#One way ticket to hell darkness album full#

' Seemed Like A Good Idea At The Time' is a ballad with strings and piano as well as layered vocals that screams classic E.L.O. I could swear I see The Lord of the Dance when listening to this track! Even ' Blind Man' has a very spiritual, religious feel with the big vocal choirs that are reminiscent of Queen songs like ' Somebody To Love' and ' Bohemian Rhapsody'. The harmonizing backwards guitar fills at the beginning sound very Brian May influenced. They have seemed to focus very much on melody, song structure and more vocally oriented songs.Ĭheck out ' Hazel Eyes' a song with a very Irish feel thanks to marching drums and bag pipes. They have utilized such instruments as pan pipes, piano, sitars and string arrangements. The guitars are not as predominant in the mix. The production, for me, is nowhere near as punchy or in your face when compared to the first. There are more ballads on ' One Way Ticket To Hell….And Back'. Overall, the majority of the songs are not as upbeat or rocking when compared to those on the first. The title track ' One Way Ticket' and ' Is It Just Me' are probably the only songs that come closest to those found on the first album. Baker’s production values have given the band a sound and style that’s a flashback to the 70’s incorporating elements found in bands like Queen and E.L.O. For starters, they decided to use producer Roy Thomas Baker ( Queen) instead of Ted Templeman ( Van Halen). However, they chose to take another road. The Darkness already had a formula that could have been easily re-created for a second album. I was somewhat pleased and hoped for the rest of the album to be in the vein of this song. After hearing the song, it sounded like the band was back on track.

#One way ticket to hell darkness album full#

Endless recording sessions and time in the studio were spent to create much of what is the end result on ' One Way Ticket To Hell….And Back'Ībout a month and a half ago, The Darkness released a full length version of the first single and title track ' One Way Ticket' on line.

The Darkness have had some break ups and break downs including a change in bass players and the added pressure of equaling or exceeding the expectations of the first album. The road to ' One Way Ticket To Hell….And Back' has been a bumpy one. I was really looking forward to more of this energetic music. Most of all, it had some outrageous vocal performances. ' Permission To Land' was a straight ahead, in your face rock album full of catchy hooks and choruses. For me, it was one of the freshest and dirtiest rock albums to come out since Guns N’ Roses, ' Appetite For Destruction'. For the longest time I’ve been anxiously waiting for a new album from The Darkness! I was pleasantly surprised and totally blown away with their debut, ' Permission To Land' an album which sold over 3.5 million copies.