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    The Darkness - One Way Ticket to Hell ... and Back

    I love it

    I was worried they wouldn't be able to stand up to their last album and fall to the much touted second album syndrome. Granted they weren't everyones cup of tea last time around but if you had a soft spot for them with Permission you should love this!

    They have taken a slightly different direction and gone a little experimental on a few tracks. Pan pipes, citars, bagpipes, violins and of course the return of Justins voice. Some of the stuff is just so far removed from the chart today and its so refreshing. Forget your Franz Ferdinand, Bloc Party and Kaiser Chiefs - this is real rock! A lot of comparrisons are being made with Queen and although they aren't there yet the progression can be heard.

    Highlights for me include English Country Garden, Hazel Eyes, Knocers and Is It Just Me?

    I would say that the album is quite short however. At 35 minutes long a did feel a bit cheated at first, its a similar length to the first one but then they had the excuse that they pretty much recorded it themselves and then just tidied it up when they were signed. Now with their millions they should really be putting out something a little longer.

    Short but very sweet. Anyone else heard it?

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    it got a slating in metro today
    It is Inevitable.....


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    i bought the first album, don't think i'll bother with the second one. The first got boring real quick

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    One way ticket to Hell and back?

    Technically, that's a return.

    [/Jimmy Carr mode]

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    lol

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    Maybe there doing the whole rock and roll thing, by buying 2 one way tickets, there being very unenconomical due to the discount upon purchasing a return, this would lead to the image of them being extremely wasteful and frivolous with their income.


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    Load of cynical contrived novelty tosh and painfully unoriginal. I hate them and everything they stand for. The reason its only 35 mins long is because they had actually put an album together but had to ditch it because it was so poor. Then they could obviously only come up with 35 mins of stuff on this attempt. I wish they would just go away, the joke stopped being funny years ago.

    Who compared them to Queen, an complete idiot? Queen were amazing; without looking like yer dad in fancy dress trying to be funny hours after everyone stopped laughing.

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    the darkness make baby jesus cry, a terrible excuse for a band.

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    Each to their own obviously...

    ... I'll go back to my cupboard.

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