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The Darkness Album: “One Way Ticket to Hell...And Back [Clean]”
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One Way Ticket to Hell...And Back [Clean] |
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Release Date:2005-11-28
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Type:Unknown
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Genre:Rock, Hard Rock, Metal
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Label:WEA
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Explicit Lyrics:No
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UPC:825646282760
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Review - :
From the moment the pan flute fanfare on {&"One Way Ticket"} kicks off {^One Way Ticket to Hell...and Back}, it's clear that {$the Darkness} still believes that more is more. If anything, the band believes that even more is even better: with the help of producer {$Roy Thomas Baker}, they make their second album incredibly glossy and expensive-sounding, with layers of sitars, marching drums, bagpipes, and tubular bells on top of their already-powerful guitars, drums, and keyboards (and, of course, {$Justin Hawkins}' formidable falsetto). But while the band's excess succeeded on {^Permission to Land}, it loses some of its potency here: nothing on {^One Way Ticket to Hell...and Back} is as immediate as {&"I Believe in a Thing Called Love."} The band's debut celebrated and inflated the {\rock} clichés of sex, drugs, and partying; this album's best songs are about longterm relationships, getting clean, and balding. The soaring power {\ballad} {&"Dinner Lady Arms"} highlights the good-natured streak running through a surprising amount of {$the Darkness}' songs, while {&"One Way Ticket"} is an episode of {#Behind the Music}, complete with cocaine snorting, turned into a {\pop} single. More than occasionally, though, {^One Way Ticket to Hell...and Back} just sounds unremarkable, despite the songs' elaborate sonics. Tracks like {&"Knockers"} -- which should be a fool-proof {$Darkness} song just based on its title -- and {&"Girlfriend"} sound like they were made from bits and pieces of {^Permission to Land} rejects, while overblown-yet-slight {\ballads} such as {&"Blind Man"} and {&"Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time"} sound too much like stale {$Meat Loaf}. Still, there are moments when {$the Darkness} still sounds like the smartest, dumbest band around: {&"Is It Just Me?"} has a chorus that rivals their best; the flamboyant {\Celtic} rocker {&"Hazel Eyes"} shows off both {$Justin Hawkins}' over-the-top vocals and his brother {$Dan}'s over-the-top guitar licks; and lyrics like {&"English Country Garden"}'s "I cherished you and you tolerated me" show that the wit that made their debut so much fun isn't entirely missing on this album. Not so much a letdown as a comedown, {^One Way Ticket to Hell...and Back} just shows that the giddy highs of {^Permission to Land} aren't so easy to get the second time around. ~ Heather Phares, All Music Guide
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