Permission to Land
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Permission to Land is the debut studio album
by British hard rock
band The Darkness, released in the United Kingdom on 7 July 2003 and in the United States on 5 August 2003. The album topped the UK Albums Chart
and reached number thirty-six on the American Billboard 200
chart. Four singles were released from Permission to Land: "Get Your Hands off My Woman
", "Growing on Me
", "I Believe in a Thing Called Love
" and "Love Is Only a Feeling
"; "I Believe in a Thing Called Love" was the most successful, reaching number two on the UK Singles Chart
. In addition to its chart success, Permission to Land also provided The Darkness with two high-profile music awards—Best Rock Album at the 2003 Kerrang! Awards and Best British Album at the 2004 BRIT Awards
(at which they also won the awards for Best British Group and Best British Rock Act). Permission to Land was voted 49th in the 50 Greatest Albums of the 21st Century in Kerrang!
. Permission to Land was later referenced in the song "Whichever Way You Wanna Give It" by lead singer Justin Hawkins
' other band Hot Leg
.
Additional personnel
Studio album
A studio album is an album made up of tracks recorded in the controlled environment of a recording studio. A studio album contains newly written and recorded or previously unreleased or remixed material, distinguishing itself from a compilation or reissue album of previously recorded material, or...
by British hard rock
Hard rock
Hard rock is a loosely defined genre of rock music which has its earliest roots in mid-1960s garage rock, blues rock and psychedelic rock...
band The Darkness, released in the United Kingdom on 7 July 2003 and in the United States on 5 August 2003. The album topped the UK Albums Chart
UK Albums Chart
The UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales in the United Kingdom. It is compiled every week by The Official Charts Company and broadcast on a Sunday on BBC Radio 1 , and published in Music Week magazine and on the OCC website .To qualify for the UK albums chart...
and reached number thirty-six on the American Billboard 200
Billboard 200
The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...
chart. Four singles were released from Permission to Land: "Get Your Hands off My Woman
Get Your Hands off My Woman
"Get Your Hands off My Woman" is a song by the English rock band, The Darkness. Released in February 2003, the song was the band's first notable single and won a Metal Hammer "Golden God" award for best single, despite being the band's lowest charting single worldwide. Later in 2003, the song...
", "Growing on Me
Growing on Me
"Growing on Me" is a song by the glam rock band The Darkness from their album Permission to Land. It was released as a single on June 16, 2003, peaking at #11 on the UK Singles Chart.-Tracklisting:UK CD Single# "Growing On Me" - 3:29...
", "I Believe in a Thing Called Love
I Believe in a Thing Called Love
"I Believe in a Thing Called Love" is a 2003 single by the English rock band The Darkness. This was released as a single twice, the first time in August 2002 with "Love On The Rocks With No Ice" and "Love Is Only A Feeling." In September 2003, it was released as the third single off Permission to...
" and "Love Is Only a Feeling
Love Is Only a Feeling
"Love Is Only a Feeling" is a song by the English rock group The Darkness. It is the fifth single by the band overall and the fourth and final single from their debut album Permission to Land...
"; "I Believe in a Thing Called Love" was the most successful, reaching number two on the UK Singles Chart
UK Singles Chart
The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...
. In addition to its chart success, Permission to Land also provided The Darkness with two high-profile music awards—Best Rock Album at the 2003 Kerrang! Awards and Best British Album at the 2004 BRIT Awards
Brit Awards
The Brit Awards are the British Phonographic Industry's annual pop music awards. The name was originally a shortened form of "British", "Britain" or "Britannia", but subsequently became a backronym for British Record Industry Trust...
(at which they also won the awards for Best British Group and Best British Rock Act). Permission to Land was voted 49th in the 50 Greatest Albums of the 21st Century in Kerrang!
Kerrang!
Kerrang! is a UK-based magazine devoted to rock music published by Bauer Media Group. It was first published on June 6, 1981 as a one-off supplement in the Sounds newspaper...
. Permission to Land was later referenced in the song "Whichever Way You Wanna Give It" by lead singer Justin Hawkins
Justin Hawkins
Justin David Hawkins is an English musician and singer-songwriter, best known for being the lead singer and lead guitarist of The Darkness, alongside his brother, guitarist Dan Hawkins...
' other band Hot Leg
Hot Leg
Hot Leg is an English glam metal band led by former The Darkness frontman Justin Hawkins. The band consists of Hawkins, Pete Rinaldi , Samuel SJ Stokes and Darby Todd...
.
Track listing
Other tracks
- "The Best of Me" (B-side to "Get Your Hands Off My WomanGet Your Hands off My Woman"Get Your Hands off My Woman" is a song by the English rock band, The Darkness. Released in February 2003, the song was the band's first notable single and won a Metal Hammer "Golden God" award for best single, despite being the band's lowest charting single worldwide. Later in 2003, the song...
") – 3:18 - "How Dare You Call This Love!" (B-side to "Growing on MeGrowing on Me"Growing on Me" is a song by the glam rock band The Darkness from their album Permission to Land. It was released as a single on June 16, 2003, peaking at #11 on the UK Singles Chart.-Tracklisting:UK CD Single# "Growing On Me" - 3:29...
") – 4:12 - "Bareback" (B-side to "Growing on MeGrowing on Me"Growing on Me" is a song by the glam rock band The Darkness from their album Permission to Land. It was released as a single on June 16, 2003, peaking at #11 on the UK Singles Chart.-Tracklisting:UK CD Single# "Growing On Me" - 3:29...
") – 3:25 - "Makin' Out" (B-side to "I Believe in a Thing Called LoveI Believe in a Thing Called Love"I Believe in a Thing Called Love" is a 2003 single by the English rock band The Darkness. This was released as a single twice, the first time in August 2002 with "Love On The Rocks With No Ice" and "Love Is Only A Feeling." In September 2003, it was released as the third single off Permission to...
") – 3:49 - "Physical Sex" (B-side to "I Believe in a Thing Called LoveI Believe in a Thing Called Love"I Believe in a Thing Called Love" is a 2003 single by the English rock band The Darkness. This was released as a single twice, the first time in August 2002 with "Love On The Rocks With No Ice" and "Love Is Only A Feeling." In September 2003, it was released as the third single off Permission to...
") – 4:25 - "Out of My Hands" (B-side to "I Believe in a Thing Called LoveI Believe in a Thing Called Love"I Believe in a Thing Called Love" is a 2003 single by the English rock band The Darkness. This was released as a single twice, the first time in August 2002 with "Love On The Rocks With No Ice" and "Love Is Only A Feeling." In September 2003, it was released as the third single off Permission to...
") – 3:27 - "Christmas Time (Don't Let the Bells End)Christmas Time (Don't Let the Bells End)"Christmas Time " is a single released by The Darkness in the UK during December 2003, to fall in with the famous UK Christmas Number One Race.-Race for Christmas #1:...
" (Non-album single) – 4:02 - "I Love You 5 Times" (B-side to "Christmas Time (Don't Let the Bells End)Christmas Time (Don't Let the Bells End)"Christmas Time " is a single released by The Darkness in the UK during December 2003, to fall in with the famous UK Christmas Number One Race.-Race for Christmas #1:...
") – 3:00 - "Planning Permission" (B-side to "Love Is Only a FeelingLove Is Only a Feeling"Love Is Only a Feeling" is a song by the English rock group The Darkness. It is the fifth single by the band overall and the fourth and final single from their debut album Permission to Land...
") – 4:02 - "Curse of the Tollund Man" (B-side to "Love Is Only a FeelingLove Is Only a Feeling"Love Is Only a Feeling" is a song by the English rock group The Darkness. It is the fifth single by the band overall and the fourth and final single from their debut album Permission to Land...
") – 5:13
Personnel
The Darkness- Justin HawkinsJustin HawkinsJustin David Hawkins is an English musician and singer-songwriter, best known for being the lead singer and lead guitarist of The Darkness, alongside his brother, guitarist Dan Hawkins...
– vocalsSingingSinging is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...
, guitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
, synthesizerSynthesizerA synthesizer is an electronic instrument capable of producing sounds by generating electrical signals of different frequencies. These electrical signals are played through a loudspeaker or set of headphones...
, pianoPianoThe piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal... - Dan HawkinsDan Hawkins (musician)Daniel Francis Hawkins is an English rock guitarist, noted for his strong revival of 1970s classic rock and 1980s metal....
– guitar - Frankie PoullainFrankie PoullainFrancis Gilles Poullain-Patterson , better known as Frankie Poullain, is the bass player for rock band The Darkness. He was born in Edinburgh, Scotland. He attended The Royal High School from 1984 to 1987....
– bassBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick.... - Ed GrahamEd GrahamEdwin James "Ed" Graham is an English musician who is best known as the drummer of rock band The Darkness, as well as the subsequent successor band Stone Gods, before officially leaving in 2008 due to a physical inability to perform.Graham is one of four children and as a youth, he attended...
– drumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
Additional personnel
- Pedro Ferreira – productionRecord producerA record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...
, mixingAudio mixing (recorded music)In audio recording, audio mixing is the process by which multiple recorded sounds are combined into one or more channels, most commonly two-channel stereo. In the process, the source signals' level, frequency content, dynamics, and panoramic position are manipulated and effects such as reverb may...
, engineeringAudio engineeringAn audio engineer, also called audio technician, audio technologist or sound technician, is a specialist in a skilled trade that deals with the use of machinery and equipment for the recording, mixing and reproduction of sounds. The field draws on many artistic and vocational areas, including... - Mike Marsh – masteringAudio masteringMastering, a form of audio post-production, is the process of preparing and transferring recorded audio from a source containing the final mix to a data storage device ; the source from which all copies will be produced...
- Will Bartle – recordingSound recording and reproductionSound recording and reproduction is an electrical or mechanical inscription and re-creation of sound waves, such as spoken voice, singing, instrumental music, or sound effects. The two main classes of sound recording technology are analog recording and digital recording...
assistance - Nick Taylor – mixing assistance
- Bruce Band – artworkAlbum coverAn album cover is the front of the packaging of a commercially released audio recording product, or album. The term can refer to either the printed cardboard covers typically used to package sets of 10" and 12" 78 rpm records, single and sets of 12" LPs, sets of 45 rpm records , or the front-facing...
- Patrick Ford – photographyPhotographyPhotography is the art, science and practice of creating durable images by recording light or other electromagnetic radiation, either electronically by means of an image sensor or chemically by means of a light-sensitive material such as photographic film...
Charts
| Chart (2003) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Danish Albums Chart | 40 |
| Dutch Albums Chart MegaCharts MegaCharts is responsible for the composition and exploitation of a broad collection of official charts in the Netherlands, of which the Mega Top 50 and the Mega Album Top 100 are the most known ones. Mega Charts also provides information to the Stichting Nederlandse Top 40, of which the Dutch Top... |
30 |
| Finnish Albums Chart | 17 |
| Irish Albums Chart Irish Albums Chart The Irish Albums Chart is the Irish music industry standard albums popularity chart issued weekly by the Irish Recorded Music Association and compiled on its behalf by Chart-Track. Chart rankings are based on sales, which are compiled through over-the-counter retail data captured electronically... |
2 |
| Norwegian Albums Chart VG-lista VG-listen is a Norwegian record chart. It is weekly presented in the newspaper VG and the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation program Topp 20. It is considered the primary Norwegian record chart, charting albums and singles from countries and continent around the world. The data is collected by... |
13 |
| Swedish Albums Chart | 8 |
| UK Albums Chart UK Albums Chart The UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales in the United Kingdom. It is compiled every week by The Official Charts Company and broadcast on a Sunday on BBC Radio 1 , and published in Music Week magazine and on the OCC website .To qualify for the UK albums chart... |
1 |
| Chart (2004) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australian ARIA Albums Chart ARIA Charts The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling singles and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA commenced compiling its own charts in-house from the week ending 26 June... |
17 |
| Austrian Albums Chart | 40 |
| Belgian Albums Chart | 59 |
| French Albums Chart | 62 |
| Italian Albums Chart | 16 |
| New Zealand Albums Chart | 5 |
| Swiss Albums Chart | 59 |
| US Billboard 200 Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists... |
36 |