DIAMOND HEAD
LIGHTNING TO THE NATIONS
Track listing
1. "Lightning to the Nations"
2. "The Prince"
3. "Sucking My Love"
4. "Am I Evil?" 7:39
5. "Sweet and Innocent"
6. "It's Electric"
7. "Helpless" 6:52
CD reissue bonus tracks (Castle Music)
8. "Shoot Out the Lights" (originally released as a single)
9. "Streets of Gold" (originally released as a B-side for the "Sweet and Innocent" single)
10. "Waited Too Long" (originally released on the double A-side single "Waited Too Long"/"Play It Loud")
11. "Play It Loud" (originally released on the double A-side single "Waited Too Long"/"Play It Loud")
12. "Diamond Lights" (originally released on the Diamond Lights EP)
13. "We Won't Be Back" (originally released on the Diamond Lights EP)
14. "I Don't Got" (originally released on the Diamond Lights EP)
15. "It's Electric" (remix)
LINEUP
Sean Harris – vocals, rhythm guitar on "Am I Evil?"
Brian Tatler – lead guitar
Colin Kimberley – bass
Duncan Scott – drums
Definitely one, if not THE, definitive album of the NWOBHM movement.
(which makes it truly ironic that the band would later renounce their NWOBHM status) Sounds metal editor Geoff Barton (the man who coined the phrase N.W.O.B.H.M. in the first place) once remarked that "there are more good riffs in your average single Diamond Head song than there are in the first four Black Sabbath albums"; and Iron Maiden bassist Steve Harris stated that Diamond Head "looked like they were going to be the next Led Zeppelin for a while." As is widely known by now, Diamond Head was a MAJOR influence for Lars Ulrich and Metallica, who based most of their early live gigs on Diamond head tunes.
This album is truly a masterpiece. Too bad the rest of their stuff doesn't measure up to this classic. If you're an avid collector and need to have a complete collection, go ahead and get their other albums. They're just not as good, which is a shame. I'm thankful that this was the first album I ever heard from them, otherwise I wouldn't have given them a second thought.
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