Rolling Stone (p.82)
- 3.5 stars out of 5 -- "There are hints of Joy Division and Sixties nostalgia both acid-tinged and bluesy, but ORACULAR SPECTACULAR's playfulness and remarkable density are best displayed on 'Electric Feel'..."Rolling Stone (p.92)
- Ranked #31 in Rolling Stone's 50 Best Albums Of 2008 -- "It's acid rock for realists." Spin (p.51)
- Ranked #10 in Spin's "40 Best Albums Of 2008" -- "[A] state-of-the-art party album." Uncut (p.98)
- 4 stars out of 5 -- "MGMT offer a series of rock pastiches so joyously over-egged that they become something new and celebratory. A sugary feast for the senses." Alternative Press (p.115)
- 4.5 stars out of 5 -- "ORACULAR is thick with countless layers of electronics, live instrumentation and vocal harmonies....It's brilliant." Q (Magazine)
(p.138)
- 4 stars out of 5 -- "[A] collection of ambitiously stitched-together genres, all massaged into punchy cohesion by Flaming Lips producer Dave Fridmann. It's a bold debut." Mojo (Publisher)
(p.66)
- Ranked #36 in Mojo's "The 50 Best Albums Of 2008" -- "[With] wild reverbs, huge keyboards and slippery lyrics..." Harp (magazine)
(p.104)
- "Filled with electro-processed recorders, mad Mellotrons, walls of fuzz and finely fingered acoustic guitars to go with MGMT's mystic mountain melodies..." Clash (magazine)
(p.67)
- Ranked #13 in Clash's "The 40 Best Albums of 2008" -- "[I]t's raw talent that has kept MGMT afloat through 2008. Long may it do so." The Word (magazine)
(p.106)
- "[MGMT] have clearly soaked up a lot of the sort of stuff that bands of their ilk exist for...but, rather charmingly in these dread-heavy times, they dress it all up in expansively positive pop songs that are, generally, high as kites." | 
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