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Rating: - An exhausting, gut wrenching, emotional roller coaster

I came across a Deftones track on a music TV channel, interested in hearing more, i bought White Pony, a random choice of their (at the time) 3 albums, and it never left my CD player for months. I was unprepared for what lay in store with this album, an emotional ride, swinging from despair to anger & more. It is a completely immersive experience, which to this day leaves me feeling drained after listening to it all the way through. To me this is the number 1 album I have ever heard, unlike anything else I have ever heard. Nothing else I know draws you in so deeply, & drags you along with it, the soundscapes create a tense, moody atmosphere, through which Chino's vocal range impart such deep varied feelings. At times tense, despairing, full of pain & longing, other times full of unrestrained anger. From the opening blast of Feticiera all the way through to the triumphant finale of Pink Maggit, this is ground breaking rock music, created by true artists, like nothing else, & for me, nothing else comes close

Rating: - urban panoramic

As clichéd as this sounds, here's an album that changed my outlook on music. Not in the asteroid-smashing-against-earth way, but in a slowburning, creeping manner. I never subscribed to 'nu-metal', with the Korn's, Stain'd, Limp Bizkit's and Incubii, etc, but I did love Faith No More's music, and in Deftones the ideology and execution actually marry perfectly, while still having their own identity. Plus Chino Moreno can actually sing.

This album is their definitive. While the new one (SNW) is 5-star quality and more catchy, it's still nowhere near the scope present here. This album feels like a concept, plays like a greatest hits, and treads the fine line between heavy and melodic throughout, as opposed to purely heavy or purely melodic tracks.

For newcomers, don't start here! Leave this and SNW 'til last, or work it chronologically - they do evolve quite naturally...

Rating: - One of the Greatest Albums of All Time

Words cannot describe how much I love White Pony. I bought the album for the songs Change and Passenger (mainly because Maynard James Keenan guest stars on that track and he's from my favortie band, Tool) but I didn't count on the whole album being great. Chino Moreno's voice has a very sensual appeal to it and its one of the best I have heard in a long time.

Best Songs:
Digital Bath, Elite, Rx Queen, Knife Prty, Change, Passenger, Korea, and Pink Maggot

I would also suggest getting the special re-released edition of the album because it features a new opener-Back to School (Mini Maggot).

Rating: - a classic... no... seriously!

This is one of the few albums I own that never, never, never gets old. I mean it! I bought this album right when it came out after liking 'Around the Fur' moderately. I was shocked at how far ahead of the last album this one was! I mean light years ahead! (no disrespect for those who worship 'Around the fur' and 'Adrenaline'.. they are both great albums but simply lack the distinct, brooding atmosphere that the 'Pony' reeks of) I have rarely come across and album as absorbing, and haunting as this.

From start to finish, the Deftones bounce back from dark, depressing, atmospheric pieces to violent, heavy tracks that just blend together to create something truly frightening. Chino, of course, stands head and shoulders above the mix, with his droning, dying, beautiful voice. You dont come across something this well put together every day. Intentionally or accedintally 'White Pony' is... amazing... simply amazing..

Rating: - excellent

this is deftones 3rd album and was released in 2001 to critical acclaim,thats not to say that all deftones were overjoyed at it,for this was the follow up to the legendary around the fur opus and this is certainly a different album than that,the fury is there but only in parts,this is a more laid back,chilled affair where the rewards of listening to it arent that obvious at first glance or indeed listen.
The album opens with feiticeira which isnt the face melting opener that you may expect but instead relies on intelligent songwriting and beautiful moments of anger.Digital bath follows and again the mood is sombre and chilled but all the while you cant help but think,dear god this is good but maybe i shouldnt like it.Elite follows and its a cracking example of chinos scream and the chunky riffs that the band can throw at us,this song even won a grammy in 2001,believe that or not.Teenager and knife party are further prime slabs of substance over angst and screams,their is maturity in this album,passenger is one of the highlights of the album,tools maynard james keenans co writes this song and sings on it as well and really adds to the brilliance of this song,change is another cracker with its searing moments all evened out by a brilliant and moving chorus and pink maggot closes things and its a great change of direction when they break into back to school mid way through it,spine tingling brilliance.
This is an album from a band who destroyed us all with around the fur and who burst into the scene with adrenaline in 1995,this is the band who believe in the ability to write a layered song with style and grace,this is white pony.

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