Reviews (page 12 of 15)
I enjoyed both halves in different ways.
Only the hits are good
Easy and fun listen, and the hits are nostalgic! A good project with a lot more layered production than I first imagined.
High 3 or low 4
While I quite like some of the tracks on this, it's not exactly a faultless album. Could do with maybe 3 fewer tracks. On the plus side, it's a direction in the mid-late 2000s away from the godawful pap that was dominant at the time, so it has that in its favour.
Repeat. Nothing about the album, but the algorithm messed up ~80 albums in.
Stand out tracks - TTP, kids and electric feel. Three really good tunes. The rest were fillers.
Oracular Spectacular? More like Oracular Just Pretty Good. I say as the gates of hell swallow me up.
Just ok
Not bad for a pair from CT. Never been into their music but the album is decent. They do have their own style with some good electrobeats mixes. It just doesn't strike a chord with me overall. I like the non-radio tracks like "Weekend Wars" better than the hits that just got too played out. I want to see a where are they now of the kid from the "Kids" music video...2.65.
I hear these guys every other time I turn on Sirius XMU. I always thought -- "this is pretty decent, catchy stuff." So giving a whole album a listen -- my thought was "this is pretty decent, catchy stuff." Good upbeat background stuff. Quite a bit of filler -- but the highs (largely the hits -- Time to Pretend, Electric Feel, Kids) are better than average. Unexpected bangers: The Handshake, The Youth
Pleasing overall. I didn't really have the mental space to give it the attention it deserves.
Even though this felt like something that would play on an alternative rock radio station, I didn't hate it.
What I liked most about this album was the production. The layers and vocals make for a great feel. Even when talking about somewhat dark material as in Time to Pretend the music comes out upbeat and fresh.
Not bad! I enjoyed some of this.
Familiar even though I never listened much to them.
I recognized a couple tracks on here - original stuff, interesting, very listenable. Not great, but good stuff.
Some nice songs
2000s fifa soundtrack: the album
A very pleasant, original and danceable album. It put me in a happy, relaxed mood and my work definitely went much better ;-) And that's why I consider it very positive - as I've been listening to this list while working, it's very important how much an album helps me (or not!) get through the day :-)
Not bad, didn’t rly listen closely, maybe I’ll give it another rhn
I remember when this album came out, these guys were lauded as musical geniuses the likes of which we had never seen before. While that's definitely not true, the album isn't bad. It's kind of middle of the road mid-2000s pop alt. Kids is a good song although I kind of got sick of it from hearing it so much. Time to Pretend is solid as well. I feel like more than being musical geniuses, MGMT were better at knowing what kind of sound would sell at the time. The lyrics are pretty bad for the most part, but the songs are catchy in a 2007 kind of way. The second half of this album falls away and is completely forgettable. I feel like MGMT kind of came and went as the sound that they capitalized on faded away. Apparently they came out with a new album about 5 months ago (Feb 2024) and it only has a few million plays on Spotify. I've not heard any of it so can't really comment but I would imagine that true musical geniuses would get more than a couple million plays in 5 months. For this album, 3/5 is generous I suppose.
I think I would give this a 3.5 if possible, but I can't, so 3 it is. I was really excited to see this album on the list, seeing as I love thesingles from it. Time to Pretend, Kids, and Electric Feel absolutely slap, and, in my opinion, they carry the rest of the album. The second half of the album is unremarkable. Not terrible, but quite forgettable. TLDR; the singles will forever be in my rotation, but I'm skipping on the remainder of the album.
I generally like the MGMT songs I hear on the radio or in bars/restaurants. I think they have a pretty unique sound without being inaccessible. With that said, I think maybe I just only like their big hits. Time to Pretend, Electric Feel, Kids and maaaaaaybe Of Moons, Birds & Monsters were all good songs. I've heard the first three before and I like them. The last one was just "heavy" enough for me to like it. The songs on this album that are moodier or quiet don't really appeal to me. They turn the interesting voices and instruments that are their hallmark in to whines. It sort of makes me want to listen to some of their later stuff to see if it's the same. I like a few tracks off of "Little Dark Age" but if it's more of the same filler as this album then maybe it's not worth the time. This album is here for the uniqueness of the sound (which spawned a lot of garbage copies, I'm sure), which is good. It's an excellent combo of indie, electronic, disco, pop and lots of others. I can’t personally have a whole album of this though.
A mixed bag
Forgettable probs a inoffensive 3.75
Flash back! Summer vibes.
Some great songs on here but they don't hit the same at 40. I feel old.
This was fine. I was surprised I knew more of the songs than I thought I would from hearing them on the radio. The singles were probably my favorite songs, but I also enjoyed “Of Moons, Birds & Monsters.” Not sure if this really belongs on the list, but it was alright and enjoyable enough to listen to.
Was cool. Wouldn’t listen to it under other circumstances as I found it a bit repetitive at points and got bored but I still really liked it
If judged on the ear-worminess of their synth hooks this would be 5 stars, but the back half of the album is pretty boring.
irgendwie schon mal gehört?! kannte Time To Pretend, und der rest tönt schon ähnlich - aber ok. trotzdem/gerade deshalb nur 3/5.
I was familiar with a number of the singles, from KEXP, but never really put together that they were the same band. There were times it felt too Animal Collective for me, and sort of annoyed me. But, other times it reminded me of, say, The Pixies and it sort of clicks
Given this has 3 of the great tracks of that era on it I was looking forward to listening to the rest of it. I shouldn't have been, but the Electric Feel remains an all time great
for fun I let AI write my review: MGMT's "Oracular Spectacular" is a vibrant, psychedelic journey that seamlessly blends indie rock with electronic influences. Its standout tracks like "Time to Pretend" and "Kids" showcase the band's knack for catchy hooks and thought-provoking lyrics, making it a defining album of the late 2000s indie scene.
I luv this album sm Time to pretend makes me so nostalgic
I like some of this , not too crazy about the vocals. Has a kind of prog/ psychedelic feel
This is quite good. I tried to pretend I've never heard of them. (Tbh I didn't listen to 2000's pop). But found it quite enjoyable. Lots of progressive and psych elements
The album tracks are wildly different to the single tracks, which just gives it a 'filler' vibe
3.5/5
3.5 stars. "Kids" was featured in a FIFA game at some point, which has immortalized it in the consciousness of people who were kids or teens in the 2010s. It's crazy to think that this album came out in 2008, as it seemed to influence the indie rock sound for the next several years. I never really listened to the lyrics, amd they seem pretty abstract that I still don't understand these songs better. "Pieces of What" I feel like I almost get it. "The Handshake" is an interesting song that describes how making a deal, presumably with a record label, results in unfortunate outcomes. It's an interesting piece of indie rock music history.
I was excited to get this album because I already had a few songs downloaded from it that I love and was hoping to hear more good music but unfortunately I already had the only good ones downloaded
Although I didn't recognize the band's name, I realized as soon as I heard "Time to Pretend" that I'd heard (and enjoyed) them before, but not much more than their three hits ("Time to Pretend", "Electric Feel" and "Kids"). Sadly, the video for "Time to Pretend" is really painful and awkward, and almost makes me like the song less, until I read about how the inspiration for the song and video was from watching baby praying mantises crawl up this model ship in their dorm room while The Clash was playing.... Thankfully, the other two videos aren't as cringe-worthy, although what's with their lost-world-style gang of young white jungle people? "Kids" is by far the best song on the album, and almost gives them a 4-star rating by itself. Otherwise, though, a good/entertaining album, although not as distinctive as I'd hoped after hearing songs other than their hits. I *am* impressed that the album was created by just two guys, kind of like a 21st-century version of Pet Shop Boys (kind of).
3.5
skemmtilegt. slagararnir góðir. 3,5.
The big songs are big for a reason, but outside of those it’s a mid to bad album with some really low moments. The big 3 is really what saves this from being lower.
3 stars for Time to Pretend being a certified banger. The rest is mid
Cool poppy album with some huge hits on it
Carino, fruity, elettronico, pop, giovane, divertente. Mi irrita molto però il suono (non so come definirlo) della prima canzone. Sento solo quello, sarà per colpa di tiktok. Tra un 3 e un 4 per un pelo non darò un 4. Riconosco la bravura nel crearlo, ma non me la sento di dare un 4, non mi prende troppo.
The hits hit but everything else is forgetful.
Clearly some level of songwriting prowess on display, some great moments, absolutely REEKS of high school for me
paar goeie nummers, maar niet genoeg... enkele deden me denken aan syd barrett, wat altijd een plus is, maar deze kunnen de plaat niet redden
Wow, really good! I didn't fully appreciate MGMT when they first came out, but going back now is surprisingly delightful.
This is a good example of why you shouldn’t judge an album by its cover art. Looking at this, I was expecting “millennial bros make music whining about first world problems.” The end result was actually far more tolerable, albeit ordinary. Seriously, nothing here I haven’t heard before.
Fun for background dance music, but none of the songs stood out to me. 3.5
This is a good example of a popular sounding album. Good album, nice sound, easy to listen to. I wasn't overly blown away but they clearly know what they're doing. I wish I could have picked out a specific moment or song but most of it weaved together.
Some interesting choices. Has it's moments. Bowie influence is in here. Prince influence is in here. No longer on the list.
Good album knew quite a few songs, surprisingly
Time to pretend- sounds like a new 'hip and cool' Old Navy advertisement. weekend wars - dip can core. early bowie years sound. sounds like teeth melting but in a pleasant way (i love it) the youth - this isn't a song it's strangely whimsical video game bgm electric feel - i fuck with this song but only for like a minute. like im not gonna go look for it i will enjoy the vibes while its on kids - it's a classic and technically incredible however i am never happy to hear it 4th dimensional transmission - very art very cool but not great for just jamming to pieces of what - beautiful and jarring in like a violent femmes kinda way of moons, birds and monsters - this song sounds like it was made on and for psychedelics. plays like a smooth rollercoaster. fucking incredible guitar. the handshake - giving pink floyd the wall vibes. final act of an opera vibes. future reflections - sounds like a song that would play on the ending credits of a movie which is a super cool way to wrap up an album. This album really felt like it was calling back to the psychedelic 70's rock opera albums where it tells a story from start to finish. The experimental signature 'MGMT' sound tapers off toward the end so the last half of the album is less interesting. A great listen overall as an artistic experience, but not what i would just sit around and jam to. Favs: Of moons birds and monsters, weekend wars Least fav: 4th dimensional transmission
Album doesnt hit the same after you turn 30
Correcto.
A classic album from the 2000s. Found a couple of new songs I liked - 4th Dimensonal Transition and Of Moons, Birds & Monsters 365 Days has ruined Electric Feel for me a bit...I can't hear 'babygirl' without thinking of Massimo 🤢
75/100 Favourite Song: Electric Feel
The tracks that are well known off this album are well known for good reason, unfortunately the rest of the album is a bit uninspiring.
The 2 singles are interesting, but the rest is a a little meh.
Made writing a hit song look easy on some of these. Some songs are so-so though 3*
Pretty good
Too cool for school. Synth pop with a swagger. Nothing I'll come back to.
i understand the appeal, it’s just not totally my thing
Fun even though it’s kinda amateurish sometimes. I’m quite surprised how highly it’s rated on this site(well above the average album) when its merits are weaker than many of the albums rated below it.
Oh hey this one.
This album had some great tracks. This is pretty synth-heavy stuff, which works for them. However, the vocals were not for me. Maybe the singer has one of those voices that needs to grow on you — in fact, by the end of the album I had become accustomed to it, which made it a bit better. Like I said though, I really liked a few of the songs; I’ll have to check out more of their music.
Pretty much what I expected. Other tracks weren’t special.
fallan las canciones pese a su gran producción
I wanted to get give it a 2 at first. But wow, it's too good for that. A really strong 3. It's such a good album.
Good album. Has a couple of brilliant tracks.
I almost like Time to Pretend and Electric Feel
There are a couple good songs on here. Not a bad listen.
3 overly produced and I absolutely hated the vocal effect they used every song. But with all that they still wrote some catchy songs
Fun album with some nice songs on it, kids especially.
meh
Wow the first track on this album did something to me. Forgot I knew that. Rest of the album didn’t really interest me.
I hate to say this. But I know why only three songs were hits.
Listened Before? N Pretty good. I'm familiar with their hits. The album is kind of all over the place but the sound is fairly consistent. Don't think I'd put it on my shelf but I didn't hate listening to it. Added to Library? N Songs added to playlist: Electric Feel
znane elektroniczne z radia, spoko ale nie moje klimaty
Not a fan, but went in with an open mind. Standouts: Time To Pretend 3.5
Not my genre.
I don’t know who needs to hear this album that already hasn’t heard this album? How on earth did anyone escape this album when it was released?
Not too bad, I knew a fair number of the tracks but wouldn't have known who they were by.
Fairly interesting mid-range rock. Enjoyable if not inspiring
6.5/10
One trick ponies with a pretty fun trick - blending high energy electroclash with a chilled out psychedelic sensibly. Some of the best hooks of the decade to go with some fun beats and synth sounds and top tier melodic bass work. The drop on electric feel is so damn good. Kids is destined to be on every millennial nostalgia playlist for eternity. Starts to drag on the 2nd half when they switch from synths to guitars and become a Bowie tribute act - of moons has a cool freakout solo bit and post rock outro though.
Ah, teenage angst, 2007 style: “I’m feeling rough I’m feeling raw, I’m in the prime of my life / Let’s make some music, make some money, get some models for wives / I’ll move to Paris, shoot some heroin and f#$k with the stars / you man, the island, the cocaine and the elegant cars”…. Blah blah blah. Musically it’s pretty decent, there’s some good hooks here and there. But there is too much of a RadioShack/Casio “synthesizer” sound. The vocals are mediocre, annd often sound excessively echo-y. And the whole “rich, bored and looking for cheap thrills” thing is just trite. But the music is pretty decent. “In a couple of years / tides have turned from boos to cheers / and in spite of the weather / we can learn to make it together” …. Faux deep, but frankly dumb. It’s all listenable, but doesn’t connect (with me at least). And by the end, I was getting a bit bored. 3/5
I expected to hate this. I really didn't. It wasn't spectacular but it was a decent enough listen.
Shortening to MGMT is the kind of out of the box efficiency move that has MGMT written all over it.
Great little debut album. Couple of classic tracks that totally sum up that moment in time.
C'était cool.
Ok 3/5
LOVE the singles on this album. Remind me a ton of my high school days (which weren't very long ago LOL). Was hoping for the songs I didn't know all that well to be better. Singles carry this one to 3 stars.
Like it.
“Kids” tainted my taste in this album at release. Certified bangers exist across the album and have allowed me to open more to it as I age. Struggling with a rank.
I fake pride myself into being a 90s kid, but I am really a very, very late 90s kid. My teenage dream was orchestrated by (no pun intended) a very bubblegum-poppy Katy Perry, the kitsch eccentricity of Lady Gaga, and the trashy dance-pop of the early 2010s. I really looked at the Black Eyed Peas and said, non-ironically, that 2009 was the golden era of pop. And somehow, deep in my kid self, there is still a rotten gold tooth in my pre-adolescent memories that still gets excited when he sees a Kesha music video on television. Most 90s kids, though, checked out when I checked in. To them, their years of driving to the sunset with your friend's second-hand car, all windows down, was right at the rise of indie music throughout the 00s, when electropop started infiltrating the mutiverse of rock bands. And the first album that would pop up in a lot of minds when thinking of that feeling would be MGMT's larger-than-life, anthemic-injected "Oracular Spectacular". Released in 2007 and produced by Flaming Lips' man-in-the-box Dave Fridmann, this album is a nostalgia touchstone, and everyone who loves this album has been into (at least!) three music festivals throughout their twenties, which are most surely finished. With distorted strings, childlike vocals and legendary synth hooks, MGMT captured the quintessential sound of a very sunny beer ad, or a holi festival 10 kilometres away from your nearest big city. Songs like 'Time To Pretend' encapsulates in their lyrics that fake glamurous lifestyle dressed in Y2K plastic-bejeweled belts and chains. 'Electric Feel' takes funk into another dimension and dares to strip down a little. Centerpiece 'Kids''s instantly recognizable synth obstinate and engulfing production makes the perfect song to scream lyrics, bounce around under festival lights and live in the moment. But while the highs are very high, the lows also go nowhere. "Oracle Spectacular" works better the more they lean intro electropop, reverbed vocals and catchy hooks. There is just a sensation of carelessness and youth carried into these singles than the rest of the album doesn't possess. The album doesn't know what it wants to be at times, and when the synth curtain falls, its issues become incredibly visible. Half of this album falls, unfortunately, into unmemorable or even grating. But "Oracular Spectacular" still holds strong, fueled by the nostalgia and the singles that we all remember love and cherish. And god damn are these singles good. 6.6/10 Favorite songs: Kids, Electric Feel, Time to Pretend
A deeply boring Nu-Psychedelia album that sounds like a mess of howls, organ, and twangy guitars. Thank God they also wrote three of the most important Electro-Pop songs of the late 00s that, frankly speaking, stick out like a sore thumb compared to every other song on here.
This album is a psychedelic journey. It has funky electronic melodies, lyrics that have hidden meanings (or seemingly no meaning at all), and the occasional guitar. This is not something I would usually listen to. Nonetheless, it was still a good album with popular songs that I recognized and had heard many other places before.
pretty good, some iconic songs, i checked this band out before they were on this list (couple songs), didnt realise this album had these iconic songs pretty good some real stinkers here and there tho YYM
Heard a few songs from this. Catchy pop music. The sound of advertising.
Underwhelming, 3 pretty good, ubiquitous singles, lots of Arcade Fire-ish waffling. Mid, as they say
Overall liked it. Kids is the standout song. Good vibe for working out.
Ok album with a couple of recognisable tracks
Was okay
Fun album to listen to.
Didn't know I have heard a few of these songs. Some are catchy, but a little more pop'ish than I generally listen to.
So so
Pretty good.
64 / 100 Time to Pretend 7 / 10 Weekend Wars 8 / 10 The Youth 8 / 10 Electric Feel 6 / 10 Kids 9 / 10 4th Dimensional Transition 5 / 10 Pieces of What 6 / 10 Of Moons, Birds & Monsters 6 / 10 The Handshake 5 / 10 Future Reflections 4 / 10
Turns out the songs I know from the albums are also the only songs I like... but I do REALLY love those songs.
Already listened on other list
Like their sound, and the layers within the songs.
I’ve never listed to this album in it’s entirety, and it’s pretty good! Perfect at home chill music to have going in the background. Some upbeat songs in there too which keeps the album moving. Listen again: yes Purchase for my collection: possibly Favourite Song: Time To Pretend
I was pleasantly surprised and recognized quite a few of the songs but was unfamiliar with the groups name.
"Kids" blasts. The rest sounds more like a wannabe. Very ambitious - but failed for me.
Top class of Synthie.
I bought and listened to this a lot when it came out and then I just stopped. So it was nice to listen couple times through again. Think I’m torn between a 3 and 4, but there’s quite a few classics on this album so I’ll go 4. Best song: Kids, electric feel Worst song: 4th Dimensional Transition, and second half of album generally weaker.
Not really a fan, I don’t really like synths. Some tracks were alright like 4th dimensional something
This album has a few very memorable songs and the rest are more or less forgettable. Sounds like 2 potheads that had to write 7 filler songs
An ok album
Synth-pop but with depth. This album is probably not a cabdidate for the best 1001 of all time, but it's different enough that you should hear it
Some good tracks- time to pretend, weekend wars, electric feel, kids, of moons birds and monsters
Tempted to remove a star for the production engineer who thought it was a good idea to use over-amplification in parts of the wall of sound. For me, that ruins what otherwise would be done very enjoyable songs to listen to.
naw
Three great records and the rest filler. Those songs shaped the electronic dance Era of the early 2000s, they're great for sure, but they fell short elsewhere. Tried to be Foxygen and didn't hang the songwriting or producing chops.
I can’t hear this without being transported back to watching Veronica Mars. It’s a solid pop album, though if I want to listen to Time To Pretend again, I’ll probably just listen to my VM soundtrack.
3/5. I have to give credit to thus album for clearly revitalizing a certain genre while also topping the charts with multiple songs on this album. While not my taste of music, I can remember almost 2 decades ago, these songs playing on the radio and being used in YouTube videos.
"Time to Pretend" made me kind of nostalgic, for that reason 3 stars.
MGMT's another one of those pop adjacent groups that everyone swears is great but I just don't see what's special about them. Barely a 3.
Can’t imagine being more cognizant when this dropped lol 3.5
I’ll pull some songs from it. It definitely aged well and has some bangers but also some snoozers.
Interesting album. I give it 3 stars.
Hm, das war ja mal gemischtes Ohrenfutter. Genre? Keine Ahnung, irgendwie Pop. Einige starke Songs dabei, die bestimmt vor 15 Jahren überall im Radio liefen. Meine Ohren konnten sich jedenfalls damit vom vorherigen Album (Postpräprotoalternativerock oder so) gut erholen.
I can't make up my mind about this album. It's sound is both unique and derivative at the same time - just when I think it's quirky and different, it reminds me of other bands but I just can't say who. The vocals are certainly marmite - you either love them or hate them.
This album is so… ok. Like I think I’ve just heard nearly every single song so many times that it’s made me numb to the fact that this was once genre-pushing. Still a solid 7/10 but was definitely once a 10/10 for me. Also the reverb on “The Handshake” is nauseating.
Electronic rock normally isn't for me. I was surprised that I enjoyed the first few tracks of this album, but then I lost interest and got bored for a little while. I liked "4th Dimensional Transition" and "Pieces of What". The coolest song title is "Of Moons, Birds, and Monsters", but I didn't love the song itself, except for the cool instrumentals in the last minute or two.
I’ve heard the song ‘Kids’ but overall a totally new artist.
Strong start but weak ending
I have heard a few of these songs before, which I really like, but the others are mediocre. Not bad overall.
A pretty good album overall, sprinkled with some of the best singles of the era
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.
Entertaining rock n roll record. Better than I expected from the genre and era.
already know this album and love it!! :D
2-3 bangers, otherwise meh
Decent
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.
..
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?
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.
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.
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
This album is pretty good. The first half is definitely stronger and more fun.
A good pop album, but that's about it. Nothing outstanding.
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.
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
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 used to like this quite a bit.
like it
It was alright!
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.
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.
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.
Just okay. But I can see why it's on the list.
Some good songs but mainly forgettable
Meh
Pretty good, Irecognised a few of the songs
pretty good
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.
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.
Singles are bangers, album tracks are kinda mid.
Love Time to Pretend the rest is ok
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
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.
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
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
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
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.
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.
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
Nostalgia took over first, but only love a few songs.
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.
Meh. I only like Time To Pretend, Electric Feel, and Kids. Congratulations is better. Still very good for their first album.
Interesting arrangements and production techniques but not really a fan truth be told. 3 stars.
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.
The main songs are still awesome but the album as a whole just reminds me of highschool. 3 stars. nothings special for me.
pretty ok
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.
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.
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.
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
Remember some guy would always chuck this on at house parties and “swear by it”.
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.
Not really my kind of music. Didn't love it but didn't hate it.
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!
giving ipod vibes, will this/did this survive the test of time??,
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.
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?
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.
The hits are bangers, album fillers can be a bit underwhelming though
Heard some songs before. Great vibe
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
There are three great songs on this, but the rest is a bit filler-ish.
first half was so good, after Kids kinda fell off
Really cool listening ! Some hits i didn't even know were in this album
Dom lite mer gitarrbaserade låtarna t.ex Weekend wars och pieces of what är riktigt riktigt bra. Dom andra är lite för poppiga och tråkiga
An absolute standout of the late aughts. Fun to run it back.
The nostalgia hit is real. This was on the college freshman banger list, but in reality I only truly enjoy a few songs. And nothing that I’d really miss after going awhile without listening. This album has some unique sounds and stretches genres, but the passion behind the delivery always stuck with me. I feel like it’s just fun music, but without the true showmanship of a strong vocalist. It’s always just been ok to me.
A few decent tunes but not really a standout. Pretty average
There were times when one could not avoid exposure to some of the songs in this album. They were played everywhere! Those time have gone by now, making me wonder what it is about certain albums that leave a permanent mark whereas others, like MGMT's here, disappear into the ether. Those couple of tracks that were huge hits back then are still nice to listen to, occasionally...
Electric Feel was the only one I recognized. Haven't listened to MGMT before. It was okay ig. Wasn't awful, sort of close to my tastes but not really what I listen to normally.
Basically all the songs on this album appeared somewhere in your life C. early 2010s. Still, despite over exposure to them they're still bangers and for the genre it cannot be denied how important this album is since it sort of signalled a change in the latter third of the 2000s into the 2010s. By this point, the 90s were well and truly dead
Never heard this album before. It was a lot better than I expected.
Decent. Never heard them before. Some good tracks.
Apple Store music
It’s a great sound, but it’s not the most versatile one so gets a bit samey over the course of an entire album. The 3 singles - Electric Feel, Kids and Time To Pretend - are brilliant (especially TtP) Not sure there’s much worth a repeat visit outside of those but it was a decent enough listen
Time To Pretend Kids. Worth a second listen
There are some bangers on this album. If there were more bangers, I would rate it higher. It is what it is (which is pretty good).
I liked the songs I knew... Which was surprisingly a lot. But I didn't care for the others...
Was actually surprised this came out in 2007, thought it was more recent than that, but then again Electric Feel and Kids were college jams. Listening to MGMT live shows now with my son, I can see why they were basically a one album wonder, they don’t have the strongest chops. They put together an album with a handful of great singles and then some other space rock tracks, but I wouldn’t call any of it classic or even noteworthy. I was originally considering a lower rating for this, but the non-singles are actually decent enough.
I had thought I had not heard of this band, and then recognized three of the tunes right away -- this record must have been pretty huge when it came out. It's got some interesting layering of sounds, and the songwriting is OK, but I didn't find it anything special.
Time to Pretend was OK Electric Feel, Kids are better known and worth a listen.... but the rest of the album is just bland nonsense that meanders on forever too long with crap vocals. If it was playing I'd listen to it OK, but wouldn't be an album of choice. So to be fair, as an album from these guys, I'd just place it middle for diddle on a 3.
Got this album close to release on the back of Time to Pretend and Kids and remember my horrified dissapointment that nothing else came close and was a slog to sit through. I haven’t listened since do this will be a good experiment… … turns out i was overreacting like a disappointed man, the rest of the album is perfectly solid but just not to the heights of those songs above.
I think ive been listening to them a lot through the years to have a better judgement
Everryone's heard this duo, no one knows who they are! Beautiful, sprightly psychedelic pop with a dark underbelly of words.
Mfing classic
3.75
look, it's a good album, probably better than a 3, but so help me god if I hear time to pretend or kids or electric feel one more time
There are a few really catchy songs, but other than those the album is really weak.
party music, vocals reminded me of Rolling Stones in parts despite being several generations apart. would not actively put this on but it's fine
It's overall pretty good. Time to Pretend is a brilliant track, and Kids is also really good. There's a reason why they were the two main singles. The rest is kind of a nice time for the most part but I didn't find it massively exciting. Of Moons, Birds and Monsters was the other standout for me.
some songs ive listened to before, overall pretty alright i guess
The three radio singles are fantastic. Rest of the album is pretty meh...
Overstays its welcome
Had to think about this one. It’s very good, the hits are hits, but I felt like every song was just a crescendo with different loops added
Surprised by this one. I recognized some songs and overall was pretty good.
I mentioned in my Flaming Lips review my wife would probably like them. I KNOW she would like a lot of this music. An electronic, dance, kind of cheesy album. Not that's there anything wrong with it, but for not really my favorite style of music. I did enjoy a few songs of this album, with my favorite being the very first tune, Time to Pretend. A catchy upbeat, seemingly happy song. Until you listen to the lyrics and find out it's really kind of sad. Just the line, "choke on our own vomit and that will be the end." Damn. I did love the line "find some models for our wives" because I did marry a model. It's worked out pretty well. Still going strong after 28 years and she gets more beautiful by the day. Ok, enough of the sappiness, but I guess when you listen to cheesy music, this is what you get. I liked a couple other tunes. Electric Feel and Kids. I feel like I've heard one of these songs in my past or at least it sounded familiar. Either way, decent songs. So I liked 3 songs and felt like the rest was kind of fill in the rest of the album kind of songs. Again, nothing terrible and I did enjoy my listening experience. I can't quite get to the 3 mark for this album, but I'd say it was pretty close. I'll rate up on this one and give them the 3 stars. 3
Damn this album always surprises me with its age. It came out in 2008 but it sounds like a 2012 album at the earliest, which I think speaks to its timelessness. It may not be front to back bangers or superhits but it's very consistent. Electric Feel, Kids, Time to Pretend, Weekend Warriors were all staples in my post high school days. I've been meaning to pick this one up on vinyl, maybe I'll do that. 3
Of course Kids and Time to Pretend holds great nostalgic value for any millenial that went to a house party around 2008. And I gotta say that the rest of the album is mostly good, but nothing touches the 3 mains singles (the other being Electric Feel) and I think I'd rather reach out for those when I need my early 00's indie pop fix instead of the whole thing.
It’s a bop.
Quite generic psychedelic pop/indie rock album. Nothing outstanding but not very bad either.
Tiene un par de canciones excepcionales, pero no es para tanto
i’ve always loved the hits on this album, so i was sorta disappointed that the rest of the tracks didn’t impress me as much. not bad though, good production throughout.
This was okay. I enjoyed their singles.
Had never heard this before. Sure, let's put them on the list.
Some nice complex arrangements but imo a little overrated
Some hits. Some misses.
The absolute killer songs. Really enjoyed this album
I liked this but it didn't blow me away. Def brought back some good memories. Def will listen again. I love how mellow it is - so much 'electronic' music is either very 'dub step' or 'hip hop' and this is just chill and nice.
Was going to give a 2 but "Of Moons, Birds & Monsters" is better than "Siberian Breaks" , and that's an incredible song.
These songs are crucial for when I need to powerwalk past tourists on my evening stroll. They are the sole reason I felt the urge to body a man taking pictures of a squirrel.
One, two, three, four It has a little more Five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten I love you M G M T Time to Pretend for you and me M G M T I love you Bom bom bom bompa bom The Handshake, bompa bom Pieces of What, bompa bom Weekend Wars, bompa bom Look at me More than the hits More than the hits More than the hits More than the hits More than the hits More than the hits More than the hits More than the hits Moons, Birds, Monsters Why are some Kids fosters? Pink, brown, yellow, orange, and blue I love you More than the hits More than the hits More than the hits More than the hits More than the hits More than the hits More than the hits More than the hits More than the hits More than the hits More than the hits More than the hits More than the hits More than the hits More than the hits Bom bom bom bompa bom Future Reflections, bompa bom The Youth, bompa bom 4th Dimensional Transition, bompa bom Look at me More than the hits More than the hits More than the hits More than the hits More than the hits More than the hits More than the hits More than the hits More than the hits More than the hits More than the hits More than the hits More than the hits More than the hits More than the hits More than the hits More than the hits More than the hits More than the hits More than the hits More than the hits More than the hits More than the hits More than the hits
Comme pour ma critique de The xx, je vous redirige vers toutes les autres déjà écrites pour les albums classés Post-Erasmus-Indie, soit tous les albums générés datés de 2005 à 2015. Robert, cesse immédiatement.
pretty meh outside of the two hits
I knew more tracks than I thought I would. I think I prefer the covers of their tracks - sorry MGMT. I do use your name as an abbreviation for management in file names now, so you’re always in my thoughts somewhere ❤️
A few spacey tunes, some classics too. All in all a good listen
Nice. Not thrilling, but nice
nice vibes, nothing special
meh...
Dacht de band nog niet te kennen en toen ineens kwam ‘kids’, FIFA 09! Verder vond ik het wel verfrissend album, favoriete nr: the youth
Three good songs and a lot of filler. The sound of getting ready to go out in 2009. Bring me my multicolored headband.
Was too busy with young kids etc to pay much attention to MGMT when this came out. It's OK, and I do recognise some tracks from the general ambience
wasn't real impressed after the first song. i actually only listened to half of it and then skipped to the next song. it did get better after that, lol. i enjoyed kids and electric feel. nothing i can say i loved, but didnt hate it (except that first song, lol) either. 6/10
I really like the three songs I knew coming in, but unfortunately the rest of the album didn't really do it for me. Above average and would listen to it on the radio, but I don't see myself listening to anything I didn't already know in the future. Still a good listen overall. 7/10
I like only two songs.
Modern Classic