Track Listings (15) - Disc #1| All Artists: Diamond Head Title: Diamond Nights Members Wishing: 2 Total Copies: 0 Label: Metal Blade Original Release Date: 11/21/2000 Release Date: 11/21/2000 Genres: Alternative Rock, Pop, Rock, Metal Styles: New Wave & Post-Punk, British Metal Number of Discs: 1 SwapaCD Credits: 1 UPC: 039841433623 |
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CD ReviewsNWOBHM At It's Best! Too Bad It Is All But Forgotten. B. Cross | Clarksburg, WV | 08/29/2001 (5 out of 5 stars) "Diamond Nights is a compilation album of some of the choisest Diamond Head tracks from the late '70s and very early '80s. Diamond Head is a band that is somewhat of a paradox. Most metal fans know their songs, but don't know the band. That is because during Metallica's early days, they performed (and eventually released) many Diamond Head songs. The CD's liner notes cover this by saying, "...Metallica didn't start off creating anything much, only covering songs released by Diamond Head..." The notes go a bit further by saying, "...it might be suggested that Metallica stole the limelight away from Diamond Head, and it should have been Diamond Head who stood in the limelight and not Metallica, even today..." Diamond Head burst out of England around the same time as Iron Maiden and Def Leppard. Unfortunately, they did not share the enormous fame as their collegues. DH's music is outstanding, well crafted and produced, while still having the all-important "rawness" of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal (NWOBHM). DH was powered by Brian Tatler's furious riffing, Sean Harris's soaring vocals, Colin Kimberley's thumpy and precise bass work, and Duncan Scott's heavy-duty drumming. Again, many songs were covered by Metallica, but the originals are always the best. James Hetfield's (annoying) vocals do not even come close. Standout tracks include: "Sweet and Innocent", "The Prince", "Helpless", "I Don't Got", "Lightning to the Nations", "Am I Evil", "Sucking My Love", and "Shoot Out the Lights". The best part of this CD, is these are the original versions of these songs, simply cleaned up and remastered. So, you will hear these tunes how they were meant to be heard. So, if you need some new Metal for your tunes collection, check this one out. It has a great collection of songs (15 tracks), lyrics, and very informative and interesting liner notes. After listening, don't be surprised if you find yourself cursing the very existance of Selloutica (sorry, I mean Metallica)." "Diamond Lights" on CD at last.... John F. Moore | Albany, New York United States | 01/16/2001 (5 out of 5 stars) "This "new" Diamond Head compilation is a great buy--not only does it contain all seven tracks from Diamond Head's classic debut LP, "Lightning To The Nations", which is by far the best record they ever made, but its got a bunch of songs from their early singles (like "Streets of Gold", "Shoot Out The Lights" and the somewhat poppy "Waited Too Long"). Although all of the above have been previously available on CDs like "Behold The Beginning" and the re-release of "Lightning...", what puts this CD above the other early DH compilations is that it has all four tracks from the 1981 "Diamond Lights" EP ("Diamond Lights", "We Won't Be Back", "I Don't Got" and the remix of "It's Electric"), never previously available on CD, and all great songs (although the remixed "It's Electric" really isn't all that different than the "Lightning..." version). Well worth having whether you're new to Diamond Head or are an old fan looking for a great mix." The TRUE ORIGINAL version of DH's debut LP! BUY IT! _-^-_ | 12/30/2000 (5 out of 5 stars) "This are the same songs on High Vaultage Records' compilation CD "Lightning To The Nations", although Metal Blade changed the playing order. To play the songs from the debut LP in their original order, play these tracks: 7, 4, 12, 10, 2, 14, 5. The other songs are from singles or the EP album "Diamond Lights" (which BTW is also the title of track 15, despite what this page says.) Personally I like the songs from the LP (especially "Helpless") better than the others. The band's untitled debut LP is generally considered to be their best album. I think it's one of the best rock albums ever. If you like any kind of power metal or thrash metal you'll probably like this CD. If you like this you'll probably also like their last studio album "Death & Progress" (the song "Damnation Street" from that one is a lot like "I Don't Got", one of the non-album tracks on this compilation.), although I prefer this one. That album has better sound quality, but I prefer the more "raw" production on this one. The production here is better than the production of "Live In The Heat Of The Night" also. "See the flashing lights, hear the thunder roar!" - Sean Harris"
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