Permission To Land
by The Darkness
  • Record Label: Atlantic
  • Release Date: Sep 16, 2003
User Score
8.4

Universal acclaim- based on 80 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 68 out of 80
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 80
  3. Negative: 8 out of 80

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  1. 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 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?!)
  2. KyleB
    Oct 8, 2004
    0
    Most. Overrated. Band. Ever.
  3. PissedOff
    Oct 9, 2007
    0
    The songs are excellent, but the overcompression is horrible. I don't want my CDs to give me a splitting headache, even when they used to be one of my favourites. What's the difference between badly-mastered good music and well-mastered bad music? Nothing. And that makes me incredibly angry. Score if it hadn't been so damn compressed: 8. Score now: see above.
  4. JimmyS
    Jul 4, 2005
    3
    Good music, but they gotta get rid of that lead singer, his voice goes through my head!
  5. RafaelM
    Jul 23, 2004
    0
    Hey The darkness, the 80`s just called, they want their sound back.
  6. [Anonymous]
    Mar 15, 2005
    1
    what is wrong with the critics these days. these guys are absolutly horrioble.
  7. WXYZ
    Aug 15, 2015
    0
    A rancid pile of tripe! I honestly can't understand the critics because even though this album did not receive "universal acclaim" (thank god for Stylus), a 79 is still way too high. That singer has something that just really gets on my nerves. Anybody can make a stupid, ear-scratching album like this.

Awards & Rankings

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#23 Most Discussed Album of 2003
70
#70 Most Shared Album of 2003

Critic Reviews

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Metascore
79

Generally favorable reviews - based on 19 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 18 out of 19
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 19
  3. Negative: 1 out of 19
  1. 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?
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  2. 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]
  3. New Musical Express (NME)
    70
    Just because it’s essentially heavy-metal karaoke, doesn’t mean you shouldn’t enjoy it.
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