Permission To Land - The Darkness
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79 out of 100

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8.4 out of 10

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  • 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).

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 18 out of 19
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 19
  3. Negative: 1 out of 19
  1. Playlouder
    100
    It is that love, devotion, and unfaltering belief that makes 'Permission To Land' such an essential listen, and such a joy to behold. It is the sound of triumph.
  2. Mojo
    80
    The Darkness swoop dangerously close to parody, but pull off the dizzying, sublime soprano hi-jinks of I Believe In A Thing Called Love, the deft pop-rock of Friday Night and Love On The Rocks WIth Ice's overbearing machismo with the grace of seasoned circus acrobats. [Aug 2003, p.98]
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  3. Launch.com
    80
    Permission To Land is actually good enough to motivate more than a few curious, intrepid listeners to give their dusty old Dokken albums another spin.
  4. Stylus Magazine
    10
    This is a dismal failure.

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  1. Positive: 49 out of 56
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 56
  3. Negative: 6 out of 56
  1. Cubbykovu
    10
    permission 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. BaronS
    8
    The genius of The Darkness is the perpetual joke they're playing that no one (in America anyway) gets. I feel very privliged that I do. Anyway, musically speaking this a thunderously talanted band and "Permission to Land" delivers unforgetable and sing along/play along melodies and guitar licks. Influences are noticable everywhere (from Cheap Trick to Queen to Van Halen) and each track seems to take you in a different direction. For those of you who don't "get" it...I feel sorry for you. For those that do, The Darkness takes us back to a more simple time in music history and leaves us with a smile on our faces.… Expand
  3. Paxster
    7
    This album has to be taken with a touch of humour. At points I was in fits of laughter at certain songs which were so stereotypical and funny. Glam rock has never been so generic and still succeeded to be mildly good.… Expand
  4. SusanW
    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.… Expand

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