Lightning To The Nations
by Diamond Head

Lightning To The Nations by Diamond Head
Year: 1980
Release date: 1980-10-03
Overall rank: 3,928th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 94 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1980 (76th)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (584th)
Award Best albums of all time (3,928th)

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

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

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Overall rank: 3,928th | 1980s rank: 584th | 1980 rank: 76th

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Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 94 votes)
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70/100
 
04/04/2026 19:33 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  9,58570/100
 
60/100
 
03/30/2026 08:55 Leginlists  Ratings distribution  3,37782/100
 
55/100
 
01/25/2026 21:37 cicadelic  Ratings distribution  12,63573/100
 
85/100
 
01/18/2026 21:25 Untitled  Ratings distribution  1,69977/100
 
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12/03/2025 02:59 subnam  Ratings distribution  18129/100

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This album is rated in the top 7% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.4/100, a mean average of 73.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 19.2.

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80/100
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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