Oracular Spectacular

4.5 stars out of 5 -- "ORACULAR is thick with countless layers of electronics, live instrumentation and vocal harmonies....It's brilliant. Alternative Press (p.115)

Ranked #13 in Clash's "The 40 Best Albums of 2008" -- "[I]t's raw talent that has kept MGMT afloat through 2008. Long may it do so. Clash (magazine) (p.67)

Filled with electro-processed recorders, mad Mellotrons, walls of fuzz and finely fingered acoustic guitars to go with MGMT's mystic mountain melodies... Harp (magazine) (p.104)

Ranked #36 in Mojo's "The 50 Best Albums Of 2008" -- "[With] wild reverbs, huge keyboards and slippery lyrics... Mojo (Publisher) (p.66)

4 stars out of 5 -- "[A] collection of ambitiously stitched-together genres, all massaged into punchy cohesion by Flaming Lips producer Dave Fridmann. It's a bold debut. Q (Magazine) (p.138)

3.5 stars out of 5 -- "There are hints of Joy Division and Sixties nostalgia both acid-tinged and bluesy, but ORACULAR SPECTACULAR's playfulness and remarkable density are best displayed on 'Electric Feel'... Rolling Stone (p.82)

Ranked #31 in Rolling Stone's 50 Best Albums Of 2008 -- "It's acid rock for realists. Rolling Stone (p.92)

Ranked #10 in Spin's "40 Best Albums Of 2008" -- "[A] state-of-the-art party album. Spin (p.51)

[MGMT] have clearly soaked up a lot of the sort of stuff that bands of their ilk exist for...but, rather charmingly in these dread-heavy times, they dress it all up in expansively positive pop songs that are, generally, high as kites. The Word (magazine) (p.106)

4 stars out of 5 -- "MGMT offer a series of rock pastiches so joyously over-egged that they become something new and celebratory. A sugary feast for the senses. Uncut (p.98)