Around the Fur

Infobox Album
Name = Around the Fur
Type = Album
Artist = Deftones



Released = October 28, 1997
Recorded = April — June 1997 at Studio Litho in Seattle, Washington
Genre = Alternative metal
Experimental rock
Length = 41:27
Label = Maverick Records/Warner Bros. Records (9 46810-2)
Producer = Terry Date and Deftones
Reviews =
*Allmusic rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:iauh6j6o71e0 link]
*Pitchfork Media rating|7.8|10 [http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/16956-around-the-fur link]
Last album = "Adrenaline" (1995)
This album = "Around the Fur" (1997)
Next album = "White Pony" (2000)Singles
Name = Around the Fur
Type = studio
single 1 = My Own Summer (Shove It)
single 1 date = 1997
single 2 = Be Quiet and Drive (Far Away)
single 2 date = 1998

"Around the Fur" is Deftones' second major label album, released in 1997. The songs "My Own Summer (Shove It)" and "Be Quiet and Drive (Far Away)" were both released as singles with accompanying videos.

"Around the Fur" is the album that put Deftones at the forefront of the 1990s alternative metal scene, after the underground, fan-base building success of their major label debut, "Adrenaline".

The song "Headup" features Max Cavalera of Soulfly. The song was written by Max and Chino as a way of venting some of their pain over the loss of Max's step son, and Chino's friend, Dana Wells. Soulfly is taken from a portmanteau invented for the song.

Around the Fur, is the first album to feature Frank Delgado as additional personnel, who would eventually join the band officially in 1999.

Tracks two and eight are often mislabeled as "ihabia" and "Dai Th Flu" respectively. The correct titles are as they appear in the track listing below.

Track listing

All songs written by Deftones, except "Headup" by Deftones and Max Cavalera.
# "My Own Summer (Shove It)" – 3:35
# "Lhabia" – 4:11
# "Mascara" – 3:45
# "Around the Fur" – 3:31
# "Rickets" – 2:42
# "Be Quiet and Drive (Far Away)" – 5:08
# "Lotion" – 3:57
# "Dai the Flu" – 4:36
# "Headup" – 5:12
# "MX" – 37:18
#* Actual song ends at around 4:55
#* "Bong Hit" answering machine recording (hidden track comes in around 19:31)
#* "Damone" (hidden track which comes in around 32:35)

Personnel

Band members

*Stephen Carpenter – guitar
*Chi Cheng – bass, backing vocals
*Abe Cunningham – drums
*Chino Moreno – vocals

Additional personnel

*Frank Delgado – audio effects (on "My Own Summer (Shove It)", "Around the Fur", "Dai the Flu", "Headup" and "MX")
*Matt Bayles – assistant to Terry Date
*Max Cavalera – additional vocals and guitar (on "Headup")
*Annalynn Cunningham – additional vocals (on "MX")
*Terry Date – production, mixing, recording
*Steve Durkee – assistant to Ulrich Wild
*Ted Jensen – mastering
*Rick Kosick – photography
*Kevin Reagan – art direction and design
*Ulrich Wild – mixing, recording, digital editing

Chart positions

Album - "Billboard" (North America)

Singles

References