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Universal acclaim- based on 250 Ratings
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Positive: 214 out of 250
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Mixed: 21 out of 250
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Negative: 15 out of 250
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BertBert`brett.wApr 15, 2010This album blows! Congratulations is the only good track.
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ChrisK.Apr 14, 2010I can't think of a lousier sophomore album after an amazing debut since Fiona Apple. This follows in the footsteps of the latest releases by The Flaming Lips and Of Montreal. File under - "Too Many Drugs in the Studio" or "Drinking One's Own Kool-Aid".
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May 26, 2011After such an amazing debut I was seriously disappointed with the dire, forgettable crap that followed.
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This airy prog-psych self-indulgence is merely an elaboration of the back half of that debut--the half I tuned out then but appreciate some now, because, even as self-indulgent elaborations go, the follow-up's a doozy.
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Cowbells and organ chords set the frenetic pace for this crazed and eerie take on surf music that namechecks the godfather of ambient in its punkest track.
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MGMT's first long-player may have included catchier singles, but Congratulations is the better album, trading Oracular's deceptive superficiality for psychedelic grandeur. Of course, like all psychedelic things, that grandeur is pretty deceptive, too.