1. Iceskates - This was the first "Untitled" track on
MTV news special...starts out the album kinda quiet
and moody with techno-ey drum loops (if you've seen
the MTV News thing, you'll understand) and contains
the line "I won't stop following you". This is
believed to be one of the modified Team Sleep tracks
that made the cut of the record. As the song
progresses, it builds into the heavier part displayed
on the "newshit.mp3" the deftones distributed over the
internet
2. White Pony - Another song many fans have probably
already heard from live mp3's or from OzzFest '99, the
album version finally does justic to the track as its
much clearer and heavier than the quality of the live
mp3's. The song remains the same save for a few more
guitar melodies and effects were added throughout the
verses and the choruses, slightly different vocal
melodies, and features new lyrics, basically
embellishments made in the studio.
3. Flint - This was the third track previewed on the
MTV News special. Once was called Flint Eastwood, but
shortened to Flint since the name didn't really fit
with the band or the song. The lyrics include the
lines "I look at the cross, I look away, now give me
the gun, and blow me away" on the quieter verses. The
chorus part sounds a lot like Smashing Pumpkins with
some sweet vocal melodies. A prime example of their
newly emphasised quieter side, and of their new
record, Flint is my personal favorite, cut, and would
make for a good single, possibly the first.
4. New Murderer - The track name on this tune is
still tentative, but this is another contender for the
first single. The lyrics deal with being kidnapped
and being forced to do things that would make you
uncomfortable and the song, while it has its heavy
moments, never quite approaches the ferocity most of
the tracks on Around the Fur possessed, and as Chino
has said, is a bit more soothing.
5.Spiraling - A track recorded with B-Real of
Cypress Hill that almost didn't make the cut of the
album, a bit more hip hop oriented than almost
anything they've ever done, but don't expect it to be
anything like another "n 2 gether now". It was the
track played on the "trippy trailer" or "stony bird's
eye view" to give you an idea.
6. Digital Bath - As with the last track, this where
DJ Frank gets to cut loose with a lot more ambient
noise. This is where the deftones go for that ambient
techno trip hop vibe they described when discussing a
bit about the new directions they were taking.
7. Knife Party at the Niko - The second half of the
album kicks off hitting the ground running with the
interestingly titled "Knife Party". It's a brutal,
fast paced, high energy, screeching track that pushes
the extreme loud side of the band for most of the
track, the second heaviest track on the album.
8. Feiticeira - A more midtempo, and beautifully
melodic tune like "Flint", one of the more, saucy love
tunes Chino was speaking of in reference to the songs
on the record, another favorite...
9. Input - This is the tentative title for the track
Maynard of Tool recorded with the band. The beginning
of this track was played in the background towards the
very end of the MTV News special when they were
talking about calling and talking to Fred
Durst(asshole) about being scared about making their
new records. Listen closely on that part of the
interview for a taste, quiet guitar and dark
atmospheric vocals, much like the quieter parts of
"Fist". It builds into a heavier part over the course
of the track and features a pretty damn exceptional
duet w/ Maynard and Chino.
10. Elite - THIS IS THE HEAVIEST TRACK ON THE
RECORD...bottom line. It may still fall a little
short of the ferocious attack of "Lotion" or "Headup"
and is slightly more in the vein of the more melodic
approach of the new disc, but this scathing metal
track should satiate the cravings of fans who still
dig their heaviest sounds. This is the closest the
record gets to approaching the fury of the tracks on
ATF. So for the ones only in it for the hard and
heavy, only listen to tracks 2,7, and 10. The others
who are openminded, listen to it in its entirety.
11. Pink Maggit - Since there are eleven listed tracks
this time around, this is not a secret track, and
well..just the last listed track. Fans may have heard
parts of this tune in two places. First there's their
Ozzfest 99 appearances and live mp3's in which the
beginning part of this song was played as an intro to
"Be Quiet and Drive". This part of the song was a
somber melodic passage with Chino's impassioned vocals
blaring over it. The song as it is now has that
quieter part as the beginning, leading up to a heavier
part previewed on MTV News 1515 as the second song
played. It contains the lines "Back in school, we are
the leaders" and is meant to serve as a high school
anthem that says don't wallow in your misery, go do
something about it cuz you're the man, and go out and
live, fitting with the theme of this album. It's a
pretty neat way to end the album...
*12. Untitled - As there were reportedly 12 songs
slated for the record a few months ago, this 12th
track is something Chino spoke of briefly in an
interview in early 99. The interview if you can find
it was his year in review of 98 and he was discussing
the latest song he'd written, which he said was an
acoustic interlude he wrote on guitar that he was
really excited about putting at the very end of the
next record. Whether this acoustic interlude makes it
on the record unlisted on either track 12 or hidden
after track 11, or whether it'll end up on the final
pressing of the album is as of yet uncertain.