Splazsh

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

Splazsh
Studio album by Actress
Released	8 June 2010
Genre	Electronic techno outsider house
Length	61:52
Label	Honest Jon's
Actress chronology
Hazyville (2008) Splazsh (2010) R.I.P. (2012)

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	71/100[2]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]
Fact	5/5[4]
Financial Times	[5]
MusicOMH	[6]
Pitchfork	8.3/10[7]
Q	[8]
Resident Advisor	4.5/5[9]
Spin	8/10[10]
Uncut	[11]
URB	[12]

Accolades

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

No.	Title	Length
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

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. "The 40 Best Albums of 2010". Fact. The Vinyl Factory. 30 November 2010. Retrieved 25 October 2014.
14. "Times music writers pick their favorite albums of 2010". Los Angeles Times. Tribune Publishing. 21 December 2010. Retrieved 25 October 2014.
15. "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. 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.