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This may not be a concept album, but it's structured as a narrative, mirroring the plot of the movie. Unfortunately, this doesn't give The Pick of Destiny the weight or grandeur of a true concept album, because a lot of the music sounds as if it serves the movie, and doesn't stand tall when separated from the film.
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It plays like a hilarious concept album more than anything.
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BillboardTenacious D insists it is the greatest band in the world, and on a couple occasions during this soundtrack to the duo's upcoming film of the same name, you kinda believe it. [18 Nov 2006]
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There’s only so much even a metal fan can swallow.
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"The Pick Of Destiny" is likely to be among the finest cock rock albums about magical plectrums released this year.
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Not only are these not the greatest songs in the world, they're not even a tribute to them.
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Entertainment WeeklyLaugh if you like, but [Black is] as convincing as any of today's straight-faced metal revivalists. [17 Nov 2006, p.127]
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Whereas their first album hit the mark perfectly, The Pick of Destiny swings wildly and misses.
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New Musical Express (NME)The only person this record would ever appeal to is the man who made it--Jack Black. [11 Nov 2006, p.43]
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That comedy gap between concept and finished product appears to be par for the course with Black's ventures.
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Only My Chemical Romance are funnier, albeit by accident.
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Q MagazineThere are no real songs here, only weak gags and unfunny skits. [Jan 2007, p.152]
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This soundtrack would be a great bonus disc for the movie's eventual DVD release, but as a stand-alone it falls way short of their vastly superior debut album.
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Whereas [debut album] Tenacious D was a brilliant parody of the blood-and-thunder metal genre, functioning as a cohesive, hilarious whole, The Pick Of Destiny is mere bong resin.
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SpinDevotees will probably find it terribly amusing. Everyone else might want to hit the bong pretty hard beforehand. [Dec 2006, p.102]
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Uncut[It] lives or dies on whether you think... Jack Black is a comic messiah or a juvenile chump. [Dec 2006, p.129]
User score distribution:
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Positive: 45 out of 53
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Mixed: 3 out of 53
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Negative: 5 out of 53
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PeterG.Mar 19, 2007How this is only a 52 just baffles me. This is one of the more hillarious rock songs in recent history.
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LukeBApr 22, 2007it was good.
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JCoplandDec 21, 2006