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The Darkness - One Way Ticket To Hell...And Back (20Th Anniversary Deluxe Edition) - Import 4 CD
The Darkness - One Way Ticket To Hell...And Back (20Th Anniversary Deluxe Edition) - Import 4 CD
CD
Metal
Rock 'n' Roll
November 28, 2025
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Catalog No.: 5021732623485
JAN/ISBN: 5021732623485
Number of Discs: 4
Country/Region of Manufacture: Import
Credits:
The Darkness
Description:
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 cliches 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
Tracklisting:
1. One Way Ticket
2. Knockers
3. Is It Just Me?
4. Dinner Lady Arms
5. Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time
6. Hazel Eyes
7. Bald
8. Girlfriend
9. English Country Garden
10. Blind Man
11. Wanker (B-side)
12. Grief Hammer (B-side)
13. Shake Like a Lettuce Leaf (B-side)
14. Shit Ghost (B-side)
15. Girlfriend (British Whale Remix)
16. Girlfriend (Feat. DJ Tidy Brine) [The Richie Edwards Remix]
17. One Way Ticket (Cleaner Version)
1. Knockers (Live at the Birmingham NEC, February 19, 2006)
2. One Way Ticket (Live at the Birmingham NEC, February 19, 2006)
3. Is It Just Me (Live at the Birmingham NEC, February 19, 2006)
4. Growing On Me (Live at the Birmingham NEC, February 19, 2006)
5. Dinner Lady Arms (Live at the Birmingham NEC, February 19, 2006)
6. Givin' Up (Live at the Birmingham NEC, February 19, 2006)
7. Black Shuck (Live at the Birmingham NEC, February 19, 2006)
8. Love On the Rocks (Live at the Birmingham NEC, February 19, 2006)
9. Love Is Only a Feeling (Live at the Birmingham NEC, February 19, 2006)
10. Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time (Live at the Birmingham NEC, February 19, 2006)
11. Blind Man (Live at the Birmingham NEC, February 19, 2006)
12. Hazel Eyes (Live at the Birmingham NEC, February 19, 2006)
13. Friday Night (Live at the Birmingham NEC, February 19, 2006)
14. Girlfriend (Live at the Birmingham NEC, February 19, 2006)
15. I Believe in a Thing Called Love (Live at the Birmingham NEC, February 19, 2006)
16. English Country Garden (Live at the Birmingham NEC, February 19, 2006)
17. Bald (Live at the Birmingham NEC, February 19, 2006)
1. As the Crow Flies
2. Bald
3. English Country Garden
4. Hazel Eyes
5. Girlfriend
6. Grief Hammer
7. IOU
8. Is It Just Me?
9. One Way Ticket
10. Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time
11. Wanker
12. Waste of Space
13. As the Crow Flies (Rough Mix)
14. Blind Man (Rough Mix)
15. Girlfriend (Rough Mix)
16. Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time (Rough Mix)
17. Wanker (Rough Mix)
1. Girlfriend (Whitfield Street Rough Mix)
2. Knockers (Whitfield Street Rough Mix)
3. Bald (Whitfield Street Rough Mix)
4. English Country Garden (Whitfield Street Rough Mix)
5. Hazel Eyes (Whitfield Street Rough Mix)
6. Good Idea (Whitfield Street Rough Mix)
7. One Way Ticket (Whitfield Street Rough Mix)
8. Blind Man (Whitfield Street Rough Mix)
9. Dinner Lady Arms (Whitfield Street Rough Mix)
10. Wanker (Whitfield Street Rough Mix)
11. Grief Hammer (Whitfield Street Rough Mix)
12. Is It Just Me? (Whitfield Street Rough Mix)
13. As the Crow Flies (Whitfield Street Rough Mix)
14. Waste of Space (Whitfield Street Rough Mix)
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