Diamond Nights

Diamond Head | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 21, 2000)
• Original Release Date: November 21, 2000
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Metal Blade
• ASIN: B00005173B
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #263,984 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. We Won't Be Back

2. Sweet and Innocent

3. Streets of Gold

4. The Prince

5. Helpless

6. I Don't Got

7. Lightning to the Nations

8. Play It Loud

9. It's Electric [Remix]

10. Am I Evil?

11. Waited Too Long

12. Sucking My Love

13. Shoot Out the Lights

14. It's Electric

15. Diamond Lights

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Attention, these are the original mixes!!, January 19, 2001

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Shawn Branchcomb (Pensacola, Florida USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Diamond Nights (Audio CD)

For those of you that don't know, the versions of any Diamond Head songs that have been on CD here in the U.S. have not been what was released originally in the late seventies/early eighties on the original "Lightning to the Nations" LP and various 45s that the band pressed on their own. Around 1986 or 87, guitarist Brian Tatler remixed all the tracks in an attempt to update and refine the originals. This is what has appeared on CD as "Behold the Beginning" and as some CD versions of "Lightning to the Nations" especially here in the states. The remixes took much of the bite out of the sound of the songs and even in Lars Ulrich's liner notes for "Behold the Beginning" he even said the originals were better.

For anyone who wants to hear these amazing songs as they are supposed to be heard, the original vinyls of "Lightning" is rare and expensive, but that is no longer a problem! This new collection, "Diamond Nights" is the first official U.S. release of the original mixes of these NWOBHM classics (New Wave of British Heavy Metal-a revival of metal that occurred in the U.K. around 1978-1981 ispired by punk's energy and do-it-youself attitude), and they've been remastered to sound crisp and clear! If you happen to have "Behold the Beginning," once you listen to the original mixes on "Diamond Nights," you will want to throw "Behold" into a wood chipper! If you are a classic metal fan, you will love this! Buy "Diamond Nights" and find out what the fuss was all about over this band!

10 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars NWOBHM At It's Best! Too Bad It Is All But Forgotten., August 29, 2001

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B. Cross (Morgantown, WV) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Diamond Nights (Audio CD)

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).

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars "Diamond Lights" on CD at last...., January 16, 2001

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John F. Moore (Albany, New York United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Diamond Nights (Audio CD)

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.