The Pick of Destiny

Infobox Album
Name = The Pick of Destiny
Type = soundtrack
Artist = Tenacious D


Released = November 22, 2006 (EU)
start date|2006|11|14 (NA)
Recorded = The Dell And 606 Studio
Genre = Heavy metal Hard rock Comedy rock
Acoustic rock
Length = 33:52
Label = Epic Records
Producer = John King
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|3.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:20qag4sftvoz link]
*Blender Magazine Rating|2|5 [http://www.blender.com/guide/reviews.aspx?id=4308 link]
*Rolling Stone Rating|2.5|5 [http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/12273733/review/12285351/the_pick_of_destiny link]
*Revolver Rating|3|5
*Rocksomething Rating|2|5 [http://www.rocksomething.com/reviews/reviewTenaciousD.html link]
*Slant Magazine Rating|1|5 [http://www.slantmagazine.com/music/music_review.asp?ID=1015 link]
*Q magazine Rating|1|5 December 2006
*Ultimate Guitar rating-10|9 [http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/compact_discs/tenacious_d/the_pick_of_destiny/index.html link]

Extra album cover 2
Upper caption = Deluxe cover
Type = Studio album


Lower caption = The deluxe edition featured a box with this cover.
Last album = "D Fun Pak"
(2002)
This album = "Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny"
(2006)
Next album = "Third studio album"
(TBA)Singles
Name = The Pick of Destiny
Type = studio
Single 1 = POD
Single 1 date = October 24, 2006 "The Pick of Destiny" is a soundtrack album by the American rock band Tenacious D for the movie "". It was released on November 14, 2006 by Epic Records, and debuted at #8 on the Billboard 200. [ [http://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/news/2006-11-23-tenacious-D-side_x.htm?csp=34 Plucky Tenacious D duo get into their 'Destiny' - USATODAY.com ] ]

"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).

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. [ [http://www.fooarchive.com/gpb/mojointerview05.htm Dave Grohl: 'The Mojo Interview' ] ] A clean version of the album was recorded. [cite news | first=Ethan | last=Smith | coauthors= | title=Can Jack Go Back? | date=2006-10-27 | publisher=The Wall Street Journal | url =http://online.wsj.com/article/SB116191373176905571.html?mod=googlenews_wsj | work = | pages = | accessdate = 2008-04-04 | language = ]

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.

ongs

The first song on the album, "Kickapoo", named after Jack Black's fictional hometown of Kickapoo, Missouri, tells the fictional story of a young Black running away from home, and a very strict religious father to become a rock star. Meat Loaf appears in the movie and song as Black's father, and Ronnie James Dio appears as himself, after Black prays to a poster of him on the wall of his bedroom door. Originally, the role of Dio was going to be taken by Ozzy Osbourne. [cite news | first=Jonathan | last=Cohen | coauthors= | title=Tenacious D's 'Destiny' In Sight | date= | publisher=Billboard | url =http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000721156 | work = | pages = | accessdate = 2008-04-03 | language = ]

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 . 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.

"History", a song that originated on the band's TV show, "Tenacious D", was re-recorded for this album, with additional lyrics. [ [http://www.tv.com/tenacious-d/show-1---the-search-for-inspirado/episode/182419/summary.html?tag=ep_list;ep_title;1 Tenacious D: The Search For Inspirado - TV.com ] ] "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 "" 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. The main riff of the song is very similar to Motley Crue's 'Sumthin' For Nuffin'

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, "Master Exploder" had to be mimed, something that Tenacious D hates to do. The song appears in the Wii exclusive video game "Battle of the Bands", and a censored version appears in "Rock Band 2" as a master track.

Publicity

A short movie entitled "" was used as a promotional tool on the iTunes website. The movie starred Michael Keatoncite news | first=Lucas | last=Ketchum | coauthors= | title=Tenacious D: "The Pick of Destiny" | date=2006-11-17 | publisher= | url =http://media.www.westerncourier.com/media/storage/paper650/news/2006/11/17/TheEdge/Tenacious.D.the.Pick.Of.Destiny-2467694.shtml | work = | pages = | accessdate = 2008-02-09 | language = ] 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.cite news | first=Jonathan | last=Cohen | coauthors= | title=Billboard Bits: Tenacious D, Gretchen Wilson, MerleFest | date=2006-10-19 | publisher= | url =http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003285444 | work = | pages = | accessdate = 2008-02-09 | language = ]

Track listing

Tracklist
writing_credits = yes
title1 = Kickapoo
note1 = featuring Meat Loaf and Ronnie James Dio
writer1 = Black, Gass, Lynch
length1 = 4:16
title2 = Classico
writer2 = Black, Gass
length2 = 0:59
title3 = Baby
writer3 = Black, Gass
length3 = 1:37
title4 = Destiny
writer4 = Black, Gass
length4 = 0:37
title5 = History
writer5 = Black, Gass
length5 = 1:43
title6 = The Government Totally Sucks
writer6 = Black, Gass
length6 = 1:35
title7 = Master Exploder
writer7 = Black, Gass
length7 = 2:24
title8 = The Divide
writer8 = Black, Gass
length8 = 0:23
title9 = Papagenu (He's My Sassafrass)
writer9 = Black, Gass, King
length9 = 2:24
title10 = Dude (I Totally Miss You)
writer10 = Black, Gass
length10 = 2:55
title11 = Break In-City (Storm the Gate!)
writer11 = Black, Gass, Lynch, King
length11 = 1:22
title12 = Car Chase City
writer12 = Black, Gass, Konesky, Spiker, King
length12 = 2:44
title13 = Beelzeboss (The Final Showdown)
note13 = featuring Dave Grohl
writer13 = Black, Gass, Lynch
length13 = 5:35
title14 = POD
writer14 = Black, Gass
length14 = 2:34
title15 = The Metal
writer15 = Black, Gass, Konesky, King
length15 = 2:46

;Bonus tracks
# "Rock Your Socks" (Acoustic) – (iTunes pre-order bonus track)
# "Training Medley" – (Digital Download available with Best Buy version, also available on "POD" single)

Credits

* Tenacious D:
** Jack Black - vocals, acoustic guitar
** Kyle Gass - vocals, acoustic guitar

* Additional Musicians:
** Dave Grohl - drums, demon vocals on "Beelzeboss (The Final Showdown)"
** John Spiker - bass, background vocals on "Car Chase City", bass and clavinet on "Papagenu (He's My Sassafrass)"
** John Konesky - electric guitar
** Liam Lynch - additional guitar on "Beelzeboss (The Final Showdown)" and "Break In-City (Storm the Gate!)", additional bass on "Break In-City (Storm the Gate!)"
** John King - drum programming on "Papagenu (He's My Sassafrass)"
** Meat Loaf - guest vocals on "Kickapoo"
** Ronnie James Dio - guest vocals on "Kickapoo"

* Produced by John King
* Assistant Engineers: Ed Cherney, Nick Raskulinecz, John Spiker, Brad Breeck
* Recorded at The Dell and 606 Studio
* Mixed by Ken Andrews
* Mastered by Tom Baker at Precision Mastering
* Orchestral Arrangements by Andrew Gross, Recorded at Sony Scoring Stage, Engineered by Casey Stone
* Bari Sax and Piano on "Kickapoo" Recorded at Capitol Studios, Engineered by Casey Stone
* Management: Sam
* A&R: Matt Marshall
* Music Executive: Bob Bowen
* Photography: Michael Ellins
* Album Packaging Design by: Gregg Higggins/Michael Elins

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