Album: Loss of Life by MGMT (2024)
Genre: Rock | Mood: High
Record Label: Mom + Pop Records
Format: Album

Description: Loss of Life is the fifth studio album by the American rock band MGMT . Released on February 23, 2024, making it their label debut on Mom + Pop, and their first studio album in six years since 2018's Little Dark Age. It features a guest appearance by French singer Christine and the Queens, making it the first ever feature on an MGMT album.

Artist Background: MGMT is an American 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 ... Part of the Middletown, Connecticut, USA music scene. Emerged in the 2000s era. Associated with Rock movement. Known for Rock/Pop style.

Related Artists: Starfucker, Pond, Animal Collective, Tame Impala

Music Scene: Part of the Middletown, Connecticut, USA music scene. Emerged in the 2000s era. Associated with Rock movement. Known for Rock/Pop style.

Tags: Rock, High, 2020s, Album, Mom + Pop Records


Loss of Life is the fifth studio album by the American rock band MGMT . Released on February 23, 2024, making it their label debut on Mom + Pop, and their first studio album in six years since 2018's Little Dark Age. It features a guest appearance by French singer Christine and the Queens, making it the first ever feature on an MGMT album.

Album: Climbing to New Lows by MGMT (2005)
Genre: Rock | Style: Rock/Pop | Mood: High
Record Label: Columbia
Format: Album

Description: Climbing to New Lows was a demo album that inadvertently became the first full album release of MGMT, at the time known as "The Management". It was their last release as The Management. In 2004, the group had changed their name to MGMT and signed with Cantora Records for their first official release, the Time to Pretend EP on August 30, 2005. Climbing to New Lows was intended only as a demo album that leaked on to the Internet in 2005. It featured some tracks from their self-released We (Don't) Care EP in 2004, like "We Care", "We Don't Care", "Grutu (Just Becuz)" and "Kids".

Artist Background: MGMT is an American 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 ... Part of the Middletown, Connecticut, USA music scene. Emerged in the 2000s era. Associated with Rock movement. Known for Rock/Pop style.

Related Artists: Starfucker, Pond, Animal Collective, Tame Impala

Music Scene: Part of the Middletown, Connecticut, USA music scene. Emerged in the 2000s era. Associated with Rock movement. Known for Rock/Pop style.

Tags: Rock, Rock/Pop, High, 2000s, Album, Columbia


Climbing to New Lows was a demo album that inadvertently became the first full album release of MGMT, at the time known as "The Management". It was their last release as The Management. In 2004, the group had changed their name to MGMT and signed with Cantora Records for their first official release, the Time to Pretend EP on August 30, 2005. Climbing to New Lows was intended only as a demo album that leaked on to the Internet in 2005. It featured some tracks from their self-released We (Don't) Care EP in 2004, like "We Care", "We Don't Care", "Grutu (Just Becuz)" and "Kids".

Album: Little Dark Age by MGMT (2018)
Genre: Rock | Style: Rock/Pop | Mood: High
Record Label: Columbia
Format: Album

Description: "Little Dark Age"   is the fourth full length studio album by the American rock band MGMT, which was released on February 9, 2018 by Columbia Records.
Little Dark Age received mostly positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has an average score of 78 based on 8 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".

Artist Background: MGMT is an American 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 ... Part of the Middletown, Connecticut, USA music scene. Emerged in the 2000s era. Associated with Rock movement. Known for Rock/Pop style.

Related Artists: Starfucker, Pond, Animal Collective, Tame Impala

Music Scene: Part of the Middletown, Connecticut, USA music scene. Emerged in the 2000s era. Associated with Rock movement. Known for Rock/Pop style.

Tags: Rock, Rock/Pop, High, 2010s, Album, Columbia

Additional Context: Available on Discogs marketplace


"Little Dark Age"   is the fourth full length studio album by the American rock band MGMT, which was released on February 9, 2018 by Columbia Records.
Little Dark Age received mostly positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has an average score of 78 based on 8 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".

Album: LateNightTales: MGMT by MGMT (2011)
Genre: Rock | Style: Rock/Pop | Mood: High
Record Label: Columbia
Format: Compilation

Description: Late Night Tales: MGMT is a mix album compiled by psychedelic rock band MGMT's members Andrew VanWyngarden and Ben Goldwasser and released on October 3, 2011. The album is the 25th in the Late Night Tales series.
"The band's Late Night Tales selection of post-punk, cult indie and counter-culture figureheads reflects the band's multifaceted sound, and draws comparisons with contemporary dreampop/chillwave/shoegaze/folk scenes on both sides of the Atlantic."
Their compilation features tracks from artists such as The Velvet Underground, Felt, Suicide, Spacemen 3, and Disco Inferno. It also features an exclusive MGMT's cover of the Bauhaus song "All We Ever Wanted Was Everything" from their 1982 album The Sky's Gone Out.
On October 3, 2011, an animated music video was released for MGMT's cover "All We Ever Wanted Was Everything," directed by Ned Wenlock for Hoverlion.
On October 24, 2011 the light used in the MGMT Late Night Tales album artwork was released for consumer purchase.

Artist Background: MGMT is an American 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 ... Part of the Middletown, Connecticut, USA music scene. Emerged in the 2000s era. Associated with Rock movement. Known for Rock/Pop style.

Related Artists: Starfucker, Pond, Animal Collective, Tame Impala

Music Scene: Part of the Middletown, Connecticut, USA music scene. Emerged in the 2000s era. Associated with Rock movement. Known for Rock/Pop style.

Tags: Rock, Rock/Pop, High, 2010s, Compilation, Columbia


Late Night Tales: MGMT is a mix album compiled by psychedelic rock band MGMT's members Andrew VanWyngarden and Ben Goldwasser and released on October 3, 2011. The album is the 25th in the Late Night Tales series.
"The band's Late Night Tales selection of post-punk, cult indie and counter-culture figureheads reflects the band's multifaceted sound, and draws comparisons with contemporary dreampop/chillwave/shoegaze/folk scenes on both sides of the Atlantic."
Their compilation features tracks from artists such as The Velvet Underground, Felt, Suicide, Spacemen 3, and Disco Inferno. It also features an exclusive MGMT's cover of the Bauhaus song "All We Ever Wanted Was Everything" from their 1982 album The Sky's Gone Out.
On October 3, 2011, an animated music video was released for MGMT's cover "All We Ever Wanted Was Everything," directed by Ned Wenlock for Hoverlion.
On October 24, 2011 the light used in the MGMT Late Night Tales album artwork was released for consumer purchase.

Album: MGMT by MGMT (2013)
Genre: Rock | Style: Rock/Pop | Mood: High
Record Label: Columbia
Format: Album

Description: MGMT is the self-titled third album by American psychedelic rock band MGMT released on September 17, 2013.

The album features a variety of unique visual elements to accompany and illuminate the new music via "The Optimizer", which provides listeners a simultaneously aural & optical listening experience featuring video & CGI work.

Artist Background: MGMT is an American 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 ... Part of the Middletown, Connecticut, USA music scene. Emerged in the 2000s era. Associated with Rock movement. Known for Rock/Pop style.

Related Artists: Starfucker, Pond, Animal Collective, Tame Impala

Music Scene: Part of the Middletown, Connecticut, USA music scene. Emerged in the 2000s era. Associated with Rock movement. Known for Rock/Pop style.

Tags: Rock, Rock/Pop, High, 2010s, Album, Columbia

Additional Context: Based on 2 votes. Available on Discogs marketplace


MGMT is the self-titled third album by American psychedelic rock band MGMT released on September 17, 2013.

The album features a variety of unique visual elements to accompany and illuminate the new music via "The Optimizer", which provides listeners a simultaneously aural & optical listening experience featuring video & CGI work.

Album: Oracular Spectacular by MGMT (2008)
Genre: alternative rock | Style: psychedelic pop
Record Label: Columbia
Format: Enhanced CD

Artist Background: MGMT is an American 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 ... Part of the Middletown, Connecticut, USA music scene. Emerged in the 2000s era. Associated with Rock movement. Known for Rock/Pop style.

Related Artists: Tame Impala, Starfucker, Pond, Animal Collective

Music Scene: Part of the Middletown, Connecticut, USA music scene. Emerged in the 2000s era. Associated with Rock movement. Known for Rock/Pop style.

Tags: alternative rock, psychedelic pop, 2000s, Enhanced CD, Columbia


Album: Congratulations by MGMT (2010)
Genre: Rock | Style: Rock/Pop | Mood: High
Record Label: Columbia
Format: Album

Description: Congratulations is the second major label studio album by American psychedelic rock band MGMT, released on April 13, 2010. The album is a departure from the synthpop style that first brought the band acclaim on their major label debut, Oracular Spectacular, and features a more progressive, guitar-driven sound.

Artist Background: MGMT is an American 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 ... Part of the Middletown, Connecticut, USA music scene. Emerged in the 2000s era. Associated with Rock movement. Known for Rock/Pop style.

Related Artists: Starfucker, Pond, Animal Collective, Tame Impala

Music Scene: Part of the Middletown, Connecticut, USA music scene. Emerged in the 2000s era. Associated with Rock movement. Known for Rock/Pop style.

Tags: Rock, Rock/Pop, High, 2010s, Album, Columbia

Additional Context: Based on 3 votes. Available on Discogs marketplace


Congratulations is the second major label studio album by American psychedelic rock band MGMT, released on April 13, 2010. The album is a departure from the synthpop style that first brought the band acclaim on their major label debut, Oracular Spectacular, and features a more progressive, guitar-driven sound.

Album: Oracular Spectacular by MGMT (2007)
Genre: Rock | Style: Rock/Pop | Mood: High
Record Label: Columbia
Format: Album

Description: Oracular Spectacular is the first major label studio album by American band MGMT, released digitally October 2, 2007 on RED Ink Records and physically on January 22, 2008 by Columbia Records. The album, which has sold over 1 million copies worldwide, was nominated for best international album in the 2009 BRIT Awards. It features new versions of both "Kids" and "Time to Pretend", songs from their previous release, Time to Pretend EP (2005), the opening track serving as a "mission statement" and theme continued through the proceeding tracks. Though Oracular Spectacular never sold more than 17,000 in a week, it has been a consistent seller since January 2008, selling at least 2,000 copies per week through April of 2010.
In 2012, Rolling Stone ranked the album at number 494 on its list of The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.

Artist Background: MGMT is an American 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 ... Part of the Middletown, Connecticut, USA music scene. Emerged in the 2000s era. Associated with Rock movement. Known for Rock/Pop style.

Related Artists: Starfucker, Pond, Animal Collective, Tame Impala

Music Scene: Part of the Middletown, Connecticut, USA music scene. Emerged in the 2000s era. Associated with Rock movement. Known for Rock/Pop style.

Tags: Rock, Rock/Pop, High, 2000s, Album, Columbia

Additional Context: Based on 3 votes. Available on Discogs marketplace


Oracular Spectacular is the first major label studio album by American band MGMT, released digitally October 2, 2007 on RED Ink Records and physically on January 22, 2008 by Columbia Records. The album, which has sold over 1 million copies worldwide, was nominated for best international album in the 2009 BRIT Awards. It features new versions of both "Kids" and "Time to Pretend", songs from their previous release, Time to Pretend EP (2005), the opening track serving as a "mission statement" and theme continued through the proceeding tracks. Though Oracular Spectacular never sold more than 17,000 in a week, it has been a consistent seller since January 2008, selling at least 2,000 copies per week through April of 2010.
In 2012, Rolling Stone ranked the album at number 494 on its list of The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.

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