The Pick of Destiny | ||||
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Released | November 14, 2006 | |||
Recorded | March–July 2005 | |||
Studio | The Dell and 606 Studio | |||
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Length | 33:46 | |||
Label | Epic | |||
Producer | John King | |||
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Singles from The Pick of Destiny | ||||
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Source | Rating |
Metacritic | 52/100 [1] |
Review scores | |
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Entertainment Weekly | B+ [4] |
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IGN | 8.4/10 [6] |
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Spin | 5/10 [10] |
Sputnikmusic | 4/5 [11] |
The Pick of Destiny is the second studio album and the soundtrack for the feature film of the same name by American comedy rock band Tenacious D. 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 self-titled debut album in 2001. 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 some small excerpts of the official score that the soundtrack excludes.
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: the original version comprising the full film versions, a "clean edit" with re-recorded vocals replacing foul language with non-sense words, and a deluxe 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 Black and Gass with bigfoot, 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.
In recent years the song “Kickapoo” has become the unofficial fight song of Kickapoo High School, located in Springfield Missouri. In the music video to the song it shows how they are referring to “Kickapoo” in Missouri, it is unknown if this is referring to the area that the high school is in because there is no town or township in Missouri with the name Kickapoo. This also could come from inspiration from Brad Pitt, Kickapoo High School Alumn and friend of Jack Black frontman of Tenacious D.
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 Pick of Destiny, the movie's titular artifact, with the devil's arm pictured below them, sticking out from the clouds trying to take the pick.
Apart from the exemption of the parental advisory sticker, there is no difference in the artwork for the clean version of the album.
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]
All tracks are written by Jack Black and Kyle Gass, except where noted
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Kickapoo" (featuring Meat Loaf and Ronnie James Dio) |
| 4:14 |
2. | "Classico" | 0:58 | |
3. | "Baby" | 1:36 | |
4. | "Destiny" (extract from movie) | 0:37 | |
5. | "History" | 1:42 | |
6. | "The Government Totally Sucks" (featuring JR Reed) | 1:34 | |
7. | "Master Exploder" | 2:24 | |
8. | "The Divide" (extract from movie) | 0:22 | |
9. | "Papagenu (He's My Sassafrass)" (featuring John C. Reilly) |
| 2:24 |
10. | "Dude (I Totally Miss You)" | 2:53 | |
11. | "Break In-City (Storm the Gate!)" |
| 1:22 |
12. | "Car Chase City" (featuring Paul F. Tompkins) | Gass | 2:42 |
13. | "Beelzeboss (The Final Showdown)" (featuring Dave Grohl) |
| 5:35 |
14. | "POD" | 2:32 | |
15. | "The Metal" |
| 2:45 |
Total length: | 33:40 |
No. | Title | Length |
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16. | "Rock Your Socks" (Acoustic version, iTunes pre-order bonus track) | 3:07 |
17. | "Training Medley" (Digital Download available with Best Buy version, streaming bonus track, also available on "POD" single, and the Japanese version) | 1:11 |
18. | "Kong" (Japanese bonus track, streaming 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 |
Weekly charts
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Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Austria (IFPI Austria) [33] | Gold | 15,000* |
Ireland (IRMA) [34] | Platinum | 15,000^ |
United Kingdom (BPI) [35] | Gold | 100,000* |
* Sales figures based on certification alone. |
More Rocktastic Music from the Film | |
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Film score by | |
Released | February 27, 2007 |
Recorded | Sony Scoring Stage |
Genre | Soundtrack, classical, comedy rock, folk rock, acoustic rock |
Length | 15:36 |
Label | New Line |
Producer | John King and Andrew Gross |
More Rocktastic Music from the Film is a score album by Andrew Gross and John King for the movie Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny . It was exclusive to Wal-Mart stores, coming shrink-wrapped with the DVD. The score consists of six orchestral songs written specifically to accompany the film, and two songs by Kyle Gass' band Trainwreck.
All songs were written by Andrew Gross and John King, except where noted.
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