The Pick of Destiny
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
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Deluxe cover
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Tenacious D chronology
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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. Tenacious D is a Satirical Rock band formed in Los Angeles California. D Fun Pak is an EP by Tenacious D. It was released on April 29, 2002 by Epic Records. " POD " is a single from comedy-rock duo Tenacious D 's second studio album The Pick of Destiny, which also serves as the soundtrack for the The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Tenacious D is a Satirical Rock band formed in Los Angeles California. It was released on November 14, 2006 by Epic Records, and debuted at #8 on the Billboard 200. Events 1533 - Conquistadors from Spain under the leadership of Francisco Pizarro arrive in Cajamarca, Inca Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Epic Records is an American Record label. It is owned and operated by Sony Music Entertainment. The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard ^[1]

The Pick of Destiny is the D's first studio release in five years, following up their 2001 self-titled debut, Tenacious D. Tenacious D is the first studio album by the American Satirical rock band Tenacious D, released on September 25 2001 by 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). The Dust Brothers are the Los Angeles -based Grammy Award winning producers "E John King, also known as "King Gizmo" is a Music producer and one-half of the Los Angeles -based duo the Dust Brothers. Michael Lee Aday (born Marvin Lee Aday; September 27 1947 better known by his stage name Meat Loaf, is an American rock Musician Ronnie James Dio (born Ronald James Padavona on July 10, 1942 in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, USA is an American heavy Timothy Francis Robbins (born October 16, 1958) is an Academy Award -winning American Actor, Screenwriter, director David Eric Grohl (born January 14 1969 is an American rock musician Singer and Songwriter. Nirvana was an American rock band that was formed by singer/guitarist Kurt Cobain and bassist Krist Novoselic in Aberdeen Washington. Foo Fighters is an American Alternative rock and Post-grunge band formed by singer/guitarist Dave Grohl in 1995 Queens of the Stone Age (also known as QOTSA or simply Queens) are a rock band from Palm Desert, California, United States

Another album, More Rocktastic Music From The Film, contains the score music that the soundtrack excludes. More Rocktastic Music from the Film is a score album for the movie Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny.

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. David Eric Grohl (born January 14 1969 is an American rock musician Singer and Songwriter. ^[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, 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. Digipak is a patented style of Compact disc or DVD packaging and is a registered Trademark of AGI Media a MeadWestvaco Inc The tarot (also known as tarocchi, tarock or similar names is typically a set of seventy-eight cards comprised of twenty-one trump cards, one 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. Battle of the Bands (formerly titled "Band Mashups"

The first single from the album is entitled "POD", which stands for "Pick of Destiny". " POD " is a single from comedy-rock duo Tenacious D 's second studio album The Pick of Destiny, which also serves as the soundtrack for the The single had a music video directed by Liam Lynch, who directed the movie. A music video is a Short film or video that accompanies a complete piece of music most commonly a Song with lyrics Liam Lynch (born September 5, 1970) is a Musician, Puppeteer, and director. There has also been a video created for the track "Classico", animated by John Kricfalusi, creator of The Ren and Stimpy Show. John Kricfalusi (pron "Kris-falusi" (born Michael John Kricfalusi) better known as John K The Ren and Stimpy Show is an American / Canadian animated television series created by Canadian Animator John His studio Spümcø did the "Fuck Her Gently" video from the band's last album, though Kricfalusi wasn't involved. Spümcø International was a North American Cartoon Animation studio " Fuck Her Gently " is a 2001 Tenacious D song It is the sixth track on their self titled album.

"History", a song that originated on the band's TV show, Tenacious D, was re-recorded for this album, with additional lyrics. Tenacious D was a TV series that ran on HBO in 1997 1999 and 2000 ^[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.

Publicity

A short movie entitled Tenacious D: Time Fixers was used as a promotional tool on the iTunes website. Tenacious D Time Fixers is a short movie that 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. Michael John Douglas (born September 9 1951 better known by the stage name Michael Keaton, is an American Actor, known for his early comedic roles in Jason "JR" Reed (also known by the name of his signature character Lee) is an American actor and musician originally from Corvallis Oregon. Paul F Tompkins (born September 12, 1968) is an American actor and comedian 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. iTunes is a proprietary digital media player application introduced by Apple Inc ^[6]

Track listing

All songs written by Jack Black and Kyle Gass unless otherwise noted. Thomas Jack Black Jr (born August 28 1969 is an American Actor, Comedian and Musician. Kyle Richard Gass (born July 14, 1960) also known as KG or Kage is an American Actor and a member of the bands Tenacious D

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)

Credits

• Jack Black - Lead vocals, rhythm acoustic guitar
• Kyle Gass - Lead acoustic guitar, back-up vocals
• Dave Grohl - Drums, demon vocals on "Beelzeboss (The Final Showdown)"
• John Spiker - Electric guitar, backing vocals on "Car Chase City", 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"
• Orchestral Arrangements By Andrew Gross, Recorded At Sony Scoring Stage, Engineered By Casey Stone
• 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
• Management By: Sam
• A&R: Matt Marshall
• Music Executive: Bob Bowen
• Photography By: Michael Elins
• Album Packaging Design By: Gregg Higgins/Michael Elins

External links

• Tenacious D: The Pick of Destiny at Rotten Tomatoes

References