Lightning To The Nations (studio album) by Diamond Head

Lightning To The Nations by Diamond Head
Year: 1980
Overall rank: 3,846th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
76/100 (from 88 votes)
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Award Top albums of 1980 (75th)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (571st)
Award Best albums of all time (3,846th)
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Lightning To The Nations is ranked as the best album by Diamond Head.

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  Track ratingsTrack ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 80 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Average Rating: 
76/100 (from 88 votes)
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05/08/2025 09:18 MetalMan67  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 5,82271/100
 
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11/28/2024 20:52 morphee  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 1,17584/100
 
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09/28/2024 02:40 adbrack1988  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 1,00583/100
 
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09/17/2024 22:17 BorderFreeAndrew  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 14,21074/100
 
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08/15/2024 04:09 dhbarrett  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 7,83765/100

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This album is rated in the top 5% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 76.1/100, a mean average of 75.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.8.

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80/100
From 01/23/2024 08:32
Metallica boys like this
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From 01/02/2022 22:42
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
One of the best metal albums of all time.
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