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For the film, see Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny.
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Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic52/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Blender[3]
Entertainment WeeklyB+[4]
The Guardian[5]
IGN8.4/10[6]
musicOMH[7]
Rolling Stone[8]
Slant Magazine[9]
Spin5/10[10]
Sputnikmusic4/5[11]

The Pick of Destiny is the second album by American comedy rock band Tenacious D, the soundtrack for their film of the same name. The album was released on November 14, 2006, through Epic Records, and debuted at number 8 on the Billboard 200.[12]

The Pick of Destiny is the band's first studio release in five years, following up their 2001 self-titled debut Tenacious D. The album was produced by the Dust Brothers' John King, and includes appearances by Meat Loaf, Ronnie James Dio, and Dave Grohl. Another album, More Rocktastic Music from the Film, contains the score music that the soundtrack excludes.

Details

In the absence of original comedy skits, there are excerpts of dialogue from the soundtrack's accompanying film between numerous songs. Portions of The Pick of Destiny were recorded at Dave Grohl's studio.[13] A clean version of the album was recorded.[14]

The album was released in three separate edits: a "dirty edit" comprising the full film versions, a "clean edit" with re-recorded vocals replacing foul language with non-sense words, and a limited edition[clarification needed]. All three versions contain clips from the movie, but some dialogue was re-recorded for the clean version. The special limited edition was released in a cardboard "old book case", which includes a digipack version of the album, a foldout poster depicting the D and Sasquatch, eight tarot cards from the film (Tenacious D, The Training, Destiny, Masterpiece, The Quest, The Divide, and Two Kings, as well as a card explaining the other cards), and a plastic replica of the Pick of Destiny. If the set was pre-ordered from the Tenacious D website, it also included a T-shirt.

Album art

The cover shows Black and Gass in the clouds, parodying Michelangelo's painting The Creation of Adam. In between the two's hands is the green guitar pick used in the movie to defeat the devil, whose arm is pictured below them, sticking out from the clouds trying to take the pick. The album was banned from K-Mart and Wal-Mart because of the satanic picture.[citation needed] Despite the actual CD not being stocked, Wal-Mart still carries the album sheet music book, movie poster and the 2014 re-release of the album on vinyl online, all of which carry exactly the same banned satanic picture.[citation needed]

Publicity

A short film entitled Time Fixers was used as a promotional tool on the iTunes website. The film starred Michael Keaton[15] and longtime collaborators JR Reed and Paul F. Tompkins. The first half of the film was available as a free download on iTunes while the second half could only be accessed after pre-ordering the album.[16]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Kickapoo" (Featuring Meat Loaf and Ronnie James Dio)Jack Black, Kyle Gass, Liam Lynch4:14
2."Classico"Johann Sebastian Bach, Ludwig van Beethoven, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Black, Gass0:58
3."Baby"Black, Gass1:36
4."Destiny" (extract from movie)Black, Gass0:37
5."History"Black, Gass1:42
6."The Government Totally Sucks" (Featuring JR Reed)Black, Gass1:34
7."Master Exploder"Black, Gass2:24
8."The Divide" (extract from movie)Black, Gass0:22
9."Papagenu (He's My Sassafrass)" (Featuring John C. Reilly)Black, Gass, John King2:24
10."Dude (I Totally Miss You)"Black, Gass2:53
11."Break In-City (Storm the Gate!)"Black, Gass, King, Lynch1:22
12."Car Chase City" (Featuring Paul F. Tompkins)Black, Gass, King, John Konesky, John Spiker2:42
13."Beelzeboss (The Final Showdown)" (Featuring Dave Grohl)Black, Gass, Dave Grohl, Lynch5:35
14."POD"Black, Gass2:32
15."The Metal"Black, Gass, Konesky2:45
Total length:33:40
Bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
16."Rock Your Socks" (Acoustic version, iTunes pre-order bonus track)3:07
17."Training Medley" (Digital Download available with Best Buy version, also available on "POD" single, and the Japanese version)1:11
18."Kong" (Japanese bonus track, also available on "POD" 7" single)3:21
19."It's Late" (Digital download bonus track available from the eight year re-issue vinyl MP3 download card)1:34
Total length:43:20

Credits

Tenacious D
Additional Musicians
Production

Charts

Weekly

Chart (2006–07) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[17] 35
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[18] 64
Dutch Alternative Albums (MegaCharts)[19] 29
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[20] 47
Irish Albums (IRMA)[21] 9
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[22] 44
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[23] 82
UK Albums (OCC)[24] 10
UK Rock & Metal Albums (OCC)[25] 2
UK Soundtrack Albums (OCC)[26] 2
US Billboard 200[27] 8
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[28] 1

Year-end

Chart (2007) Position
US Billboard 200[29] 200

References

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  2. ^ Erlewine, Stephen. "The Pick of Destiny - Tenacious D". AllMusic. Retrieved 2012-04-06.
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  6. ^ Spence D. (2006-11-16). "Tenacious D - The Pick Of Destiny". IGN. Retrieved 2012-04-06.
  7. ^ Shepherd, Sam (2006-11-13). "Tenacious D - The Pick Of Destiny". musicOMH. Retrieved 2012-04-06.
  8. ^ Greene, Andy (2006-11-01). "The Pick of Destiny : Tenacious D : Review". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 2007-10-02. Retrieved 2012-09-08. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help); Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
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  10. ^ Marchese, David (2006-12-14). "Tenacious D, 'The Pick of Destiny' (Epic)". Spin. Retrieved 2012-09-08. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
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  12. ^ Breznican, Anthony (2006-11-24). "The D is for 'Destiny'". USA Today. Retrieved 2010-05-25.
  13. ^ Dave Grohl: 'The Mojo Interview'
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