Well, the highly anticipated Tenacious D album was released yesterday. I strolled into HMV, then strolled out when I realized what a fool I was for entering that store. They overprice everything! Down the hall at Music World, I found the album for $3 less.
As I walk to the car, I rip open the package and take a look at the liner notes which basically consist of screenshots of the new Tenacious D movie The Pick of Destiny. I sit down in the car and prepare myself for a full-out rock assault on my senses.
What am I given? Disappointment.
While there are some true gems on this album, it really doesn’t compare to the original album. I suppose I was hyping myself up for a full-out D attack to the bones, but really, I ended up with a soundtrack, filled with a handful of tunes over 3 minutes, and the rest sound like little songs they use to fill in between scenes during the movie. I suppose I should have been prepared for this. However, usually a soundtrack has a decent tracklisting!
All in all, I think I may appreciate this album more once I see the movie, but for now, all I can say is that a few songs deserve the devil hand sign, and the rest are literally soundtrack filler. Man, I’ve never said there is a filler on an album before…but when a song is 60 seconds or less, it’s filler.
My biggest disappointment will be Mike reading this and starting to cry.
3 replies on “Rock Your Socks Off!”
I’m looking forward to the movie, but the review of the current album is a blow to a fan like Mike and I.
I moved my blog to the beta version and i can’t post a comment under my username.
Joe
No Joke … I almost actually did cry when I read this entry. I got your e-mail this morning saying that you posted a review and I was anxiously anticipating being able to read it. I just got to reading it now and don’t really feel like doing anything for the rest of the day. 🙁
Mike
=(