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The band attempts to continue to deliver the hits on its seventh album, Splinter, while retaining its punk roots, and the Offspring succeeds on both counts.
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MojoThroughout, 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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Taken seriously or not, Splinter holds together just fine.
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BlenderOnly on "Prison Song," a jokey fake-oldie, does the Offspring's weakness for novelty tunes lead them astray. [Dec 2003, p.145]
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Entertainment WeeklySure, the Offspring packs a lot of punch, but you sorta find yourself wishing they'd give birth to a pure comedy CD just once. [12 Dec 2003, p.78]
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SpinThey're still pretty fly for old guys. [Jan 2004, p.97]
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Q MagazineA safe, calculated release. [Jan 2004, p.121]
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Alternative PressGranted, the Offspring have always dabbled in lyrical goofiness, but on Splinter, this approach seeps into the music as well. [Jan 2004, p.93]
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Crams every last piece of the Offspring puzzle -- slickly produced rock racket, hints of anti-establishment rabble-rousing, and reams of relationship and strip mall culture gaggery -- into its brief half-hour run time.
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It isn't that Splinter is such a bad disc per se, but more so that it is incredibly unsatisfying.
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The problem is that most of it is deadly dull.
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 31 out of 43
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Mixed: 9 out of 43
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Negative: 3 out of 43
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