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 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]

Splinter (Songs from a Broken Mind)
Studio album by Gary Numan
Released	9 October 2013 (2013-10-09)
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

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

All tracks are written by Gary Numan.

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