Splinter: Songs From a Broken Mind
by Gary Numan
User Score
8.3

Universal acclaim- based on 17 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 16 out of 17
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 17
  3. Negative: 1 out of 17
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  1. Fenham
    May 2, 2014
    9
    Bought yesterday and now on 5th play-through.
    Exceptionally good. The tunes are lovely and melodic in a minor key and they often rock along like a train. Lyrics are dark, black and gloomy much like early period The Cure, which is still my favourite Cure incarnation.
    The musicianship's excellent throughout. Always liked Numan's vocal style and here it's as good as it was in the early 80s.    Bought yesterday and now on 5th play-through.
    Exceptionally good. The tunes are lovely and melodic in a minor key and they often rock along like a train. Lyrics are dark, black and gloomy much like early period The Cure, which is still my favourite Cure incarnation.
    The musicianship's excellent throughout. Always liked Numan's vocal style and here it's as good as it was in the early 80s.
    First time I've bought any of his more recent stuff and I'm thoroughly impressed and really chuffed with this.
    Going to see him in Melbourne in a couple of weeks so really looking forward to that    … Expand
  2. Dunc437
    Dec 19, 2016
    10
    There isn't one bad track on this album. I normally consider maybe one or two tracks on most albums weaker, therefore fast forwarding to the best parts. Not on Splinter! Every track is just brilliant. I've played it constantly for 2 weeks now and just can't get enough of the different varieties that each track represent.

    His voice is still the same unmistakable calling, but he has    There isn't one bad track on this album. I normally consider maybe one or two tracks on most albums weaker, therefore fast forwarding to the best parts. Not on Splinter! Every track is just brilliant. I've played it constantly for 2 weeks now and just can't get enough of the different varieties that each track represent.

    His voice is still the same unmistakable calling, but he has certainly mellowed with the pain and angst that he has encountered over the last 5 years. Some of the tracks are very dark as you might expect, but somehow upbeat. That might sound a bit of an oxymoron, but if you listen carefully you will understand. I did.

    All the tracks have that unmistakable haunting Gary Numan signature beat, but also something very different. The sort of beat and rhythm that gets into your thoughts and conscious that you just can't help singing, playing the drums and instruments with him and remembering just how fabulous and talented he really is.

    I loved this album so much, I had to give a review. I can't really pinpoint one favourite track, that's the measure of the album when all of them are amazing. But as I'm reviewing it for future listeners, the last track My Last Day is awesome. How anyone can give it a negative score?    … Expand

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79

Generally favorable reviews - based on 15 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 13 out of 15
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 15
  3. Negative: 0 out of 15
  1. Rolling Stone
    Nov 4, 2013
    70
    It's electronic-age angst, refracted through pop history, back to its source.
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  2. Classic Rock Magazine
    Oct 25, 2013
    70
    As well as an intact ability to craft and deliver a song, is a sonic techno-armoury far superior to that of his Tubeway Army days. [Nov 2013, p.91]
  3. Filter
    Oct 22, 2013
    78
    The most compelling moments (“I Am Dust” and the title track) are like mechanized, sci-fi mini-operas, awesomely grandiose and yet disturbingly proximate enough to breathe all that fear right down your neck through your spine.
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