White Pony is the third studio album by Deftones, released on June 20, 2000, through Maverick Records. It was produced by Terry Date, who produced the band’s first two albums, Adrenaline (1995) and Around the Fur (1997). Recording sessions took place between August and December 1999 at Larrabee Sound Studios in West Hollywood and The Plant Recording Studios in Sausalito, California.
The album marked a significant growth in the band’s sound, incorporating influences from post-hardcore, trip hop, shoegaze, progressive rock, and post-rock into the alternative metal sound which they had become known for. White Pony was also the first recording to feature Frank Delgado as a full-time member of the band on turntables and synthesizer; Delgado had previously worked with the band as a featured guest on their first two albums, producing sound effects on some songs. It was also the first Deftones album which Chino Moreno began to contribute rhythm guitar parts.
Upon its release and retrospectively, the album was met with critical acclaim, and is regarded by fans and critics alike as one of the band’s most mature outings. The album includes two successful singles (Change (In the House of Flies) and Back to School (Mini Maggit) ), the promotional single “Digital Bath“, as well as the 2001 Grammy Award winning track for Best Metal Performance, “Elite“. The album received a 20th anniversary reissue, packaged with Black Stallion, a companion remix album of White Pony, in December 2020.
Tracklist:
- Feiticeira
- Digital Bath
- Elite
- Rx Queen (featuring Scott Weiland)
- Street Carp
- Teenager
- Knife Prty
- Korea
- Passenger (featuring Maynard James Keenan)
- Change (In the House of Flies)
- Pink Maggit
Deftones
Chino Moreno: vocals, rhythm guitar (Tracks 1-3, 7-8, 11-12)
Stephen Carpenter: lead guitar
Chi Cheng: bass, backing vocals
Frank Delgado: keyboards, turntables
Abe Cunningham: drums
Additional musicians
Rodleen Getsic: additional vocals (on “Knife Prty”)
Maynard James Keenan: lead vocals (on “Passenger”)
Scott Weiland: additional vocals (on “Rx Queen”; uncredited)
Other personnel
Frank Maddocks: art direction, album design
James Minchin III: photography
Technical personnel
Kim Biggs: creative director
CrookOne: drum programming
Robert Daniels: assistant engineer
Terry Date: production, mixing
Michelle Forbes: assistant engineer
Scott Olson: Pro Tools engineer, additional engineering
Ted Regier: assistant engineer
Jason Schweitzer: assistant engineer
Howie Weinberg: mastering
Ulrich Wild: additional engineering
Chi Ling Dai Cheng (July 15, 1970 – April 13, 2013).
