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Rolling Stone Top 500 Albums - #494

Obviously it's not always going to be the quickest things getting these up, but at the moment I am aiming to do a few a week.
#494
MGMT - Oracular Spectacular

MGMT, I've heard of them, heard of a few of their songs but not really enough to dig them out, maybe hearing this album will inspire me more with them, I hate that Rolling Stone used the word Hipster in their description of the album in the countdown though. 

(Track #1) Try To Pretend is a song I know, I'm not sure if I ever attributed to MGMT in my mind, but I probably did, I think I might know (Track #2) Weekend Wars which I like a lot better, so in a lot of ways I think I'm actually digging MGMT a little bit based off these first tracks... yes it's possible I can enjoy something that was made after 1974, I just haven't proved it yet, and maybe (Track #3) The Youth, might tell me what I don't want to know, that this group could be in danger of being a bit samey but I do like this one too and I feel like I might know this one too. (Track #4) Electric Feel, is nothing new compared to the three tracks that went before it.

(Track #5) Kids - yes I know this too, I know more MGMT then I ever gave myself credit for, this is a song I hear, like it then don't give it another thought to see who did this (Track #6) 4th Dimensional Transition at least sounds less like the other tracks but ultimately I don't like it as much as what as been, but I was kind of hoping something would hit that I'd attach to but it never came, (Track #7) Pieces Of What, is a song that falls firmly into the like category for the most part but the last part raises it up a few notches. (Track #8)  Of Moons, Birds and Monsters, is a pretty good song too, but you are starting to feel maybe the best tracks of the album are behind you, (Track #9) The Handshake doesn't do much for me for the most part but parts of it do win me over. (Track #10), Future Reflections, the final song, is the best song since Kids on the album and is a pretty decent way to end things.

Ultimately a lot of it does sound a bit samey, but as far as having an album on at least that sameness is worth listening too. MGMT didn't completely win me over with this but they almost succeeded.
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