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| Length = 43:53 | Label = Columbia | Producer = | Reviews = | Last album = ''Oracular Spectacular'' (2007) | This album = ''Congratulations'' (2010) | Next album = ''Qu'est-ce que c'est la vie, chaton?'' (2010) | Misc = }} ''Congratulations'' is the second major label studio album by American psychedelic rock band MGMT,〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Congratulations coming from 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. ==History== MGMT began writing the tracks that would ultimately appear on ''Congratulations'' in early 2009 in a "Heaven". They eventually headed to a Malibu studio to work on the album with producer Pete Kember, ex-member of Spacemen 3, where vocal contributions from Royal Trux singer Jennifer Herrema were also recorded for the album.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=MGMT take up surfing while recording second album )〕 VanWyngarden has stated that the album is influenced by the band's massive rise in popularity since ''Oracular Spectaculars release. "It's us trying to deal with all the craziness that's been going on since our last album took off. Sometimes it just doesn't feel natural".〔 On January 12, 2010, Andrew Van Wyngarden declared the album finished in an interview on the ''Spin Magazine'' website, saying: "It's mixed and mastered, and now we're just working on presenting it to the world". On January 18, MGMT stated that they would prefer not to release any singles from the album.〔 In an interview with ''NME'', they explained their reasoning behind it—that it's meant to be a complete body of songs rather than an album with standout singles. "We'd rather people hear the whole album as an album and see what tracks jump out rather than the ones that get played on the radio – if anything gets played on the radio!" Goldwasser explained. He added: "There definitely isn't a 'Time to Pretend' or a 'Kids' on the album. We've been talking about ways to make sure people hear the album as an album in order and not just figure out what are the best three tracks, download those and not listen to the rest of it".〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title='We're not releasing any singles from our new album' )〕 On February 5, 2010, a countdown clock appeared on the band's website alongside a short still of a beach. The clock would eventually count down to 12:00 AM (EST) the morning of April 13, 2010, hinting the new album would be released on that day. On March 9, 2010, the band released the song "Flash Delirium" as a free download. On March 20, 2010 the band made the album available for streaming on their official website. They also stated that they "wanted to offer it as a free download but that didn't make sense to anyone but ()". The album went straight to number 4 in the UK charts, and straight to number 2 on the US Billboard 200. There were 66,000 copies of the album sold in its first week of release in the UK, making it the best sales week ever for the group. In the 18 months following, however, the album only sold another 11,000 copies in the UK. It was released onto iTunes with an additional track for those who pre-ordered the release digitally. The bonus track "Inbetween the Liners" consists of an instrumental outtake of a song called "Forest Elf" from the ''Congratulations'' sessions, with producer Peter Kember reading the album's liner notes out loud while the track plays backwards. The cover art is done by Anthony Ausgang, known for his kitschy Lowbrow art style, his favorite song of the album being "Song for Dan Treacy". On March 15, 2011 was released an EP of remixes of three songs from the album ("Congratulations", "Siberian Breaks" and "Brian Eno") entitled ''Congratulations Remixes''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Congratulations (album)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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