Time To Pretend
by MGMT

Time To Pretend by MGMT
Year: 2005
Release date: 2005-08-30
Overall rank: 18,300th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 51 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 2005 (344th)
Award Top albums of the 2000s (3,341st)
Award Best albums of all time (18,300th)

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MGMT bestography

Time To Pretend is ranked 6th best out of 10 albums by MGMT on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by MGMT is Oracular Spectacular which is ranked number 333 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 5,079.

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Time To Pretend rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 18,300th | 2000s rank: 3,341st | 2005 rank: 344th

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Time To Pretend ratings

Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 51 votes)
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01/21/2026 23:24 brent13  Ratings distribution  1,91968/100
 
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This album is rated in the top 22% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.8/100, a mean average of 73.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.8.

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From 05/07/2021 23:25 | #269484
this has long been my favorite MGMT release. the production quality isn't up to snuff, but the songs here all have a lot of heart.
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