Splinter: Songs From A Broken Mind
by Gary Numan
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Gary Numan bestography
Splinter: Songs From A Broken Mind is ranked 6th best out of 73 albums by Gary Numan on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Gary Numan is The Pleasure Principle which is ranked number 1560 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,098.
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Splinter: Songs From A Broken Mind track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 74 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Splinter: Songs From A Broken Mind rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 4 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | TroutMaskGreg | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s | 70/100 | 6 |
| 2026 |  Leonard | Top 100 Music Albums of 2013 | 32/100 | 3 |
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Top 95 Music Albums of 2013 | 18/95 | 4 |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | 2013 by Quietus (To Be deleted) | 54/95 | - |
| 2026 | Crusaderlord | Top 50 Greatest Music Albums | 31/50 | 39 |
| 2026 | stevengnz | Top 54 Music Albums of 2013 | 21/54 | 3 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Record Collector New Releases Of 2013 | 11/13 | - |
| 2026 |  paladisiac | 2010s, #501-600* | 5/20 | - |
| 2026 | paladisiac | top albums, #2701-2800* | 12/77 | - |
| 2026 | TroutMaskGreg | Top 25 Music Albums of 2013 | 8/25 | 4 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 30 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 146 | |||
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Splinter: Songs From A Broken Mind ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 01/09/2026 10:38 | TonySayers61 | 25,466 | 64/100 |
| ! | 08/16/2025 23:44 |  Special | 2,990 | 72/100 |
| ! | 07/19/2025 22:22 | rfowler | 443 | 85/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 78.5/100, a mean average of 79.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 80.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.1.
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paladisiac 12/20/2013 17:22 | #98206 | TOP COMMENT
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The new nine inch nails album sounds like it continues where "The Fragile" left off. So does this album. However, if you want to hear what the new nine inch nails album could've been under an alternate reality where the tracks donned less keyboards and were less like dance tracks and more like the alt-industrial "The Fragile" left off with, then you're in luck with Gary Numan. I haven't really listened to his stuff since the 80's, but i was pleasantly surprised with the stylistic shift (that supposedly happened a few albums prior) from new wave 80s synth to this industrial rock. These tracks do NOT resemble his 80s work, so please wipe that from your mind. Instead, if industrial rock is your thing, i invite you to try the new Numan.
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