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Hot Cakes
Rock · 2012 · 11 tracks · 40m

Hot Cakes

The Darkness

High-octane twin-guitar heroics and soaring falsettos. A theatrical, unashamedly fun revival of 70s stadium rock that refuses to take itself seriously.

August 12, 2012 · Pias

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Unapologetically exuberant and theatrical with a heavy dose of guitar-driven joy.

Tracklist · 11 Tracks · 40m
01
Every Inch of You
3:05
02
Nothin’s Gonna Stop Us
2:45
03
With a Woman
3:41
04
Keep Me Hangin’ On
3:01
05
Living Each Day Blind
5:07
06
Everybody Have a Good Time
4:48
07
She's Just a Girl, Eddie
3:47
08
Forbidden Love
3:50
09
Concrete
3:52
10
Street Spirit (Fade Out)
3:07
11
Love Is Not the Answer
3:42
Moments Worth Waiting For
The transition into the heavy, galloping metal riff during the unexpected cover of Radiohead's Street Spirit.
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Where This Album DepartsEach spoke is a trait. The orange shape shows where this album pulls away from — or holds to — the rest of the artist’s catalogue. Tap for more.

How does Hot Cakes sound next to the rest of The Darkness's catalogue?

Joyful+0.9σ

Joyful saturates this record a touch more than the artist's norm.

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