Splazsh

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Splazsh
Splazsh cover.jpg
Studio album by
Released8 June 2010
Genre
Length61:52
Label Honest Jon's
Actress chronology
Hazyville
(2008)
Splazsh
(2010)
R.I.P.
(2012)

Splazsh is the second studio album by British electronic musician Actress. It was released on 8 June 2010 by Honest Jon's Records. [1]

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 71/100 [2]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svg [3]
Fact 5/5 [4]
Financial Times Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [5]
MusicOMH Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [6]
Pitchfork 8.3/10 [7]
Q Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [8]
Resident Advisor 4.5/5 [9]
Spin 8/10 [10]
Uncut Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [11]
URB Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [12]

Accolades

Splazsh was ranked on numerous music critics' and publications' end-of-year albums lists, topping The Wire 's "2010 Rewind", as well as being in the top five of Fact , [13] Los Angeles Times critic Jeff Weiss [14] and Resident Advisor . [15] It was also put as an honorable mention on the lists of XLR8R [16] and Pitchfork, [17] which in 2014 listed the album number 91 on their "100 Best Albums of the Decade So Far". [18]

Publication/AuthorCountryAccoladeYearRank
Fact United KingdomThe 40 Best Albums of 2010 [13] 20103
Los Angeles Times (Jeff Weiss)United StatesFavorite Albums of 2010 [14] 5
Resident Advisor Top 20 Albums of 2010 [15] 4
Slate The Best Albums of 2010 [19] *
Uncut United KingdomThe Wild Mercury Sound 100 Of 2010 [20] 98
The Wire 2010 Rewind [21] 20111
Pitchfork United StatesThe 100 Best Albums of the Decade So Far (2010–14) [18] 201491
* denotes an unordered list.

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Hubble"8:48
2."Lost"6:08
3."Futureproofing"1:15
4."Bubbles Butts and Equations"5:33
5."Always Human"2:57
6."Get Ohn"6:44
7."Maze"5:21
8."Purrple Splazsh"3:28
9."Senorita"2:10
10."Let's Fly"6:10
11."Wrong Potion"3:12
12."Supreme Cunnilingus"2:36
13."The Kettle Men"5:01
14."Casanova"2:29
Total length:61:52

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