Permission to Land

Permission to Land
Studio album by The Darkness
Released 7 July 2003
Recorded Chapel Studios, South Thoresby, Lincolnshire; Paul Smith Music Studios, London
Genre Glam metal, hard rock, heavy metal
Length 38:09
Label Atlantic
Producer Pedro Ferreira
The Darkness chronology
Permission to Land
(2003)		 One Way Ticket to Hell... and Back
(2005)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source Rating
Metacritic (79/100) [1]
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [2]
Pitchfork Media (8.4/10)[3]
NME (7/10) [4]
Rolling Stone [5]
The Guardian [6]
Blender [7]
Mojo [8]
Uncut [9]

Permission to Land is the debut studio album by British hard rock band The Darkness, released in the United Kingdom on 7 July 2003 and in the United States on 5 August 2003. The album topped the UK Albums Chart[10] and reached number thirty-six on the American Billboard 200 chart.[11] Four singles were released from Permission to Land: "Get Your Hands off My Woman", "Growing on Me", "I Believe in a Thing Called Love" and "Love Is Only a Feeling"; "I Believe in a Thing Called Love" was the most successful, reaching number two on the UK Singles Chart.[10] In addition to its chart success, Permission to Land also provided The Darkness with two high-profile music awards—Best Rock Album at the 2003 Kerrang! Awards[12] and Best British Album at the 2004 BRIT Awards (at which they also won the awards for Best British Group and Best British Rock Act).[13] Permission to Land was voted 49th in the 50 Greatest Albums of the 21st Century in Kerrang!. Permission to Land was later referenced in the song "Whichever Way You Wanna Give It" by lead singer Justin Hawkins' other band Hot Leg.

Contents

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Ed Graham, Dan Hawkins, Justin Hawkins and Frankie Poullain. 

No. Title Length
1. "Black Shuck"   3:20
2. "Get Your Hands off My Woman"   2:46
3. "Growing on Me"   3:29
4. "I Believe in a Thing Called Love"   3:36
5. "Love Is Only a Feeling"   4:19
6. "Givin' Up"   3:34
7. "Stuck in a Rut"   3:17
8. "Friday Night"   2:56
9. "Love on the Rocks with No Ice"   5:56
10. "Holding My Own"   4:56

Other tracks

Personnel

The Darkness
Additional personnel

Charts

Chart (2003) Peak
position
Danish Albums Chart[14] 40
Dutch Albums Chart[15] 30
Finnish Albums Chart[16] 17
Irish Albums Chart[17] 2
Norwegian Albums Chart[18] 13
Swedish Albums Chart[19] 8
UK Albums Chart[10] 1
Chart (2004) Peak
position
Australian ARIA Albums Chart[20] 17
Austrian Albums Chart[21] 40
Belgian Albums Chart[22] 59
French Albums Chart[23] 62
Italian Albums Chart[24] 16
New Zealand Albums Chart[25] 5
Swiss Albums Chart[26] 59
US Billboard 200[11] 36

References

  1. ^ http://www.metacritic.com/music/permission-to-land
  2. ^ Phares, Heather. Permission to Land: The Darkness at Allmusic
  3. ^ Plagenhoef, Scott (October 9, 2003). "Permission to Land: The Darkness". Pitchfork Media. http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/2524-permission-to-land. 
  4. ^ http://www.nme.com/reviews/11343.htm
  5. ^ Kemp, Rob (September 10, 2003). "The Darkness: Permission to Land". RS 932. Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on October 1, 2007. http://web.archive.org/web/20071001091401/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/thedarkness/albums/album/298969/review/5941570/permission_to_land. 
  6. ^ http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2003/jul/04/popandrock.artsfeatures
  7. ^ Nov 2003, p.110
  8. ^ Aug 2003, p.98
  9. ^ Sep 2003, p.97
  10. ^ a b c "The Darkness". Chart Stats. http://www.chartstats.com/artistinfo.php?id=52. Retrieved 16 April 2009. 
  11. ^ a b "Artist Chart History - The Darkness". Billboard. http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/retrieve_chart_history.do?model.chartFormatGroupName=Albums&model.vnuArtistId=527787&model.vnuAlbumId=743376. Retrieved 16 April 2009. 
  12. ^ "The Darkness rock Kerrang! awards". BBC. 22 August 2003. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/music/3172315.stm. Retrieved 16 April 2009. 
  13. ^ "Brits 2004: The winners". BBC. 17 February 2004. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/music/3497315.stm. Retrieved 16 April 2009. 
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External links

The Darkness
Studio albums
Permission to Land • One Way Ticket to Hell... and Back
Compilation albums
The Platinum Collection • 2 in 1: Permission to Land/One Way Ticket to Hell
Singles
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