The Darkness je britská glam rocková skupina, ktorá kombinuje hard rock s teatrálnym humorom a virtuozitou inšpirovanou Queen a AC/DC. Kapelu charakterizuje výrazný falzetový spev Justina Hawkinsa a energické vystúpenie ovplyvnené glam estetikou.
Permission to Land, vydaný v júli 2003 u vydavateľstva Atlantic Records, je debutový štúdiový album, ktorý sa okamžite dostal na čelo britských rebríčkov a len vo Veľkej Británii predal takmer 1,5 milióna kópií. Toto rozšírené dvojdiskové vydanie obsahuje pôvodný album doplnený o demosnímky, single a B-strany – celkovo 33 nahrávok. Prvý disk prináša klasické tracky ako I Believe in a Thing Called Love (druhé miesto v britskej hitparáde), Growing on Me a Love Is Only a Feeling spolu s bonusovými demoverziami. Druhý disk zhromažďuje singlové úpravy a nealbumové skladby zachytávajúce vznik albumu v Chapel Studios v Lincolnshire. Album produkoval Pedro Ferreira a za svoj svieži prístup k rocku získal tri ceny Brit Awards.
V dobe vydania tvorili kapelu Justin Hawkins, Dan Hawkins, Frankie Poullain a Ed Graham.
Skladby
CD1
1. Black Shuck [03:20]
2. Get Your Hands off My Woman [02:46]
3. Growing on Me [03:29]
4. I Believe in a Thing Called Love [03:36]
5. Love Is Only a Feeling [04:19]
6. Givin' Up [03:34]
7. Stuck in a Rut [03:17]
8. Friday Night [02:56]
9. Love on the Rocks with No Ice [05:56]
10. Holding My Own [04:55]
11. Black Shuck (Demo) [03:54]
12. I Believe in a Thing Called Love (Demo) [03:54]
13. Out of My Hands (Demo) [03:35]
14. Live 'Til I Die (Demo) [03:45]
15. Love on the Rocks with No Ice (Demo) [05:47]
16. Nothin's Gonna Stop Us (Demo) [02:54]
CD2
1. I Believe in a Thing Called Love (2002 Version) [03:40]
2. Love on the Rocks with no Ice (2002 Version) [06:08]
3. Love is Only a Feeling (2002 Version) [04:21]
4. Get Your Hands off My Woman (2003 Edit Version) [02:46]
5. The Best of Me [03:24]
6. I Believe in a Thing Called Love (Single Version) [03:36]
7. Out of My Hands [03:29]
8. Makin' Out [03:39]
9. Physical Sex [03:31]
10. How Dare You Call This Love? [03:51]
11. Bareback [03:06]
12. Planning Permission [02:26]
13. Curse of the Tollund Man [03:18]
14. Get Your Hands off My Woman... Again (2004 Version) [02:38]
15. I Love You 5 Times [03:41]
16. Get Your Hands off My Woman... Again (2004 Edit Version) [02:41]
17. Christmas Time (Don't Let the Bells End) [03:31]
