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The Pick of Destiny

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The Pick of Destiny
The Pick of Destiny cover
Studio album / Soundtrack album by
ReleasedNovember 14, 2006
RecordedMarch–July 2005
StudioThe Dell and 606 Studio
Genre
Length33:46
LabelEpic
ProducerJohn King
Tenacious D chronology
D Fun Pak
(2002)
The Pick of Destiny
(2006)
Rize of the Fenix
(2012)
Singles from The Pick of Destiny
  1. "POD"
    Released: October 24, 2006
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 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.

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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: 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.

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 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.

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

All tracks are written by Jack Black and Kyle Gass, except where noted

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Kickapoo" (Featuring Meat Loaf and Ronnie James Dio)Black, Gass, Liam Lynch4:14
2."Classico"Johann Sebastian Bach, Ludwig van Beethoven, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Black, Gass0:58
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)Black, Gass, John King2:24
10."Dude (I Totally Miss You)" 2:53
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" 2:32
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

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
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.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

More Rocktastic Music from the Film

More Rocktastic Music from the Film
Film score by
ReleasedFebruary 27, 2007
RecordedSony Scoring Stage
GenreSoundtrack, classical, comedy rock, folk rock, acoustic rock
Length15:36
LabelNew Line
ProducerJohn 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.

Track listing

All songs were written by Andrew Gross and John King, except where noted.

  1. "The Birth of The D" – 1:26
  2. "Compared to the Greats" – 0:43
  3. "The Stranger Suite" – 1:44
  4. "Guitarway to Heaven" – 0:51
  5. "Hall of Fame Sneak" – 2:15
  6. "Capturing The Pick" – 1:03
  7. "Caveman" – 3:53 (Trainwreck)
  8. "I Wanna Know" – 3:41 (Trainwreck)

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