The Cloud Making Machine
by Laurent Garnier
  • Record Label: Mute
  • Release Date: Feb 22, 2005
Metascore
65

Generally favorable reviews - based on 16 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 16
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 16
  3. Negative: 1 out of 16
  1. AllMusic
    60
    It's often impenetrable and there are a couple derailments... but it's never off-putting.
  2. PopMatters
    40
    It doesn't sound like most of his recent material, and while the rejection of familiar sounds and textures alone is never a good reason to dismiss an album, the new sounds that he utilizes here are neither very new or very good.
  3. Rolling Stone
    40
    While Garnier's trickling melodies and spare snares hint at mystery, mostly they leave you longing for a beat.
  5. Under The Radar
    50
    An abrasively divisive record in that you're either going to get down with the sound, or you're going to immediately turn it off. [#9]
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  6. The Wire
    50
    Tracks like "Huis Clos"... can drag... And the garage rock of "(I Wanna Be) Waiting For My Plane" is an unwieldy cross between early Sonic Youth and Two Lone Swordsmen's axe-men incarnation. [#253, p.69]
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  7. Lost At Sea
    60
    There is a feeling of being sucked into a mid-90s vortex here.
  8. Almost Cool
    60
    A varied and interesting album that is also a bit hit-or-miss.

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User Score
8.3

Universal acclaim- based on 4 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 4
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 4
  3. Negative: 0 out of 4
  1. Daze
    Mar 30, 2005
    9
    Excellent departure from Mr. Garniers usual work, a trip through the bizarra and trippy, where AFX meets Dr. Patterson
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