Editing Around the Fur (section)

==Composition and lyrics==
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In a 1998 interview with ''Chart'' magazine, Moreno commented, "When we went in to make this record, we really didn't have a set idea of what we wanted to come out with." However, he felt that the album "fell into place" once the band had settled into the studio.<ref name="chart">Bromley, Adrian. Keeping It Simple, ''[[Chart Attack|Chart]]'', July 1998.</ref> The band expanded its sound, spending more time with the producer Terry Date, and giving more thought to the album's production. [[Abe Cunningham]] varied his drum sound and experimented by using different types of [[snare drum]]s on almost every track.<ref name="abeinterview">Peiken, Matt. Interview with Abe Cunningham, ''[[Modern Drummer]]'', 1997.</ref> The album was praised for its loud-soft [[Dynamics (music)|dynamics]], the flow of the tracks, Moreno's unusual vocals, and the strong rhythm section grooves created by Cunningham and Cheng.<ref name="chart"/><ref>Smith, Matt. Deftones New Album Stays Heavy, ''[[The Gaston Gazette]]'', 1997.</ref><ref name="circuschino">Glover, Adrian Gregory. Deftones: Running on Pure Passion, ''[[Circus (magazine)|Circus]]'', May 1998.</ref>