The Pick of Destiny

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The Pick of Destiny
The Pick of Destiny cover
Soundtrack/Studio Album by Tenacious D
Released November 22, 2006 (EU)
November 14, 2006 (2006-11-14) (NA)
Recorded The Dell And 606 Studio
Genre Heavy metal
Hard rock
Comedy rock
Length 33:52
Label Epic Records
Producer John King
Professional reviews
Deluxe cover
The deluxe edition featured a box with this cover.
The deluxe edition featured a box with this cover.
Tenacious D chronology
D Fun Pak
(2002)		 Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny
(2006)		 Third studio album
(TBA)
Singles from The Pick of Destiny
  1. "POD"
    Released: October 24, 2006

The Pick of Destiny is a soundtrack album by the American rock band Tenacious D for the movie Tenacious D in: The Pick of Destiny. It was released on November 14, 2006 by Epic Records, and debuted at #8 on the Billboard 200.[1]

The Pick of Destiny is the D'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 features appearances by Meat Loaf, Ronnie James Dio, Tim Robbins, and Dave Grohl (Nirvana, Foo Fighters, Queens of the Stone Age, Nine Inch Nails).

Another album, More Rocktastic Music From The Film, contains the score music that the soundtrack excludes.

Contents

[edit] 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.[2] A clean version of the album was recorded.[3]

 Audio samples:

The album was released in three separate edits: a "clean" radio edit featuring re-recorded vocals, a "dirty" edit featuring the full film versions, and a limited edition. All three versions feature 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.

During their late 2006 tour, Tenacious D played their new songs from this album as well as from their self-titled original, but due to the heavy amount of sound editing needed for the album version of "Master Exploder" they had to mime this song, something that Tenacious D hates to do. The song is set to be featured in the Wii exclusive video game Battle of the Bands.

The first single from the album is entitled "POD", which stands for "Pick of Destiny". The single had a music video directed by Liam Lynch, who directed the movie. There has also been a video created for the track "Classico", animated by John Kricfalusi, creator of The Ren and Stimpy Show. His studio Spümcø did the "Fuck Her Gently" video from the band's last album, though Kricfalusi wasn't involved.

"History", a song that originated on the band's TV show, Tenacious D, was re-recorded for this album, with additional lyrics.[4] "The Government Totally Sucks" is the only song not to be featured in the final cut of the movie. It is, however, featured in the deleted scenes section of the DVD release.

The master track "The Metal" is featured in the game Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock as a playable track. The song was first performed live on an episode of Saturday Night Live, and had their roadie Jason Reed (Lee) in a robot costume defeating the other musical genres, played by members of the cast.

[edit] Publicity

A short movie entitled Tenacious D: Time Fixers was used as a promotional tool on the iTunes website. The movie starred Michael Keaton[5] and long time collaborators Jason Reed and Paul F. Tompkins. The first half of the film was available as a free download iTunes, while the second half could only be accessed after pre-ordering the album.[6]

[edit] Track listing

All songs written by Jack Black and Kyle Gass unless otherwise noted.

  1. "Kickapoo" (ft. Meat Loaf and Ronnie James Dio) (Black, Gass, Meat Loaf, Ronnie James Dio, Liam Lynch) – 4:16
  2. "Classico" – 0:59
  3. "Baby" – 1:37
  4. "Destiny" – 0:37
  5. "History" – 1:43
  6. "The Government Totally Sucks" – 1:35
  7. "Master Exploder" – 2:24
  8. "The Divide" – 0:23
  9. "Papagenu (He's My Sassafrass)" (Black, Gass, John Spiker, John King) – 2:24
  10. "Dude (I Totally Miss You)" – 2:55
  11. "Break In-City (Storm the Gate!)" (Black, Gass, Lynch, King) – 1:22
  12. "Car Chase City" (Black, Gass, John Konesky, Spiker, King) – 2:44
  13. "Beelzeboss (The Final Showdown)" (Black, Gass, Grohl, Lynch) – 5:35
  14. "POD" – 2:34
  15. "The Metal" (Black, Gass, Konesky, King) – 2:46
Bonus tracks
  1. "Rock Your Socks" (Acoustic) – (iTunes pre-order bonus track)
  2. "Training Medley" – (Digital Download available with Best Buy version, also available on "POD" single)

[edit] Credits

[edit] External links

[edit] References

  1. ^ Plucky Tenacious D duo get into their 'Destiny' - USATODAY.com
  2. ^ Dave Grohl: 'The Mojo Interview'
  3. ^ Smith, Ethan. "Can Jack Go Back?", The Wall Street Journal, 2006-10-27. Retrieved on 2008-04-04. 
  4. ^ Tenacious D: The Search For Inspirado - TV.com
  5. ^ Ketchum, Lucas. "Tenacious D: "The Pick of Destiny"", 2006-11-17. Retrieved on 2008-02-09. 
  6. ^ Cohen, Jonathan. "Billboard Bits: Tenacious D, Gretchen Wilson, MerleFest", 2006-10-19. Retrieved on 2008-02-09. 
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