Splinter

1. FiL

   Oct 3, 2005

   10

   It's fantastic

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2. SpeetMadow

   Dec 7, 2004

   10

   I love this CD and I found that Race against myself sounds better sped up.

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4. DaveC

   Jul 23, 2005

   9

   Not as good as the much older albums, but still a great offspring album and an improvement on americana and conspiracy of one

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5. MattM.

   Dec 30, 2003

   8

   I am a very huge offspring fan and this cd is up there with the great ones (Americana, Smash). It is short, but very very sweet.

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6. RageAndGrace

   Nov 17, 2018

   7

   Splinter, when I first listened to it, was awful. I think the end of the album for me just fell short a little bit (wait just a second, I'mSplinter, when I first listened to it, was awful. I think the end of the album for me just fell short a little bit (wait just a second, I'm not done) - I'm still not too keen on The Worst Hangover Ever or Never Gonna Find Me. But the more I listen to this album, the more I like it. I used to hate Da Hui, but it's just a fun song, and I highly doubt it was meant to be taken seriously.
   It starts with Neocon, a song that surprisingly, I like a lot. I can rarely say this for albums, but it matches the album art perfectly. I am a little disappointed that this album removed the introduction/speaking song at the start of the album, but it was a long-gone joke anyway.
   The Noose isn't a great song, but it's not really that bad, and I approve of the song, despite it not being my favourite.
   Long Way Home is another one of those filler tracks. I love it on its own, but it and The Noose just kind of blend together on album listens.
   Hit That, unsurprisingly, is an amazing song. Everybody knows that. It's catchy, it's .... it's just catchy. That's it. It's an amazing song that I don't think anyone that has ever heard it dislikes.
   And it keeps getting better! Race Against Myself, while some may think it blends with the other two I just mentioned, I don't because in my opinion, it's on a different level. Race Against Myself is a brilliant song that's just so powerful that I love it.
   There's no denying that (Can't Get My) Head Around You is an amazing song. It's just a well-known fact. I love how completely insane it is, and how it's placed right between two songs it completely doesn't belong between just to amplify it (in my theory, at least).
   Okay, let's talk about The Worst Hangover Ever. .... Good?
   I honestly don't know with this song. Is it a joke? I hope it's a joke, because I laughed, but if it's not, then it's god-awful. It was funny, though, so let's just leave it at that.
   Never Gonna Find Me is a short little song that doesn't have much to offer, but it's not necessarily bad. I also like how it leads into Lightning Rod...
   another amazing song. Lightning Rod is just absolutely great. On first listen I thought it was a little weird, and it is, but I like it for the same reason that I like Haushinka by Green Day.
   Spare Me the Details is another underrated song that I really love. It's weird how these songs about heartbreak near the end of an album are always so amazing... Amazed from Ixnay, Denial Revisited from Conspiracy, Spare Me the Details from Splinter, Fix You from RAFRAG....it keeps going and going. The Offspring are such a versatile band that I'm usually excited when they release something potentially 'weird', because they're good at going out of their comfort zone.
   And no matter what you say, there's only one song left on the album. When You're in Prison doesn't count.
   Da Hui, as I've discussed, is really fun and fast. I'm a drummer, and this song is catchy and 190 bpm, so I have a lot of fun with this track.
   And that's the end of the album! Overall, it's not perfect, and has a lot of minor flaws, but nothing too major in my opinion. I think 7 is a solid rating for an album like Splinter.… Expand

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7. AhoyNut

   Nov 15, 2022

   6

   Kinda mid album tbh. Hit That is pretty good, that's about it. Some of their other albums I highly enjoy to the extreme. But even so thisKinda mid album tbh. Hit That is pretty good, that's about it. Some of their other albums I highly enjoy to the extreme. But even so this album is one of the very few albums even outside the Offspring I didn't really enjoy THAT much.… Expand

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8. oprahwinfrey

   Jul 1, 2004

   2

   honestly, this band is totally selling out, smash was a truly amazing album, and the offspring is totally capable of better music. this album honestly, this band is totally selling out, smash was a truly amazing album, and the offspring is totally capable of better music. this album makes no sense at all. the offspring is way more capable of making better music, and this album is just lame.… Expand

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