Splinter (The Offspring album)

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All tracks are written by Dexter Holland [19]

Splinter
The Offspring Splinter.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedDecember 9, 2003 [1]
RecordedJanuary–August 2003
Studio
Genre
Length32:00
Label Columbia
Producer
The Offspring chronology
Conspiracy of One
(2000)
Splinter
(2003)
Greatest Hits
(2005)
The Offspring studio chronology
Conspiracy of One
(2000)
Splinter
(2003)
Rise and Fall, Rage and Grace
(2008)
CD
No.TitleLength
1."Neocon"1:06
2."The Noose"3:18
3."Long Way Home"2:23
4."Hit That"2:49
5."Race Against Myself"3:32
6."(Can't Get My) Head Around You"2:14
7."The Worst Hangover Ever"2:58
8."Never Gonna Find Me"2:39
9."Lightning Rod"3:20
10."Spare Me the Details"3:24
11."Da Hui"1:42
12."When You're in Prison"2:35
Total length:32:00
Japanese edition bonus track [20]
No.TitleLength
13."Defy You" (Acoustic)3:55
Total length:35:55

Enhanced version

The Enhanced CD portion of the CD contains the following:

MP3 tracks
No.TitleLength
13."The Kids Aren't Alright" (Island Style)5:08
14."When You're in Prison" (Instrumental)2:34
Total length:39:42

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 60/100 [21]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Alternative Press Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [22]
Blender Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [23]
Drowned in Sound 4/10 [24]
Entertainment Weekly B− [25]
Mojo Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [26]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [27]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [28]
Spin 5/10 [29]
USA Today Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [30]

Similar to Conspiracy of One, has been given a score of 60 out of 100 from Metacritic based on "mixed or average reviews". [21]

Reviewers from sites such as Launch.com claimed Splinter was a welcome return to The Offspring's punk roots, citing songs such as "The Noose" and "Da Hui". The more mainstream songs, "Hit That" and "Spare Me the Details", were also praised. [2]

AllMusic's Johnny Loftus also praised punk songs such as "Long Way Home" and "Lightning Rod", and claimed second single "Head Around You" was the album's standout. However, he criticized songs such as "The Worst Hangover Ever" and "When You're in Prison", calling them 'throwaways'. [1] PopMatters also praised "Head Around You", "Race Against Myself", and other heavier songs on the album. However, it also called "Worst Hangover Ever" 'idiotic' and again criticized "When You're In Prison" and "Neocon". They also criticized the album’s short length, calling it “wasted potential". [3]

In 2017, Loudwire ranked Splinter as the weakest album in the entire Offspring catalogue. [31]

Personnel

The Offspring

Additional musicians

Production

Artwork

Charts and certifications

References

Notes

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  2. 1 2 "Splinter Review". Archived from the original on May 24, 2011. Retrieved May 24, 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) by Craig Rosen of Yahoo! Music, posted December 12, 2003
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  13. 1 2 "The Offspring Continues Challenging Itself". Billboard.com. December 16, 2003. Retrieved December 9, 2024.
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  23. Only on "Prison Song," a jokey fake-oldie, does the Offspring's weakness for novelty tunes lead them astray. [Dec 2003, p.145]
  24. Hocking, Mat (January 27, 2004). "The Offspring: Splinter". Drowned in Sound . Archived from the original on December 10, 2017. Retrieved December 10, 2017.
  25. Sinclair, Tom (December 12, 2003). "Splinter". Entertainment Weekly . Retrieved June 26, 2022.
  26. Throughout, Splinter's sound is powerful and dense, with The Offspring weaving and surging within it like the experts they've become. [Dec 2003, p.109]
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