Critical Reception
| Professional ratings | |
|---|---|
| Aggregate scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | (85/100) |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic | |
| The A.V. Club | (favorable) |
| Entertainment Weekly | A |
| PopMatters | |
| Robert Christgau | C+ |
| Rolling Stone | |
| Time | (favorable) |
Tenacious D's first album garnered a variety of reactions from the critics. Entertainment Weekly described the release as being "hilarious," and "no mere comedy record." Allmusic said it "rocks so damn hard" but it reflects on the lack of some of the songs from the HBO episodes. Splendid magazine said of Tenacious D, "As entertainment, Tenacious D succeeds surprisingly well - for the first few listens.... The only long-term replay value you'll get from this record will come from playing it for friends who haven't heard it." Flak Magazine criticised the bands use of skits between songs, describing them as "distracting" and a "nuisance". In addition, Andy Gill of The Independent remarked that the album was full of "swearing and scatology" and was "bereft of even the slightest skidmark of humour".
Review aggregate website Metacritic gave the album a score of 85/100, signifying "Universal Acclaim".
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