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. MarkC
    Dec 1, 2005
    6
    Good album alot better than there new album if i could rate that one there new album it would be 1 and thats being generous. i think justin hawkins needs a new vocal cord though.. is he trying to copy freddie mercury ??? Cuz no one can replace queens style
  2. SusanW
    Oct 21, 2003
    4
    A joke. Of course, it's meant to be a joke, yeah? The review above that says this disc has all the shelf life of a pint of milk is right. Anybody could have made this album, only The Darkness were actually stupid enough to do so.

Awards & Rankings

23
#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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