White Pony

Infobox Album
Name = White pony
Type = studio
Artist = Deftones


Released = June 20, 2000
Recorded = August - December 1999 at The Plant Studios in Sausalito, California
Genre = Alternative metal
Experimental rock|
Shoegaze
Length = 53:00
Label = Maverick Records
(9362-47667-2)
Producer = Terry Date and Deftones
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:21o20r1au48n link]
*"Rolling Stone" Rating|3|5 [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/deftones/albums/album/98184/review/6067310/white_pony link]
*Sputnik Music Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.sputnikmusic.com/review_8047 link]
Last album = "Around the Fur"
(1997)
This album = "White Pony"
(2000)
Next album = "Deftones"
(2003)
Misc = Extra album cover 2
Upper caption = Alternate covers
Type = studio


Lower caption = Re-release cover Extra album cover 2
Upper caption =
Type = studio


Lower caption = Limited edition cover Extra album cover 2
Upper caption =
Type = studio


Lower caption = Limited edition cover

"White Pony" is Deftones' third album, released in 2000. It is the follow up to "Around the Fur", which was released in 1997, and marks a significant growth in the band's sound; incorporating New Wave and shoegaze influences with the alternative metal edge the group had honed and become known for. To this end, it is generally regarded by fans and critics alike as their most mature outing.

The song "Passenger" features the guest vocals of Tool's Maynard James Keenan. The song "Knife Prty" features the guest vocals of Rodleen Getsic. The band won a Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance for the song "Elite" in 2001. [cite web | title = GRAMMY Winners Search| publisher = Grammy.com| url = http://www.grammy.com/GRAMMY_Awards/Winners/Results.aspx?title=&winner=deftones&year=0&genreID=0&hp=1| accessdate = 2007-09-18]

A total of four different versions of the album exist. On its release date, limited edition copies were released with solid red and black jewel cases. The two different colored cases also featured different insert booklets. Both limited edition versions included the added track "The Boy's Republic", but did not include "Back to School (Mini Maggit)".

The first edition with a grey cover was supposed to be released as the non-limited version of the album. In addition, this version did not feature the track "Back to School". This is the proper version of the album, and "Back to School" was only added as a marketing strategy; Chino Moreno has stated that he wasn't happy about it. [http://www.thedeftones.com/whitepony.shtml]

Album name

White Pony is street slang for cocaine. However, there are more likely meanings for the album name, including an obvious sexual reference:

:"There's a lot of different references for White Pony. One of them is a cocaine reference and there's a lot of stuff... have you ever heard stuff like in dream books that if you dream about a white pony then you're having a sexual dream? There's a lot of stuff that kinda goes around it. And there's an old song (that goes) 'ride the white horse.' That's obviously a drug reference song." [cite web | last = Fischer| first = Blair R.| title = Interview:Deftones| publisher = sexnrocknroll.com| date = 2004| url = http://www.sexnrocknroll.com/articles/article_deftones.php| accessdate = 2007-09-18]

The line "downtown pony" is used in the song "Korea", and in this sense "pony" seems to have a sexual connotation as well.Fact|date=September 2007

Track listing

All songs by Deftones, except "Passenger" by Deftones and Maynard James Keenan.

Gray cover [original version]

#"Feiticeira" – 3:09
#"Digital Bath" – 4:15
#"Elite" – 4:01
#"RX Queen" – 4:27
#"Street Carp" – 2:41
#"Teenager" – 3:20
#"Knife Prty" – 4:49
#"Korea" – 3:23
#"Passenger" – 6:07
#"Change (In the House of Flies)" – 5:00
#"Pink Maggit" – 7:32

White cover [re-release]

#"Back to School (Mini Maggit)" – 3:57
#"Feiticeira" – 3:09
#"Digital Bath" – 4:15
#"Elite" – 4:01
#"RX Queen" – 4:27
#"Street Carp" – 2:41
#"Teenager" – 3:20
#"Knife Prty" – 4:49
#"Korea" – 3:23
#"Passenger" – 6:07
#"Change (In the House of Flies)" – 5:00
#"Pink Maggit" – 7:32

Black and red covers [limited edition]

#"Feiticeira" – 3:09
#"Digital Bath" – 4:15
#"Elite" – 4:01
#"RX Queen" – 4:27
#"Street Carp" – 2:41
#"Teenager" – 3:20
#"Knife Prty" – 4:49
#"Korea" – 3:23
#"Passenger" – 6:07
#"Change (In the House of Flies)" – 5:00
#"Pink Maggit" – 7:32
#"The Boy's Republic" – 4:35

Personnel

Band members

*Stephen Carpenter – guitars
*Chi Cheng – bass
*Abe Cunningham – drums
*Frank Delgado – sampling, electronics
*Chino Moreno – vocals, guitar

Other personnel

*Kim Biggs – creative director
*Robert Daniels – assistant engineer
*Terry Date – production, mixing
*DJ Crook – programming
*Michelle Forbes – assistant engineer
*Rodleen Getsic – additional vocals (on "Knife Prty")
*Maynard James Keenan – additional vocals (on "Passenger")
*Frank Maddocks – art direction, album design
*James Minchin III – photography
*Scott Olsen – Pro Tools engineer, additional engineering
*Ted Regier – assistant engineer
*Jason Schweitzer – assistant engineer
*Howie Weinberg – mastering
*Ulrich Wild – additional engineering

Chart positions

;Album

;Singles

"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

External links

* [http://www.reveillemag.com/columns/warp-weft/warp-weft-deftones-white-pony In-depth article on "White Pony"]

References