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.

Around The Fur is the album that really put Deftones at the forefront of the 1990s metal scene, after the underground, fan-base building success of their major label debut, Adrenaline.

The song "Headup" features Max Cavalera of Soulfly. The song 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.

Track listing

1. My Own Summer (Shove It) (3:35)
2. Ihabia (4:11)
3. Mascara (3:45)
4. Around The Fur (3:32)
5. Rickets (2:43)
6. Be Quiet And Drive (Far Away) (5:08)
7. Lotion (3:58)
8. Dai The Flu (4:37)
9. Headup (5:13)
10. MX (37:19)
    • "Bongman" answering machine recording (hidden track)
    • Damone (hidden track)

Writing Credits

All songs by Deftones
except

• Headup by Deftones and Max Cavalera

Personnel

• Terry Date - Production, mixing, recording
• Ulrich Wild - Mixing, recording, digital editing
• Matt Bayles - Assistant to Terry Date
• Steve Durkee - Assistant to Ulrich Wild
• Ted Jensen - Mastering
• Abe Cunningham - Drums
• Chi Cheng - Bass
• Chino Moreno - Vocals
• Stephen Carpenter - Guitar
• Max Cavalera - Additional vocals, additional guitar (on Headup)
• Annalynn Cunningham - Additional vocals (on MX)
• Frank Delgado - Audio effects (on My Own Summer (Shove It), Around The Fur, Dai The Flu, Headup and MX)
• Rick Kosick - Photography
• Kevin Reagan - Art direction and design