 In November "Rolling Stone" pegged MGMT as a top ten "Artist to Watch" in 2008 and went on to name "Oracular Spectacular" number 494 in their top 500 Greatest Albums of All Time list.The band placed ninth in the BBC's "Sound of 2008 Top Ten Poll".They were also named as Last.fm's most played new artist of 2008 in their "Best of 2008" list.