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Confirms that I do not particularly like glam rock. They've got some excellent guitar work, but the voice is killing me...
The vocals are scathing. The music is recycled and unoriginal. This is...not good.
As a lover of weird vocal styles, this might grow on me but on first listen it was a swing and a miss.
It was good but not my thing.
Underwhelming and over indulgent. A very goofy and dated sound with shrieking vocals that sour a lot of songs. The mainstream hits are decent radioplay, but nothing I'd ever come back to. Top tracks: I Believe in a Thing Called Love, Love Is Only a Feeling
I rate I Believe In A Thing Called Love a 2 star because its kinda of like country and i don´t really like country but its like rook mixed with metalica and the drums are good ⭐⭐. I rate Get You´r Hand´s Off My Women a 2 star because its kinda of like country and i don´t really like country but its like rook mixed with metalica and the drums are good and it´s a little deep but its good ⭐⭐. I rate Stuck In A Rut a 2 star because its kinda of like country and i don´t really like country but its like rook mixed with metalica and the drums are good and it´s a little deep but its good ⭐⭐.
Do you want to listen to some music that has a lot of percussion? Well in I Believe in a Thing Called Love you can! I rate this song a ⭐⭐. I don't recommend this song. Do you want to listen to some music that has a lot of electric guitar? Well in Get Your Hands Off My Woman you can! I rate this song a ⭐⭐. I don't recommend this song. Do you want to listen to some music that has a lot of electric guitar? Well in Stuck in a Rut you can! I rate this song a ⭐⭐. I don't recommend this song.
I don't like this album because it's rock and because I don't like the lyrics. I would not recommend this to someone else because I don't think they would like it. I give this 2 stars.
i dont like this ablum very much the sounf is boring to me
I believe in a thing called love song I don't really like because its a lot of rock and then the drums are good the singer sings super good but the guitar I don't really like the noises Get your hand off my woman I don't like becuase the singer sings in a high pitch and the drums are very good and the guitar is too but over rall this song I don't like
Not quite
Musically this is ok for some sort of neo-glam rock thing. Then Justin opens his gob and it just becomes a parody of the genre which the world could have done without. That said it was fun in places.
Really this album???
This is a very strange album. I genuinely think the 80’s should be left in the 80’s, anything desperately trying to revive glam rock is really not for me. That said, the song “I believe in a thing called love” is a classic and I cannot find a single fault with it specifically. The rest of the album just doesn’t hit a single positive note for me. Gonna have to pass on this one. 2*
This album is… very… something. It’s clear, even from looking at the album cover, that they take a lot of inspiration from certain kinds of 70s-80s bands and it seems they just wanna rock. Which I guess they do. It’s just… so much. This falls into the same niche as Queen or Meatloaf for me in terms of gaudy, over-the-top nonsense that technical prowess doesn’t redeem for me. There was one song I thought was alright. I think it might have been “Love Is Only A Feeling”, or maybe “Holding My Own”. I dunno. Not worth finding out.
Cool album art that's about it didn't like I believe in a thing called love that much really
Unmemorable hard rock
You could say this album "landed" on my recommendations. I'm not keen on the style of "Permission to Land". The frequent falsettos honestly suck. I did like the rest of the Darkness performing. This week's a dud. 2 stars for "Permission to Land".
I Believe in a Thing Called Love //
Yeah. Here in 2025 we’re as far removed in time from this album as it was from the music it was in conversation with. This thing was so out of place in 2003. It’s a novelty, and that one track is a banger. But, man I dunno, not sure you needed to hear this before you died.
Kudos for being a very very very talented tribute band. I'm sure if you miss the days of hair metal then this would be right up your alley. As much originality as the weetbix I ate this morning. Permission denied.
I hate his voice. Band plays well and is well produced. I like pastiche when it rises above the style it's copying... this is not that. This is cosplay. Some decent tunes and some hits. Otherwise, hard pass.
Not much more than the one hit, which I'd put up against just about any song.
I really don't have the ability to appreciate most of the Hard Rock, Metal albums, to me they all sounds the same. To be honest, this might be a good hard rock revival album but hard rock is not my thing in general.
Competent, yet generic buttrock, only with an annoyingly over-the-top opera singer. It’s great you’ve got such a vocal range, but you probably shouldn’t build a whole band around it.
OMG! As the first chords played, I was transported back in time to the mid 80's. I had just bought an album by an unknown artist and was enraptured by the music. Carried aloft on the chords, anticipating each new twist in the music, the lead singer opened his mouth and brought the whole experience crashing to the ground. WTF?? Change out the lead singer and this albums rates high, if only because it plays to the nostalgia of an old man. With the lead singer, it becomes a bad, unfunny joke about 80's hard rock.
I can only think of this band as a meme. They could have been as good as queen but they didn’t do much with it
Wimpy theatre kid rock
Way too gimmicky. Why is this on this list?
Mostly didn't care for this. It's too AC/DC-ish. I did like one song, but that's not enough to save it. 2/5
Didn't need to listen, what are we even doing here, waste of a day
Glam rock revival.
1001? Really? The shrieking shtick got old really quickly.
Now I know why they are a one-hit wonder.
I can forgive the man for thinking the darkness could pull it off more than once. Truthfully a more complete album than i was expecting due to the smash hit of IBIATCL and complete silence of the rest. At the time I couldn't believe this was a modern band, it sounded so 80s. I don't feel like that anymore, it sounds so much more 2000s. 2/5
A couple songs were good. Not my cup of tea.
Bored off mate
it was aight I like a couple songs. I think I’m more of a pop punk girlie myself (blink 182 is my SHIT)
--5/10
The falsetto. Just no.
I thought this album was a joke until I realized the joke was on this having to listen to it. This album was not enjoyable at all.
Very high pitch and shrill. I didn’t like it and found it a bit annoying
This should not be on this list. Bleh. Sometimes I like some glam rock but this was trash. Musically it was fine but that was it. The vocals were awful, so shrill and so, so much unnecessary falsetto. Could barely understand the dude most of the time. Just trashy vocals.
are they trying for a Spinal Tap type parody? if so, they nailed it. or are they just too pretentious to notice they missed the mark? over the top repeated falsetto & lyrics of 80's glam rock. nope
Meh
I’m afraid I cannot get over the fact that this lot are arrogant, self-aggrandising bell-ends. Hate their attitude and sound - they try to do fun but in such a smug way, it’s revolting. Permission to land - no, please divert to another destination.
Revivalist, parody, homage, piss-take? I still have no idea really. Think they have their influences that they obviously honour, a genre that should always not be taken too seriously, but then try to be so tongue in cheek with the humour that it starts to grate really quickly. Which sums up their careers, they being the poster boys in Britain for a shooting star rise and abrupt fall. They are competent, the production is decades developed from the music they ape, Hawkins has the skill to do that vocal (though whether he should is another thing). Just surprised this is on the list, it’s so inessential, someone else in their review mentioned quotas for genre and decades and it just feels like that, are the acts they copy on the list, I would presume so but have a feeling they may not and this is all very post modern. Most acts, especially at the beginning show their influences, but take it on to something else. This just feels too much like a jokey parody, or worst for all involved that by 2003 if this was all, then hard rock had just run it’s course and nothing new or relevant was left in the cupboard.
My first thought seeing this... really? Well, okay. See what this is about. Good start, but the vocal cadence of the singer? I think I don't like it. He just tries to squeeze in too many words in the verses. The songwriting is there. I don't mind the falsetto. It's just that syncopation, The hit single "Get Your Hands Off of My Woman" is indeed a hit single. I'm not much of a glam guy but this is ok. I don't know that it necessarily qualifies for top-1001 necessary listens before you die, but I didn't write this book. Maybe I'll do my own so RONNIE JAMES DIO gets some recognition, you plebs. I don't think I can give "I Believe in a Thing Called Love" a fair assessment. I've heard it way, way too much. That and I don't believe in it. Embrace nihilism because it's the only thing that will meaningfully embrace you back. "Givin' Up" fits this dark mold except it's upbeat. Small steps. The cover artwork elicits Boston's self-titled. To truly embrace nihilism, I would recommend Dystopia's album "Human=Garbage."
Theres something campy about singing "get your hands of my woman mf" with the highest voice you can muster Got bored and didnt listen all the way through
I ain't gonna lie when I heard that falsetto singing I started skimming through this album. I'll will say, Love Is Only A Feeling and Holding My Own are absolute bangers as for the rest of this album word to my mother I could not care less. Yeah a few were good but the majority is mediocre. Such a shame. Top 2 Favorites: Love Is A Only Feeling and Holding My Own Top 3 Worst: Givin' Up, Stuck In A Rut, and Makin' Out 2.50/5
It's fine. Definitely one note band. Like I guess it's fun but it's not doing a ton for me
Don't think i love the big drums big guitar classic rock vibe. This is the sound I think of when the school of rock goes against the other bands in battle of the bands
Not only are they one-hit-wonders who shouldn't have an entire album on a list of must-hear albums, but they really shouldn't have more than a song or two. Come to find out, they have several albums and are still playing, recording, and touring. The joke that went too far, the dead horse that was beaten beyond recognition, the point that they beat you over the head with over and over for two decades. Maybe I'm just no fun, but their only good song is the one you think it is. Again, I'll say: where is Built To Spill? No one can possibly think this is more worth listening to than Perfect From Now On.
i didn’t like the original shit this shit is based on, it’s mostly the dude’s voice though
I believe in a thing called Love was a great throwback. The rest was better than expected, given my disdain for harder rock. Falsetto was cool, to a point. 3* is a bit too high, so high 2* instead.
I honestly thought I’d be all about this as I was very familiar with their hit when it came out. It was a sweet throwback sound. However, the same vocals that made “I believe in a thing called love,” didn’t lend itself to the rest of the album. I wanted to love it but but like TV’s Rosanne, it was just ok.
What if Robert Smith was the lead singer of Spinal Tap but he insisted on doing a Mickey Mouse impression for two thirds of the album? What the fuck is this. This is not a real album. Who makes this and why.
This is ridiculous…and I’m picking up what they are putting down…falsetto and all.
Great riffs and solos and some good tunes but the vocals at times are ridiculous !
Each track starts out ok with some great percussion and guitar riffs, and then the singer opens their mouth and I cringe. They sing like a parody of a hair metal rocker. I Believe in a Thing Called Love I’ve heard before and has never been a favorite song. It’s okay at best. This is a 2 only because I’ve heard worse on this list.
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My heart only has limited room for theatrical rock falsetto and this record isn't going to knock anyone out of their spot. It's perfectly fine, the lyrics are not significantly worse than other records but they're certainly not better either. The jams are competent if a little lacking in gusto at times but there are enough head turning hooks that I can see why they have an audience. Many people probably like this record. It's a strong 2 stars, but still only 2 from me.
If you thought Glam rock died in the 80s, it didn’t, it had one last spurt of life in 2003 before fading away. I believe in a thing called love was a massive song when it came out and I think people still know about it. The rest of the album, I can’t attest to the fame but they are no where near as catchy. Not my thing in the first place so still not my thing with the attempted revival. 4/10
Fun and melodic enough in places, but not something I really love and certainly not something I'll ever revisit. 2.5/5
would have been your stereotypical hair metal album if he didn't do that high pitched voice thing
Paar Songs ganz nett, paar songs nicht so nett. Viel songs gut angefangen und wurd mir zu nervig. Seine Stimmlage nicht mein Fall. Besonders nicht als ganzes Album
Album 544 of 1001 The Darkness - Permission to Land (2003) Rating : 2 / 5 British Glam Rock band yet it is classified as Metal/Rock. Instrumentation isn't bad but the vocals quite underwhelming, in my opinion. I'd hear a good minute and then it was ruined by the next 30 seconds.
❤️❤️/5
Voice gave me a migraine but the instrumental is decent
Over the top. (not in the good way)
Fun, nonsense and annoying. I wanted to hate this album and did in parts but overall, it’s a nice listen. The album is an easy listen and has some enjoyable tracks, but it begins to get annoying as you go through the album. There are no deep and meaningful lyrics and songs on the album, just fun and cheesy rock songs with catch riffs and titles, get your hands off my woman is a great example of this!! Favourite song: I believe in a thing called love, Friday night and growing on me Least favourite: Giving up and stuck in a rut. They are songs in the second half of the album and by this time I was giving up!! Album artwork: It’s a cool cover
AI generated rock, quite boring, not fussed. 2.1
Why would anyone make music like this in 2003. I mean it's fine, especially I Believe in a Thing Called Love, but let the genre die already
This album certainly has a fun spirit. Reminds me a little of Tenacious D. Hard to tell if they are sincere or mocking. One thing for sure though, I don't like listening to the lead singer.
-first of all i highly commend these guys for reproducing such classic sounds. i could probably be made to believe this came out in the 80s. has some cool arena rock vibes. that being said a lot of it was corny and repetitive imo. Maybe like 2.5 stars -Favorites are Black Shuck, Get Your Hands Off My Woman, and Love Is Only a Feeling
Recognized ‘I Believe in a thing called love’
Found this to be a very odd amalgamation of sounds and eras that never really connected with me, with some mildly off-putting vocals (that admittedly made me laugh a respectful, “gotta give it up” kinda laugh at times)… sorta like C-grade movie montage soundtrack songs….
Found this incredibly grating but mostly inoffensive.
almost sounds like a parody
I have to admit, I was surprisingly disappointed by Permission to Land. Vocally Hawkins is talented and unique, as heard on I Believe in a Thing Called Love but the rest isn’t as exciting as hoped. Love is Only a Feeling is actually the best song on the album 5.7/10
Tunes not bad, falsetto shouting yes bad. Other than Friday Night which was good
We’re all in agreement that this is a bit shite, right? *subconsciously banged my head to a few tracks which saves this from being a 1/5.* 3/10
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Good for being a glam-rock album I FUCKING HATE GLAM ROCK 🔥🔥🔥🔥
This is really cheesy Van Halen knock off music. But weren’t Van Halen a bunch of knock-offs? So what is this really?
The voice is occasionally annoying
Permission to Land is the debut studio album by The Darkness, originally released in 2003. This could've easily been released in 1987. It is such a product of its time... only 15 years later? The Darkness are obviously great appreciators of the 80s glam genre. I even here some 70s hard rock and glam in here. The songs themselves aren't bad. The vocals are a little wacky though. That falsetto made me laugh on multiple occasions. Maybe that's what they were going for. It's just so funny to hear those huge and heavy guitar riffs juxtaposed with that voice. Not really something I'd be blasting in public. Maybe if I was wasted in a Glasgow pub I'd vibe with it more.
They're good at what they do. I just don't like it. Will listen to Thing Called Love but hopefully never hear the rest of the album again.
Nostalgia for this album did not make it more enjoyable. Personal enjoyment 2/5 Relevance to this list: 4/5
It has a couple of tunes buts peters out pretty badly.
I believe in a thing called love is a catchy song that I like. The rest of the album not so much, this one was not very good at all. The singer’s voice is annoying.
weird british shit
Not sure if I really want to listen. I did not like their hit single "thing called love". I'll give it a listen. Not my style of rock. I get the classic/hair metal vibe they are going for. Not for me
I think of The Darkness as a gimmick band but you can't deny 'I believe in a thing called love' is a classic
Back in the day, I saw these guys a lot on Rage.They did nothing for me then & nothing’s changed. They’re not horrible. They’re just notkicking any goals that I can applaud.
The background sound was promising but ultimately spoiled by constant high pitched caterwauling. Only a 2* I’m afraid.
Shite. Fuck off Wiggins
Heavy metal falsetto cannot be pulled off by eveyone, and unfortunately, The Darkness isn't that great at it.
Another highly questionable selection for this 1001 list. It sounds like ~80’s rock (Kiss, Scorpions, etc) seemingly with nothing new to add. And the lead singer is…not my favorite. Very operatic and irritating.
I know the Darkness is winking to the audience with this love letter/send-up of 80's hair metal. And they more than ably ape the sound. But, that still doesn't make me want to listen to it more.
This album was kind of fun when it first came out. It has lost a lot of it's appeal over the last 20-ish years. I think people thought they were going to help usher in a return of classic rock to the mainstream but I always saw this album as just a novelty that would fade away. There's a couple of good songs here but overall it's just not anything special at all. You're really just better off listening to the bands being emulated.
Wow, the falsetto singing is absolutely brutal. It's almost comically bad. Just altogether pretty lifeless and bland rock with very few redeemable qualities. I'll round up to two stars just because some of the guitar didn't make me want to kill myself (like everything else did). 3/10 (1.5/5)
Of all the 20th century’s many failings, the inability to expunge from the culture such idiotic and baroque armadillos-in-our-trousers-cum-castrato-pyrotechnics acts such as this is an insufficiently acknowledged shortcoming. The showoffy, even trolling Farinelli-ing ( vocally and with the guitars too) is no doubt the point of the entire exercise, all of which grows presently tiresome (at least for those of us who outgrew the Kiss-is-the-best-band-ever phase on an age-appropriate timeline) and without which we really might have done. All that plus a treacly power ballad.
Parts of this album really rip. It’s definitely a fun vibe/take. Vocals are impressive. Ultimately, I kind of feel like it’s a rehash of peak Aerosmith, with a dash of AC/DC and Zeppelin, which I’m fine with. Decently palatable, but nothing I’ll be coming back to.
The music here is a little more intense than I'd prefer. The lead singer's voice frequently gets a bit screechy, which I am not a fan of. Each song tends to follow a predictable formula, too. What this album needs most is a slow/quiet moment or two to let the listener (me) breathe.
Okay this is too rowdy and silly for my liking.. glad I got to hear it, once, but that is enough. 2 stars.
A perfectly acceptable album by a band I don't like. Somewhere between Led Zeppelin and Lynyrd Skynyrd. Most of this album is least less obnoxious than "I believe in a thing called love".
Remember when the brothers from The Darkness were on CBeebies show Zingzillas, when they helped that annoying monkey bloke do something with his band. It was no more or less silly than this album, which I probably infected my mum's computer with Limewire to download and burn to CD, and I listened to it a fair bit. I cannot remember the last track at all, so I guess I must have turned it off before the end most times. The Darkness were a fun breath of fresh air back in 2003 amongst a slew of overly serious bands. Growing on Me, which preceded the mania which greeted Thing Called Love, is almost definitely the best song here, and holds up. Fantastic central driving guitar/bass riff. I Believe is still lots of fun, probably helps that I've now not heard it in years as it was definitely massively overplayed. Is there much else worth writing about? Not really, they're one step away from Tenacious D, and as with all gimmick bands it grows thin fairly quickly. On this listen I was ready for it to finish after 6 tracks. Midway through 9 I was practically begging. I see it's been judiciously, quietly removed from the book. Worth listening if you weren't around at the time to get the joke, however the chances of me sticking this on again in the future are basically zero. Apart from Growing on Me. Added that back to my likes. Banger. The thing I dislike most about this is it's incorrectly classified as metal, which is going to further dint my average ratings for metal albums in this list, despite me liking metal, just not most of the shite that I'm being served here.
The vocals crack me up
An album that tries too hard. It would be lower if it weren't for a couple bearable songs in the second half
Not surprising to see why they were a one hit wonder, the album has the few enjoyable songs but otherwise isn't too memorable
Overall, this was just an average rock album and isn't for me. Thankfully though, it did manage to surprise me a bit with its variety, and there were some songs I liked musically, although not much I liked lyrically. "Friday Night" was really cheesy but it just worked. Not my first choice but I could appreciate it. Were this band really influential enough to make it on the list? I've never heard of them and they don't seem to be doing anything new.
Cringed when I seen this Album today. If I want to listen to this style of music I’ll stick to the 70s, not a tribute band from the 00’s. To be fair though it is a good fun listen if you just accept it for what it is. But not an album you need to listen to before you die.
Naff. Definately the band loses a lot of its effect by it not being the live performances and the look of ‘I cannot believe this is a success’ that drove those appearances.
I enjoyed this at the time but listening to it now it sounds really tired and forced. Too tongue in cheek and winking to be judged for itself but played too straight to say anything clever about what it's aping. Surely a better inclusion would have been one of the hair metal bands from the time rather than a reheated copy from 20 years later. Anything post 2000 on this list is a bit hit and miss.
First things first, how the fuck is this pile of shit 20 years old? Retro glam rock wankery thats good for 1 song and they somehow made a career out of it. Where's the justice in THAT? I mean, sure, it was probably better than the sludge that was bubbling around in 2003, but let's be honest, if Justin Hawkins didn't have a glammed up onesie split down to his taint in the video for "I Believe In A Thing Called Love", would anyone really care?
I've listened to "I Believe in a Thing Called Love" since it came out, but I never took it seriously. That continues to be the case on this mid-tier 80s resurgence album. Other than a few standout tracks, not impressed. 2/5.
Best song: I believe in a thing called love Vibes: Glam brit rock, unserious spectacle, corny but fun Themes: Love
Not really my groove.
I bit too much. They sound like a mashup of many older rock bands but with bad lyrics.
grating vocals
3/4 of this band blows the roof off. While I admire the singers bravado and moxie its pretty hard to listen to his screaming for 45 minutes. I do think this record does belong on the list.
I swear this is a parody band. But it was fun.
fun could i write poetry to this? y
Sure, The Darkness is a fun, 80's-Hair-Metal throwback band with one semi-hit song, but I'd hardly call this album a necessity. The music is typical for the genre and Justin Hawkins' Tiny Tim-like falsetto voice can be grating after a while. Let's face it...this only a bit better than contemporary flash-in-the-pan Hard Rock acts like Jet or Buckcherry. I do recommend Hawkins' podcast, "Justin Hawkins Rides Again". He's quite smart and incredibly funny. I doubt, however, that even he would include this album on this list. Two and one-half stars. The bonus half-star is for the naked female flight attendant on the album cover. Certainly better to look at than the actual band.
Although I enjoy much of this album, the singer’s voice is really grating. Don’t feel like this should be on the list.
I go back and forth between kinda liking The Darkness and being annoyed with them. Definitely more in the annoyed camp at the moment. Really good guitars, but everything else feels like it's kind of a put on.
The rock didn't achieve its potential
Largely derivative cock rock. The singer’s constant falsetto is impressive but (maybe not unintentionally) comical and obnoxious.
Man, I hated this album. And I'm mad about how much I hated it because the music is just SO SHARP. Every guitar lick is perfect, the drums are insanely good, the bass lines are thunderous, all the auxiliary instrumentation is gorgeous. But the vocals are effing atrocious. It feels like a single, unending, warbling wail from start to finish. It's not. But it FEELS like it because Justin Hawkins can't seem to just sing for more than half a bar before feeling the need to screech something unintelligible in an off-key, ear-splitting falsetto. And these lyrics - the ones I could understand through the screeching - are just dumb. Super shallow, rarely clever, and generally worthless. What you're left with is the impression of a frontman that doesn't care so much about being GOOD. He just cares about being SEEN. It's not "retro". It's not "meta". It's bad. This album may not have been meant as a joke but it is one.
39/100 Based on this scale: 1 star - 0 to 19 2 stars - 20 to 39 3 stars - 40 to 59 4 stars - 60 to 79 5 stars - 80 to 100 Generic, cliché glam rock with good guitar.
This didn't do it for me. Very bland and generic rock. 1.5/5
I remember seeing them play live on TV for the first time and thought, this band will bring back 80s rock and roll and will be legendary. Then I downloaded their album and felt it was very cliché and more of a one-hit wonder. Although there are some cool riffs and impressive vocals, it doesn't seem well utilized and very over the top.
5/10 - Singer has an annoying voice - cool guitar rifts - smooth rock sound - can’t understand lyrics
Never fell for this stupid cock rock. Is it supposed to be ironic? Ridiculous voice. Comedy value.
Love the old school rock vibe, but not a fan of the lead singer's voice.
I adore “I Believe in a Thing Called Love” - it’s an amazing karaoke song - but the rest of this album sounds like AC/DC for the new millennium, and while that’s nice…..just give me AC/DC?
At its best the songs sound like lost 80s classics, but mostly they sound like they are from the forgotten 80s bargain bin.
Until now I've never actually listened to this album but I've always liked Do You Believe In A Thing Called Love, it's fun. So when this popped up in my feed I was excited to check it out. Man, did this wear it out it's welcome fast. I love Queen, Def Leppard and AC/DC just not combined apparently.
The obvious talent might have been put to better use. And it likely woulda been a better record had they made their talent a little less obvious.
I would give this album a 3 but the singing is horrible. It ruins every song.
not for me
let this be a lesson to us all not to ignore the existence of 70s/80s hair metal/ cock rock. if you don't pay it attention a shitty tribute act will do a pastiche of it all and it'll all be ironically funny until its not and they haven't fucked off yet. in the 2000s it was the Darkness but be warned there are hundreds of these bands lurking in the shadows waiting for it to be ironic again. the cycle of times suggests once everyone gets sick of being woke and cancelling each other shit will get wild again, that's when they'll strike.
Sonically, this is not a bad album. I'm just really not a fan of harder rock music, and I don't see myself coming back to anything here.
You know in Vice City when they made that fake band "Love Fist" that was a pisstake of 80s hair metal that were funny because of the lyrics and how ridiculous was, but not something you would ever listen to outside of the game? That's how I view The Darkness, but without the funny lyrics. Some of the songs, particularly without the high octave voice, are bearable. The majority aren't.
Dit was een leuke hype. Maar niet meer dan dat.
If this album had been released in the 70s, I probably would’ve liked it. As it is it the few decades late and a few dollars short.
Still as exhausting and knowingly 'clever' 20 years later - as is Justin. One half decent song reminds you that the proper bands delivered four or five per album - and had more than just ironic fun as their selling point
skil ekki alveg að þessi plata komist á svona lista. er endurlífgun frekar slapprar tónlistarstefnu. er eiginlega grínplata. verkjaði ekki af leiðindum samt.
like Queen, but with all the genuine fun taken out very 2003 in a bad way. it's classic rock but he says motherfucker! ha! ha! imagine if Freddy Mercury said hands off my woman motherfucker. ha. I Believe In a Thing Called Love is a funny song to hear people do karaoke to. music: hated. (⌐■_■)
An sich ok aber Sänger absolut unpassend für Rock
Aluks oli iha ok, mutta sitten rupes ulina vituttamaan.
Butt rock for the soul
Crazy falsetto vocals, but I Believe in a Thing Called Love is kinda cool
Pretty screamy, not really my thing
In hindsight, the Darkness feels like a pretty regrettable cultural moment. Did we really need an (ironic?) throwback band for a genre that had only been out of the limelight for at most 15 years and still had plenty of radio play?
Putting this in a list of 1001 must-listen albums seems somewhat ridiculous, like putting in Ocean Colour Scene or the Bloodhound Gang. It seemed fun at the time, but has not stood the test of time.
Who gave Lil' Sweet a guitar
a bunch of songs i've never heard and one i never want to hear again
Very generic hard rock only interrupted by a very annoying singer. There really wasn’t much I found redeeming on this record
Usually, I like this kind of band that tries to rescue some "tradition" from the 70s or 80s and mix it with more modern stuff, but in this case, they won't be able to be so far from their inspiration. At the end of my listening session, just "It's a thing called love" was saved since it remembered me from MTV clips afternoons.
achava que seria mais divertido
Cool riff on second track but the vocals kill it for me. Love is Only a Feeling was good - doesn't have the same high pitched vocals.
Boring and generic
Solid guitar, somewhat insufferable vocals, dated production. Very strange and not in an endearing way.
I Believe In a Thing Called Love can stay for its cultural significance, but the rest goes into the butt rock compost bin
This is a joke right? No one in their right minds could have been making this music in the 2000s. It was stupid but I’ll still give it 2 stars because they really went hard on the falsetto and I think that has to be commended
It's really only here for I Believe in a Thing Called Love. Justin Hawkins' ridiculous falsetto and 80's hard rock worship makes this kind of camp, but not camp enough to be genius. Dudes who long for the hard rock of yore will think this unironically kicks ass, and who am I to deny them that pleasure. For what it's worth, it's pretty successful at 80's hard rock worship. Chunky riffs, adequate solos, big choruses. Unremarkable. Production is so crystal clean, it makes me nauseous. Back half is especially boring and bad. It feels like the whole album ends on a whimper.
sure is an album!
Not a big fan. Too much screechy chaos.
I don't need permission to land. I know how to land just fine.
I don't see why I *have* to listen to this.
This review is going to be very harsh and if I'm honest that might be in part due to Justin Hawkins takes on music and how harsh he's been on certain musicians. I will start with the positives. The biggest positive is that 3/4 of the singles from this album are outstanding. I Believe in a Thing Called Love has been overplayed but at its core its amazing. Growing on Me (a song that I said in 2003 was my song of the year) is really good, and Love is Only a Feeling is arguably the best song on the record. But the big negative is that out of the rest of the songs only Friday Night could have been a single, because the rest of the album is really poor, dull and uninteresting and more than anything, it's incredibly insincere. When the album is at its best it's upbeat party rock that doesn't take itself too seriously, at its worst its just bad. The low point was probably the bon jovi esque ballad toward the end of the album I will revisit the singles and maybe Friday night, but there is a reason this band faded out into obscurity. Its part desperation and it's partly that the joke was over, and when the jokes over what is left I'll give it a 2/5
This is brimming with rock-'n'-roll-ness and I liked it. The vocals, however, ruined everything with its high pitched whines.
This is somewhere halfway between painfully bad and glorious fun - you can tell they're loving doing it, hitting all the cliches from the glam metal of 20/30 years before. From what I remember at the time, it was a nice counter to all the Pop Idol / X Factor stuff that was just emerging (as well as the trend in rock at the time towards being whingy), and it chimed really well with 13 year old me, it always makes me smile. That said, I haven't listened to it for a long long time, and doing so again now I'm older reveals that it really wasn't that good, the lyrics often make me wince, and I'm almost certainly not going to listen to it again. 2/5.
I've never understood the Darkness. I've never got how much of a 'joke band' they are. Do people actually like them and think they are good and take it seriously? Or is it all just a bit of fun, Either way, I feel like the music is just all copied from other older bands. Like the opening track sounds incredibly similar to an ACDC song and it's only his voice that makes it sound different.
I didn’t really care for the camp. 4/10
Never understood the appeal here. There are a few ok songs here, but most of it is pretty bland to my ears. It's fine I guess? Like I wasn't actively hating it as it played. But I also was never like "Oh wow, this is a great riff!" Because it all sounds like rehashed hair metal (which is rather the point, no?). Like I said, doesn't really do it for me. 2.5 rounded down per protocol
The sad part about this album is that I love the music. The guitars shred. The drums pound energy into my soul. Unfortunately, I can’t think of a more mismatched album from the music to the vocals. I swear the vocals have to be a parody of glam, not a serious attempt. The falsetto riffing is atrocious. The primo example is the repeated title Love On The Rocks With No Ice (luh-UVVV). Just terrible. This album is unfortunately tragic. 4 for the music. 1 for vocals.
another one song band
I just couldn't wait for it to end.
Fun album and well made, but not in the top 1001.
It's not bad, it's just not my thing.
Muy de heavy ochentero,pero bien para empezar el viernes con energía (PSP) Esos falsetes... Veo su pelo al viento con moldeador... (LNB)
Thought I'd enjoy. I did not. 2 stars for taking me back to youth
Had not heard of them or heard their music before. Gave it a try. It’s not bad but it just didn’t do much for me.
they probably included this on the list over a big star album or something what a load of shite
Its fun garbage eh? I have a special place in my heart for the darkness and while i prefer one way ticket this album still holds pleasant in my soul. wouldn't go out of my way to listen tho
Interesting at the very least! Labeled "glam rock," but it's from 2003 which is pretty unusual, I would've pegged this to be late '70s, early '80s, but I guess that's what they're going for, huh? A couple tracks I liked, but overall not doing too much for me, this feels like a Greta Van Fleet for people who want that era back. Favorite tracks: Love is Only a Feeling, Friday Night. Album art: The most interesting thing about this album by far. A naked woman flagging down a plane for landing? My my my. And that's not even a plane, is it, it's some kind of alien warship maybe? It's a striking cover for sure. The font choices, both for the band name and the album written on the tarmac, are pretty bad. 2/5
Did not like- way too harsh of a sound for me. Was too hard rock. Did not like rhythm or singer’s voice.
1-2 låtar lyssningsbara. Resten är bara skit.
Total mom-rock A bit of spicy guitar work here and there coupled with some outrageous male vocals. You can tell the songwriting is from the 2000s but the style sounds like an old glam pop rock kinda band 2
I don't know if this was a precursor to the mock rock band Steel Panther, but this was highly forgettable.
"Get Your Hands Off My Woman" was a rocker even though the falsetto felt a bit too much. "I Believe in a Thing Called Love" is also a really good song. The rest of the album was pretty bland. And the singer's range is impressive....at first. But after a couple of songs it's just annoying. And he hasn't got that great of a voice to begin with.
Okay this might be my least favourite of the 1001 albums so far. I personally find the vocals too obnoxious to bear. I've seen someone say it's worse than fingernails on a chalkboard and I completely agree. There's also no substance here lyrically (lyrics are actually bad in my opinion) which is fine when the music is good. The instrumentation is fine, nothing special, but the vocal performance is too much for me. No favourite tracks. Glad I got it out of the way. Personal Enjoyment - 3.5 Songwriting - 7 Lyrics - 4 Originality - 6 Production Value - 10 Artwork - 9 Overall - 5.8
Yeah ok
Vähän häiritsee kun en tiedä onko tää bändi kuinka vitsi vai ei yhtään. Vähän kaipasin rockia popin sijaan mut ok
Kyllähän tuo hitti nyt päähän jää. Karmeat soundit, muuten. Todella karmeat.
Type of album that makes your most boring uncle think "at least somebody still understands good music"
Not my thing
sounds like Mickey mouse singing
Nope
Britain discovers hair metal about 2 decades too late. I say hair metal and not glam rock because after glam rock went through the United States in the 70s and 80s, we morphed it, and PERMISSION TO LAND is closer to the hair metal variation. Pleasant enough hooks, but needs a vocalist whose voice is not so annoying. There is no vocal virtuosity of Sebastian Bach or Rob Halford, or the instrumental prowess of Mick Mars or Eddie Van Halen, but The Darkness certainly has the cockiness and confidence of the hair metal era down pat. Having said all that there is nothing special here that isn't done better by something on the order of tens of thousands of hair metal bands over the past 40 years. Absolutely not an essential album for a list like this. Anyone that argues that it is, is being disingenuous. How about just put more of the real deal from the peak era (spoiler: 1980s) instead of this? Motley Crue's DR FEELGOOD perhaps? Oh, right, because The Darkness are British, and the bands that defined this space were probably American, or were Def Leppard, who is already represented on the list. /smh I am assuming that these guys must have been holding Dimery's dog hostage.
Absolutely not. I don't care how "impressive" this guy's voice is; this belongs nowhere near me and certainly nowhere on a best albums list. This might have been revolutionary in the 80s, but that’s exactly when this genre should have died anyway. This had no business being released in the 21st century, or at all for that matter. The worst combination of corny and milquetoast. I powered through this one, but never again in a million years would I listen to this. Favorite tracks (favorite is a strong word): Love Is Only a Feeling
A totally forgettable band and album in my opinion. Not sure why they had the commercial success in England that they did but this is barely noise much less music.
No No No
For real? I was so disappointed when I saw this come up because I remember the time that they had a radio single in 'I Believe in a Thing Called Love'. At that time you could turn on any classic rock radio station and hear constant AC/DC and Queen. I don't know who this is for. It's almost a careful distillation of the dumbest 'hard rock' tropes of bygone decades. I can't come up with a single viable rationale to have this on a list of albums to hear before I die because I can trace the provenance of every sound to some other piece of music that came before.
Barely a decade after we buried this kind of music, The Darkness came back without anyone's consent
The same album review for the same album, not for me
Not really my cup of tea
1.5 For some songs (first half of the album) I thought the singer's voice would fit a different type of music better maybe love is only a feeling and friday night seemed more musically cohesive(?) to me, the voice fit really well in these zoomed out at "givin' up" and "stuck in a rut" overall I preferred the second half of the album, but I don't plan on revisiting this one
Rubbish
This was just woefully bad. Falsetto voice, cheesy music, wanted to be GnR, wanted to be Queen, wanted to be Iron Maiden. Wasn't any of them and worse. Every time I looked hoping this may be the last song, there would still be more. 41 minutes that felt like 4 hours.
Thanks, I hate it
Никогда не любил глэм-метал. И слушать альбом 2007 года выпуска было крайне тяжело. Скипнул на 4 песне. Почему он в этом списке? Было бы здорово, если бы эксперты добавляющие тот или иной альбрм давали комментарии почему альбом должен быть в этом списке.
Permission not to listen.
Nicht direkt mein Sound
It’s well done I guess
How the hell did this make it on this list??!!!! Awful lyrics, horrendous falsetto, unoriginal music, this downright bad. I hope I never have to listen to this again.
55
A band created almost entirely to win Eurovision
So... is the reason this album is on this list is because it harkens back to the days of 80s hair metal? Because if that's the case, I'd rather just listen to the real thing.
not for me.
good not great tho
this is a little too much almost kinda cringe
+: Stuck in a Rut, Friday Night +-: I Believe in a Thing Called Love, Love on the Rocks with No Ice -: Black Shuck, Get Your Hands off My Woman, Growing on Me, Love Is Only a Feeling, Givin' Up, Holding My Own 2,7/10
The first three songs are as ridicule as the cover art. Why would you do something like that in 2003 ? It's probably a kind of parody or something but it lands flat from my pov. Will it get on my nerves and get a 1 or will it blend in the background and be 2? Time will tell.
No.
The vocals are a bit too high
Anti-Camp Camp
I've just heard the songs too many times, I don't think there's enough depth. It's glam rock without reinvention.
meeeh
No; not a fan.
"Why am I listening to this?" But then "I Believe In A Thing Called Love" comes on and I'm like OH, this is THEM. Scratch my "how have I never heard any of this if it's so important" response! Fun enough I guess but I think I'm set on Queenlikes.
Too much of the same. A party trick, over and over. Yet pretty good songs.
Lots of parodies of rock music have been done over the years, from The Rutles to Spinal Tap to Electric Six, but where those bands were able to take rock and roll clichés and put them in a new context in a way that was funny, ironic or otherwise transformative, whatever The Darkness is trying to achieve here just ain't evident in the grooves.
Oh hey it's gay Incubus. No thanks.
I despised this. This made me mad. Best Song: I Believe in a Thing Called Love Rating: 2.0/10 Stars: 1
Cheeks out bahoobas out
not for me
Oh god I hated that. I hate most of glam rock as it is, but glam rock revival gives me a massive ick.
If this is a rock album then Scary Movie is horror
The voice, the voice is just too much. “I believe in a thing called Love” has about the only depth I can handle. There’s merit to the music, but the singing is just singularly awful.
They made being 30 years late uncool
this is one of the albums on this list that should not be on here
"Get Your Hands Off my Woman" sung in a falsetto to metal guitar? Sounds like Will Farrell. Who thought this was a must-listen album? You can go sit in a corner with Brian Wilson.
Probably the worst album I've had so far. I lost count of how many times I genuinely cringed while listening to this. I get it, this album is obviously drenched in irony, but I don't see how that should improve my listening experience in any way. It's just so painfully corny. I can't even say anything positive about the performances. Every single instrumental here is a dime a dozen and the only thing that stands out is one of the weakest, flattest attempts at a falsetto I've heard in quite some time. It's spammed in every single track, of course, because this album can't just be boring, it has to annoy me for forty minutes straight as well. I have a friend who loves this kind of stuff, though, so at least I have a recommendation for her.
Sounds like a ps2 soundtrack. I literally forgot if I listened to it or not so I restarted. And it was even worse the second time. 1!
Ugh, metal plus a lead singer screeching out lyrics is not my idea of good music. Also, do you really need to portray a naked woman on the cover? 🙄
land of nopeness
Favorite track(s): just the part where he said "Latino lover mode" The worst album so far in this list's continued obsession with the death rattles of rock. How great that I'm as far away from the release of this album as this band is from the death of the glam metal they tried to replicate to astoundingly bad results.
Jeg kunne ikke komme igennem det, synes bare det var larm :)))
This album would’ve killed at my junior prom. Unfortunately, it came out 15 years after that glorious evening. We had to settle for Clapton’s “Wonderful Tonight”. They say better late than never but that is certainly not the case with this shitbiscuit. The Darkness made me wish for The Deafness. This album is as terrible as Glam Rock gets. Why in the hell is this on the list? They allegedly had one big hit in Britain, but I hope that is not all that is needed for inclusion. Otherwise, I’ll warm up my reviews for Chumbawumba, Double and The Bravery. The instrumentals are fine but the off-key falsetto and the performative vocals are paralyzingly bad.
The vocals were so damn bad on this I struggled to listen to it, this is coming from a person who historically loves bad vocalists. The music was fine but seriously how is this fucking album on here, 1001 best albums to kick puppies?
Glam dinlemem
Derivative of AC/DC, Judas Priest, and Boston, with a singer who has pipes and a falsetto like Ian Gillan. But this guy is no Ian Gillan! He doesn’t seem to know when to wail, scream, or use the falsetto and when to growl. Like, when he sings “Get your hands off my Woman,” he literally sounds like an indignant middle aged woman singing in a disco band. I’m all for freedom of gender expression, but this band is obvs shooting to be men’s kinda men, with extra hair on the side — the singing approach just doesn’t match. Basically, this is the rock vocalist’s version of a dancing Elaine Bennis. Did I mention that the band is derivative? This is the downside of Boston’s breakthrough album — which I gave a 5. They created a great sound that paved the way for too many crummy imitations. A 1.
A really poor attempt to revive a style of rock that should've stayed in the 80's. I couldn't distinguish anything between this band and that fake band from The Rocker
The album cover is quite…camp. A bit, uh, misogynistic, because why is she naked, is that necessary. But alrighty I guess. The band name is also quite ominous. The opening of the first song was good. Very good riff. And wow he is hitting those high notes. He is punching them right in the face. The lyrics are as camp as the album cover. I do love the energy. And wow. Get Your Hands Off of My Woman is oddly kinda…feminist? If a little racist? And wow he is roasting that guy. And singing like Mariah Carey on steroids. Every time he curses here (which he does very gratuitously) it’s pretty hilarious. Growing On Me sounds like he’s trying to do a Robert Smith voice. It’s an obnoxious and cliche song. It reminds me a lot of a good portion of crappy pop punk from bands like Bowling For Soup. The vocals on I Believe in a Thing Called Love are absolutely insane. Adam Levine would be proud of this guy. He’s like Adam Levine’s twin who likes Guns n Roses. This whole album feels like being trapped in the room of a thirteen year old boy. Love Is Only a Feeling sounds like that thirteen year old boy is going through some stuff. The vocals actually work with this one. Which is why I think that this man could’ve actually been Adam Levine if it weren’t for his love of long hair and distortion. Good for him I guess? The guitar solo at the end has absolutely no feel to it—just straight dumb shredding. That said, it’s not a bad outro. I’m surprised to see any instrumental outro at all, to be honest, so pleasant surprise. Giving Up offers some amazingly poetic and beautiful commentary on drug addiction and disillusionment, with lines such as “sticking that f*cking sh*t into my arms” and “giving up giving a f*ck.” Ok, in all seriousness, it’s a fine song instrumentally. The guy’s voice is awful there though. Stuck in a Rut attempts to be Robert Smith once again. And then shoots right into being Freddie Mercury and Mariah Carey’s edgy thirteen year old. The laughter is unhinged. And the guitar solo at the end actually…developed some feel to it? Friday Night just confirms for me that this guy absolutely worshipped Robert Smith. I’m glad that this one is self aware though. I actually think it’s a fun song. Wow they go kinda Metallica with Love On the Rocks With No Ice. And I know they were proud of the title. His vocals are actually pretty good here. With the exception of Freddie Mercury, I’m not a big fan of falsettos when it comes to hard rock (it’s the reason why I don’t listen to bands like Rush more). This song actually uses them well though. It’s probably my favorite song on here so far. I would sing along to this at a party. Holding My Own is basically like all the other songs. I really have nothing to say about it. The vocals are painful. Making Out begins as a banger. And then the vocals and lyrics come in. I didn’t know a voice could get as high as his does when he says “hoOoOoOoOooOOOOOOOT.” This song feels like an awkward conversation. Like I do not want to know that the petting is heavy. That sounds like an inside thought. Action. Whatever. This could definitely soundtrack a thirteen year old boy’s middle school. Some of this album would be great in Diary of a Wimpy Kid. I’m giving this a one as a compliment. I think these guys do not care. I think they are aiming to make music that is given a one star. Yeah, so, this album sucked. I would totally see these guys live though.
Possibly the worst album I have been subjected to on this entire list. The band take all of the worst bits of heavy rock and throw them at the wall. Some of it sticks. Sadly.
Refused to listen.
Unimaginative, boring rock. It’s all been said much better before. Not for me.
No, glam rock at its worst. Terrible singer, boring music.
Awful dross
I tried. I really did. I just can’t get there. 1
I prefer light
Ugh...
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.
must be a parody album...there's no other explanation...
Can we please just leave hair metal in the 80s and forget that God forsaken genre ever existed.
Ouch
I had to skip this one after 2.5 songs
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.
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.
Pretentious and Boring.
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...
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.
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.
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....
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
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.
Good music just not my style
Ambitious but not for me. There is some level of talent here I must admit. 1.5
First song blew my mind with its shittiness
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.
"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
God I despise this kind of modern ironic glam bands. Painful.
This albums generator is shit. I can't believe I've listened to 868 here so far.
Crummy album. The vocals were so annoying
First impressions opening riff of opening song: The Cult. All down hill from there. I believe in a thing called love only familiar track. Friday night feels like Cure Friday I’m in love. Overall music is fun in spots - big arena rock, hair bands of the 80s vibe - but falsetto vocals and cheesy, shallow lyrics kill it. Love on the rocks with no ice? Uft. This is bad parody. Fall out boy, panic at disco, etc of the early 2000s but worse. 2/5 UPDATE AFTER 60 ALBUMS - I have a better sense now what is a 2 vs a 1. This is trash. Downgrading. 1/5
It's not the worst thing i've ever heard but including it in this list is crazy
I don't like this song because of the beat. I would not recommend this song. I don't like the song because the singer changes his voice, and I don't like it. I would not recommend this song. I don't like this song because it has a horrible beat and the guy sounds weird.I would not recommend this song.
i dont really like it its not a song i would listen too. the second song i dont like i would not listen to it the third song i dont like ethier just like the first i would not listen to it
the first song I don't like it cs of da lyrics, voice, and yea that's it I don't like anything about it, its making my head hurt like fr. the second song is bad to like what is this voice hello? its bad it js like da first song bro why does he even play this bro at da end of da song what the flip they thought they ate oms. the last song is the same thing as the other ones their really bad oms like fr I ain even gon say nun abt dis song it b to bad 0/10
Oh well, I've avoided this all these years. Got to listen to it now though. At the first few bars I thought I was listening to an album by Acca Dacca, that soon changed when Justin opened his mouth. The band played some very good, very strong heavy metal. And I was mightily impressed. But and good work they did was totally destroyed by Justin's voice. Awful doesn't even begin to describe it. The one bright point was Love Is Only A Feeling, which he decided to sing properly. Now don't get me wrong I don't have a dislike of guys with high voices. Ian Gillan can scream a perfect top C, and did a truly amazing duet with Richie Blackmore. And Joe Payne's voice on The One and The Many by the Enid is outstanding. But Justin Hawkins voice is just a total mismatch. And means I can only award a 1
I remember these guys being promoted as a goofy, fun, Spinal-Tap-style rock band. But it turns out they're just really fucking boring.
Hell to the no.