The Pick of Destiny

The Pick of Destiny
Soundtrack album by Tenacious D
Released November 14, 2006
Recorded March–July 2005, The Dell and 606 Studio
Genre Heavy metal, hard rock, comedy rock, acoustic rock
Length 36:56
Label Epic
Producer John King
Tenacious D chronology
Tenacious D
(2001)		 The Pick of Destiny
(2006)		 Rise of the Phoenix
(2011)
Alternative cover
Deluxe edition artwork
Singles from The Pick of Destiny
  1. "POD"
    Released: October 24, 2006

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 #8 on the Billboard 200.[1]

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 features 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.

Contents

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]

The album was released in three separate edits: a "clean" radio edit featuring re-recorded vocals replacing foul language with non-sense words, 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. As of 2011, the dirty version of the album has been removed from iTunes for unknown reasons.

Publicity

A short movie entitled Time Fixers was used as a promotional tool on the iTunes website. The movie starred Michael Keaton[4] and long time collaborators Jason 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.[5]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic link
Blender link
Rolling Stone link

Track listing

No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. "Kickapoo"   Jack Black, Kyle Gass, Liam Lynch 4:16
2. "Classico"   Johann Sebastian Bach, Ludwig van Beethoven, Black, Gass, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 0:59
3. "Baby"   Black, Gass 1:37
4. "Destiny"   Black, Gass 0:37
5. "History"   Black, Gass 1:43
6. "The Government Totally Sucks"   Black, Gass 1:35
7. "Master Exploder"   Black, Gass 2:24
8. "The Divide"   Black, Gass 0:23
9. "Papagenu (He's My Sassafrass)"   Black, Gass, John King 2:24
10. "Dude (I Totally Miss You)"   Black, Gass 2:55
11. "Break In-City (Storm the Gate!)"   Black, Gass, King, Lynch 1:22
12. "Car Chase City"   Black, Gass, King, John Konesky, John Spiker 2:44
13. "Beelzeboss (The Final Showdown)"   Black, Gass, Dave Grohl, Lynch 5:35
14. "POD"   Black, Gass 2:34
15. "The Metal"   Black, Gass, Konesky 2:46
Bonus tracks
  1. "Rock Your Socks Off" (acoustic) – (iTunes pre-order bonus track)
  2. "Training Medley" – (Digital Download available with Best Buy version, also available on "POD" single, and the Japanese version)
  3. "Kong" – (Japanese bonus track, also available on "POD" 7" single)
Limited edition
  1. "Sasquatch" – 2:45

Credits

Tenacious D
Additional Musicians
Production

External links

References

  1. ^ Breznican, Anthony (2006-11-24). "The D is for 'Destiny'". USA Today. http://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/news/2006-11-23-tenacious-D-side_x.htm?csp=34. Retrieved 2010-05-25. 
  2. ^ Dave Grohl: 'The Mojo Interview'
  3. ^ Smith, Ethan (2006-10-27). "Can Jack Go Back?". The Wall Street Journal. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB116191373176905571.html?mod=googlenews_wsj. Retrieved 2008-04-04. 
  4. ^ Ketchum, Lucas (2006-11-17). "Tenacious D: "The Pick of Destiny"". http://media.www.westerncourier.com/media/storage/paper650/news/2006/11/17/TheEdge/Tenacious.D.the.Pick.Of.Destiny-2467694.shtml. Retrieved 2008-02-09. 
  5. ^ Cohen, Jonathan (2006-10-19). "Billboard Bits: Tenacious D, Gretchen Wilson, MerleFest". http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003285444. Retrieved 2008-02-09. 
Tenacious D
Studio albums
Tenacious D · The Pick of Destiny · Rise of the Phoenix
Extended plays
Singles
"Tribute" · "Wonderboy" · "POD"
Other songs
Video albums
Movies
Concert tours
North American Tour 2001–2002 · World Tour 2006–2007
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