The Darkness - Permission To Land
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Track List: Permission To Land
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- Black ShuckDownload & Buy
- Get Your Hands Off My WomanDownload & Buy
- Growing On MeDownload & Buy
- I Believe In A Thing Called LoveDownload & Buy
- Love Is Only A FeelingDownload & Buy
- Givin' UpDownload & Buy
- Stuck In A RutDownload & Buy
- Friday NightDownload & Buy
- Love On The Rocks With No IceDownload & Buy
- Holding My OwnDownload & Buy
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Album Details: Permission To Land
- Release Date:
- 09/16/2003
- Label:
- Atlantic / Wea
- UPC:
- 825646081721
User Reviews: Permission To Land
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OH...MY...GOD!
, September 19, 2003Reviewer: Huge weiner guy - See all Huge weiner guy's reviews6 of 6 Yahoo! Users found this Permission To Land review helpful O.K. so I've been hearing about this band for a few months now. I finally picked up this disc and it's better than I ever hoped it could be. These guys are the future of rock!!!!! -
If you don't remember Atari...
, March 4, 2004Reviewer: Jason - See all Jason's reviews4 of 5 Yahoo! Users found this Permission To Land review helpfulPros: Killer riffs, and guitarists who know how to play the guitar
Cons: Will be misunderstood by all the Clay-Aiken-ites of American pop hell
If you were born during or after the Reagan presidency (or don't know who Reagan was), don't remember Atari (or think it is a company that makes retro flash games for the internet) or have never seen an episode of "You Can't Do That on Television," please don't bash on this album. I'm horribly sorry that you've grown up in a world that thinks Clay Aiken, Britney Spears and Limp Bizkit are "musicians," but the glory days of Arena Rock will be lost on you. This record calls on the legacies of bands like Poison, Black Sabbath, Journey and countless other bands that were all about sex drugs and rock and roll. This is just a fun album. They're not trying to make any statement. Listen to it for what it is, and enjoy it because it rocks! Otherwise, I'm sure there's an episode of American Idol on that you should be watching. ...
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Pro Reviews: Permission To Land
| EXPERT RATING: From AMG Reviews Upon its U.K. release in summer 2003, Permission to Land, the debut album from spandex-clad retro metalheads the Darkness, was a surprise success, hitting the British charts at number two (behind only Beyoncé's Dangerously in Love). After hearing Permission to Land, it's easier to understand why the British public went crazy for it, and for the Darkness. The album is more or less straightforward pop/rock with some '80s metal window-dressing, and the Darkness themselves live up to traditional notions of what a rock band should be: louche, decadent, and harboring a don't-bore-us-get-to-the-chorus mentality. While the band is far from ironic in its homages to Kiss, Judas Priest, and Queen, the Darkness certainly are campy (and with a list of influences like that, they'd almost have to be), with a uniquely British sensibility, personified by singer Justin Hawkins. A one-man campaign to bring back the unitard as fashionable rock gear, Hawkins sings about sex, drugs, and Satan with the voice of a castrati, backed by arena-sized riffs and rhythms. the Darkness would be an utter failure if the band didn't write good songs, but miracle of miracles, they do. The first two-thirds of Permission to Land is nearly flawless, an eerily realistic simulation of '80s metal that manages to sound familiar but not rehashed. "Black Shuck" revels in pseudomystic gobbledygook like "Flames licked round the sacred spire"; on the great single "Get Your Hands off My Woman," Hawkins sings "woooomaaan" higher than most actual women probably could. "Growing on Me" (which includes the great lyric "I want to banish you from whence you came") and "I Believe in a Thing Called Love" are tightly crafted songs that would sound good in almost any style, while "Givin' Up" is one of the jauntiest songs about heroin ever written. Even the prerequisite power ballad "Love Is Only a Feeling" stays on the fun side of cheesy, adrift on clouds of strummed guitars and gooey backing harmonies. The album has such a strong beginning and middle that it's not entirely surprising that Permission to Land runs out of steam near the end, although "Stuck in a Rut" is a crazed enough rocker -- complete with demonic laughter -- to nearly rival the album's earlier songs. Softer songs like "Friday Night" and "Holding My Own" make the collection unusually ballad-heavy; if anything, the Darkness could stand to rock a little harder. Even though Permission to Land isn't quite as metal as its singles suggested it might be, the album is surprisingly good, especially considering how bad the band's '80s metal revival could have been. It's hard to say whether or not the Darkness will take off in the States the way they did in their homeland; Hawkins' over-the-top vocals aside, the band may be hurt by the fact that most metal and hard rock popular in the U.S. is more concerned with brooding and angst than with having fun. But having fun is what Permission to Land is all about, even if it's just a guilty pleasure. - Heather Phares, All Music Guide |
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