What Are You Listening To?

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New Yorkers Ben Goldwasser and Andrew VanWyngarden formed MGMT in 2005 and were signed to Columbia a year later. The first album was a world wide smash, more so in the U.K. and Australia than the U.S. Going to be hard to follow that up. Muisc from the first album was all over the tv shows and movies. They've sure had the positive press and even multiple Grammy nominations. They didn't win so they should be safe from that jinx. The duo does not plan on any singles from this album, as they want it to be heard in its entirety. That's the way I feel about most albums. I was sort of disappointed here. I never heard the entire first album, but loved what I did hear, and nothing on this seems to equal that, except maybe the title track. Of course there is that growing on you factor, and this does meet my buy ranking, so I just may end up with a copy someday.

I LIKE THIS ALBUM

Worst Track - Song For Dan Treacy

Best Track - Congratulations

Dead in the water
It's not a paid vacation
The sons and daughters of city officials
Attend demonstrations
It's hardly a sink or swim
When all is well if the ticket sells

Out with a wimper
It's not a blaze of glory
You look down from your temple
As people endeavor to make it a story
And chisel a marble word
But all is lost if it's never heard

But I've got someone to make reports
That tell me how my money's spent
To book my stays and draw my blinds
So I can't see what's really there
And all I need's a great big congratulations

I'll keep your dreams
You pay attention for me
As strange as it seems
I'd rather dissolve than have you ignore me
The ground may be moving fast
But I tied my boots to a broken mast

The difference is clear
You throw it in your cauldron
Rust and veneer, dusk and dawn
Steinways and Baldwins
You start with a simple stock of all the waste
And salt to taste

But damn my luck and damn these friends
That keep on combing back their smiles
I save my grace with half-assed guilt
And lay down the quilt upon the lawn
Spread my arms and soak up congratulations

1) It's Working - 1.5 - audio
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eoFKYca8GKY
2) Song For Dan Treacy - 1.0 - audio
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ax6sEOrKdeY
3) Someone's Missing - 1.5 - audio
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEV5nADIqx8
4) Flash Delirium - 2.0 - video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QvSMp7T2Kes
5) I Found A Whistle - 2.0 - audio
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zs4aOcjiSKo
6) Siberian Breaks - 2.0 - audio
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRbONAbVpS8
7) Brian Eno - 1.0 - audio
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mkS6x7ihljc
8) Lady Dada's Nightmare - 1.5 - audio
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0rLqDZiSmo
9) Congratulations - 2.5 - audio
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=teQKGj2obIE

Average Rating - 1.7