Track Listing

1. In the Heat of the Night
2. To Heaven from Hell
3. Call Me
4. Lightning to the Nations
5. Borrowed Time
6. Don't You Ever Leave Me
7. Am I Evil?
8. Trick or Treat [*]
9. Dead Reckoning [*]
10. Shoot Out the Lights [*]
11. In the Heat of the Night [*]
12. Play It Loud [Live][*]
13. Sweet and Innocent [Live][*]
14. Interview with Sean Harris and Colin Kimberley by Tommy Vance Recorded

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #627181 in Music
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Import

Customer Reviews

Classic NWOBHM
This is a great album. Following on from the self financed "White album", this was Diamond Head`s major label debut. Seven killer songs with no filler. The only thing that lets it down is the dated production. The drums are weak and it could do with a bit more bass. Two of the songs are (inferior) rerecordings of "Lightning to the nations" and "Am I evil?". The rest were then new songs. Pick of the bunch are the pop/rock brilliance of "Call me" and the pair of Zeppelin influenced numbers "Borrowed time" and "Don`t you ever leave me". Also the unforgettable "In the heat of the night". Rounding it out are various bonus cuts and an interview. This CD has been out of print for many years and is a limited run of 2,000 copies. Get it before it`s gone.

An example of what over production can do
This was Diamond Head's first album produced with the backing of a major record label but as they had already been around for a while producing their own records they were faced with some difficult choices. They wanted to release some of their established classics to a wider market but also wanted to record newer material that showed their musical development. Sadly the polished production of a major label did nothing for tracks like Am I Evil and Sucking My Love which lack the raw power that was present on the White Label album. Heard in isolation I'm sure this remark sounds odd but if you've heard the White Label album you'll know what I mean. Don't You Ever Leave Me is probably the best example of their developing musical ability containing powerful vocals and showcasing Brian's immense ability at playing blues guitar as well as the more mainstream rock style he had previously been associated with. I would compare his ability in this area to Ritchie Blackmore's blues excursion on the On Stage live LP. Call Me is clearly the most commercial track and for that reason is the weakest on the album in my opinion. If your new to Diamond Head it is an album you will certainly enjoy throughout and may consider it one of the best of the NWOBHM. For die hard fans like me it is more of a mixed bag.

Classic
I personally think that it is a great album. Although DH set themselves a very hard task of trying to better the piece of genius that is Lightening to the Nations (I think that they are back in the same possition at the moment following up AWBR, it's going to be hard to top. However, I sense the band are quite confident and I feel that they have gone that one better ).

Anyway, back to Borrowed Time.

The album is fantastic and the shining gem has to be Call Me (which I really hope has made it's way into the new set list). That song really strikes a chord with me being at uni, having to clear out of Leicester during the holidays and leaving my gf and all my friends - "To tell the truth I don't want to go, So say you want me to stay, You are more than all to me, This is no game that I play" - just great.

Then there is of course the title track and In the heat of the night, which I am sure any songwriter would be proud to call their own.

In fact, there is not a bad song in there. Just one of those albums that you can put on and rock out to every track! Although, I do wonder why they felt the need to have Am I Evil and Lightening to the Nations in the track list, but can you listen to those track too often?