Reviews (page 4 of 8)
Without Compromises!
Music cosplay. I really dislike it. The hand was hovering over the 1 star, but the music isn't really terrible. It's just the idea of it that makes me gag. Nevermind. I'm going too easy on these albums. I hate this.
That was pretty good. Need to listen again
When Morrissey is being miserable, when Cohen has gone bleak, when The Residents have tried to assault you aurally; put on your nan's cancer wig, your sisters gymnastics leotard and rock the fuck out. The absence of pretension is a beautiful thing and whilst this isn't going to challenge Dylan's nobel prize for Literature, my kids at 2, 5 and 9 thought this was great, especially the swearing. If you liked this then look for their Christmas song (of course they have a Christmas song)
Wow, the falsetto is unbelievable! So much falsetto, it's like opera rock with way over the top vocals. Pretty amazing that the guy can hit these super high notes. The music is good but nothing that really blew me away, the think that struck me is, like I said, the vocals. It's really crazy stuff. Never heard of them before and I'm not sure it's something I would ever listen to again but I won't forget it anytime soon.
Suscribo todos los comentarios de la crítica del libro. Muy acertados. Los referentes son evidentes e indisimulados: AC/DC y Boston con esos riffs de guitaras pesados. También The Cars cuando se acercan al pop y un poco de Queen por algunos tonos y cambios de voz de Justin. Sin embargo, a pesar del trallazo inicial de I Believe in a Thing Called Love, las comparaciones con Queen eran y son absurdas. Por calidad, por longevidad (aunque han segudio publicando hasta este mismo 2025) y por imposible. También hay ecos de Aerosmith o Kiss. De este debut, destacan la comentada I Believe in a Thing Called Love, Get Your Hands Off My Woman, Stuck In A Rut o la simpática y chispeante Friday Night. A mi por ejemplo Black Shuck me parece bastante floja, pero en menos de 40 minutos pasas un buen rato, que es lo que pretendían. Para otras cosas te pones la música de sus referentes. No entiendo que esté en la lista de 1001 discos, no aporta nada. Bueno, se escucha fácil y puedes hacer el chorras, pero eso es mejor en concierto donde seguro que ganaban aún más.
Fuck yeah, those were the days.
so annoying but i like that one song
Fun album!
Not bad, just not for me.
I always start my reviews by writing down the band, album title and year. Two songs into this album, I pulled up the site again, completely convinced that I got the year wrong. Nope, 2003 is correct. This confusion continued throughout my first listen. Is this a parody? Some of the lyrics come off that way and the music doesn’t try to hide its early 80s metal or arena rock influences. The tunes sound exactly like the music coming from the joint smoking metalheads behind my high school shop classroom. As often happens for me, the second listen was more enjoyable because I put all of that aside and just listened. These guys are seriously talented musicians and the vocals are pretty impressive. Some of the guitar solos are fucking amazing. My biggest complaint stems from my original reaction. There is not much original or new here. At what point does the old become new again? Does it matter? Maybe being “just rock n roll” is the point? In any event, this style of music wasn’t really my jam in the 80s and still isn’t. All the same, I can appreciate talent on display throughout “Permission to Land”. I’m glad I listen to it several times for this project, but it also is probably not something I’ll be revisiting.
Interesting. Not really a big fan of this style of music, especially the vocals. But for some reason it kind of clicked and I did end up enjoying it, including the vocals.
My face dropped when the singing started
Glam rock... reborn?
It's so much fun. I tried to listen with fresh cynical ears. I tried to see if I should dismiss this as a dumb joke record. If I'm really down on it then the production is a little bit poppy with corny crunchy guitar sounds and the vocals so high in the mix.. It's just so fun though. Every track is such a well executed genre piece in this classic rock idiom. It's an really well observed tribute to all the hard rock acts in the earlier parts of this list. I love it
Decent
I think this album and The Darkness in general have a time and a place. If I were to see them at a festival for example, on a hot summer day with other screaming fans I would probably get into it. Listening to this album on a quiet Sunday morning was definitely not the time or the place. While they own the cornyness with pride, it's still on the higher end of what is tolerable for me.
I dig that these are a bunch of guys who grew up listening to hair metal / glam rock and said “fuck it, I want to do that”, then they actually went and did it! It’s admittedly not my preferred genre at all, but there’s tons of passion and enthusiasm in this album and it’s undeniably fun. That said, holy hell I cannot stand his singing. It’s like nails on a chalkboard after a couple songs. By the end of the album, the novelty had worn off, so I just wanted it to end.
Never really did understand why The Darkness were so highly regarded. Listening again with more critical ears (and equipment) hasn’t inspired any more than before - but now the production and sound both seem dated and flat.
Inconsequential, but fun, and with some genuine songwriting chops. And credit for the humour and leaning into the ridiculousness.
that one song is alright
I liked this album more than I was expecting to. There are a lot of fun and catchy pop rock songs on here
Setting aside Justin's unique vocals (which absolutely suit the music) I challenge anybody to give me a band of the last 20 years that are playing rock like this. Its old school, it sounds great and they are superb live. So it's tongue in cheek at times....so what.... it still rocks !!!
I was surprised how good this was. Really good guitar band.
Fav: Friday Night Least Fav: Growing On Me Permission To Falsetto
If you lean into the cheesiness it’s a fun album.
I don't need this when I already have, like, Screaming For Vengeance. That said, I DO believe in a thing called love.
Absolutely not. This sucks.
Better than I remembered!
Not for me.
This is a good record, a fun record--but this is the first one in this process where I've thought to myself, "Self, is this really a record I needed to hear before I die?" Answer: Probably not
Its inability to take itself seriously is both its biggest asset and its biggest weakness. There’s genuine talent here. And it’s hard to hate the cliched and fairly by-the-numbers rock and Justin Hawkins’s ridiculously over-the-top vocals when it has its tongue firmly implanted in its cheek. But it’s also hard to genuinely love or give much of a fuck about it either. 3 on a good day, 2 on a bad day. Best in small doses.
glam rock with heavily distorted guitars and a flamboyant charismatic frontman with falsetto for days. this was a fun album. highlights: “get your hands off my woman” “i believe in a thing called love” “friday night”
Fun stuff
The audacity to put this out in 2003. FUN with a capital F and pretty much a no skips album. Love these dudes. I still believe in a thing called love.
Eh
A banger
I've never stopped believing in anything called Love. Half baller album, half annoying gimmick.
Permission to Land by The Darkness feels like a transmission from another era — as if a glam metal band from the 1980s got cryogenically frozen and thawed out in 2003 with one mission: rock as hard and theatrically as possible. I still remember seeing the video for I Believe in a Thing Called Love in middle school and thinking it was one of the weirdest things I’d ever seen, but the song was so ridiculously infectious that the campiness became part of the charm. That track alone showed what made The Darkness special: soaring falsetto vocals, huge guitar riffs, bluesy grooves, bombastic drums, and unapologetic guitar solos at a time when rock music wasn’t really doing that anymore. Going into the album, I honestly wondered if I could enjoy a full record beyond the singles I already liked — especially Love Is Only a Feeling — but opener Black Shuck immediately grabbed my attention. It’s a rip-roaring intro with massive energy and standout vocals that demand you pay attention. From there, tracks like Get Your Hands Off My Woman and Growing on Me bridge the gap between flashy 80s glam rock and 2000s hard rock surprisingly well. “Growing on Me” especially feels like the band at their most modern — a song that stood out on rock radio and music TV while still fitting perfectly into the era. The album’s biggest highlights come from its larger-than-life singles and power ballads. I Believe in a Thing Called Love is just pure fun, with wild high notes nobody else in rock was attempting in 2003 and guitar playing that makes you want to pick one up immediately. Meanwhile, Love Is Only a Feeling and Holding My Own revive the lost art of the power ballad, delivering huge emotional choruses and genuinely memorable hooks. “Holding My Own” in particular was a standout first listen, with uplifting lyrics about perseverance that hit surprisingly hard beneath all the glam theatrics. The second half of the album loses some steam, leaning a bit too heavily into generic AC/DC-style hard rock clichés. Songs like Givin’ Up and Stuck in a Rut feel less distinct, even if the guitar solos still rip. Love on the Rocks with No Ice is heavier and more interesting, channeling 70s hard rock in a way that makes you wonder what music history would look like if this album had come out in 1973 instead of 2003. The comparison can sometimes work against The Darkness — occasionally they sound a little too indebted to their influences — but unlike many retro-rock revival bands, they still manage to carve out a personality of their own. Overall, Permission to Land earns its place as one of the most unique rock albums of the 2000s. The first half is packed with infectious singles and genuinely great power ballads, while the weaker second half falls into familiar hard rock habits. Still, during an era dominated by garage rock revival, pop-punk, glossy pop stars, and gangster rap, The Darkness sounded refreshingly authentic and gloriously over-the-top. It’s the kind of album that reminds you why rock music can be fun — and hopefully inspires some kid somewhere to pick up a guitar and crank the volume to 11.
Listened to this the way it’s meant to be heard: blasting it on a work site while driving a scissor lift around. I remember the days when “A Thing Called Love” was getting constant rotation on MTV, and it was one of my favorite music videos. Never listened to the full album before. It’s pretty entertaining, a nice homage to Thin Lizzy while the lead singer imitates as many 70s belters as he can. Two stars for a perfect single and another star for attempting to resurrect glam metal as a genre.
I very much dislike falsetto singers on metal music. I will never “get it”. Perhaps it’s because I’ll never be able to sing like them. For example, I really enjoyed “Growing On Me” Justin Hawkins went there. If it weren’t for this project, I would’ve stopped listening right then and there. This album seems like a nostalgia grab for people in 2003 that wished it was still 1983.
it was alright, just not really for me
CRINGE. Or is it just a bit of fun? Nah, get to fuck. Sorry Dan, I just can't stand Justin.
Su disco de debut. Como me gustó este disco. Y me sigue gustando.
Had way too much fun with this one. Still never gonna look for this genre on purpose. Low 4
I might have liked this album better with a different singer. When he moved into his upper register/falsetto it made me cringe.
vafan man gillar väl detta lite. mycket nostalgi och så. blir lite väl mycket falsett dock
Odd album. Epic at times and silly at others.
Fun. Goofy.
Most of the music comes in at a 3 for me, though some of the riffs seems like complete take offs from other more popular rock songs. Most of the vocals land at 2 for me, being too high pitched and shrieky, with some cheesy hooks.
Permission to Land is one of those albums that’s impossible to take too seriously, and that’s exactly its charm. The Darkness brought glam rock swagger back into the early 2000s when everyone else was busy being moody and serious. It is over the top, ridiculous, and completely self-aware, full of falsetto wails, power chords, and guitar solos that sound like they were recorded with a wink and a grin. Tracks like “I Believe in a Thing Called Love” and “Growing on Me” are undeniably catchy, and the energy across the record is infectious. You can tell they were having fun making it, which goes a long way. Still, it can be a bit much in one sitting, since the constant theatrics and tongue-in-cheek delivery do not leave much room for subtlety, and after a while it starts to blur together. That said, it is hard not to admire how committed they are to the bit. It is campy, confident, and genuinely entertaining, even if it is not something I would reach for often. Permission to Land is not a perfect album, but it is a perfect snapshot of a band who knew exactly what they wanted to be: loud, cheeky, and gloriously excessive.
Didn't realise I was a Darkness fan
The Darkness are such a guilty pleasure for me, especially this album. Justin Hawkin is a sexy, camp, squealing man who makes this tongue in cheek band a really good listen. If you can't have a laugh with it and find it amusing you have the personality of a No. 2 Pencil. Super fun, good riffs, great solos and the ridiculously high pitched singing. If you don't attempt the high notes you're a huge pussy. Growing on Me, into I Believe in a Thing Called Love, then Love Is Only a Feeling is 11 and half minutes of fantastic British glam rock.
must be a parody album...there's no other explanation...
Holy moses, I wasn't expecting this to appear. The Darkness are simply unapologetically classic hard rock big riffs, big vocals, big guitar solos. I can only assume the idea was "Lets do Queen but over the top and have fun." It would be easy to call it cliche, if it wasnt so obviously silly and self aware. Dont take it too seriously just enjoy the hard fast rock.
That one song is ok but a whole album of it is a bit much
I'd never heard of this band before but I recognized one of the songs. Seems like maybe a one-hit wonder, but the album wasn't bad.
I think Glitter Rock had had its 14 minutes of fame. This was the 15th minute.
My socks have been rocked!! Screaming solos and solos of screaming could get even the most curmudgenly soul bobbin their head to this. I'd only ever heard thing called love before but the album was full of bangers
Started out really worrying. His voice is pretty good, but only as long as he doesn't go into that high pitch squeal he keeps doing. The first couple songs weren't so great, but then Growing On Me came on, that one was pretty fun. Love Is Only A Feeling was really good, smooth vocals and some great guitar. Dipped a bit after that, and Stuck In A Rut had this weird laughing part that didn't really fit in. Friday Night was fun too, interesting lyrics. It's averaging a 3, with a few duds but some good ones to balance it. Best song: Love Is Only A Feeling
I was never into hair rock, so no reason I would be into this either
Hard Rock mit ruhigen Phasen
The Darkness's debut album was really weird for me. You have this He-man-styled singing with screaming and power metal vocals on the side. The vocals were just all over the place, it just gives the album no direction. Unlike the vocals, I liked majority of the backing tracks. ESPECIALLY Love on the Rock with No Ice; solid groove metal-like song. And now about my least favourite song on the album: Black Shuck is so obnoxious. It's trying to be 3 different things at the same time, going nowhere fast in the process.
Removed
Can we please just leave hair metal in the 80s and forget that God forsaken genre ever existed.
Thre is an earnestness to the band, they clearly loved the era of 70s-80s rock and roll. Where bands like Greta Van Fleet rip off, The Darkness is inspired. It definitely fits a mood, and I'm torn since I'm not sure that this is "essential" listening, but it is indicative of the rock and roll revival of the early 2000s (albeit the hair-metal influences of the 80s didn't really take on) that guided Millenial culture. I feel like every millenial my age could do a passible, drunken rendition of "I Believe in a Thing Called Love" at Karaoke.
Freddy Mercury and Meatloaf had twins: the Hawkins brothers.
Ouch
Ultimate hair rock and I love it so goddamn much.
Oula, j'écris ces lignes quelques jours après l'écoute, pis j'ai la mémoire trouble, c'était du rock correct de mémoire, rien de bien spécial
This album unapologetically wears its influences on its sleeve, and I think that’s its strength. There are times when those influences are dialed up to 11 and it almost feels like parody of itself. But the whole thing is fun. And I Believe in a Thing Called Love is an all-time great rock song. I think there’s some room to let a fun album be fun, even if it’s not perfect.
Not in my edition of the book! 2003. 2 stars. Generic and faintly ridiculous Brit glam rock. Justin Hawkins may become a good singer once his balls drop.
This is unapologetically fun. In an era where this music was a deeply uncool move, they decided to do it anyway.
Hard Rock'n' Roll - with nothing memorable. +1 star for nice album art
An old fashion rock out with your cock out album yet made in the 2000's I'll take it.
нихуя, глэм рок в нулевых
I Believe in a Thing Called Love is fun. The rest of this record doesn’t work out as well. It feels like there are moments in all these songs that work - but then the rest of the song is either too kitsch or not kitsch enough.
The only Darkness song I’m acquainted with is “I Believe in a Thing Called Love.” I’m guessing that song is a pretty good indicator of what I can expect with this album, and if that’s the case, I think I’m about to be in for a pretty good time! Permission to Land was pretty fun to listen to, but it definitely had its peaks and valleys. The peaks were fun, and blasted with solid guitar riffs, while the valleys were mostly forgettable. The Darkness might only have one trick up their sleeve, but they seem to have a lot of fun with that trick, and their energy was pretty infectious at times. “Black Shuck” set the tone for the album really well, with some great guitar playing and fun energy. “Growing on Me” had an eighties pop rock vibe to it that I really liked. The guitar licks, and vocals were great, and the lyrics were infectious. This song sounded like it would have fit right in on a soundtrack in the mid-eighties. “I Believe in a Thing Called Love” was definitely one of the high points on the album. The guitar playing and vocals were excellent, and everything was mixed perfectly. The pre-chorus is my favorite part of the song, with some of the best falsettos on the album. I really enjoyed the slower tempo and more ballad-y sound of “Love Is Only a Feeling.” For an album that relies a lot on tongue-in-cheek innuendo, this song felt really sincere and worked well. I loved the higher register of the guitar playing on the chorus, and the acoustic guitar sounds on the verses were great too. “Friday Night” fell into this category as well, and I loved the hopeless romantic and puppy love feeling to the lyrics. It reminded me of that optimism you feel when you have a crush on someone. “Holding My Own” was one of the cleverest songs on the album. I enjoyed the contrast between the softer sound and the bawdy lyrics. The main guitar riff was really great, and the vocals sounded really good too. While Permission to Land isn’t without its faults, its peaks far outstrip the songs that feel like filler, creating an album that’s really solid and fun.
Didn’t enjoy the whole thing but it’s good fun at times
A very fun throwback. Especially the guitarwork is very fun.
4/5
I had to skip this one after 2.5 songs
When this first came out 20+ years ago I didn't get it. Today I hear a group of guys born in the wrong era but having the time of their lives. What a fun, unashamed, gloriously camp album.
This album is a bunch of crazy bizarre glam rock masquerading as unapologetic decade-late hair metal, it's all bangers and I love it. Such an absurd yet earnest album. Listening to it makes me so happy. I usually reserve 5 stars for the utmost pinaccle of absolute masterpieces, but this just brings me so much joy, and really isn't that what music is all about?
I love this album. Loved it when it came out, and it still sounds pretty great to me. These guys dgaf.
These guys seriously know how to rock but man I can’t get past that voice - annoying as h*ll
That voice!!
meh
What a fun album! Besides the massive hit that everyone knows and loves, my favourite tracks were: Givin' Up Love Is Only A Feeling Friday Night 4.25
My apologies if you love this album but this may be the most embarrassing record on the list. Considering the non-revival of Glam Rock that didn’t occur around the release of this record I would say this is the least influential album on here. Had this been released in 1974 it would still stuck.
Muy disfrutable. Qué sería de ellos
Little more than a one-hit wonder.
This takes me back, was only a young boy when I got my hands on this album and forgot that I loved it so much. Crazy what nostalgia can make you enjoy! I also forgot how much the back end fizzles on this album. Still a damn good time
5,8
This album is just goofy fun. From the album cover that looks like a classic B-movie poster, to the other the top solo's and vocal delivery. The layer of irony and fun that this album brings makes it a lot more interesting than the sources it's derived from. I would rather listen to this over Queen or any number of poorly aged Hair Metal bands. I Believe In A Thing Called Love is a great song and a bunch of the others here work well as standalone singles too.
Das hat mir gefallen! Glam Rock, irgendwie cool.
The confidence to go out and make exactly the music they wanted is amazing. His voice has quite a range. I believe in a Thing Called Love takes me right back to college. Otherwise, glam rock isn't really my thing.
The dude's voice is pretty annoying but the instrumentation is fairly enjoyable, nothing really bad about this it just doesn't do anything interesting
Sounds fun, dad rock things Growing on me kinda a vibe
„Permission to Land“ ist ein energiegeladenes Debütalbum, das sich mit voller Wucht in die Welt des Glam-Rock und klassischen Hardrock stürzt. Die Band zitiert unüberhörbar Größen wie AC/DC, Def Leppard und Aerosmith A, und liefert eine wilde Mischung aus eingängigen Riffs, überdrehten Gitarrensoli und Justin Hawkins’ markantem Falsettgesang – der allerdings zu wild sind. Die Songs wie „I Believe in a Thing Called Love“ und „Growing on Me“ sind zweifellos Ohrwürmer, doch die übertriebene Theatralik und der bewusst schrille Humor machen das Album stellenweise schwer verdaulich. Es wirkt manchmal eher wie eine Parodie auf das Genre als eine ernsthafte Hommage B.
There's nothing remarkable about this album, and Hawkins' falsetto is just painful to listen to.
Once the novelty wore off 30 seconds in, I was stuck listening to a very unpleasant high pitched squealing man for the remainder of the album. An experience I do not wish on anyone.
OK but really not something I would come back to
Opening the album in Spotify, I noticed I already had I Believe in a Thing Called Love on my Liked Songs playlist. I couldn't remember when I added it or what the song even sounded like, until I got that track. Oh yeah, that song! LOL The rest of the album is okay but I didn't add anymore to my liked songs.
fav song: givin up (4/5)
A bit of restrain on the falsetto heroics would do some good. I feel like The Darkness are in a damned if you do damned if you dont position, they were a breath of fresh air for those jaded by Nu-metal that weren't into the garage rock revival of the early milenium. I can only take them on small dosages. 2/5 I believe in a thing called love is a masterpiece, but the rest? meh
I’ve only heard this album from them, and I was just as thrilled as anybody when “I Believe in a Thing Called Love” came out, but this just feels very “wow they’re committed to the bit.”
A small part of the first two songs made me skip the rest of the album. Maybe if the guy wasn’t singing I would have given it a chance.
Na ja.
It's kinda fun? But also very derivative, and repetitive, and I have no idea why this is in the list.
This is the best possible execution of a genre I really, really don't like. It's really quite good for what it is, but I hate hair metal, fun and self-aware or not, so it's gonna be a 2.
I think this really is a 4 to 4.5 depending on how I look at it, but I am rounding up to 5, because the songs really are fantastic all the way through, it is fun, and it is/was really a breathe of fresh air at the time. Sure, it is a lot of classic rock mixed together, but it does it in a modern way, is consistent, and is just very, very good.
Fun modern rock!
This was fun! After all the 80s Hair Bands retire or go on reunion tours, this group decided to "Land" on the scene brining back the genre
Two stars for the two good songs. The lead singer has a great voice but their is not a lot of depth to their songs and that type of hair metal style rock, even though it’s from the 2000s just doesn’t jive with me
great musicians; lyrics point to some issues
A debut album named Permission to Land is pretty cute. Add onto that, the album is full of glam rock, like The Darkness was transported from 1978 to 2003, but they still made their own sound. Justin Hawkins isn't the first to use a falsetto with glam rock, but The Darkness just do it so well. The falsetto definitely aids them sounding distinct. I'm just obsessed with how catchy, campy, and fun Permission to Land is. An absolute dream to listen to.
I remember when this album came out, and how exciting it was to have such loud and proud hard rock glam grace us in the year 2003. And my thoughts all these years later? This album definitely holds up. There's excellent vocal work (the lead singer's outstanding falsetto is to be commended) and the music itself is catchy as hell with some real skill. There was just nothing else like this at the time, and as someone who was consuming copious amounts of 80s hair metal at the time, this was a real treat. Some people can't seem to get into the campiness of this album, but I'm absolutely here for it. Also, if you like Queen, miss me with your hate on this album, because I guess we are cherry picking which glam rock is corny and which is epic, but the two bands are cut from the same cloth.
The instrumentation on this is right up my alley if a bit simplistic, and I enjoyed bits - but, please someone, stop hurting that vocalist.
Some catchy pop rock that is actually better than I was expecting but the vocals tend towards annoying and keep me from really enjoying The Darkness. The lyrics were perhaps written as a 14 year old so I'm forgiving how young they may have been but they are pretty lame.
Pretentious and Boring.
It's a pastiche Starts off at 11, seems to be front loaded with all the singles (i.e.the sings i recognise without checking their discography) and calms down a bit in the 2nd half Enjoyable if you don't take it too seriously
Every song is great on this album
Better than expected. This is a pretty good record. But it doesn’t kick ass enough to be remembered as as good as queen or kiss. But the potential was there.
WTF,!? 1 "good" "karaoke song", rest not bad to hear at 3 in the morning at Graspop Metal Meeting café or something like that...Should never make the list...wonder what really good albums didn't make the cut because of this parody stuff...
I Believe In A Thing Called Love was a signature song of mine during my karaoke era. I could sorta hit the notes back then. I sure as hell can't hit them now. Lots of fond memories of this album. This is an easy 5 stars.
Great album with a banger and a whole lot that should have been more popular. One of the best rip it rock n roll albums of the 21st century.
Whilst I believe the album comes from a good place, it’s just too cheesy and a pastiche of a genre that is already abit much.
Чизовенькая вторичка, хотя не без удачных треков, звонких рифов и метких вокальных партий.
It was pretty decent easy listening metal. Not quite up there with Richie B and Rainbow but the lead did have a solid voice and the tempo was driving.
Love that this brings me back to college but not sure I'll be listening to it on the reg
2 fun but not essential .
Smutty, sweaty, pure adrenaline ROCK N' ROLL. Think part ACDC, part Queen, mixed with the histrionics. Of course there's I BELIEVE IN A THING CALLED LOVE, but LOVE IS ONLY A FEELING, and GROWING ON ME kicked some major tailfeather. Score probably elevated due to Justin Hawkins' Youtube music review/tutorials, which give added credibility to their music. Gonna listen to some Alien Ant Farm and the Struts now, for no reason at all.
Sounded like when Weezer got bad
This album from a band I had only ever heard one song was fine. That one song, excellent
I owned this CD when it came out and listened to Growing on Me (a highly underrated classic) and I Believe in a Thing Called Love a lot, and then tried to force myself to listen to the rest, and typically failed. Those two songs are five-star bangers. The rest is commendable but generic.
Really just the one song that I knew and the Cure tribute were good listens. Good riffs but not really memorable songs. Just makes you wish you were listening to the music this is referencing. Prefer Wolfmother to this.
This shit had me sleeping. Its just a bunch of clichés trying to be innovative with the singer being Axel Rose with none of the charisma accompanied by some basic and shitty lyrics. Only a couple decent songs and thats being generous
This album is camp in the best possible way. It’s tongue-in-cheek but never lazy, with riffs that punch harder than they have any right to and lyrics that wink at you while doing high kicks in platform boots. “I Believe in a Thing Called Love” is the anthem of anyone who’s ever air-guitared in the mirror with zero shame. And if you can’t smile while listening to it, you might want to check your pulse—you could be legally dead inside. Every track feels like it was written with a smirk and a raised eyebrow, but the musicianship is no joke. Dan Hawkins is no slouch on the guitar and his solos shred. The drums are thunderous and you've got the inimitable Frankie Poullain on bass. To cap it all, Justin Hawkins’ vocals soar like a glam-rock phoenix. It’s theatrical, ridiculous, and completely irresistible. It kicks down the door, struts in, and demands you have fun. And honestly? You will.
insanely good, really 80s rock ish even though its from the 2000s
Generic rock album, but done very well. High 3. Fave song: Love Is Only a Feeling Honorable mention: I Believe In a Thing Called Love
Permission granted. Might be a bit generic, but this shit slaps. Favourite Song: I Believe in a Thing Called Love Honourable Mentions: Friday Night, Love is Only a Feeling
if you told me that this is generic hard rock I'd believe you but it wouldn't change that this shit sounds pretty fucking solid
Fun enough. I think the lead singer wants to be Freddie Mercury, but he’ll never be Freddie!
I'm not a fan of this kind of pastiche. It's fun, and this album is fun, but there's a layer of remove there. The riffs are catchy, and there's a ton of personality in all of these songs. There's real talent here, it's not just mimicry. It just doesn't connect with me. Weird to think that this album is now older than the hair metal they drew inspiration from was at the time of it's recording. Standout Track(s): I Believe in a Thing Called Love
Gotta appreciate their commitment to the bit. Young guys in 2000 channeling their favorite 80's metal dudes. It's fun in very small doses, but does wear thin. I love the genre and the originals theses guys are emulating, but I'd rather hear those originals. I can even get behind high, sometimes screechy vocals a la Geddy Lee, but Geddy brought more to the show. In an interview these guys were saying how anomalous the single "I believe in a thing..." was because they just think of themselves as a rock band and that was just an inch from parody. It almost didn't get onto the album. But I don't find it believable. Most of the songs lean that way - a blender full of glam metal tropes pushed to 11. (Although yes, in the video, they knew they were overdoing it on purpose.) I do kind of like "Friday Night" because there's less of the screechiness and he even sounds a little like... can I say this? Robert Smith. It's almost "Friday I'm in Love"! Gotta give this a two because truthfully the music is not bad. They're decent 80s-90s metal rockers. But it's gotta have more heart for me to want to listen again. There's no There there.
Great guitar intro to Black Shuck. Then the vocals started, whoa, bad. The falsetto, the screaming. Couldn’t get through the second song, not for me
One of my best friends in high school had "I Believe in a Thing Called Love" as the first track on a mix cd and that has absolutely colored my opinion of this album. But it's fucking fantastic even besides that.
Imagine a very mediocre 80s hairband they couldn’t be bothered to find a half decent lead singer
not my favorite sound, especially the vocals, but was pretty catchy at times!
Vocals are horrendous.
Well this was a fun listen. Pure energy from start to finish. Back when this first came out I didn't really take The Darkness seriously as they seemed kind of like a joke band. Turns out I was the joke, because these guys are fantastic! There's definitely a good amount of cheese in the music, but the vibe is really just one of absolute fun.
Ahh the darkness, man this record is not great. Too unfunny to be parody, too contrived to be sincere. Boo.
this sounds like music that would have been on the shaun white snowboarding wii game that i loved in 4th grade. this is not a compliment.
bad
It's got all the expected tongue in cheek/cliche/irony from Justin & Co. It's pretty good for what it is, but the one mega single was probably the reason for it being here. 2.5 rounded up to 3
Rock by numbers
A gloriously unselfconscious homage to glam and hair metal. I Believe in a Thing Called Love captures the essence in a single track beautifully, as a whole album it's a bit much though.
Yeah. Rock on you krazy freaks. Let your yodel be heard across the open plan office; let your bright socks raise eyebrows; don't be constrained by a pony tail when you could be whipping that thing around in the lift; who loves you? Out of The Darkness comes a helium balloon with YOUR NAME on it. Kisses! 3 star album with an extra one for cheerfulness.
Hold on. The Darkness were a real band?! 🤪 Of course it's daft, cliché and silly, but you can tell they had good fun with it! 2.5
I have been putting off listening to this album. I HATED I Believe In A Thing Called Love in 2003 and was dreading listening to more of this silly-voiced novelty act. There were a few guitar riffs that I enjoyed, but overall, my original assessment was correct.
better and worse than i remembered
Kind of a fun rock album. Vocals were sometimes annoying, but also fit fairly well. Kind of reminds me of Franz Feredinand or The Killers in a way, but a bit more frantic. 3/5
me, opening the 1001 album generator website this morning and getting my album for the day: ............................ the DARKNESS????????????? i have literally not thought about The Darkness for at least 15 years. they just deleted themselves from my memory completely. this is truly a throwback thursday. before listening to the album in full i went straight to I Believe In A Thing Called Love and suddenly i was in year 9 again. completely, COMPLETELY forgot about the existence of Friday Night as well. anyway the rest of it... idk if im a bit clouded by nostalgia here but im having a good time?? its just fun and bits of it are not that great but its just BIG AND SILLY and tbh im remembering how at age 14 i'd be reading the NME and there'd be all these bands taking themselves really seriously and then there was just the darkness doing this kind of thing, and i don't think i really appreciated this at the time but it was good to have this kind of silliness alongside everything else.
hm
Pre-listening thoughts: I’m a little nervous to listen to this one bc Adam Lambert did I Believe in a Thing Called Love on glee and I worry they can’t actually top his cover of it Post/during listening thoughts: I kind of enjoyed this! It was a fun listen but I’m not sure I’d ever revisit it. I think it was a nice modern take on glam rock/metal but also to me serves as why we should never bring that genre back. It’s just a little too much yelling in the falsetto range and sometimes the instrumentals feel like they’re fighting with the vocals instead of complementing them. Anyways this wasn’t bad though, but still a 6/10 DID I NEED TO HEAR THIS BEFORE I DIE: no Fav tracks: I Believe in a Thing Called Love, Love is Only a Feeling, Friday Night Least fav tracks: Get Your Hands Off of My Woman, Stuck in a Rut
There was nothing remarkable about this album. The songs were mediocre. If they were attempting an homage to hair metal, then they did a serviceable job.
A terminally humourless parody of 80s cock rock excess. Puerile pastiche which is even more excruciating to sit through now than it was 20-plus years ago.
Pure Hard Rock Experience!
I mean I believe in a thing called love is enough to give this a 4 but his voice and the rocking band behind him pushes it over the top!
First time I've ever heard the word "motherfucker" pronounced as nine syllables. Kitchy stuff. I mean, good on 'em -- they want to make glam rock. But they're stuck somewhere in a no-man's land between T.Rex and Queens of the Stone Age. It has its moments, but I'm not a big fan of the frontman's hooting falsetto. Solid riffage. Gets pretty boring in the back half, tbh.
The kind of music I picture in my mind when I imagine “classic rock”. Best song: I Believe in a Thing Called Love Notable(s): Givin’ Up, Love on the Rocks with No Ice
A Sort of guilty pleasure I won't intentionally revisit.
It's crazy just how much better their hit is than the rest of the album. A few others are not bad but overall it's just fine. Maybe this should actually be 2 stars idk.
It's been growing on me for about 22 years
Wow! They recorded a bunch of albums and I only know 1 song, so I guess this needs to be rated a 1. The band is good but the LS Voice....
It’s pretty dumb. For the first few tracks (especially the second), it’s also funny enough, tongue-in-cheek enough that the dumbness is forgivable, and even fun. The further in you get, though, the more tired and grating the joke gets. I’ll give them credit for making me completely forget this album came out in 2003. They found their genre and didn’t let time get in their way 2.5
Me cae bien este tipo. Es un disco formidable. Algo que ya no esperaba escuchar a esas alturas de milenio o de vida. Para la perfección le falta algo de estructura de disco. La colección de canciones es muy buena pero falta algo de narrativa, variaciones instrumentales.. algo de respiro de riff a riff.
Pretty basic but fun glam-esque riff-driven rock album. There's nothing out of this world here, but catchy riffs are always good, and this album has a fair few. They kind of gave up in the second half, through, loosing a fair amount of energy. Still, overall, this is a pretty good album but not very memorable. 7/10
In the 1700s the king of Sweden had a lion and when it died he sent the pelt to a taxidermist who had never seen a lion so the taxidermied animal was comically bad. This is the best analogy I have for this album. I would have happily gone the rest of my life not being reminded that this existed
So many good memories of when this album came out. I heard it and said, "Finally, they brought AC/DC-esque rock into the 2000's!". Before it was NuMetal, garage band sounding groups, but nothing that just said, let's bring back 70's glam rock and own it. The Darkness did it, and did it well. I'm a bit biased because I like 95% of glam rock music, there are exceptions, but for the most part I like it and these guys hold to it faithfully, maybe to a fault. I'm sure this album will be roasted on this list, but I like it. 3.79/5 stars Songs you can't skip: Get Your Hands Off My Woman Growing on Me I Believe in a Thing Called Love Love Is Only A Feeling Stuck In A Rut
Campy, cheesy and I wouldnt want it any other way
One good track doesn't make a good album.
These guys rule. And were ahead of their time, but also behind it.
4.5 because of the song
Kinda just wish they wrote songs for AC/DC and not these overly jokey pantomimes. There's some stuff which is as good in its mechanics as any of the greats but it's through so many layers of irony it can be difficult to stomach
Arghhh. C'est pas bon pis c'est même pas drôle.
Pas à mon goût, mais une cote de 2 serait chien, étant donné le talent et la proposition.
C'est même pas une bonne blague.
Even if this is ironic, it's painfully annoying. There's some fun melodies here and there, but the vocals are extremely grating, and the whole sound and attitude was outdated when this came out and is even less relevant now. If I wanted to listen to glam rock I would choose a band from glam rock's prime, and one with a bit of sincerity.
What a fun project! Nothing super special but it really nails the sounds it seeks to replicate/evolve. "I Believe in a Thing Called Love" is timeless and ripping it in Guitar Hero on the DS was my introduction. Unfortunately for The Darkness, my brain pictures the lead singer as Dennis Reynolds as the Dayman...
I was familiar with the Darkness mostly from "I believe in a thing called love". I was pleasantly surprised by this album- they have a more varied and complex sound than I anticipated. Still- not too many standouts, and the 80s-style falsetto singing did start to wear after a while. A lot of fun songs though. Overall- good album. 3.5/5
I really liked I believe in a thing called love and black shuck. But the rest I was meh about
Þessa plötu hlustaði ég alltof oft á þegar hún kom út. Það var einhver sjarmi við hana. Mér fannst ég vera að upplifa hvernig gullaldarár glamrokksins voru en samt á mínum tíma. Þetta var ákkúrat það sem ég þurfti og líka núna þegar ég hlustaði. Gef henni fimm stjörnur því húb vakti upp svo góðar tilfinningar og fíling
Good music just not my style
It is what it is with The Darkness, steady album if a bit warbley for a voice
meh mostly with some fun tracks. i know i believe in a thing called love and CANNOT remember what from
Ambitious but not for me. There is some level of talent here I must admit. 1.5
80's metal record from a 2000's band? Kinda fun I'll give it 2.5 stars
- Givin Up Gitarrensolo
I remember IBIATCL coming out as a child, and loved it. I then remember it being on singstar. This album feels like a group of fellas playing singstar, guitar hero and rock band and just having a fucking good time. It’s not Hall of Fame material, but it’s a bloody fun time
Obviously not the most serious album ever, but wow was this way worse than I remember.
From who? Where?
Hell yeah. “I Believe in a Thing Called Love” has been one of my favorite songs for 20+ years but this is my first time listening through the whole album and I loved it.
# Album Name: Permission to land # Artist: The Darkness # Rating: 4/5 # Comments: You have to take the darkness for what they are. If you didnt know who they were, what they were and the era they came out, then you would think they were a decent entry. Theres a lot worse bands than these guys from the OG era. The band is actually very tight. Theres som great guitar work on the record too. Admittedly, there a lot of glam tongue in cheek on it. I remember when this came out, it was big. First half of the album is very good. Quality drops on the 2nd half. # Top Tunes: Black shuck / hand off my woman / growing on me / thing called love / love is only a feeling / friday night / holding my own # Would I listen to it again? yes
➕ black shuck, get your hands off my woman. ➖love is only a feeling, stuck in a rut what the hell. sure. like a man who sounds like a woman. metal in the same way la croix is fruit.
It's a fun album. However it gets a little old as the album goes on. Still, not all that bad.
brilliant
Awesome album - thought this band was way older. Crazy vocals.
this needs some context. there was absolutely nothing like it when it came out. it was such a refreshing breath of fresh air back then, having a band sound completely different and just having fun. the rumor back then was that the band overheard the future lead singer in a karaoke bar and said - we gotta make an album with this dude.
5/10…glam metal / hard rock
Holy falsetto Batman! Honestly thought it was a bit too much but found the album enjoyable nonetheless. Also this is one of those albums where you find a pleasant surprise and this one is discovering that these guys sing, "I Believe in a Thing Called Love". 7/10
The music sounds like some fun, energetic 2000s Rock Music, but the vocals don't match the music. The lead singer sounds like he belongs in the "High School Musical" series. It's okay, but the vocals held this album back. Favorite Track: "I Believe In A Thing Called Love".
Listenable but the novelty wears thin
glam rock should’ve died in 1979
I believe in a thing called love is a banger. But the singers voice gets so grating on the other tracks
Fun Rick
Had some moments but overall didn't enjoy.
First song blew my mind with its shittiness
immediately on my karaoke playlist
no
Lord forgive me Fav song: I Believe In A Thing Called Love or Growing On Me
A couple of absolutely cracking singles alongside fun album cuts. I love the vocals.
Bruh why is this on the list
This album is horrible. It’s like the Boston album but worse. Some ok sounding guitar riffs aren’t enough to save it from its dogshit ass singing and lyrics. Genuinely everyone involved with producing this album and adding it to this list should be ashamed. To all the old heads saying “oh it does what it wants to and nothing more!” Wake up Gramps. This isn’t 2003. It was outdated when it came out and you’re just trying to relive the glory days.
While “I Believe in a Thing Called Love” and the one about getting your hands off my woman are iconic, I don’t think hair metal is for. A bit too much falsetto.
I have listened to I Believe In A Thing Called Love before (fantastic song), but was unfamiliar with anything else this group has done. Black Shuck is a great tone setter. Just straight good rock music right in the veins. Get Your Hands Off My Woman is equally as good. Others that stood out were Love On The Rocks and Makin' Out. This album kicked ass. Solid 4.
Transitioning straight here from Aerosmith's Toys in the Attic, there is a lot of similarity in the tone. I'll say that I love I Believe in a Thing Called Love. Always have, always will. Love on the Rocks with No Ice is another standout to me. Otherwise this was perfectly okay, but I find myself with a bit of a headache following. Unsure how much of that can be attributed to the music. For me this is perfect middle ground territory. Wonderfully bombastic glam rock at times, but generally just fine.
An interesting blend of hair metal and a bit of punk. Pretty generic sounding all in all. No notes.
Just a good old fashioned fun glam rock album. No messing around when it came from them they just wanted to make some straight up rock. Probably helped me a lot in my review since I just randomly saw them last year at Ocean's Calling and they were one of the most fun bands I saw. 10/10 would see them live again.
GIVE ME A D!!! GIVE ME AN ARKNESS!!!! These guys ruled at Oceans Calling last year they put on a hell of a show. Admittedly not my favorite genre of music, but the nostalgia hits hard with this one, watching the music video for I Believe In a Thing Called Love pretty much every morning on MTV. Also helps that I got back into this album and band last year when they played at Oceans Calling. Standout tracks for me are Get Your Hands Off My Woman, I Believe In a Thing Called Love, Love Is Only a Feeling, Love on the Rocks with No Ice.
I think that falsetto voice worked for like one song and ruined the rest. The music was pretty good though
Interesting choice. All I knew about these guys is that I Believe In A Thing Called Love was a lukewarm alternative radio hit. I half-expected the rest of the album would be bad but to my surprise it lived up to my expectations from only knowing the hit. It’s something you don’t hear much of — a new take on 80s rock scene. You could call it something like second-wave glam, or post-hair…or maybe not. Either way, it builds on the legacy of its hair metal predecessors that the entire world seemed to burn out of on September 26, 1991 (when Nevermind was released) and becomes something new and fresh. It strikes the delicate balance between the glam rock pizzaz and musical originality, one that later bands of similar post-hair waves, like The Struts, fumbled. Fun album, thank you list!
High energy, fun album. The theatrical vocals were kind of a turn off for me and kept me from loving it. If I would listen to just a couple songs I could handle it, but not the entire album. The instrumental side of this album is what makes it shine.
It was okay. I like I Believe in a Thing Called Love. The high pitched singing is hard for me to listen to over and over again.
Loved it. Never listened to them other than a thing called love
Was excited to listen to this one. I enjoyed maybe 75% of the album. "I believe in a thing called love" will always be a masterpiece. Some other songs just didn't grab me but not too shabby overall.
Just some old-fashion balls-to-the-wall fun.
Upon greeting The Darkness and their debut album Permission to Land, one cannot help but think that this indebtedness towards the more bombastic, very extravagant side of rock and roll was a parody; a pisstake of some of the more egregious facets of genre. And yet, when coming away from it, respect has to be given for The Darkness often sound very sincere and genuine about their approach. Had they found any other lane, they would not fare well at all. You'd be surprised by how enjoyable the majority of this was. Permission to land has been granted. Favorites: Black Shuck, Get Your Hands Off My Woman, I Believe in a Thing Called Love, Love is Only a Feeling, Stuck in a Rut, Love on the Rocks With No Ice.
I can’t get behind his voice. About 20% of the time they hit a good grove. Then he comes out of the mix
Not a bad sounding album (not great either, though), but a solid 30 years late to the British glam rock scene. I didn't hate this, but I don't think anyone needs to listen to it before they die.
Didn’t this joke wear think in 2005?
Queen for white people
Enjoyably silly - slightly over stays its welcome - but good memories of seeing them at Reading.
Permission to Land So many great memories of this album that justifiably colour my feelings about it, particularly Reading Festival, but even trying to listen objectively it’s clear that it is a top quality retro-glam-metal-pop-rock album, that takes the songwriting but not itself too seriously. That’s not an easy tightrope to walk, it could easily come across as insincere parody, or self important guff, but it manages to stay upright in a spirit of over the top daft fun and enjoyment, especially over the first half - Black Shuck, Get Your Hands off My Woman, Growing on Me, I Believe in a Thing Called Love and Love is Only a Feeling is a truly excellent run of songs. It does fade a little after that, struggling to keep the level of quality as high as the first 5 tracks, although I do like Stuck in a Rut and Love on the Rocks with No Ice Aside from Spinal Tap, the comparison people often make is Queen, but I don’t really see that as much - they share a visual theatricality, but musically it is much more AC/DC and Guns’n’Roses style harder classic rock with some glam, and a super pop sensibility offered in a great spirit with a sense of humour. It's still massively enjoyable, but due to it fading somewhat in the 2nd half it lands as a rock solid 4. 🛬🛬🛬🛬 Playlist submission: I Believe In a Thing Called Love is obviously a great song, but Love is Only a Feeling resonated strongly with me for some reason so I’ll go with that
The Darkness unapologetically give a nod to 70s/80s glam rock, big-hair rock and prog-rock. Van Halen, AC DC, ZZ Top, Kiss, Status Quo, Queen, Thin Lizzy, Aerosmith, they're all there. And yet what could be an utter shit soup, especially given their influences' pull to dull cock rock, is actually one steaming fucking broth of rock genius. After shoegaze, grunge, dweeb rock and whatever else, this rock bombast hits home like a hammer to the ears. It revived what was seen as unfashionable, with total sincerity, technical brilliance and spandex-clad showmanship. You have to be dead inside not to instantly suspend all cynicism and just jolly-well think 'fuck yeah!'.
Low guitar with high pitched vocals. Interesting mix.
Impossibly high notes vocally. Mainly listening as background to work but seems fun on the surface. It’s like Meatloaf/Queen/The Who had a baby.
Band was OK - vocals had too much Patti LaBelle going on.
Just good fun
Man idk I know it’s goofy and kitschy and silly but I thought this was a banger. I remember loving these guys back in 2004 and I can’t believe that was over 20 years ago and I’m an adult now JEESUS but I always thought they should have been bigger. I know they have a very dedicated fan base that keeps them going but they’re such a fun band. Justin Hawkins’s voice is incredible, and the hooks are THERE. I had such a good time listening to this yesterday. Maybe not high art, but quality art nonetheless.
This is another album on here for one song. And it is a banger. Love is Only a Feeling was also good. You really get all you need from the first half though. Fun listen.
Never heard of this band. Sounds like a mix of Foreigner and Boston with a bit of power pop and grunge thrown in. The vocals are too screechy for me, but otherwise not bad. I would give it a 3.5
Not something I’d expect to be on this list but a fun surprise! This rocked. I know it’s absurd and cartoonish, but the songs were fun and the harmonic solos kicked ass. Pretty funny that it sounds like it could been made 20-25 years earlier in time and would fit in perfectly on classic rock radio. I would do a 4.5 if I could because the execution is perfect, but I think it is just too derivative to get a 5.
A fun, albeit a bit corny English rock album. Definitely full of good songs and well made. Enjoyed it.
Fun and lively. Some really good tracks. Just on the three side of a 3.5.
Morro
Maybe it just came out at the right time in my life, but all killer no filler either way.
"Love on the Rocks with No Ice"? "I don't need your permission to take this matter in my own two hands"? Seriously? How did these guys tour with Metallica (albeit briefly)?
To say this album sucks is an understatement
Interesting retro rock album but nothing amazing here
Always loved I Believe In A Thing Called Love. These guys had fun with it, bringing that 70s/80s rock star style back to life. Fun time
Don’t want to admit it, but this thing rocks. Worth taking a bit more seriously than the Spinal Tap parody I was expecting.
This is stupidly fun
Cool! A very raw and visceral rock for a change. It has that Airbourne or AC/DC vibe.
80s sounds in the 00s. Love it. I Believe in a Thing Called Love is one of the highest highs of any album on this list so far. That said the rest of the album is a tough comparison to that peak. It’s all good but that one is SO good.
Okay
One of my favorite bands of all time and this is where I fell in love with their sound. Love Is Only A Feeling and Growing on Me would make this five stars by themselves. But the rest of the album is excellent too. The perfect balance of great musicianship and not taking itself too seriously.
borderline tacky copy cat?
# Playlist Track - I Believe in a Thing Called Love # Notes - Oh boy, I'm getting old. Still remember when this album came out, 22 years ago. - I laughed *so much* to the clip for "I believe in a thing called love". Re-watched today and it still silly funny! - The whole album is a great time. It takes itself just seriously enough to believe that glam-hair-hard-rock is a real genre and they are great at it.
The singer's voice is too high for me to enjoy this. Sounds like Kiss at times. Also why was this released in 2003.
Listened to this right after faith no more and i didn’t like that so this sounded good in comparison. There were a few songs I didn’t I didn’t mind. It was fine
4/10 - i started out really not liking it but it grew on me. Still not very good so
Not actually that good but still pretty entertaining. Don’t think I’d want to listen more than once though
I had only ever heard the big single. I assumed the whole album would be good and it was.
A beautiful homage to rock with a cheeky smile.
low 3
wdym this album didn't come out in the 80's during peak glam rock era?? good for them tho, respect
4/10
3.5
Could be a solid 3.5 if 1/2 stars permitted. Decent rock album aside from/in addition to some of the falsetto-heavy vocals.
I might believe in a thing called love, but I also believe in a thing called one hit wonders.
Decent
Glam rock, está bien pero no es mi género favorito
Good 3/5
God I despise this kind of modern ironic glam bands. Painful.
I can go for an high pitched Geddy Lee or King Diamond any day, but this is just plain ridiculous.
This albums generator is shit. I can't believe I've listened to 868 here so far.
Solid rock album. I believe in a thing called love is a classic
2.9 2x nothing to write home about
I like some of the songs but for me it's not really an album for this list.
I BELIEVE IN A THING CALLED LOOOOVE
3.5 - Good
Let’s go
Basic rock album with 1 good song. The constant swing from regular to high falsetto was distracting me from the mediocre music
Quite different.
I remember liking this album. Not so much anymore.
Didn’t do much for me.
Not their best, but some good ol OG glam with big guitars, big drums and soaring vocals. Justin Hawkins has some raaaaaange, though on the album seem to live in the high vocal register for a bit more than I like
Crummy album. The vocals were so annoying