Unreasonable Behavior - Laurent Garnier
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83 out of 100

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8.7 out of 10

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  • Summary: The third full release from French DJ Garnier consists of original compositions mixing techno and jazz.

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  1. Positive: 10 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 10
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  1. Armchair DJ
    90
    The secret to Garnier's accessibility lies in his ability to locate fresh specific sounds and organize them sparsely atop the existing framework of electronic dance music.
  2. CDNow
    80
    His latest album manages to find a middle ground between mindless crowd-pleasing and progressive sound manipulation.... Unreasonable Behaviour is obviously Garnier's attempt to push the creative envelope, with entirely satisfying results.
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  3. All Music Guide
    80
    More complex and idiosyncratic than his previous full-length works (and much less danceable as a consequence), Unreasonable Behaviour focuses on midtempo jams in the verge between evocative techno, electro-jazz, and even melancholy synth-pop. If 1997's 30 was his Chicago album, this one is definitely the Detroit installment...
  4. Alternative Press
    80
    Though nominally house music, Unreasonable Behavior's tracks expend as much energy on engaging the listener's mind as they do on moving the body. [Dec 2000, p.86]
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  1. mikep
    10
    absolutely fabulous!!!
  2. G3nesys
    10
    I've been sorely dissapointed with metacritic's "house" and "techno" secetions, expecting to find some great electronic music. This is was I was looking for all along :D… Expand
  3. PaulA.
    8
    Top album; takes a few listens but gradually tracks like communications from the lab grow on you. More accessible than last album 30.

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