Splinter (Songs from a Broken Mind)

Splinter (Songs from a Broken Mind) is the seventeenth solo studio album by the English musician Gary Numan, released on 14 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]

Splinter (Songs from a Broken Mind)
Studio album by Gary Numan
Released	14 October 2013
Recorded	Wealden, East Sussex; Long Eaton, Derbyshire; Los Angeles, California
Genre	Industrial rock gothic rock dark wave
Length	52:06
Label	Mortal Cooking Vinyl
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
Source	Rating
Metacritic	79/100[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Consequence of Sound	[3]
The Guardian	[4]
Mojo	[5]
musicOMH	[6]
NME	6/10[7]
Q	[8]
Record Collector	[9]
Rolling Stone	[10]
Uncut	7/10[11]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Gary Numan.

No.	Title	Length
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.	Title	Length
13.	"The Dark in Me"	4:52

Deluxe edition bonus disc^[14]

No.	Title	Length
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]

• Gary Numan – vocals, keyboards
• Nathan Boddy – mixing
• Matt Colton – mastering
• Ade Fenton – keyboards, mixing, production, programming
• Robin Finck – guitar (1, 6, 9, 10)
• Doc – keyboards (1, 6, 9, 10)
• Steve Malins – art direction
• Steve Harris – guitar (1, 7, 8, 10)
• LaRoache Brothers – photography
• Tim Muddiman – guitar (2, 3, 7, 8, 11, 12); bass (2, 3, 7, 8)

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

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