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Splazsh
Studio album by
Released8 June 2010
Genre
Length61:52
LabelHonest Jon's
Actress chronology
Hazyville
(2008)
Splazsh
(2010)
R.I.P.
(2012)

Splazsh is the second studio album by British electronic musician Actress. It was released on 8 June 2010 by Honest Jon's Records.[1]

Critical reception

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Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic71/100[2]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
Fact5/5[4]
Financial Times[5]
MusicOMH[6]
Pitchfork8.3/10[7]
Q[8]
Resident Advisor4.5/5[9]
Spin8/10[10]
Uncut[11]
URB[12]

Accolades

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Splazsh was ranked on numerous music critics' and publications' end-of-year albums lists, topping The Wire's "2010 Rewind", as well as being in the top five of Fact,[13] Los Angeles Times critic Jeff Weiss[14] and Resident Advisor.[15] It was also put as an honorable mention on the lists of XLR8R[16] and Pitchfork,[17] which in 2014 listed the album number 91 on their "100 Best Albums of the Decade So Far".[18]

Publication/Author Country Accolade Year Rank
Fact United Kingdom The 40 Best Albums of 2010[13] 2010 3
Los Angeles Times (Jeff Weiss) United States Favorite Albums of 2010[14] 5
Resident Advisor Top 20 Albums of 2010[15] 4
Slate The Best Albums of 2010[19] *
Uncut United Kingdom The Wild Mercury Sound 100 Of 2010[20] 98
The Wire 2010 Rewind[21] 2011 1
Pitchfork United States The 100 Best Albums of the Decade So Far (2010–14)[18] 2014 91
* denotes an unordered list.

Track listing

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No.TitleLength
1."Hubble"8:48
2."Lost"6:08
3."Futureproofing"1:15
4."Bubbles Butts and Equations"5:33
5."Always Human"2:57
6."Get Ohn"6:44
7."Maze"5:21
8."Purrple Splazsh"3:28
9."Senorita"2:10
10."Let's Fly"6:10
11."Wrong Potion"3:12
12."Supreme Cunnilingus"2:36
13."The Kettle Men"5:01
14."Casanova"2:29
Total length:61:52

References

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  1. ^ "Actress – Splazsh". Honest Jon's Records. Retrieved 9 May 2012.
  2. ^ "Reviews for Splazsh by Actress". Metacritic. Retrieved 27 January 2014.
  3. ^ Kellman, Andy. "Splazsh – Actress". AllMusic. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
  4. ^ Lea, Tom (21 May 2010). "Actress: Splazsh". Fact. Archived from the original on 7 July 2018. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
  5. ^ Hunter-Tilney, Ludovic (22 May 2010). "Actress: Splazsh". Financial Times. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
  6. ^ Paton, Daniel (17 May 2010). "Actress – Splazsh". MusicOMH. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
  7. ^ Battaglia, Andy (22 June 2012). "Actress: Splazsh". Pitchfork. Retrieved 27 January 2014.
  8. ^ "Actress: Splazsh". Q (288): 140. July 2010.
  9. ^ Burns, Todd L. (27 July 2010). "Actress – Splazsh". Resident Advisor. Retrieved 27 January 2014.
  10. ^ Sherburne, Philip (9 June 2010). "Actress, 'Splazsh' (Honest Jon's)". Spin. Archived from the original on 7 January 2011. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  11. ^ "Actress: Splazsh". Uncut (158): 101. July 2010.
  12. ^ Mistry, Anupa (29 June 2010). "Actress – Splazsh". URB. Archived from the original on 1 July 2010. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
  13. ^ a b "The 40 Best Albums of 2010". Fact. The Vinyl Factory. 30 November 2010. Retrieved 25 October 2014.
  14. ^ a b "Times music writers pick their favorite albums of 2010". Los Angeles Times. 21 December 2010. Retrieved 25 October 2014.
  15. ^ a b "RA Poll: Top 20 albums of 2010". Resident Advisor. 15 December 2010. Retrieved 25 October 2014.
  16. ^ Fallon, Patric (12 December 2010). "XLR8R's Favorite Releases of 2010, Part One". XLR8R. Retrieved 25 October 2014.
  17. ^ "Albums of the Year 2010: Honorable Mention". Pitchfork. 15 December 2010. Retrieved 25 October 2014.
  18. ^ a b Cohen, Ian (August 19, 2014). "The 100 Best Albums of the Decade So Far (2010–14)". Pitchfork. Retrieved 25 October 2014.
  19. ^ Weiner, Jonah (29 December 2010). "The Best Music of 2010". Slate. Graham Holdings Company. Retrieved 25 October 2014.
  20. ^ Mulvey, John (21 December 2010). "The Wild Mercury Sound 100 Of 2010". Uncut. Time Inc. UK. Retrieved 25 October 2014.
  21. ^ "2010 Rewind". The Wire. January 2011. Archived from the original on 12 December 2012. Retrieved 25 October 2014.