...the def have always done it for me. This release is very catchy. I can tell that the production on this one suffered but that's understandable. They tried to continue doing their job while going through personal issues and it just happened to affect their work. I'm glad to say that the def are still my favorite band, though. The deftones have always been about experimenting and keeping things fresh.
I don't know what it is with some people on "pink cellphone" but it seems they're getting a bit "butthurt" about this track...lol. I'd maybe understand if I was English but still...its just plain hilarious. One track I expected more of was the konami code song. Chino should've at least added some vocals.
Anyway, I'm excited about the next release their currently working on. I know they're not done making music and I know that the def will always deliver.

I shoulda known - after having discovered Deftones just before White Pony hit, that the whole experience was going to be about stuff catching me off guard. Saturday Night Wrist, in addition to having snuck up on me, was a shock the first time I heard it - it didn't really make sense.

A week later, Deftones came to Tucson and I got to see them. Saturday Night Wrist suddenly gelled.

As much as I hate to use the 'play it loud' cliche' on ANYTHING, Deftones (and this album perhaps moreso) deserves to be listened to, if not loudly, in such a way that there are NO distractions. Riviere for instance is just a beautiful wall of sound. Live it bordered on a religious experience (in the same way a choir or organ just fills all the spaces with sound).

anyway, some of the tracks might seem like knockoffs, but on the whole this album is precious.

Whats more, now I know about Giant Drag because of 'Pink Cellophane, and that has turned out to be a Very Good Thing.

THIS REVIEW WAS WRITTEN IN RESPONSE TO THE "EXPLICIT" VERSION OF SATURDAY NIGHT WRIST, AND IS LESS RELEVANT HERE, AS THIS "CLEAN" VERSION HAS HAD THE OFFENDING CONTENT REMOVED. tpp

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I bought this CD for "Hole In The Earth", a very dynamic, driving and quasi-psychodelic rocker, and mostly got what I expected - more of the same along a continuum, sometimes pushing their envelope in either direction, as I expected.

And then I came upon "Pink Cellphone", a rotten apple if there ever was one. This vile little stinker is as if one of the band's groupies wandered into the control room in a methamphetamine haze, defecated on the mixing board, and then described her experience, in no uncertain terms, into an answering machine. If there was ever a reason to switch from buying an artist's complete CDs to just purchasing individual tracks off of the web, this is it. Congratulations, guys, you have not only lodged a very descriptive and literally filthy image into my head, but convinced me, and I'd wager, many listeners, that our faith is ill placed with the musical choices that pop musicians make when assembling their "B" sides. To say nothing of the bad taste and lack of respect for your audience that this demonstrates.

Someone should wash the Deftones' mouths out with a bar of soap - maybe a few bars.

I haven't listened to the Deftones since highschool and I loved them then. I wanted to listen to them again though and their new album sparked my interest. I was awed by this album. It is very, very beautiful, even the hard songs are beautiful. I was really surprised by the music and the vocals...the choices were very unexpected. And great! The only song that I find...unnecessary I guess is the Pink Cellphone...but I love all the other songs especially A Hole in the Earth, Beware, and Mein. But I highly recommend the album...very refreshing and inspiring for music lovers.

This is a very good album, just as Deftones are, they have done very different albums, and they still this way!