The Darkness - 'Permission To Land (20th Anniversary)' black vinyl 5LP set.

The Darkness announce Permission To Land… Again; a special 20 th Anniversary reissue collection, to be released on October 6 th 2023 via Warner Music. Britain’s beloved rock band celebrate this landmark with a special 5LP release including the full original album, rare B-sides, bonus unreleased demos, as well as live albums from their iconic shows at London’s Astoria (2003), Knebworth (in support of Robbie Williams in 2003) and Wembley Arena (2004).

Permission To Land was originally released in 2003 via Atlantic Records and stormed to the top of the UK Albums chart, where it remained for four weeks, and spent 53 weeks in the Top 100. It achieved the band three BRIT Awards, including British Album Of The Year, British Group and British Rock Act, where they fended off competition from the likes of Blur, Radiohead, Sugababes, Muse, Primal Scream and more. The record has sold over 1.4 million copies to date.

Tracklisting -

LP1: PERMISSION TO LAND (2003)

SIDE A

1. Black Shuck

2. Get Your Hands Off My Woman

3. Growing On Me

4. I Believe In A Thing Called Love

5. Love Is Only A Feeling

SIDE B

1. Givin' Up

2. Stuck In A Rut

3. Friday Night

4. Love On The Rocks With No Ice

5. Holding My Own

LP2: STUDIO BONUS TRACKS

SIDE C

1. Black Shuck (Demo)

2. I Believe In A Thing Called Love (Demo)

3. Out Of My Hands (Demo)

4. Live ’Til I Die (Demo)

5. Love On The Rocks With No Ice (Demo)

SIDE D

1. Nothin's Gonna Stop Us (Demo)

2. I Believe In A Thing Called Love (2002 Version)

3. Love On The Rocks With No Ice (2002 Version)

4. Love Is Only A Feeling (2002 Version)

5. Get Your Hands Off My Woman (2003 Clean Version)

LP3: STUDIO BONUS TRACKS

SIDE E

1. The Best Of Me

2. I Believe In A Thing Called Love (Single Version)

3. Out Of My Hands

4. Makin Out

5. Physical Sex

How Dare You Call This Love

SIDE F

1. Bareback

2. Planning Permission

3. Curse Of The Tollund Man

4. Get Your Hands Off My Woman...Again (2004 Explicit)

5. I Love You 5 Times

6. Get Your Hands Off My Woman...Again (2004 Clean)

7. Christmas Time (Don’t Let The Bells End)

LP4: LIVE AT KNEBWORTH 2003

SIDE G

1. Growing On Me

2. The Best Of Me

3. Makin’ Out

4. Get Your Hands Off My Woman

SIDE H

1. Stuck In A Rut

2. I Believe In A Thing Called Love

3. Love On The Rocks With No Ice

LP5: LIVE AT THE ASTORIA 2003

SIDE I

1. Black Shuck

2. Love Is Only A Feeling

3. Get Your Hands Off My Woman

4. Friday Night

SIDE J

1. I Believe In A thing Called Love

2. Buffet

3. Giving Up

5. Love On The Rocks With No Ice