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THE DARKNESS "One Way Ticket To Hell...And Back" Reviews
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Release: 29 Nov 2005
Label: Atlantic / Wea
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| Splendidezine |
Rating: 10.0 |
Welcome to hell, everybody.
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| Spin |
Rating: 9.2 |
Earnest glam rock by the kings of Queen
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| Playlouder |
Rating: 9.0 |
They no longer need anyone's permission, and they'll keep making great records to spite their detractors.
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| Stuffmagazine.com |
Rating: 9.0 |
The Darkness will light up your life!
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| AV Club |
Rating: 8.4 |
As long as they can create songs that dance on the razor's edge between clever and stupid, there will always be a place for The Darkness.
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| MusicOMH.com |
Rating: 8.0 |
The falsetto shrieks are as piercing as ever, and crucially, the songs are just as good too.
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| Popmatters |
Rating: 8.0 |
The Darkness's unabashedly grand, deliriously enjoyable new album.
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| Guardian |
Rating: 8.0 |
Even the best jokes don't bear repeated listening. A great song, however, is worth hearing over and over again. One Way Ticket ... has both, but there's more of the latter than the former.
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| BBC Music |
Rating: 7.5 |
Shockingly, it all points to one thing - The Darkness actually have a career ahead of them. The joke, it seems, is on us.
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| Blogcritics |
Rating: 7.0 |
Hard rock is still the rule on this album, though, and ringing falsetto harmonies abound.
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| PitchFork |
Rating: 6.5 |
The band runs the risk of becoming the joke they insist they aren't, honest intentions or no.
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| Harp Magazine |
Rating: 6.0 |
It's called cheese metal for a reason.
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| Dotmusic |
Rating: 5.0 |
"One Way Ticket" proves the last thing anyone expected - that stripped of novelty and goodwill, The Darkness are just a resolutely ordinary band after all.
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| Drowned in sound |
Rating: 5.0 |
They got what they wanted but lost what they had.
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| Entertainment Ireland |
Rating: 5.0 |
Maybe it's time to turn out the light for good.
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| Manchesteronline |
Rating: 4.0 |
The lyrics aren’t as funny, the riffs aren’t as good and the songs aren’t as memorable, and the band must have a serious rethink if they want to use their return ticket.
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| RollingStone |
Rating: 3.0 |
You'll laugh, with him or at him. But you'll laugh.
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| Aversion |
Rating: 2.0 |
Enjoy the farce while it lasts.
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