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  • Artist: Deftones
  • Rating: StarStarStarHalf Star
  • Release Date: June 20, 2000
  • Type: Lyrics are included with the album, Enhanced CD-ROM
  • Genre: Rock

Review

Hard rockers Deftones take their heavy post-grunge ways to another level on their third album White Pony. Sensing painful frustrations and personal rediscovery with its allusive microcosm of an album title, the Californian alt-rock five piece were periodically stifled while making White Pony. Their 1997 sophomore effort Around the Fur was hailed to blast out commercially, but such pressure crippled the band musically and personally. The band struggled with leading its direction, trudging through weighed emotion, but White Pony was the tantalizing outcome. The Deftones went soft, but in an impressive way, to twist around its signature punk thrash sound. Frontman Chino Moreno is still intense, and his sour vocals throughout the entire record growl and stomp all over mainstream movements. He is bored with it all. "Feiticeira" calls out against authority with textured guitars and gnarling percussive throws. "Elite" is sonically industrial and embryonic, as Moreno's beer-soaked vocals scream like Ministry's Al Jourgensen and Skinny Puppy's Nivek Ogre. Lyrically, Moreno is exquisitely mind-blowing, but his fear is also evident. Check out the fierce ballad-esque "Teenager" -- the innocent days when life seemed easy can only be dreams now. Moreno's duet with Tool's Maynard James Keenan on "Passenger" is as equally tender. The first single, "Change (In the House of Flies)," is hardening in the way that punk can be sultry and not just pogo-skanking nonsense. It is honest, stripped, and exposed with it's flowing guitar riffs and haunting orchestral back drops. There aren't any lackluster similarities to Limp Bizkit and Korn. The Deftones have forged ahead, unafraid to delve into the influences of The Smiths and The Cure. ~ MacKenzie Wilson, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track TitleComposersPerformersTime
Feiticeira (Lyrics) Deftones Deftones (3:02)
Digital Bath (Lyrics) Deftones Deftones (4:15)
Elite (Lyrics) Deftones Deftones (4:01)
Rx Queen (Lyrics) Deftones Deftones (4:27)
Street Carp (Lyrics) Deftones Deftones (2:41)
Teenager (Lyrics) Deftones Deftones (3:20)
Knife Prty (Lyrics) Deftones Deftones (4:49)
Korea (Lyrics) Deftones Deftones (3:23)
Passenger (Lyrics) Maynard James Keenan, Deftones Deftones (6:07)
Change (In the House of Flies) Deftones Deftones (4:59)
Pink Maggit (Lyrics) Deftones Deftones (7:32)

Credits

Terry Date (Producer), Terry Date (Mixing), Maynard James Keenan (Vocals), Scott Olson (Engineer), Howie Weinberg (Mastering), Guy Oseary (A&R), Ulrich Wild (Engineer), Ulrich Wild (Mixing), Deftones (Producer), Deftones (Main Performer), Kim Biggs (Creative Director), James Minchin (Photography), Abe Cunningham (Drums), Stephen Carpenter (Strings), Chi Cheng (Bass), Robert Daniels (Assistant Engineer), Frank Delgado (Turntables), Chino Moreno (Guitar), Chino Moreno (Vocals), Ted Reiger (Assistant Engineer), DJ Crook (Programming), Jason Schweitzer (Assistant Engineer), Frank Maddocks (Art Direction), Frank Maddocks (Design)
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White Pony
Studio album by Deftones
Released June 20, 2000
Recorded August - December 1999 at The Plant Studios in Sausalito, California
Genre Alternative metal, experimental rock
Length 53:00
Label Maverick
(9362-47667-2)
Producer Terry Date and Deftones
Professional reviews
Deftones chronology
Around the Fur
(1997)		 White Pony
(2000)		 Deftones
(2003)
Alternate covers
Re-release cover
Limited edition cover
Limited edition cover

White Pony is the third album by Deftones, 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 and A Perfect Circle vocalist Maynard James Keenan. The band won a Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance for the song "Elite" in 2001.[1]

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.[2]

Contents

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."[3]

Track listing

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

Original edition (grey cover)

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

Limited original edition (red and black covers)

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

Re-release edition (white cover)

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

Personnel

Band members

Other personnel

  • Kim Biggs – creative director
  • Robert Daniels – assistant engineer
  • Terry Date – production, mixing
  • DJ Crook – programming
  • Michelle Forbes – assistant engineer
  • Scott Weiland - additional guitars (on "RX Queen")
  • Rodleen Getsic – additional vocals (on "Knife Party")
  • 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
Country Chart Position
US Billboard 200 3[4]
Canada Canadian Albums Chart 8[citation needed]
Worldwide Top Internet Albums 1[citation needed]
UK UK Albums Chart 13[5]
Australia ARIA Charts 2[citation needed]
France Les Charts 6[6]
Germany Top German Albums 11[6]
Switzerland Swiss charts 68[6]
Austria Austria 39[6]
Netherlands Netherlands 27[6]
Belgium Belgium 27[6]
Sweden Sweden 35[6]
Finland Finland 13[6]
Norway Norway 19[6]
New Zealand New Zealand 14[6]
Ireland Irish Albums Chart 21[7]
Singles
Year Single Peak position
U.S. Mod[8] U.S. Main[8] UK[9]
2000 "Change (In the House of Flies)" 3 9 15
"Back to School (Mini Maggit)" 18 25 25
2001 "Digital Bath" 3 11 26

"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

External links

References

  1. ^ "GRAMMY Winners Search". Grammy.com. http://www.grammy.com/GRAMMY_Awards/Winners/Results.aspx?title=&winner=deftones&year=0&genreID=0&hp=1. Retrieved 2007-09-18. 
  2. ^ http://www.thedeftones.com/whitepony.shtml
  3. ^ Fischer, Blair R. (2004). "Interview:Deftones". sexnrocknroll.com. http://www.sexnrocknroll.com/articles/article_deftones.php. Retrieved 2007-09-18. 
  4. ^ "Billboard.com - Discography - Deftones - White Pony". Billboard.com. http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/discography/index.jsp?pid=141369&aid=432282. Retrieved 2007-09-18. 
  5. ^ "Deftones album search". everyHit.com. http://www.everyhit.co.uk/searchsec.php. Retrieved 2007-12-23. 
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Australian Charts Portal - Deftones". australian-charts.com. http://www.australian-charts.com/search.asp?search=deftones&cat=a. Retrieved 2007-12-23. 
  7. ^ "Irish Music Charts Archive". ChartTrack.co.uk. http://www.chart-track.co.uk/index.jsp?c=p/musicvideo/music/archive/index.jsp. Retrieved 2007-10-28. 
  8. ^ a b "Billboard.com - Artist Chart History - Deftones: Singles". Billboard.com. http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/retrieve_chart_history.do?model.vnuArtistId=141369&model.vnuAlbumId=896085. Retrieved 2007-12-23. 
  9. ^ "UK Singles Top 75 - Music Charts". Navigate to appropriate week. acharts.us. http://acharts.us/uk_singles_top_75. Retrieved 2007-12-23. 
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