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AlbumE · 1997

Around the Fur

by Deftones

Around the Fur is a 1997 nu metal album by Deftones. It runs 10 tracks across 74 minutes on Maverick. Riffiter listeners rate it 4.1/5 from 10 ratings.

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#12 in Best albums of 1997 · #18 in Best nu metal albums

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4.1 /5
10 ratings
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9 critics
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Tracks
74 min
Runtime
123 bpm
Tempo
F minor
Key

Ratings

10 ratings · avg 4.1

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  • 4.0
    Riffiter

    The cult favorite that aged into consensus: Around the Fur catches Deftones between nu-metal adjacency and the dream-heavy band they'd become — "My Own Summer (Shove It)"'s coiled menace, "Be Quiet and Drive"'s shoegaze-metal blueprint. Chino's scream-to-whisper instincts already fully formed. The sound of a genre outgrowing itself in real time.

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10 tracks · 74 min

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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. The album was eventually certified platinum on June 7, 2011. Around the Fur is the first album to feature Frank Delgado as additional personnel, who would eventually join the band officially in 1999. The song "Headup" features Max Cavalera of Soulfly doing additional vocals. It 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. English alternative rock band Muse cites Deftones as a root influence and sometimes uses the riff to "Headup" as an outro to their song "New Born" during live performances.

In brief

Is Around the Fur good?
Riffiter listeners rate Around the Fur 4.1/5 from 10 ratings.
When was Around the Fur released?
Around the Fur was released in 1997 on Maverick.
How many tracks are on Around the Fur?
Around the Fur has 10 tracks, with a runtime of 74 minutes.
What genre is Around the Fur?
Around the Fur is catalogued under Nu Metal.
What BPM is Around the Fur?
Around the Fur runs at a median tempo of 123 BPM across its tracks, most often in F minor, measured from audio analysis.
What albums are similar to Around the Fur?
Listeners of Around the Fur also rate Korn by Korn, Follow the Leader by Korn, Toxicity by System of a Down.

Around the Fur at a glance

Labels
Warner Bros. Records, Maverick
Produced by
Terry Date

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