Around the Fur

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Around the Fur

Studio album by Deftones
Released	October 28, 1997
Recorded	April - June 1997 at Studio Litho in Seattle, Washington
Genre	Alternative Metal Alternative rock
Length	41:27
Label	Maverick Records/Warner Bros.
Producer(s)	Terry Date and Deftones
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Deftones chronology
Adrenaline (1995)	Around the Fur (1997)	White Pony (2000)

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 really put Deftones at the forefront of the 1990s Alternative Metal scene, after the underground, fan-base building success of their major label debut, Adrenaline. Many fans still consider it to be the band's best album.

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.

The band Fightstar covered the opening track "My Own Summer (Shove It)" for the free Kerrang! compilation album of metal classics "High Voltage: A Brief History of Rock."

1 Track listing
2 Writing credits
3 Personnel
4 Chart positions

[edit] Track listing

"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
- "Bong Hit" answering machine recording (hidden track comes in around 19:31)
- "Damone" (hidden track which comes in around 32:36)

[edit] Writing credits

All songs by Deftones, except "Headup" by Deftones and Max Cavalera.

[edit] Personnel

Terry Date - Production, mixing, recording
Ulrich Wild - Mixing, recording, digital editing
Matt Bayles - Assistant to Terry Date
Steve Durkee - Assistant to Ulrich Wild
Ted Jensen - Mastering
Abe Cunningham - Drums
Chi Cheng - Bass
Chino Moreno - Vocals
Stephen Carpenter - Guitar
Max Cavalera - Additional vocals, additional guitar (on "Headup")
Annalynn Cunningham - Additional vocals (on "MX")
Frank Delgado - Audio effects (on "My Own Summer (Shove It)", "Around the Fur", "Dai The Flu", "Headup" and "MX")
Rick Kosick - Photography
Kevin Reagan - Art direction and design

[edit] Chart positions

Album - Billboard (North America)

Year	Chart	Position
1997	Billboard Heatseekers	1
1997	The Billboard 200	29

Singles - Billboard (North America)

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1998	"Be Quiet and Drive (Far Away)"	Mainstream Rock Tracks	29

Discography
Deftones
Chino Moreno \| Stephen Carpenter \| Abe Cunningham \| Chi Cheng \| Frank Delgado
Albums: Adrenaline \| Around the Fur \| White Pony \| Deftones \| Saturday Night Wrist