- Band Name: Gary Numan
- Record Label: Universal Music
- Release Date: Oct 15, 2013
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Oct 14, 2013100Kicking off with I Am Dust, it hangs together marvellously as an album.
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Oct 14, 201380While 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.
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Oct 11, 201380In total, the rejuvenated, rockier Numan's finest hour. [Nov 2013, p.86]
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Oct 11, 201380This 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]
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Oct 10, 201370One of his better efforts. [Nov 2013, p.75]
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Oct 10, 201370It adds up to one of his most vital offerings since those heady days of old.
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Oct 10, 201365Sadly, 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]
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Oct 14, 201360He flirts with past glories on the throbbing ‘I Am Dust’, but Splinter never sounds ahead of the curve he created.
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Oct 10, 201360The carapace of violent noise that encases each song needs breaking before you can appreciate how fascinating it is musically.