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20-404: (Redirected from The Long Way Home ) Long Way Home may refer to: Film and television [ edit ] A Long Way Home (1981 film) , an American television film directed by Robert Markowitz The Long Way Home (1985 film) , starring Richard Moir The Long Way Home , a 1989 documentary directed by Michael Apted The Long Way Home ,

40-482: A 1995 Irish drama film directed by Paddy Breathnach The Long Way Home (1997 film) , a documentary directed by Mark Jonathan Harris The Long Way Home , a 1998 television film directed by Glenn Jordan and starring Jack Lemmon The Long Way Home (2013 film) , a Turkish drama film The Long Way Home (2015 film) , a South Korean war film Long Way Home (2018 film) , a Brazilian drama film Literature [ edit ] A Long Way Home (book) ,

60-584: A 2013 autobiography by Saroo Brierley The Long Way Home (novel) or Keepers of the House , a 1982 novel by Lisa St Aubin de Terán The Long Way Home (Buffy comic) , a Buffy the Vampire Slayer comic book series The Long Way Home , a novel by Poul Anderson Music [ edit ] Albums [ edit ] Long Way Home (Dokken album) , 2002 Long Way Home (Låpsley album) , 2016 Long Way Home (Troy Cassar-Daley album) or

80-524: A splintered personality." All tracks are written by Dexter Holland The Enhanced CD portion of the CD contains the following: Similar to Conspiracy of One , has been given a score of 60 out of 100 from Metacritic based on "mixed or average reviews". Reviewers from sites such as Launch.com claimed Splinter was a welcome return to The Offspring's punk roots, citing songs such as "The Noose" and "Da Hui". The more mainstream songs, "Hit That" and "Spare Me

100-409: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages A Long Way Home (1981 film) As children, Donald, David and Carolyn are abandoned by their parents and placed in foster care by the government. About a decade later, Donald becomes determined to find his missing siblings. He has no idea where they are. A female counselor at the foster care breaks

120-479: Is pretty much fast, melodic, whatever, punk stuff. But you kind of get bored just doing that after a while. I do.", and also that given most groups are "either a happy band or they're dark", he felt only one side did not fully represent him, "so I really wanted to do both in my music." A case of the mixture was lead single " Hit That ", with lyrics about promiscuity creating broken families, with funk -inspired keyboards played by Ronnie King . The lyrics of "Spare Me

140-574: Is the seventh studio album by American punk rock band the Offspring , released on December 9, 2003, by Columbia Records . It was the first album the band released without long-time drummer Ron Welty , who was fired from the band three weeks before the recording sessions started. Although not as successful as the Offspring's previous albums, Splinter received gold certification two months after its release. The album received average reviews, but still sold reasonably well, debuting at number 30 on

160-430: Is why it was not included on the disc. On April Fools' Day 2003, the album's title was jokingly announced as Chinese Democracy , the same name of a repeatedly delayed album by Guns N' Roses . Holland quipped, "You snooze, you lose. Axl ripped off my braids, so I ripped off his album title." Holland detailed someone actually suggested Chinese Democracy as the band struggled to think of an album title and instead

180-831: The American The Voice "The Long Way Home", by the Birthday Massacre from Hide and Seek , 2012 "The Long Way Home," by Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band from The Fire Inside , 1991 "The Long Way Home", by Mary Chapin Carpenter from Time* Sex* Love* , 2001 "The Long Way Home", by Neil Diamond 1973 See also [ edit ] Take the Long Way Home (disambiguation) Long Way from Home (disambiguation) Long Walk Home (disambiguation) Topics referred to by

200-469: The Details" were inspired by how a friend of Holland did not like being given a detailed account on how his girlfriend cheated on him. The crowd vocals in the opening track "Neocon" were recorded at Reading Festival in 2002 during the Offspring's set on the festival's main stage. There was another song recorded for the album, called "Pass Me By". The band felt that it was too heavy for Splinter , which

220-469: The Details", were also praised. AllMusic 's Johnny Loftus also praised punk songs such as "Long Way Home" and "Lightning Rod", and claimed second single "Head Around You" was the album's standout. However, he criticized songs such as "The Worst Hangover Ever" and "When You're in Prison", calling them 'throwaways'. PopMatters also praised "Head Around You", "Race Against Myself", and other heavier songs on

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240-522: The Monkees from Pool It! , 1987 "Long Way Home", by the Offspring from Splinter , 2003 "Long Way Home", by Soul Asylum from Made to Be Broken , 1986 "Long Way Home", by Stone Temple Pilots from Shangri-La Dee Da , 2001 "Long Way Home", by Tom Waits from Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers & Bastards , 2006 "Long Way Home", by Toni Braxton from Libra , 2005 "Long Way Home", by Todd Tilghman as his 2020 winning song in season 18 of

260-614: The US Billboard 200 with around 87,000 copies sold in its first week. " Hit That " and " (Can't Get My) Head Around You " were the only two singles to accompany the album; " Spare Me the Details " was also released as a single, but charted only in New Zealand. After spending nearly two years supporting the Conspiracy of One album, The Offspring began writing songs for Splinter in late 2002. The recording sessions for

280-399: The album lasted from January to August 2003, making it the first time The Offspring had recorded an album for that long (although their next album, 2008's Rise and Fall, Rage and Grace , took more than a year to record). Three weeks prior to the recording sessions, longtime drummer Ron Welty, who had played on all six of the band's previous albums, was fired from the band three weeks before

300-445: The recording session started and went on to form his own band Steady Ground . Welty filed a lawsuit against the band on September 10, 2020 for unpaid royalties, but it was dismissed on March 6, 2023. Due to the difficulty in finding, or auditioning, for an immediate replacement for Welty on such short notice, the band elected to have session musician Josh Freese play drums on the album: they had met Freese when his band The Vandals

320-433: The rule and assists Donald in finding his long separated brother and sister who are now full adults. The film received reviews from sources including Tom Shales of The Washington Post , The Christian Science Monitor , and The New York Times . This article related to an American television drama film is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Splinter (The Offspring album) Splinter

340-423: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Long Way Home . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Long_Way_Home&oldid=1246548668 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

360-916: The title song, 2002 Long Way Home (Ray LaMontagne album) , 2024 A Long Way Home (album) or the title song, by Dwight Yoakam, 1998 The Long Way Home (Confession album) or the title song, 2011 The Long Way Home (Krept and Konan album) or the title song, 2015 The Long Way Home (Show of Hands album) or the title song, 2016 The Long Way Home (Terri Clark album) , 2009 Long Way Home , by Ginny Owens , 2006 The Long Way Home , by Donots , 2010 The Long Way Home , by Jarvis Church , 2008 Songs [ edit ] "Long Way Home" (Steven Curtis Chapman song) , 2012 "Long Way Home", by 5 Seconds of Summer from 5 Seconds of Summer , 2014 "Long Way Home", by ATB from Addicted to Music , 2003 "Long Way Home", by Don Henley from I Can't Stand Still , 1982 "Long Way Home", by Hayes Carll from Little Rock , 2005 "Long Way Home", by

380-493: Was saying comedic suggestions like Offspring Bloody Offspring , and that Guns N' Roses considered legal actions but were deterred by how album titles cannot be copyrighted before release. Regarding the name Splinter , which appears in a lyric of "Long Way Home", Holland explained that it reflected how "this record is pretty diverse and splintered", exploring different genres, while also having lyrics "told in first person through these different voices that are slightly demented like

400-635: Was signed by Dexter Holland 's label Nitro Records , while Freese also happened to be in town for when they would start recording. Holland noted Freese "did all the drums in just a couple days, and he made it sound like the Offspring, not A Perfect Circle or anything else he does." After the album was finished, Atom Willard was hired to be their new drummer. Splinter offers a variety of lyrical and musical themes, combining their usual punk rock with experiments into ska and electronic sounds, and comedic songs with heavier themes about fear, paranoia, hopelessness and anxiety. Holland said that “Half this record

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