Oracular Spectacular

藉由根据Ben Mezrich真人真事畅销小说「Bringing Down The House」改编，一部破解赌城牌数的精彩电影「决胜21点」之配曲”Time To Pretend”惊豔乐坛，纷纷入选滚石杂志「2008年值得你注意的艺人」、英国BBC之「2008年十大票选之声」、Spin的「当日最佳艺人(2007年10月5号)」，还没正式出道，MGMT (The Management缩写)就已成为备受各界期待的摇滚二人劲旅。

于大学唸书的Ben Goldwasser和Andrew VanWyngarden，在2002年他俩正值新鲜人时期，因彼此对于噪音摇滚和电子音乐的迷恋，常常交流些心得彼此分享而更加熟识，极欲组织起乐团的Ben和Andrew，利用三年求学过程努力创作，吸取经典乐团的养分并加以融合。毕业之后MGMT 于独立厂牌发行首张EP《Time To Pretend》，引起媒体的关注，同时展开巡演行程增加知名度。2006年秋天，MGMT受到Sony/Columbia的赏识，一口气签下四张专辑的合约。

经过一年的录製与准备，MGMT顺利交出完整录音室大碟【Oracular Spectacular】，登上美国热门潜力榜冠军+英国金榜Top12+爱尔兰Top5，请到Mercury Rev贝斯手并是摇滚界知名製作人Dave Fridmann(The Flaming Lips、Weezer、Mogwai)操盘。备受肯定爬上美国现代摇滚榜Top46的”Time To Pretend”，将Space-Rock溷融迷幻线条，导进Synth-Pop引人起舞的律动之中，顺畅讨喜的频率添加更为耐听音场，Pitchfork将他们与Muse和Mew相比拟；清脆吉他穿绕并用Psychedelic Folk支撑起的”Weekend Wars”、”The Youth”，沉溺MGMT虚幻缥缈，又如真实迷离的绝美图像中；诚如歌名”Electric Feel”所示，淋上大量电子因子润饰，同时进行Disco-Funk及灵魂的铺陈，已瞄准排行各榜全力进攻；重温80年代New Wave风潮的”Kids”，力拼复古舞池的高潮气氛；顺畅、好听、又能琅琅上口的”Of Moons, Birds & Monsters”，品嚐他们那份质朴优雅的美感。这张互动式CD内含：”Electric Feel”音乐录影带，以及巡演、音乐录影带拍摄时的侧拍照片。

Oracular Spectacular is the first major label studio album by American band MGMT, released digitally October 2, 2007 on RED Ink Records and physically on January 22, 2008 by Columbia Records. The album, which has sold over 1 million copies worldwide, was nominated for best international album in the 2009 BRIT Awards. It features new versions of both "Kids" and "Time to Pretend", songs from their previous release, Time to Pretend EP (2005), the opening track serving as a "mission statement" and theme continued through the proceeding tracks. Though Oracular Spectacular never sold more than 17,000 in a week, it has been a consistent seller since January 2008, selling at least 2,000 copies per week through April of 2010.

In 2012, Rolling Stone ranked the album at number 494 on its list of The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.