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Deftones - Around the Fur
Critic Score
Based on 3 reviews
User Score
1997 Ratings: #27
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CRITIC REVIEWS

100
Kerrang!

Around The Fur is metal at its best: brutal, raw and unforgiving, unafraid to bare its soul and display its intelligence. Make space in your CD rack now.

80
AllMusic
Their sound has hardened into a blunt, aggressive slab of metallic guitars and hammering drums, giving the album a visceral force.
78
Pitchfork
They're intense, harsh tunes, but I think I can sleep with this disc looking at me. I hope.
ibrokemylefttoe
99

Man, idk where to begin with this.

So I won't! Haha, get baited you absolute fucking hooligans. No meaningful review for you! You now have to wonder why this album is 1 point off a 100 for all of eternity. Suck my dick in hell losers, go cry in your little reviewer pants about being a reviewer and how this website's bad and how ibrokemylefttoe is problematic and a bad user because he refuses to articulate his points. Yeah!!! Yeah!!

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BradTasteMusic
89

Deftones bring together the best parts of Nu-Metal into an exhilarating 10 track project. There is not much left on the cutting room floor for this thing as nearly every song has a tight concept, and clear cut sound

The album cover is also one of my all time favorites as it feels like it perfectly reflects the uncomfortable feeling this project Carrie’s throughout. It is intimate and close up all the time, and you feel like you’re at an underground club surrounded by a bunch of ... read more

YoussWRLD
84

this album is like an unskippable tutorial before getting into metal

scoot_mctoot
95

yeah these guys are cool i guess

finpark_
95

Side B of this album is the absolute pinnacle of metal imo.

alec01x
100

FEEL SICKENEDDDDD FEEL SICKENEDDDDDD

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Track List

1My Own Summer (Shove It)
3:35
96
2Lhabia
4:11
89
3Mascara
3:45
88
4Around the Fur
3:31
93
5Rickets
2:42
86
6Be Quiet and Drive (Far Away)
5:08
98
7Lotion
3:57
88
8Dai the Flu
4:36
86
9Headup
5:12
87
10MX
37:18
Contains hidden tracks "Bong Hit" & "Damone"
77
Total Length: 1 hour, 13 minutes

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Added on: November 11, 2012