Saturday Night Wrist: A Look Back

[Inkblades]

I've talked smack about this album before, but I find that I bump it in my car more than any of my other albums. It's actually a really good record. I still believe Beware should have been more like the live version (and called Beware the Water...just a better title), but: Hole in the Earth, Rapture, Cherry Waves, Konami Code, Xerces, Ratsx3, Combat, Kimdracula and Riviere are all really solid songs.

That's it.

[Inkblades]

I even like Mein. That must be a first on this board, right?

[Frequency_Chemist]

I even like Mein. That must be a first on this board, right?

I would imagine and I'll even admit I like it...minus the chorus.

[punkflop01]

that's bizarre, because I was thinking the same thing this morning on my drive to work - how much i love this album despite all the hate.  It reminds me a strange time in my life when this album fit perfectly in...also I think the band being in a really dark/strange place heavily contributed to the music in a very, very good way.  I love the newer stuff of course, but somehow it all feels so clean and straight forward...I kind of miss the heavy murky feel surrounding their music.

[VictorPL]

I'd go as far to say that I think its my favorite deftones album. Cant decide between S/T, WP and SNW. I think all of the songs are great except for pink cellphone. Never understood why people hate on this album so much. I got into Deftones around the WP era, then S/T dropped and I was kind of dissapointed (I love the album now though), and when SNW came out that was exactly what I wanted to hear from the Deftones. Dark, experimental, hard etc. Plus, I think the artwork is great, I bought a vinyl sized picture of the cover off e-bay and want to enlarge it and put it behind some glass and on my wall. I just love that picture.

[pony_01]

meh.. Mein is just doesn't work for me..

[pinkmaggit]

The only time I didn't like SNW was on it's first listen, it wasn't quite what I was expecting and threw me off a bit initially.However, by the second listen I already loved this album and continue to do so to this day.
Punkflop01 - you hit the nail on the head there - that's exactly how I feel, you described it very well.
I can imagine now why some people didn't like or don't like S/T as much as the other albums.It's not as melodious and as easy to grasp onto as WP and I'm sure many didn't or don't like it simply because they were expecting WP2. I had a friend who hated ST but a few years on I convinced him to give it another listen and surprise,surprise, without the expectation he loved it.
ST has always been my favourite album, I loved it from the beginning, more so than WP. I have to say I like SNW more that WP too. I love the sound and the feeling of both ST and SNW - they're both so dark and murky as punkflop put it. To me the songs flow really nicely and I even enjoy Pinkcellphone - I really don't think it's as bad as people say. I wouldn't remove it from the album if given the chance as I think it makes for a nice change of pace and adds a lot of interest. I actually really like that beat.I also love Mein and am not afraid to say so, given all the hate towards it.The drums are great in this track.Sure Serj's part is a bit pointless and stupid, it sounds like something he put together on the drive to the studio but other than that it's great.
What I find so wonderful is that for me Deftones have never put out a bad album.Let me put it this way rather - in my opinion Deftones have never released anything less than a truly great album.
I think they're the only band which I love every single one of their songs.Call me a fanboy or whatever but I just can't find fault with these guys.They seem to really stay true to themselves, making the music they want to make and you can hear it in the music.
ST and ATF are my joint favourite albums, SNW and Diamond Eyes are joint for third, WP comes in at 5th (although I love it, it just doesn't have the same darkness and moodiness as ST and SNW) and Adrenaline  comes in at 6th.
SNW although maybe not THE best Deftones album is perfect - in the way it fits in with the rest of the band's work.
I wouldn't change anything about it or change it for anything!

[TheyCallMeP]

I'll be the first to admit I've talked a fair deal of shit on this album, but I have been listening to it a lot lately (in the car surprisingly too). I don't know what it is but the record as an entire piece works very well. I find myself liking more individual songs on their other records, but this record is one of the smoothest from start to finish.

[Robotsatemygrandma]

I've always loved this Album and never understood why it was the "Black Sheep" of the discography. It has some of their best and imaginative songwriting on it. I like it better the Diamond Eyes.

Then again... me and this album have fucking history.

[Vesanic]

Love Saturday Night Wrist. It has more soul than Diamond Eyes. And I've said it many times, but Riviere is one of my all-time favorite tracks.

[BillyNo.9]

I even like Mein. That must be a first on this board, right?

Nope. Anyone who doesn't like that album definitely hasn't given it much of a chance, it will come to them in time. I'm pretty hooked on Combat again at the moment.

[from_musings]

or - it's you who simply cannot see how lousy this record is but will understand it with time.

anyway,i think this board will fucking crash if another snw thread is created

[sing blue silver]

or - it's you who simply cannot see how lousy this record is but will understand it with time.

i completely disagree, i think it's a brilliant album and definitely in my top 3 deftones records. i've loved it since the day it came out. it was the unorthodox step from S/T that i had been anticipating and craving.

anyway,i think this board will fucking crash if another snw thread is created

i completely agree, we have far too many of these popping up.

[from_musings]

maybe it's like this - if deftones release two more albums which would suck even harder than snw, snw will probably rise in rank. but if deftones release two more albums which are great, snw will be even worse in people's eyes than it is now i think

[Corleone]

could have been better if it wasn't for crappy production (hole, beware, rapture)

[BillyNo.9]

or - it's you who simply cannot see how lousy this record is but will understand it with time.

Doubt it bro. S/T took a while to grow on most people if I'm not mistaken, I believe this is doing the same just it's taken a little longer. This album kills Diamond Eyes in my opinion. I don't even see the problem with the production. It's like the bands take on a prog  "epic" if you will, I love that.

[Shadow46/2]

Can't wait till the next record drops and we all go back to praising DE.

[sing blue silver]

i still love DE but SNW pwns it. i was never a hater of either record though. adrenaline is the only deftones record that i just feel meh about.

[Corleone]

i still love DE but SNW pwns it. i was never a hater of either record though. adrenaline is the only deftones record that i just feel meh about.

you don't like adrenaline? wtf..

[from_musings]

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