Lightning To The Nations (studio album)
by Diamond Head

Lightning To The Nations by Diamond Head
Year: 1980
Overall rank: 3,872nd   
Average Rating: 
76/100 (from 89 votes)
     
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1980 (75th)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (573rd)
Award Best albums of all time (3,872nd)

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Lightning To The Nations is ranked as the best album by Diamond Head.

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Lightning To The Nations track list

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Lightning To The Nations rankings

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Overall rank: 3,872nd | 1980s rank: 573rd | 1980 rank: 75th

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Average Rating: 
76/100 (from 89 votes)
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11/12/2025 20:31 NYAndreas   1,43243/100
 
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This album is rated in the top 6% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.8/100, a mean average of 74.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 17.9.

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From 01/23/2024 08:32 | #301410
Metallica boys like this
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From 01/02/2022 22:42 | #278432
Annoyed it took me so long to finally give this one a listen. Can see why Metallica loved this
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From 03/20/2016 15:39 | #162248
One of the best metal albums of all time.
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