Rize of the Fenix
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May 10, 2012 |
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2008–2012 |
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41 min 16 s |
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Rize of the Fenix is the third music album of American rock band Tenacious D . It was released by Sony on May 10, 2012.
Creation and publication
After the release of the film Kings of Rock - Tenacious D , Jack Black announced a hiatus in late 2006. In 2008 the band announced they would release a new album for 2010, in 2009, according to Black, “one to one and a half songs were ready” , so the release was postponed. Drummer Dave Grohl wrote on the Foo Fighters Twitter account in August 2010 that he had worked on the drum tracks. At the end of 2010, the band called the writing for the album "half done" and announced the first releases for the end of 2011. In May 2011 Jack Black announced the name for the album. Guitarist John Konesky announced in November 2011 that the album would be released in the spring.
The first music video for To Be the Best was released on March 26, 2012. The video, which was designed as a short film, featured guest stars including Dave Grohl , Val Kilmer , Josh Groban , Jimmy Kimmel , Maria Menounos , Tim Robbins and Yoshiki Hayashi . On April 28, 2012, the album was pre-released on the band's SoundCloud account, and the album itself was released on May 10, 2012.
Track list
- Rize of the Fenix - 5:53
- Low Hangin 'Fruit - 2:31
- Classical Teacher - 3:23
- Señorita - 3:08
- Deth Starr - 4:46
- Roadie - 2:58
- Flutes & Trombones - 1:28
- The Ballad of Hollywood Jack and the Rage Kage - 5:05
- Throw Down - 2:56
- Rock Is Dead - 1:44
- They Fucked Our Asses - 1:08
- To Be the Best - 1:00
- 39-5 :16
Chart successes and awards
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The best chart positions were achieved in Great Britain and Austria , where the album came in second place. In Switzerland and the United States the album reached number four, in Germany the album came to number five. Further placements among the top ten were achieved in Australia (6th place) and Canada (7th place). Further placements in the charts were achieved in Denmark and New Zealand (11th place each), Sweden (15th place), the Netherlands (16th place), Finland (35th place) and Belgium (68th place). A single could not place in any charts.
Rize of the Fenix was nominated for a Grammy in 2013 in the category for best comedy album .
Reviews
The album received mostly positive to mixed reviews from critics . Metascore calculates an average of 64% based on 13 reviews thus assigns the predicate "generally favorable" (dt. "Generally positive" ).
Eberhard Dobler from Laut.de gives the album four out of five possible stars and says that you just have to like Tenacious D and especially the vocals and the guitar riffs are very good.
Allmusic also awards four out of five stars. Critic Stephen Thomas Erlewine writes about the album that Tenacious D made a good comeback and the old Tenacious D techniques are still working.
Plattentests.de gives the album an average rating of five out of ten points. Dennis Drogemüller believes that the jokes that make comedy rock do not always come across well.
Rolling Stone rated the album rather negatively with two out of five stars . Critic Maura Johnston describes the album as "a parody of Tenacious D itself", so that the album is not always authentic.
Participating musicians
- Jack Black: guitar , vocals
- Kyle Gass: guitar, vocals, flute
- John Konesky: guitar
- John Spiker: bass , organ , percussion , piano , backing vocals
- Dave Grohl: drums
- Chris Bautista: Trumpet
- Jon Brion: bass, mellotron , synthesizer
- Andrew Gross: Strings
- Mike Hoy: Trumpet
- Page McConnell: Synthesizer
- Scott Seiver: drums, percussion
Web links
- Rize of the Fenix on Allmusic (English)
- Rize of the Fenix at Discogs (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Eberhard Dobler: Seriously meant madness with abnormal riffs. On: laut.de. Retrieved December 28, 2012
- ↑ Tenacious D: Portly Powerhouses Of Rock. ( Memento of the original from February 22, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. From: kltv.com (English), November 23, 2006. Retrieved January 2, 2013
- ↑ Tenacious D 'One-And-A-Half Songs' Into Next Album. On: billboard.com (English). Retrieved January 2, 2013
- ^ Twitter message from Dave Grohl. Retrieved January 2, 2013
- ↑ Tenacious D Writing About Love, Sex and Food for Upcoming Album ( Memento from July 28, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Jack Black Talks Kung Fu Panda 2 & New Tenacious D Album. From: g4tv.com (English), May 18, 2011. Accessed January 2, 2013
- ^ Andre Pusey: John Konesky Talks Tenacious D and Other Projects. Theedgesusu.co.uk, November 20, 2011. Retrieved January 2, 2013
- ↑ Tobias Gerber: Tenacious D are back - via video premiere 'To Be The Best'. From: metal-hammer.de, March 26, 2012. Accessed January 2, 2013
- ↑ Lewis Corner: Foo Fighters' Dave Grohl trains Tenacious D in 'To Be The Best' video. From: digitalspy.co.uk, March 27, 2012. Accessed January 2, 2013
- ^ Rize of the Fenix on soundcloud.com. Retrieved January 2, 2013
- ↑ a b Tenacious D in the German album charts ( Memento of the original from April 26, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ a b Tenacious D in the Austrian charts
- ↑ a b Tenacious D in the Swiss charts
- ↑ a b Tenacious D in the UK charts
- ↑ a b Tenacious D in the US album charts
- ↑ Tenacious D in the Australian charts
- ↑ Tenacious D in the Canadian charts
- ↑ Tenacious D in the Danish charts
- ↑ Tenacious D in the New Zealand charts
- ↑ Tenacious D in the Swedish charts
- ↑ Tenacious D in the Dutch charts
- ↑ Tenacious D in the Finnish charts
- ↑ Tenacious D in the Belgian charts
- ↑ The D Receive GRAMMY® nomination. ( Memento of the original from December 21, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. On: tenaciousd.com (English), December 6, 2012. Retrieved January 2, 2013
- ↑ Rize of the Fenix on metacritic.com (English). Retrieved December 28, 2012
- ↑ Stephen Thomas Erlewine: Rize of the Fenix on allmusic.com (English). Retrieved December 28, 2012
- ↑ Dennis Drögemüller: Jack Black and Kutten. On: plattentests.de. Retrieved December 28, 2012
- ↑ Maura Johnston: Review on rollingstone.com (English), May 15, 2012. Accessed December 28, 2012
