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The term Oracular Spectacular might not mean much, if anything, at all--it's essentially nonsensical--but that doesn't stop it feeling exactly right. Here is a band that treats dizzy cross-eyed awe and a vast bounding sense of sonic weightlessness as their yardstick, jostling to surpass themselves on a track-by-track basis and aiming for the musical equivalent of performing somersaults in tye-dye t-shirts off the rings of Jupiter. MGMT seemingly submit this debut album as an application to acquire and even supersede The Flaming Lips' previously uncontested mantle as spiritual leaders of over-sized Technicolor psychedelic-indie with a soul, weird but not so weird that swelling crowds and even flirtations with the charts aren't a foregone conclusion. "Time to Pretend" opens and sets a tone for the record, producer David Fridmann (Flaming Lips, Mercury Rev) providing a familiar expanse for them to riff across with bull's-eye synths, massive drums and their twist on the ...
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Compare Prices on Oracular Spectacular Vinyl. Amazon Sales Rank: #6627 in Music; Brand: ShockHound; Released on: 2008-01-22; Number of discs: 1; Format: Enhanced; Dimensions: .50 pounds. A Rush of Memories and Premonitions ...
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Oracular Spectacular [Vinyl] Triptacular! ***** – Melissa – This by far is one of the best band's I have heard in awhile…I am looking at going to their concert at the Greek in LA,CA. My favorite songs on this CD in very particular ...
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The band played songs off their summer mixtape and their 7″vinyl, which includes the dreamy “Acid Raid”. The boys weren't too talkative between songs, but rather concentrated on their music, letting one song settle into the next and making us ... The band also stayed true to their roots by playing notorious tunes from their first album, Oracular Spectacular, such as opening their set with “Pieces of What”, and then performing “Electric Feel”, “Time to Pretend”, and others ...
MGMT grow with Congratulations « Independent Ethos
With the release of that one song, the band told the music media it was diving into psychedelic surf rock and warned fans they were turning a new corner away from the baroque alt-rock disco stylings of Oracular Spectacular, the debut album that brought them mass acclaim and popularity. .... After hearing some warnings about the quality of Oracular Spectacular on vinyl, I was pleasantly surprised with the amazing sonics of the 2-disc, 180 gram version of Congratulations. ...
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Easily in my top 20 albums ever. Track 1, "Time to Pretend", is an ode to Rock n Roll.There's definitely some Bowie in the second track "Weekend Wars".The name of the best track on the album sums it all up: "Electric ...