Saturday Night Wrist
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| Released | October 31, 2006 | |||
| Recorded | November 2004 – April 2006 | |||
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| Length | 51:40 | |||
| Label | Maverick | |||
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Saturday Night Wrist is the fifth studio album by the American alternative metal band Deftones, released on October 31, 2006, by Maverick Records. Despite early contributions that were later scrapped, it marked the departure of Terry Date, who had produced the band's first four albums. It was also the last Deftones album to feature bassist Chi Cheng after he was involved in a serious car accident in 2008, which put him in a coma and led to his eventual death five years later due to cardiac arrest. It is also their last to be released through Maverick.
Saturday Night Wrist was the product of an arduous and stressful creative process lasting roughly two years and straining relationships within the band. Inspiration for the album was also largely influenced by singer Chino Moreno's drug addictions and his failing marriage. As such, he ranks it as his least favorite Deftones album. The album was met with praise from fans and critics, with some of the latter applauding it in relation to the band's self-titled effort.