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After their masterful first album, Diamond Head were largely touted as the most promising stars of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal. The band soon turned into its own biggest disappointment, however, with the release of 1982's Borrowed Time: a textbook case of a misunderstanding record company tampering with a successful formula, and a band too naïve to know any better. "To Heaven from Hell" and "Call Me" are awkward attempts to meld Diamond Head's Black Sabbath-inspired riffage with more commercial melodies and choruses. Even worse, the band re-recorded blatantly inferior versions of two classics from its debut, "Lightning to the Nations" and "Am I Evil?" And while total disaster is averted on "In the Heat of the Night" and "Don't You Ever Leave Me," only the title track comes close to measuring up to prior expectations.
© Eduardo Rivadavia /TiVo
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Michael Hedges, Producer - Mike Hedges, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Sean Harris, Percussion, Vocals, Sound Effects, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Brian Tatler, Guitar, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Diamond Head, MainArtist - Duncan Scott, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Colin Kimberly, Bass Guitar, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Leo Peppas, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1982 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Michael Hedges, Producer - Mike Hedges, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Sean Harris, Percussion, Vocals, Sound Effects, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Brian Tatler, Guitar, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Diamond Head, MainArtist - Duncan Scott, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Colin Kimberly, Bass Guitar, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Leo Peppas, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1982 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Michael Hedges, Producer - Mike Hedges, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Sean Harris, Percussion, Vocals, Sound Effects, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Brian Tatler, Guitar, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Diamond Head, MainArtist - Duncan Scott, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Colin Kimberly, Bass Guitar, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Leo Peppas, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1982 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Michael Hedges, Producer - Mike Hedges, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Sean Harris, Percussion, Vocals, Sound Effects, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Brian Tatler, Guitar, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Diamond Head, MainArtist - Duncan Scott, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Colin Kimberly, Bass Guitar, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Leo Peppas, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1982 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Michael Hedges, Producer - Mike Hedges, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Sean Harris, Percussion, Vocals, Sound Effects, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Brian Tatler, Guitar, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Diamond Head, MainArtist - Duncan Scott, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Colin Kimberly, Bass Guitar, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Leo Peppas, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1982 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Mike Hedges, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Sean Harris, Percussion, Vocals, Sound Effects, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Brian Tatler, Guitar, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Diamond Head, MainArtist - Duncan Scott, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Colin Kimberly, Bass Guitar, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Leo Peppas, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1982 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Michael Hedges, Producer - Mike Hedges, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Sean Harris, Percussion, Vocals, Sound Effects, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Brian Tatler, Guitar, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Diamond Head, MainArtist - Duncan Scott, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Colin Kimberly, Bass Guitar, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Leo Peppas, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1982 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Album review
After their masterful first album, Diamond Head were largely touted as the most promising stars of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal. The band soon turned into its own biggest disappointment, however, with the release of 1982's Borrowed Time: a textbook case of a misunderstanding record company tampering with a successful formula, and a band too naïve to know any better. "To Heaven from Hell" and "Call Me" are awkward attempts to meld Diamond Head's Black Sabbath-inspired riffage with more commercial melodies and choruses. Even worse, the band re-recorded blatantly inferior versions of two classics from its debut, "Lightning to the Nations" and "Am I Evil?" And while total disaster is averted on "In the Heat of the Night" and "Don't You Ever Leave Me," only the title track comes close to measuring up to prior expectations.
© Eduardo Rivadavia /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 7 track(s)
- Total length: 00:42:06
- Main artists: Diamond Head
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Geffen
- Genre: Metal
© 1982 UMG Recordings, Inc. ℗ 1982 UMG Recordings, Inc.
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