Artist
MGMT is an American psychedelic rock band founded by Benjamin Goldwasser and Andrew VanWyngarden. After the release of their first album, the members of their live band, Matthew Asti, James Richardson and Will Berman, joined the core band in the studio. Formed at Wesleyan University and originally with Cantora Records, they signed with Columbia Records and Red Ink in 2006. On October 5, 2007, Spin.com named MGMT "Artist of the Day." On November 14, 2007, Rolling Stone pegged MGMT as a top ten "Artist to Watch" in 2008. The band was named 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 lists.
MGMT's first album, Oracular Spectacular, debuted at No. 12 on the UK album chart, No. 13 after 34 weeks in the New Zealand RIANZ charts, number six on the Australian ARIA Charts, and hit number one on the Billboard Top Heatseekers chart. It has also been named the 18th best album of the decade by Rolling Stone magazine. It was named the best album of 2008 by NME. MGMT also appeared prominently in Australia's Triple J Hottest 100 2008, coming in 2nd with "Electric Feel", 5th with "Kids" and 18th with "Time to Pretend". MGMT was nominated for the 2010 Grammy Award for Best New Artist, and their track "Kids" was nominated for Best Pop Performance By a Duo or Group with Vocals. These are the first Grammy nominations for the band. At the 2009 Grammy Awards, the Justice remix of "Electric Feel" won the Grammy Award for Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical. Their second album, Congratulations, was released on April 13, 2010. In January 2011 they began work on their third album, which was released in 2013.
Tracks
1
Can't See Through It
03:59
2
Love You Girl
03:16
3
Cheree
03:25
4
Stop & Smell The Roses
03:58
5
Ocean (Outtake Version)
05:04
6
Red Indians
01:55
7
Laughing Boy
05:15
8
For Belgian Friends
03:27
9
Mound Of Clay
02:28
10
Song For Wilde
01:58
11
All We Ever Wanted Was Everything
04:24
12
Troubled Mind
04:48
13
Drug Song
03:19
14
Hearts Are Like Flowers
04:10
15
Pink Frost
03:44
16
Sparks
03:24
17
Melancholy Man
05:34
18
Lord Can You Hear Me Now?
04:30
19
Morning Splendor
05:23
20
Lost For Words Part 2
03:22
Releases
Labels
Central Station Records, LateNightTales, Night Time Stories Ltd.
Countries
Australia, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Members
Will Berman,Andrew VanWyngarden,Ben Goldwasser,
Matt Asti,
Hank Sullivant,James Richardson