Metascore
77

Generally favorable reviews - based on 9 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 9
  2. Negative: 0 out of 9
  1. Oct 14, 2013
    100
    Kicking off with I Am Dust, it hangs together marvellously as an album.
  2. Oct 14, 2013
    80
    While Numan's work remains strictly sulky stuff destined to ruin any party, he proves he's not a robot at all on his most connectable, personal, and palpable album to date.
  3. Oct 11, 2013
    80
    In total, the rejuvenated, rockier Numan's finest hour. [Nov 2013, p.86]
  4. Oct 11, 2013
    80
    This 20th album is his most overt and conscious attempt to wrestle with specific demons that [diagnosis of being in the autism spectrum] raises up. [Nov 2013, p.113]
  5. Oct 10, 2013
    70
    One of his better efforts. [Nov 2013, p.75]
  6. Oct 10, 2013
    70
    It adds up to one of his most vital offerings since those heady days of old.
  7. Oct 10, 2013
    65
    Sadly, the thrust and thunder of "Love Hurt Bleed" and "We're the Unforgiven" resemble brutally overcooked Nine Inch Nails off-cuts, but for the most part Splinter is a solid and intriguing effort from an artist comfortable with his position in life. [Aug-Sep 2013, p.92]
  8. 60
    He flirts with past glories on the throbbing ‘I Am Dust’, but Splinter never sounds ahead of the curve he created.
  9. Oct 10, 2013
    60
    The carapace of violent noise that encases each song needs breaking before you can appreciate how fascinating it is musically.

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