Tenacious D

Critic Score
Based on 6 reviews
2001 Ratings: #256 / 300
User Score
Based on 554 ratings
2001 Ratings: #339
September 25, 2001 / Release Date
LP / Format
Epic / Label
The Dust BrothersProducer
Full Credits
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Critic Reviews

100
Entertainment Weekly
Hilarious, but no mere comedy record.
90
AllMusic

Tenacious D certainly know they're funny, but that doesn't erase the fact that they rock so hard. They came to kick your ass and rock your socks off, and that is a very special thing.

70
Rolling Stone
They ask no quarter. They give no quarter. They are the D.
70
Slant Magazine

Tenacious D is meta-music, perpetually self-conscious and self-referential.

40
The Guardian
The duo consists of bearded Jack Black and fat, bald Kyle Glass, and their act is a mixture of rock-parody songs interspersed with "comic" dialogue about sex and science fiction.
Tielur
NR

This to me, is by no means a real album. It is in fact, the album that god intended all music lovers (and cock push uppers) to pray to. And pray we will.

JackTony
74

*The Best Album in the World, it was The Best Album in the World.*

Toasterqueen12
36

Genre Quack: episode five: "The Funniest Pawns"

Mission Report: Welcome agent, to E Street Skatepark, San Bernardino, California. After taking out Maxximillian, we discovered conversations on his phone with "Jack" and "Richard Dander." Two twins who are currently rising stars in the skating world and also in the process of recording a "comedy rock" album. They're currently in the procoess of recording stunts for the new "You Think You Can Skate ... read more

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newgenspins
85

Second greatest album in the world.

MinecraftCaleb
79

My partner recommended me this album after I listened to "Songs for the Deaf" by Queens of the Stone Age, and while it's relatively in the same genre, the subject matter is a complete 180. Tenacious D is composed of Jack Black and his friend Kyle Gass. This is their debut album from all the way back in 2001, which definitely showed that these two had more up their sleeve than just acting. While it is mostly just a comedy record, it really showcases skills and talents from the two ... read more

Acoolrocket
80

Pretty good musically, but holy moly finding out where those samples used in that Drake and Josh YTP was definitely something.

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Track List

1Kielbasa
3:02
88
2One Note Song
1:24
81
3Tribute
4:08
97
4Wonderboy
4:07
96
5Hard Fucking
0:36
71
6Fuck Her Gently
2:03
86
7Explosivo
1:55
87
8Dio
1:41
83
9Inward Singing
2:13
91
10Kyle Quit the Band
1:30
84
11The Road
2:20
83
12Cock Pushups
0:47
81
13Lee
1:02
79
14Friendship Test
1:31
77
15Friendship
2:00
81
16Karate Schnitzel
0:37
79
17Karate
1:05
83
18Rock Your Socks
3:33
86
19Drive-Thru
3:01
91
20Double Team
3:11
85
21City Hall
6:47
90
Total Length: 48 minutes
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