Splinter (Sneaker Pimps album)

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Splinter
Splinter cover
Studio album by Sneaker Pimps
Released 1999
Genre Trip Hop
Label Clean Up
Professional reviews
Sneaker Pimps chronology
Becoming Remixed
(1998)		 Splinter
(1999)		 Bloodsport
(2002)

Splinter is the second full studio album from Sneaker Pimps. Released in 1999, Splinter is the first release from the band without Kelli Dayton singing lead vocals; she was replaced by founding band member Chris Corner.

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Half Life"
  2. "Low Five"
  3. "Lightning Field"
  4. "Curl"
  5. "Destroying Angel"
  6. "Empathy"
  7. "Superbug"
  8. "Flowers and Silence"
  9. "Cute Sushi Lunches"
  10. "Ten to Twenty"
  11. "Splinter"
  12. "Wife by Two Thousand"

The sound of the album was a great change from their first album. Most notably it was a darker sound which favored acoustic guitars and dark lyrics, 'I'm the stones beneath the water that You walk on to be taller' and 'Tried but the tribute short changed kindness, flowers and silence'.

Many fans consider the album to widely underrated with poor sales and very little media or critical attention.

The cover of the album features the back of Chris' head. He had previously not felt up to the responsibility of being a 'front man' but has since gone on to embrace this through IAMX.