- indie rock, indie pop, neo-psychedelia, indietronica
- 40 min
- 10 tracks
- Columbia
Oracular Spectacular is the debut studio album by the American band MGMT, released on October 2, 2007, by RED Ink and physically on January 22, 2008, by Columbia. It was produced by Dave Fridmann and is the band's first release of new content, recorded from March to April 2007.
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Character-led, spare, grave and warm.
- character-ledplot-driven
- sparerichly built
- gravecomic
- warmbleak
- resolvedopen-ended
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Metacritic 76/100
- AllMusic4/5 ★
- Alternative Press4.5/5 ★
- The Guardian4/5 ★
- The Independent3/5 ★
- NME8/10
- The Observer4/5 ★
- Pitchfork6.8/10
- Q4/5 ★
- Rolling Stone3.5/5 ★
- Uncut4/5 ★
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Tracks
- 1Time to Pretend4:21
- 2Weekend Wars4:11
- 3The Youth3:48
- 4Electric Feel3:50
- 5Kids5:03
- 64th Dimensional Transition3:58
- 7Pieces of What2:44
- 8Of Moons, Birds & Monsters4:47
- 9The Handshake3:40
- 10Future Reflections4:00
10 tracks, 40 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- MGMT
- Label
- Columbia
- Released
- October 2, 2007
- Type
- Album
- Format
- Digital Media
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