced 2010s indie electronic/psychedelic and some of the other bands I still randomly come across. Hits still are strong and the deeper cuts hold their ground. Still cool that such a solid record came from two dudes making music mainly as a joke and to mock radio music. 7.5/10
Have listened to it probably 50 times and still love it every time. 4.25 or higher? Banger after banger, no skips
Good album; love the first song and saved it. I remember it from Shaun white snowboarding. 4
I groaned when I saw this album pop up but then listening to it I remembered I was actually really into it a million years ago. I must have blocked that from memory because I do find this band pretty lame but this album is annoyingly good from start to finish. It does have that mid 00’s superficial sheen which I find offputting, however they sure do know how to make a catchy tune. I like the instrumentals especially in Of Birds And Monsters. Overall the album is earcatching, if puddle deep, but that’s ok!
Ah. Childhood. I think again this one had an enormous impact on Australian music. Stuff like client liaison ran after this one like a dog after a ball. I recall this being absolutely everywhere in 2007/2008. And by this one I mean electric feel, kids and time to pretend. The rest of the album is forgettable as. Overall, this is American college kids doing Jamiroquai. It's not bad. It's just less imaginative than it should be
Theres a fifa song on this album The last few days have sucked and it keeps getting worse every day Got a parking ticket today cause I forgot to move the car
Album 212 of 1001 MGMT - Oracular Spectacular Rating : 4 / 5 Favorite Tracks : Weekend Wars / Of Moons, Birds & Monsters I like getting these albums where I have never heard on the artist. No idea how well known they were. Nice starting from a blank sheet of paper. Normally when I hear "Electronica" mentioned, my interest has been cut by more than half. This based on a lot of the earlier stuff where the songs hand the same electronic sounds all the way through. This isn't like that. We actually have some catchy melodies here. A wonderful mixture of Pop, Rock and Electronica. I am a Pop fan, at heart, so this hits just right. Don't know that I'll be buying a vinyl copy for my collection, but I will keep it on my Spotify list.\ ___________________________________________ Oracular Spectacular is the debut studio album by the American band MGMT, released on October 2, 2007
I didn't feel much listening to this, but a few of the songs are decent. Rating 2.5 stars and rounding up to 3.
This album would be great to listen to on drugs. I see the psychedelic pop and neo-psychedelia influences. I forgot how many great songs were on this album.
Its okay. Not for me.
eh?
For some reason, the album reminds me a lot of the Flaming Lips. Which makes a bit of sense since the album was produced by David Fridmann. The song "The Youth" did put me off, though. It was just too... hippie dippy. "This is a call to arms, to live, and love, and sleep together". Yeah, ok... The rest is definitely fitting into that neo-psychedelic feel. It's not bad, but I feel like it's been done better by the Flaming Lips.
Very divided on this album. It is trailblazing and has some good songs. But it's bands like MGMT and albums like this that killed regular rock. And so as much as I do enjoy some of this new indie rock/pop genre, I find it and the various artists and albums more uneven than more typical rock. So it makes me miss the consistency of other (purer) rock genres. A definite 3 but I couldn't go higher because I found I only really loved Time to Pretend and Kids. There's that inconsistency. A bit too much synth or 80's vibes coming through most of the album.
Some real hits in the first half, the second half drags
it’s a fine album. overall sonically bland but has some fun lines, melodies, and lyrics.
Unique, distinct, but never monotonous. That unique sound really hits on a couple of tracks, but others are just not my style.
Mmmyeahhhh
EVERY.SONG.FUCKING.SLAPS
Bangers
pretty funky in a good way
It was quite nice! A lot of funky tracks that’ve now become classics, but not really my style all the way through
Now that's a love-hate relationship. A mix of songs that give me goosebumps with some that I can't stand. Yet, I'm here to rate albums, not individual songs. It would get a solid 5 if it consisted only of Time to Pretend, Electric Feel and Kids. Now with the rest, it's shit.
Time to Pretend is pretty annoying so the rest of the album was really pleasant surprise
1. Time to Pretend - initially, seems like a song that talks about the boredom of the world and wants to get away and live lives of sex and drugs. as the song progresses, it talks of the true wanting: their childhood and life before their tedious life working at a 9 to 5 job. the outcome of their glam-filled lives, or boring lives too will be mediocre, and this was their 'time to pretend' after childhood; they were fated to pretend, couldn't escape it. song in general sounds super cool! 4/5 2. Weekend Wars - i don't really get it. i think they're bored? and what they may do to pass the time? no idea sounds pretty cool though! but a 2.5/5, not going in my playlist 3. The Youth - gorgeous gorgeous song. talks of the change in youth, the transition between growing up and staying kids. this is expressed more in the music, with an obvious shift in tone. 5/5, going in my playlist 4. Electric Feel - some girl whose charisma is very electric. 2/5 5. Kids - speaks of the give-and-take in the dynamic of a family. the importance of making decisions, and the stage of being an infant; a toddler. sounds pretty cool. 3.5/5 6. 4th Dimensional Transition - i don't get it. i don't like it. 1/5 7. Pieces of What - i don't know either. sounds alright, very country-esque. 2/5 8. Of Moons, Birds & Monsters - exactly what the title says. interesting song. not going in my playlist though. 3/5 9. The Handshake - i think its about power politics, of signing a deal and not letting yourself get caught up in the power struggle between people. about being ignorant and in denial of being used, and not forgetting your roots. sounds pretty cool. 3.5/5 10. Future Reflections - nooo idea what this is about, very philosophical and vague. i feel like if i got this i'd be/sound super cool or something. sounds cool though! not going in my playlist 4/5 what's going in my playlist? 1. The Youth my rating? - solid 3/5
Brings back nostalgic feelings from junior and senior year of high school during video production. Classic album with a handful of great tracks but nothing that keeps me seriously hooked
Kids and time to pretend
Nostalgia took over first, but only love a few songs.
Indie classic
This album is so good
One of my personal favorites. Love its exposure and usage in popular movies.
Already love multiple songs on here. Got at least a few radio hits. Not a "perfect" album, so 4/5 stars
Brilliant every time.
Hm, never really gave these guys a fair chance. And I think i've only ever heard what they play on the radio. This first track, Time To Pretend, I never really listened to words before. I love the lyrics in this track!! Especially "I'll miss the playgrounds And the animals and digging up worms" that seems to capture the carefree childhood in a nutshell. Meh, the album was alright. 3 stars I guess. and that's being generous.
01 - Have always loved this song... around 2:15 begins a section that makes my top-10 list of Favorite parts of songs. Have to put that list together someday. 02 - 04 - Pretty good - not as good as #1 but it's sounds ok while I'm working. 05 - Never liked this song for some reason. Hear it on the radio and I always change the station.
Making Giddy Meaningless Tunes
Meh. I only like Time To Pretend, Electric Feel, and Kids. Congratulations is better. Still very good for their first album.
Have always enjoyed the hit songs on this album. Good driving music. Fun
Classic! I really wish I could hear the singles off this album for the first time again. But enjoyed hearing it as a whole regardless. One that really caught my attention was "Of Moons, Birds & Monsters". Despite the lack of an Oxford comma in the title, this was was great!
Interesting arrangements and production techniques but not really a fan truth be told. 3 stars.
A welcome, familiar listen that benefits from peak high school nostalgia, and not at all in a derogatory way. This LP embodies the changeover from the early aughts' garage rock revival by way of The Strokes into the synth-heavy, dance floor hits that would dominate through the early teens. Warbling synths, scraggly vocals, and a healthy dollop of bass way up in the mix come together to form a surprisingly winning combo – one that has aged surprisingly well. Few other albums capture the time period without feeling dated, and given just how 2007 this album reads it feels almost like an eternal time capsule of the era both in production and instrumentation. While the hits certainly make up most of the album's impact, this thing is relatively rock-solid throughout and never cloys or annoys like other prominent artists of the time. The only thing I have to complain about is the whole thing feels much shorter than I remembered, I could drift along on the rolling synths here all day.
Fun, Dancy, Beatles influence
What a banger! Listen to again
This is generally good but nothing on the record comes close to touching Time To Pretend or Kids, which are both sensational and pretty timeless. They ensure an easy 3 but I don't think anything else gets it into 4 territory.
Brilliant opener, hadn't listened to this song for years but can't get it out of my head now. Kids is the other one that everyone knows, the rest is good but is it great? It's quite grating in places - Pieces of What sounds like an abandoned Oasis demo sung by someone who is very outside of their vocal comfort zone - but they're brave enough to try a lot of different sounds, getting dancey in some places, trippy in others. They're best when they stay close to the register of the two most successful - Tame Impala with a bit more oomph, slightly more rocky LCD Soundsystem. 3/5, not miles off a 4.
Funky. Ah to be in 2007 again.
Great album throughout. Highly listenable on first pass. Some song aspects remind me of Glass Animals in the use of layering with unique sounds.
The main songs are still awesome but the album as a whole just reminds me of highschool. 3 stars. nothings special for me.
I've always loved this album. Took me back 15 years and loved it again.
Reminds me of college. As good as I remember. Great album
pretty ok
Great album. Good tunes. Love the feel of the different tracks.
Definitely a very well made album, but just not for me. The only song I added to my playlist from the album was 'Time to pretend' and that was because I already knew and liked that song. It used to play repeatedly on VH1 when I was a teenager. I liked the compositions, and I could feel it was a very well written album, but I didn't like the production quality at all. It felt badly mixed, even though I know that was the sound they were going for. The sort of vintage electronicy vibe. But it didn't work out for me, personally. Not a bad album at all, and I might revisit it some day and maybe even enjoy it a lot, but for now I'll rate it 3. I would rate it 2.5 but that's not possible here, so 3 it is. Just okay.
If the Beatles made an album in 2010, it would sound like this.
An unexpected treat. When MGMT were new on the scene, I'd somewhat dismissed them for just having a few catchy singles and never paid the album much attention. That was a mistake. Whilst having the aforementioned singles, there's a lot more going on in this album. A kind of faux-pop which deviates into spacey and Bowie-inspired tracks. Absolutely excellent.
Solid album. Classic indie record. Feels like not the kind of music I’m into right now but I can still enjoy it. Obviously a few tracks I already knew. Purely rating this based off how much I want to listen to it right now. It’s a good album.
Love this album, classic!
This was a spectacular oracular.
This album reminds me of what it once felt like to not be mentally crushed into dust by the weight of our terrible world.
Vor allem die Hits waren gut. Der Rest ok.
Paar ganz coole Songs.
Nostalgic album for me, one of the first artists I listened to once I was out of my teenage nü metal phase and more into my indie pop/shoegaze/psychedelic rock phase (think black moth super rainbow). These guys definitely wanted to be Bowie or Dylan but without the cultural relevancy or poignancy. Besides the big three there are songs on this album that don’t get a lot of recognition but overall I probably wouldn’t listen to this album back to back again. Pretty forgettable
Knew the hits - also enjoy the ones I hadn't heard.
Remember some guy would always chuck this on at house parties and “swear by it”.
I like it. Parts reminded me a little of LCD Soundsystem, sometimes The Black Keys. It definitely evokes an era, didn't even need to look to know it was the aughts. I really liked The Electric Feel, Kids, and Of Moons, Birds & Monsters; all are worth another listen. Pieces of What was the only one I had to skip.
It's okay. I hear a lot of influences in the music from the Beatles to Daft Punk. And I like the complexity of the music. The sound isn't all that diverse over the whole album. The lyrics are okay, though a little vague. I like it okay, but wouldn't go out of my way to listen. I didn't add any of the songs to my playlist.
Strong 4 the good is really good but the bad is kinda bad
heard it
I enjoyed the album. Outside of the 2-3 tracks that are super well known, nothing really "stuck" but the fact that it has 2-3 super popular tracks is really strong
Great album from top to bottom
Not really my kind of music. Didn't love it but didn't hate it.
Solid, will give 4/5. A high school classic
Big fan of some very interesting instrumentation, but the dream-like vocals were lost on me, alongside many of the lyrics. Highlight: Kids Lowlight: The Youth Surprise Hit: 4th Dimensional Transition
Liked it, but didn't love it. There's a few tracks that were already in my library, but the rest were just fine imo.
Average as hell!
I’ll admit I never paid too much mind to this album besides Electric Feel for its discoesque feel that gets you to vibe, but the arrangements and lyrics really lifted my eyebrow to ask “is this band for reals?” Dark coming of age stories with happy overtones to disguise the actual pain and sadness of the songs. I think I’m going to be paying more attention to this band and definitely to this album. 4
Les souvenirs 🤩 de très bons titres mais un album inegal
These two decided to make pop music as a joke and casually made one of the greatest albums of all time. Modern hit factory.
It always bothered me that some people took this album only for the Pop Hits and eschewed everything else as weird and too conceptual. Those pop hits never would've been as big if they weren't tinged with the weirdness that is at the root of MGMT. The eclectic, emotionally activating songs really hit when I discovered this album as I was about to enter high school. I'm terribly biased, but I'm glad this album is on here. Its' combination of courage, appeal, complexity, and uniqueness really stands out and undoubtedly went on to influence many artists and producers
giving ipod vibes, will this/did this survive the test of time??,
Nope. I want the time back I wasted listening to this.
Have never been a huge MGMT fan myself so was welcome to give this album, that I've heard several singles from over the years, a shot. There's a lot of interesting ideas with each track while at the same time being very approachable (the main single tracks in particular), but while I like a bit of the songs here and I respect the album now I've had a good listen I still feel like they aren't my personal thing. Standouts: Time to pretend, Electric Feel, Kids, Pieces of What, Of Moons, Birds & Monsters. Personal Favourite: Of Moons, Birds & Monsters
TOTAL BANGERZZZZ One of my favorite albums, but I really only like the hits - Time to Pretend, Electric Feel, Kids...
Nice
First album I remember coming out and buying! It's a decent album. A few really huge songs (time to pretend, Electric Feel, Kids.) Still feels like it fades out a little in the second half. Of Nu Rave albums, much preferred the Klaxons.
It’s really easy to dismiss this album for being overrated or overplayed. But going through it for the first time in a long time today, I gotta say, there’s not a bad track in the bunch here. This is a pretty incredible debut regardless of what you think of the band. The ability to spit out this many hits on your first record is wild. And from what I know of this band, they started as a joke band. These songs were meant to be dumb parodies of over saturated pop music of the time. Funny how that happens. It’s rare to have a record where you have at least two songs that virtually everyone on earth knows.
I’ve taken too many drugs too many times to too many of these songs to have too many complaints.
Irreverent, sometimes silly, but musically sophisticated. I like the layered sound a lot and i am reminded of Roxy Music and Radiohead.
Wow I didn’t realize how much mgmt I knew
Love this electronic pop shiz
The singles are bangers, the rest not so much. Overall a bit underwhelming but passed my couch to 5k run adequately. Have they had any hits since this album?
True millennial-core This was among the last albums I bought when they came out on CD even though I had an iPod for a few years. Kids especially is in the top 10 of the decade.
Left me feeling nostalgic for a time that never was. Cool synth tones, catchy songwriting, and generally felt original throughout. I didn’t take anything from it to my playlists but I enjoyed the album and I could see myself coming back to it occasionally.
Some really wonderful tracks but the rest are meh
Well here's a band I've never heard of, and exactly why I signed up for One Album A Day. Good sound and interesting lyrics-glad this one came up in the rotation.
This album has some real classics. I wasn't a fan when this album released, but over the years I've explored their music and found a lot to like about it. The highs on this album are high, but there are a lot of songs I find pretty meh. 3.5/5
The hits are bangers, album fillers can be a bit underwhelming though
So so good
These guys wrote most of these tracks, if not all, as a joke on the stupidity of modern pop music. Their lyrics make fun of their contemporaries by fully embracing the ridiculousness of present themes. However, instead of treating the album like the joke it was meant to be, people love it. It isn’t solely for the satirical lyrics, although they help, but also the incredible production and arrangements they’ve created on this project. Their joke was too smart. Oh well, I enjoy it. 4/5
Początek fajnie zaczyna, później zajebiście i dalej zaczyna słabnąć, ale do połowy jest jeszcze bardzo dobrze
I love seeing electro albums from 2000s on here, I have such a vivid memory from this period. I played this particular album so much, and the first few cords are instantly recognizable. And each song after the other. This was when I really loved finding and discovering new music. I haven't listened to this in a long time, but it feels like home.
Heard some songs before. Great vibe
Solid album, I was surprised by how many songs I recognized.
I didn't like this very much. Too poppy and not even catchy to me.
Pleasantly surprised by this album! Was expecting middling garden-variety 00s synth pop but instead it’s got this very 60s-inspired sound with shades of Bowie, the Stones. Honestly the lowest points for me were the 3 big hits but that might just be because I heard those songs 10 million times each in high school and would be fine never hearing them again for the rest of my life. Fav tracks: Weekend Wars, Pieces of What