The DarknessBest The Darkness Albums Ranked
6.3
Avg Score
12
Opinions
7
Albums
6
Reviewers
Summary from 12 ratings
On Wavelength, fans have rated The Darkness's catalog across 7 albums from 12 opinions, with an overall average of 6.3/10. The top-rated The Darkness album is Permission to Land (Bonus Track) (2003) with a 8.2/10 average from 2 ratings, followed by Permission To Land... Again (20th Anniversary Edition) and Dreams on Toast (Members' Edition). The discography on Wavelength spans 2003 to 2025.
Permission to Land (Bonus Track)
“If I’d gone to journalism school rather than just gaining pre-employment experience arseing around the *Michigan Daily* offices reading copies of *Melody Maker*, I’d have learned that one rule in writing is that I should “know my audience.” And I’m pretty sure that, in this case, a large portion of my audience has already decided that they just might hate [the Darkness](https://pitchfork.com/artis”
Permission To Land... Again (20th Anniversary Edition)
“What exactly was the Darkness? A 20th-anniversary reissue of their meteoric debut album reaffirms their pop-metal bona fides.”
One Way Ticket to Hell...And Back
“Pomp-rock band follows its virtually overnight success with a quickly assembled second batch of Queen-aping rock.”
One Way Ticket to Hell...and Back
“Pomp-rock band follows its virtually overnight success with a quickly assembled second batch of Queen-aping rock.”
Dreams on Toast (Members' Edition)
“At the turn of our innocent century, who would've guessed that 2025 would bring an eighth studio album from the Darkness? The infectious 2003 novelty hit "I Believe in a Thing Called Love" had the sound of a one-hit wonder even back then, and for many, the band's spandex histrionics were an anachronism too far (footnotes of the distant future will perhaps memorialize them as the band behind the so”
Hot Cakes
“After seven years off, these Brits bounce right back on "Every Inch of You," the kickoff to Hot Cakes. Justin Hawkins cheekily tells his backstory: surviving on the dole till Led Zep changed his life, becoming "an Englishman with a very high voice, doing rock & roll." Hot Cakes stays amusing, mixing beer-barrel chuggers with […]”
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