Oracular Spectacular sold over 500,000 copies in the U.S. and went platinum in Australia, the U.K., and Ireland. With signature song "Kids", "Electric Feel" (famously covered by Weezer) and the smashing opening track "Time to Pretend".
Despite being founded in Connecticut by Benjamin Goldwasser and Andrew VanWyngarden in 2002, MGMT from the start sounded more Brooklyn than Bedford Avenue. Their productions are hard to describe, but if you mix psychedelic with proto-electro punk, shake it up with art noise and add some indie-pop, you just might have got the picture.
Oracular Spectacular is the first major label studio album by MGMT and ultimately enjoyed both critical approval and commercial success, with the album selling over 500,000 copies in the U.
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