Splinter (album)
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The Offspring's studio album | |||||||
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December 9, 2003 |
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January-August 2003 |
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Label (s) | Columbia Records | ||||||
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CD, LP, MC |
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Title (number) |
12/14 |
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running time |
32:00 / 39:42 |
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occupation |
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Brendan O'Brien , The Offspring |
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Splinter (. English for " splitter ") is the seventh studio album of American punk rock - band The Offspring . It was released on December 9, 2003 on the Columbia Records label .
Origin and production
The band started working on Splinter in late 2002 after touring their previous album Conspiracy of One for two years . From January to August 2003 - the longest recording time until then - it was recorded again with music producer Brendan O'Brien . This time, however, other recording studios were used in Los Angeles and Atlanta . Since drummer Ron Welty had left the band, Josh Freese was chosen as a studio drummer to look for a replacement after the recordings. On April 1, 2003, the album was jokingly announced as Chinese Democrazy , a parody of the rock band Guns N 'Roses' long-awaited album Chinese Democracy .
Cover design
The album cover shows an ancient white stone statue whose head is just splintering. A landscape, a stone column and a dark blue sky can be seen in the background. At the top of the picture are the lettering The Offspring and Splinter in white or gray.
Track list
- Neocon - 2:00
- The Noose - 3:18
- Long Way Home - 2:23
- Hit That - 2:49
- Race Against Myself - 3:32
- (Can't Get My) Head Around You - 2:14
- The Worst Hangover Ever - 2:58
- Never Gonna Find Me - 2:38
- Lightning Rod - 3:20
- Save Me the Details - 3:24
- Da Hui - 1:42
- When You're in Prison - 2:35
- mp3 bonus songs
- The Kids Aren't Alright (Island Style) - 5:08
- When You're in Prison (Instrumental) - 2:34
Chart successes and singles
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Splinter reached number 31 in the German album charts and stayed in the top 100 for 15 weeks.
The songs Hit That , (Can't Get My) Head Around You and Spare Me the Details were released as singles.
Sales figures and awards
The album was awarded a gold record in 2004 for more than 500,000 units sold in the United States . Splinter also received gold in Switzerland and silver in the United Kingdom.
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Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales) |
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Australia (ARIA) | platinum | 70,000 |
France (SNEP) | gold | 100,000 |
Japan (RIAJ) | gold | 100,000 |
Switzerland (IFPI) | gold | 20,000 |
United States (RIAA) | gold | 500,000 |
United Kingdom (BPI) | silver | 60,000 |
All in all |
1 × silver 4 × gold 1 × platinum |
850,000 |
Main article: The Offspring / Music Sales Awards
Individual evidence
- ^ The Offspring History (Official Website) . Offspring.com. Archived from the original on September 13, 2010. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved June 4, 2012.
- ↑ Mtv.com
- ↑ album cover
- ↑ Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US
- ↑ Rating: laut.de
- ↑ Rating: Rolling Stone ( Memento from June 18, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Rating: allmusic.com
- ↑ US: Gold