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Permission To Land
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79

Generally favorable reviews - based on 19 Critic Reviews What's this?

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8.4

Universal acclaim- based on 80 Ratings

  • Summary: 'Permission To Land' is the debut LP for the rock four-piece from Norfolk, England (and we're talking the big, loud, stadium-rock end of the rock continuum, not the indie-rock end).

Top Track

I Believe In A Thing Called Love
Can't explain all the feelings that you're making me feel My heart's in overdrive and you're behind the steering wheel Touching you, touching... See the rest of the song lyrics
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Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 18 out of 19
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 19
  3. Negative: 1 out of 19
  1. CultureDose.net
    100
    There's no way you won't be listening to this CD on repeat for anything less than two weeks straight.
  2. Dot Music
    90
    This is rock with a big fat drunken grin scrawled over its face in lurid red lipstick.
  3. AllMusic
    80
    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.
  4. Blender
    80
    The Darkness play old-fashioned metal with such elan that at times they ascend to pop music's Olympian heights. [Nov 2003, p.110]
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  5. Austin Chronicle
    78
    Campy? To be sure. Derivative? Absolutely. But cock-rock of this sheer magnitude and pomposity has been dormant at least since "Smells Like Teen Spirit" washed away "November Rain," so who really cares?
  6. Q Magazine
    70
    They might have a shelf life shorter than a pint of milk but, with a good tune underpinning each over-egged slice of rock pudding, are all the more thrilling for it. [Aug 2003, p.104]
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  7. Stylus Magazine
    10
    This is a dismal failure.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 49 out of 58
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 58
  3. Negative: 7 out of 58
  1. Cubbykovu
    Aug 14, 2012
    10
    permission to land is bombastic loud rock album of legendary status the songs are loud catchy and sing alongy . the guitar laying is brilliantpermission to land is bombastic loud rock album of legendary status the songs are loud catchy and sing alongy . the guitar laying is brilliant the drums bash and it is quite simply and album made to make you feel good and sing along too there should be more albums like this. It is also a fit of a larf with some impressively rediculous vocals that soar. Super album Super band… Expand
  2. miwasangel
    Apr 19, 2004
    10
    the greatest rock album in the last 5 years.it makes you believe that with lps like this,the rock will live almost a thousand years more.it the greatest rock album in the last 5 years.it makes you believe that with lps like this,the rock will live almost a thousand years more.it fucking rules!. … Expand
  4. WillH
    Sep 21, 2003
    10
    Ace!
  5. AdamH
    Mar 31, 2005
    10
    The Darkness have done something unbelieveable. They have successfully blended the best rock ever, from the 70s and the 80s. They also carry The Darkness have done something unbelieveable. They have successfully blended the best rock ever, from the 70s and the 80s. They also carry with them the badass attitude that is essential to any great rock band. They also have put their own spin on rock. Never before has anyone welded the superb vocals of Queen with the sounds of Zepplin, AC/DC, Def Leppard, and other great bands. Their vocals and music complement each other flawlessly. The best song on this album, despite popular belief, is not I Believe in a Thing Called Love, but Love is Only a Feeling. If you listen to it, the guitar work is amazing and the solo is one of Dan's best on the album in the way that it fits seamlessly into the rest of the song.… Expand
  6. j1imb
    May 27, 2006
    9
    excellent album. The best rock cd in a decade!
  7. drlowdon
    Feb 6, 2014
    8
    Genre: Rock
    With the over the top 70's style it is easy to misjudge The Darkness as a bit of a joke but they back up their excess by belting    Genre: Rock
    With the over the top 70's style it is easy to misjudge The Darkness as a bit of a joke but they back up their excess by belting out some cracking old school rock tunes.    … Expand
  8. RyanW.
    Apr 29, 2004
    0
    Is anybody still listening to these guys? If someone is then they can bear a bad, repetitive joke for a long time. This is music is horrible Is anybody still listening to these guys? If someone is then they can bear a bad, repetitive joke for a long time. This is music is horrible and I'm extremely surprised and depressed that it actually has a 77 rating. Shame on you bad music lovers! Millions of Elvis fans are wrong and so are followers of The Darkness (what's dark about them?!) … Expand

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