MGMT - Oracular Spectacular poll

this might be the best side 1 of 2008, possibly the best from the 2000's.

http://images.coveralia.com/audio/m/MGMT-Oracular_Spectacular-Trasera.jpg

Oh shit. This is difficult. And important.

Probably will have to go "Time to Pretend" for the sublime resignation, although I do love saying "the youth are starting to change" at relevant moments.

that cover was suppose to be in the original post, messed that up...

that one, you know the one, yeah that one

but i find this album bugs me more now than it did then

Didn't this come out in 2007? Torn between TTP and Kids.

can't remember what any of the songs on Side 2 sound like

possibly the best from the 2000's.

I wouldn't go that far, but it's a solid Side A.

also "The Youth"

can't remember what any of the songs on Side 2 sound like

― monotony

Agree with this.

It's got to be Time to Pretend just ahead of the other two singles. I actually rate the second album more these days.

easily 'Of Moons, Birds & Monsters, still their best song.

I love the three singles from this but never had much time for the rest of it. Would vote for 'Electric Feel'.

Electric Feel is their only song I've wanted to hear more than once (of the four or so I've actually heard)

Side 2 has those songs that you forget about until you hear them by chance years later

special place in my <3 for this album as it'll always remind me of meeting my g/f back in (k-blimey!) 2008

Was gonna vote for Kids but it's ever so slightly overplayed. Went for Time To Pretend as I remember connecting with the lyrics quite a lot at that time.

can't remember what any of the songs on Side 2 sound like

― monotony, Thursday, 16 May 2013 04:01 (10 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Seriously such a front-loaded album.

hard not to vote for "Time to Pretend."

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Time to Pretend all the way. Funny and sharp. Then Kids was something about trees?

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Forgot this ended today. would have given a pity vote to "Pieces of What"--I hear nice slow bluegrass/string band version in my head.

wtf no one digs "The Youth" but me

all this shit makes me nostalgic for 2008-2009. this is a big "memories" album for me. chillin' with friends n stuff.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNC1W2m4Uug

Classic.

It's always time to pretend

That put a smile on my face

A detail from the Rob Harvilla podcast on "Kids": When labels were bidding for MGMT they were asked for a list of their dream producers and they offered "Barack Obama" and "not Sheryl Crow."

Awesome. Kind of mind-blowing to think about the time this occurred and how different it was when the song became a hit - OutKast was at the top of the world and their biggest album wasn't out yet, and Taylor Swift and Kanye West were basically unknowns, plus the Iraq War just started with Barack Obama still pretty much unknown outside of his own district.

I know two people who were at Wesleyan at that time, though haven't spoken to them in a while. I'm looking in the crowd and thinking "is that them?"

wtf no one digs "The Youth" but me

I could have chosen to vote for this, I love the way the final choruses drop a semitone in pitch instead of the expected/clichéd rise, and it gives them a burnished, hazy nostalgic aura, pulling back on any possible anthemic triumphalism .

The youth and weekend wars both get stuck in my head from time to time. Great tracks

I remember seeing Oracular Spectacular somewhat dumped upon when support was gathering round Congratulations, but it's a brilliant album isn't it

it's very impressive how much they had this nailed down even when they were just goofin' around in the quad