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Oracular Spectacular Reviews

Overall Rating
8

Oracular Spectacular

2008 | Sony

21 Sources have reviewed this album

9/10

Alternative Press

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Oracular may be a complex effort, but the verdict is simple--it's brilliant. [Feb 2008, p.115]

8/10

Q Magazine

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Oracular Spectacular is a triumph of conceptual ambition, a series of fantastic voyages that avoids any of the navel-gazing such notions normally provoke. [May 2008, p.138]

8/10

Uncut

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A sugary feast for the senses. [May 2008, p.98]

8/10

Observer Music Monthly

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Ultimately, there is something refreshing about MGMT's lack of cynicism and the winning way in which they fuse hippy and punk ideals.

8/10

Hot Press

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Oracular Spectacular is an arresting introduction to the illogical world of MGMT, and is the kind of album that’s a guilty pleasure without the guilt.

8/10

musicOMH.com

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Hugely enjoyable and wonderfully disposable pop for the listener, who will turn round and return for more, no question. An auspicious debut.

8/10

The Guardian

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All this energy somehow comes together as one, making the whole package so radio-friendly it's practically kissing your aerial.

8/10

New Musical Express

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For all its musical philandering, unbridled excess and shrouds of irony, you’ll be hard-pressed to find a record with more musical depth and warmth all year than this one.

8/10

Hartford Courant

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The songs on Oracular Spectacular are considered and carefully constructed, and as a result, they’re taut, hooky and highly danceable, in a hipster-dance-party kind of way.

8/10

Billboard

Joining fellow hotly tipped Brooklyn bands Vampire Weekend and Yeasayer, MGMT (pronounced "management") merits just as much attention for its psychedelic experimentation as it does for its melodies and hooks.

8/10

All Music Guide

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Despite the ever-present irony, the songs never feel insincere and the record is inherently strong throughout, making it a solid start to their career.

8/10

Prefix Magazine

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It's a confident debut, one that features two young musicians reveling in their abilities and perhaps discovering ones they didn't know they had.

8/10

Under The Radar

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Though the record is slightly front-loaded, there's nary a dud to be found here. [Winter 2008, p.86]

7/10

Rolling Stone

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Lips producer Dave Fridmann helmed MGMT's debut disc, fluffing their glitchy daydream rock into an intergalactic odyssey.

7/10

Drowned In Sound

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It never ultimately transports you into his head or heart. All of which doesn’t stop Oracular Spectacular from being a blissful 40 minutes of high-end stereophonic joy, but it does severely hamper the listener from imbuing their own emotions back i

7/10

Pitchfork

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On 'Electric Feel,' MGMT pull off lithe, falsetto electro-funk surprisingly well. There's not much to the song aside from a Barry Gibb vocal and limber bassline, but within the context of the rest of Spectacular, it makes perfect sense.

6/10

Urb

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Opener 'Time to Pretend' exemplifies this best, as the synths provide quirky cartoonish bounces to tales of fancy car whipping and coke snorting pipe-dreams. However, the record grows sluggish at certain points, particularly when they try to get supe

6/10

Tiny Mix Tapes

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While Oracular Spectacular has its sophomoric moments (you’d be wise to avoid the nasal whine of 'Weekend Wars'), a listen to 'Climbing To New Lows'--a catchy demo set from their undergrad days--will make anyone see what attracted the bigwigs at Co

6/10

Dot Music

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It's almost like neither [Dave Fridmann] nor the band could decide whether they were making an electronic or rock record and in dithering between the two settled on the awkward, frustrating middle ground.

5/10