MGMT Albums Ranked

MGMT (/ɛm-dʒi-ɛm-tiː/) is an American pop and rock band formed in 2002 in Middletown, Connecticut. It was founded by multi-instrumentalists Andrew VanWyngarden and Ben Goldwasser. Alongside VanWyngarden and Goldwasser, MGMT’s live lineup currently consists of drummer Will Berman, bassist Simon O’Connor, and guitarist and keyboard James Richardson. On October 5, 2007, Spin named MGMT “Artist of the Day”. n November Rolling Stone pegged MGMT as a top ten “Artist to Watch” in 2008 and went on to name Oracular Spectacular number 494 in their top 500 Greatest Albums of All Time list. The band placed ninth in the BBC’s Sound of 2008 Top Ten Poll. They were also named as Last.fm’s most played new artist of 2008 in their Best of 2008 list. At the 51st Grammy Awards, the Justice remix of “Electric Feel” won the Grammy Award for Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical. The group was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best New Artist and “Kids” was nominated for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals at the 52nd Grammy Awards. Here are all of MGMT albums ranked.

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5. Climbing to New Lows (2005)

“Definitely a stand out album of the 00s (and definitely a unique band) and should be up there with the likes of Green Day’s American Idiot, The Killers’ Hot Fuss and Radiohead’s Kid A in the best alt rock albums of the decade. atchy tracks that combine late 70s/early 80s neo-psychedelic music with modern pop and dance tracks make for a consistent set of tracks, with great meaningful lyrics.”

4. MGMT (2013)

“This album is my first experience with MGMT, so I can’t compare it to their previous ones. In general, the album has an 80’s sound, upbeat pop, with liberal use of synths and other electronic effects in the arrangements. Since I favor 80’s music, this is a plus for me. Another general trait is that the music reminds me of one of my favorite artists: Beck. Like Beck, MGMT interweaves the lead vocals, backup vocals, electronica and other effects to form arrangements that are complex, kaleidoscopic.”

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3. Oracular Spectacular (2007)

“Indie, pop, dance, electronic, psychedelic … all are good adjectives to describe MGMT’s Oracular Spectacular. Poetic and strange lyrics accompany great beats and strong synth sounds to make a truly unique album. Some songs are nostalgic sounding, like they miss a past or innocence, while many others evoke a hedonistic style (of music and life). These guys are definitely doing something new here, but they are obviously heavily influenced by the past.”

2. Little Dark Age (2018)

“”Little Dark Age” contains food for thought for advocates of law and order: “Policemen swear to god/Love’s seeping from the guns/I know my friends and I/Would probably turn and run.” Here is some nice pop poetry, from “Me And Michael”: “Me and Michael/solid as they come…Binary stars sink/Like the setting sun/Too happy with ourselves/To notice when the change had come.” Perhaps “One Thing Left To Try” is referring to the REAL ending: “One thing left to try/See if you can make it/Before you choose the night/And the silence overtakes you.” And the final track, “Hand It Over”, brings it all down with a melodious, tranquilizing ballad and lyrics that seem promising: “In the dark/What’s yours is mine/Mm make it right…Just give me what’s mine/Mm anytime.” That sounds like a good place to be.”

1. Congratulations (2010)

“The duo, consisting of Ben Goldwasser and Andrew Van Wyngarden, release Congratulations on April 13 and has opted against the release of any singles to promote the album; insisting the album should be heard as one complete work instead of a collection of unrelated songs. The coarse, yet catchy and often danceable nature of Oracular Spectacular has been replaced with nine perfectly polished tunes that are often indistinguishable from one another. “I Found a Whistle” follows “Flash Delirium” sounding like a slowed down reprise of the latter track. “Siberian Breaks,” a twelve-minute musical journey has nearly as many discernable changes as the rest of the album.”