Rolling Stone magazine placed the group's first album "Oracular Spectacular" eighteenth on a list of the top one hundred albums of the last ten years.
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Using computers, turntables and other electronic gadgets at its disposal, the band's synth-pop landed it a deal with Columbia Records, which released OracularSpectacular.
Moving away from the winning pop of OracularSpectacular, MGMT composed Zombies-esque tracks (the band, not the Halloween costume) that frantically jump from idea to idea.
It's a bold idea and a counterintuitive one, considering the band rose to fame on the popularity of "Kids" and "Time To Pretend" from their debut, OracularSpectacular.