Splinter (Songs from a Broken Mind)

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Splinter (Songs from a Broken Mind)
Splinter SFABM Cover.jpg
Studio album by
Released9 October 2013 (2013-10-09)
Recorded Wealden, East Sussex; Long Eaton, Derbyshire; Los Angeles, California
Genre
Length52:06
Label
Producer Ade Fenton
Gary Numan chronology
Dead Son Rising
(2011)
Splinter (Songs from a Broken Mind)
(2013)
Savage (Songs from a Broken World)
(2017)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
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Metacritic 79/100 [1]
Review scores
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Mojo Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [5]
musicOMH Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [6]
NME 6/10 [7]
Q Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [8]
Record Collector Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svg [9]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [10]
Uncut 7/10 [11]

Splinter (Songs from a Broken Mind) is the seventeenth solo studio album by English musician Gary Numan, released on 9 October 2013 by Mortal Records and Cooking Vinyl. The album debuted at number twenty on the UK Albums Chart on sales of 6,187 copies, becoming Numan's highest-charting album since 1983's Warriors . [12]

Contents

Track listing

All tracks are written by Gary Numan

No.TitleLength
1."I Am Dust"4:08
2."Here in the Black"4:56
3."Everything Comes Down to This"4:39
4."The Calling"4:33
5."Splinter"5:26
6."Lost"4:42
7."Love Hurt Bleed"4:52
8."A Shadow Falls on Me"3:07
9."Where I Can Never Be"3:46
10."We're the Unforgiven"5:22
11."Who Are You"3:45
12."My Last Day"5:30
Japanese edition bonus track [13]
No.TitleLength
13."The Dark in Me"4:52
Deluxe edition bonus disc [14]
No.TitleLength
1."I Am Dust" (Original Demo)4:20
2."Here in the Black" (Original Demo)6:16
3."The Calling" (Original Demo)4:26
4."We're the Unforgiven" (Original Demo)5:29
5."I Am Dust" (Roman Remains Remix)4:21
6."Love Hurt Bleed" (Tweaker Remix)5:04

Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes. [15]

Charts

Chart (2013)Peak
position
Japanese Albums Chart [16] 197
Scottish Albums Chart [17] 24
UK Albums Chart [18] 20
UK Indie Albums Chart [19] 4

Release history

RegionDateLabel
Japan [13] 9 October 2013 Cooking Vinyl, Beat Records
Germany [20] 11 October 2013Cooking Vinyl
United Kingdom [21] 14 October 2013Mortal Records, Cooking Vinyl
United States [22] 15 October 2013Machine Music USA, Inc.
Australia [23] 25 October 2013Cooking Vinyl

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