One Way Ticket to Hell... and Back

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One Way Ticket to Hell... and Back
Studio album by The Darkness
Released	November 28, 2005
Recorded	2005
Genre	Hard rock Glam metal Glam Rock
Length	35:04
Label	Atlantic
Producer	Roy Thomas Baker
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Kerrang! link Pitchfork Media (6.5/10) link PopMatters (8/10) link Rolling Stone link
The Darkness chronology
Permission to Land (2003) One Way Ticket to Hell... and Back (2005)
Alternate Cover

One Way Ticket to Hell... and Back was the second and final album by English rock band The Darkness. It was released on November 28, 2005 through Atlantic Records (see 2005 in music).

The first single from the album, "One Way Ticket", reached #8 in the UK single charts as did the second single "Is It Just Me?".

Former Bassist, Frankie Poullain, has said that "Hazel Eyes" is his favourite track on the record, citing the following: "I defy anyone after a couple of beverages to listen to "Hazel Eyes" standing up and NOT get the Michael Flatleys." Poullain was already familiar with six of the ten songs on the album, playing "Hazel Eyes", "Dinner Lady Arms", "Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time" and "English Country Garden" on tour with the band before his departure. He also co-wrote four of the tracks featured on the album.

The working title for the album was The Painstaking.

Most bass parts on the album are played by Dan Hawkins, following the departure of Frankie Poullain.

Reviews for the album were mixed. Q magazine proclaimed it the 22nd best album of 2005. However Planet Sound remarked how it was the "world's most expensive penis joke", regarding the costly delay of the album.

Contents 1 Track listing 2 B-sides 3 Personnel 4 External links

[edit] Track listing

All songs written by Justin Hawkins and Dan Hawkins, except where noted.

1. "One Way Ticket" (Hawkins, Hawkins, Frankie Poullain) – 4:28
2. "Knockers" (Hawkins, Hawkins, Poullain) – 2:45
3. "Is It Just Me?" (Hawkins, Hawkins, Poullain) – 3:07
4. "Dinner Lady Arms" – 3:18
5. "Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time" (Hawkins, Hawkins, Poullain) – 3:46
6. "Hazel Eyes" – 3:27
7. "Bald" (Hawkins, Hawkins, Ed Graham) – 5:33
8. "Girlfriend" – 2:35
9. "English Country Garden" – 3:08
10. "Blind Man" – 3:25

[edit] B-sides

• "Grief Hammer" (B-side to "One Way Ticket" on the vinyl edition)
• "Wanker" (B-side to "One Way Ticket" on the CD edition) – 3:00
• "Shit Ghost" (B-side to "Is It Just Me?" on the DVD edition) – 3:10
• "Shake (Like a Lettuce Leaf)" (B-side to "Is It Just Me?" on the CD edition) – 3:18

[edit] Personnel

• Justin Hawkins – vocals, lead guitar, sitar, piano, Hammond, mini-moog, synthesisers
• Dan Hawkins – guitar, bass guitar, marching drum, tubular bells, tambourines, triangle, backing vocals
• Ed Graham – drums
• Richie Edwards – bass guitar, backing vocals

[edit] External links

• Listen to One Way Ticket to Hell... and Back on Rhapsody

v • d • e The Darkness Justin Hawkins • Dan Hawkins • Richie Edwards • Ed Graham Frankie Poullain Studio albums Permission to Land • One Way Ticket to Hell... and Back Singles "Get Your Hands off My Woman" • "Growing on Me" • "I Believe in a Thing Called Love" • "Christmas Time (Don't Let the Bells End)" • "Love Is Only a Feeling" • "One Way Ticket" • "Is It Just Me?" • "Girlfriend" Related articles Stone Gods • Onion Trump • British Whale