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The Darkness One Way Ticket To Hell...And Back Review

Album. Released 25 November 2005. Discography information comes from MusicBrainz. You can add or edit information about One Way Ticket to Hell ...and Back at musicbrainz.org.

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The Hawkins boys know what we like about them and are happy to keep on giving.

Chris Long 2003-09-05

What opens with pan-pipes, closes with rock opera, and has septums, prize marrows and Knockers in-between? It's The Darkness' rockin' new album.

The release of previous album Permission To Land was one of the events of 2003 but many believed that the band simply couldn't follow it.

The truth is that One Way... doesn't shock like Permission, but neither does it fall short. The Hawkins boys know what we like about them and are happy to keep on giving. Riffs rampantly fly about, Justin's falsetto careers around with his trademark humour and the influences have been pared down to a prog mix of Queen and AC/DC.

Shockingly, it all points to one thing - The Darkness actually have a career ahead of them. The joke, it seems, is on us.

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Album artwork for the release One Way Ticket To Hell...And Back.

Tracks

  1. 1 One Way Ticket
  2. 2 Knockers
  3. 3 Is It Just Me?
  4. 4 Dinner Lady Arms
  5. 5 Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time
  6. 6 Hazel Eyes
  7. 7 Bald
  8. 8 Girlfriend
  9. 9 English Country Garden
  10. 10 Blind Man

Release Details

  • Label

    EastWest Records UK

  • Release Date

    Nov 25 2005

  • Country

    Europe

  • Format

    Vinyl

  • Catalogue No.

    5051011 1218 1 4

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