Billy Talent discography
| Billy Talent discography | |
|---|---|
 Billy Talent at the 2007 MuchMusic Video Awards. (from left to right) Jonathan Gallant, Ian D'Sa, Aaron Solowoniuk, Benjamin Kowalewicz | |
| Studio albums | 5 |
| EPs | 5 |
| Live albums | 2 |
| Singles | 23 |
| Video albums | 1 |
| Music videos | 17 |
| Demos/unreleased tracks | 20 |
This is the discography of Canadian rock band Billy Talent. Included in this discography are three items that are from back when the band was known as Pezz. These items are Demoluca, Dudebox, and Watoosh!. Besides those items, this discography documents every studio album, live album, EP, DVD and single released under the name Billy Talent.
Albums
Studio albums
| Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAN [1] |
AUS [2] |
AUT [3] |
FIN [4] |
GER [5] |
IRL [6] |
SWI [7] |
UK [8] |
US [9] |
US Heat [10] | |||||
| 2003 | Billy Talent
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6 | — | 38 | — | 97 | — | — | 124 | 194 | 11 | |||
| 2006 | Billy Talent II
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1 | —[A] | 4 | 22 | 1 | — | 31 | 46 | 134 | 3 | |||
| 2009 | Billy Talent III
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1 | 44 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 98 | 3 | 35 | 107 | 1 | |||
| 2012 | Dead Silence
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1 | 36 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 94 | 3 | 23 | 135 | 3 | |||
| 2016 | Afraid of Heights
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1 | 26 | 1 | 26 | 1 | — | 1 | 23 | — | 8 |
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| "—" denotes a release that did not chart. | ||||||||||||||
Live albums
| Year | Album details | Chart peaks | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUT [3] |
GER [5] | |||||||||||||
| 2006 | Live from the UK Sept./2006
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— | — | |||||||||||
| 2007 | 666
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17 | 31 | |||||||||||
| "—" denotes a release that did not chart. | ||||||||||||||
Compilation albums
| Year | Album details | Chart peaks | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAN [1] |
GER [5] |
SWI [7] | ||
| 2014 | Hits
|
15 | 69 | 79 |
Extended plays
| Year | EP details |
|---|---|
| 1994 | Demoluca[B]
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| 1995 | Dudebox[B]
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| 2001 | Try Honesty EP
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| 2003 | Try Honesty/Living in the Shadows
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| 2009 | Rusted from the Rain EP
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| 2010 | iTunes Session
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- B^ Demoluca and Dudebox were released under Billy Talent's original name, "Pezz".
Singles
| Year | Song | Peak chart positions | Album | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAN [16][17] |
CAN Alt [18] |
CAN Rock [19] |
AUT [20] |
BEL (Fla) [21] |
GER [22] |
SWI [23] |
UK [8][24] |
US Alt. [25] | ||||||
| 2003 | "Try Honesty" | — | × | × | — | — | — | — | 68 | 24 | Billy Talent | |||
| "The Ex" | — | × | × | — | — | — | — | 61 | — | |||||
| 2004 | "River Below" | — | × | 12 | — | — | — | — | 70 | — | ||||
| "Nothing to Lose" | — | × | 15 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| 2006 | "Devil in a Midnight Mass" | 4 | × | 5 | — | — | — | — | 66 | — | Billy Talent II | |||
| "Red Flag" | — | × | 10 | 19 | — | 34 | — | 49 | — | |||||
| "Fallen Leaves" | 22 | × | 2 | 34 | 68 | 35 | 91 | — | — | |||||
| 2007 | "Surrender" | 22 | × | 9 | 45 | 60 | 46 | — | — | — | ||||
| "This Suffering" | 93 | × | 27 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| 2009 | "Turn Your Back" (Single Version) (featuring Anti-Flag) |
23 | × | 19 | 50 | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single | |||
| "Rusted from the Rain" | 9 | 1 | 1 | 19 | — | 14 | 53 | — | — | Billy Talent III | ||||
| "Devil on My Shoulder" | 46 | 4 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| 2010 | "Saint Veronika" | 62 | 4 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Diamond on a Landmine" | 88 | 10 | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| 2012 | "Viking Death March" | 69 | 3 | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | Dead Silence | |||
| "Surprise Surprise" | 77 | 8 | 1 | — | — | 77 | — | — | — | |||||
| 2013 | "Stand Up and Run" | 90 | 13 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Show Me the Way" | — | 22 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| 2014 | "Kingdom of Zod" | — | — | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | Hits | |||
| "Chasing the Sun" | — | — | 34 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| 2016 | "Afraid of Heights" | — | 6 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | Afraid of Heights | |||
| "Louder Than the DJ" | — | — | 18 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| 2017 | "Ghost Ship of Cannibal Rats" | — | — | 21 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 2020 | "Forgiveness I + II" | — | — | 40 | — | — | — | — | — | — | TBA | |||
| "Reckless Paradise" | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| "I Beg to Differ (This Will Get Better)" | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| "—" denotes a release that did not chart. "×" denotes periods where charts did not exist or were not archived. | ||||||||||||||
DVDs
- Scandalous Travelers (2004, CAN: Platinum)
Demos and non-album tracks
- "This Is How It Goes" (Demo, released on the Try Honesty EP and single)
- "Living in the Shadows" (Demo, released over the internet)
- "Cut the Curtains" (Demo, released on the Try Honesty EP)
- "Try Honesty" (Demo, released on the Try Honesty EP and single)
- "Prisoners of Today" (Demo, released over the internet)
- "The Ex" (Demo, released over the internet)
- "Red Flag" (Demo, released over the internet and on several compilation CDs)
- "Devil in a Midnight Mass" (Demo, released over the internet, and on the Devil in a Midnight Mass single and iTunes)
- "Perfect World" (Demo)
- "This Suffering" (Demo)
- "Beach Balls" (Released on the Try Honesty EP and single)
- "Ever Fallen in Love (With Someone You Shouldn't've?)" (Buzzcocks Cover, Released on Devil in a Midnight Mass 7" Single)
- "When I Was a Little Girl" (Released on the Try Honesty single, an alternative mix is featured on Watoosh!)
- "Surrender" (A work in progress, released over the internet)
- "Where Is the Line?" (Demo, released on the Red Flag single)
- "Waiting Room" (A live performance of the Fugazi song, released on the Pepsi Breakout Tour as well as The Ex single)
- "Things" (From "Dudebox")
- "Point Proven" (Old Pezz Demo)
- "Cold Turkey" (John Lennon cover released on Rusted from the Rain single)
- "Bloody Nails + Broken Hearts"
- "Don't Need to Pretend"
- "Chasing the Sun" (Demo, released on "The End Records Free Sampler 2015")
- "Sudden Movements (Dub Version, released on "Stand Up and Run" 7" vinyl record)
Music videos
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| Year | Title | Director |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | "Try Honesty" | Sean Michael Turrell |
| 2004 | "The Ex" | Billy Talent & Shawn Maher |
| "River Below" | Sean Michael Turrell | |
| "Nothing to Lose" | ||
| 2006 | "Devil in a Midnight Mass" | |
| "Red Flag" | Floria Sigismondi | |
| "Fallen Leaves" | Dean Karr & Ian D'Sa | |
| 2007 | "Surrender" | Phil Harder |
| "The Navy Song" | ||
| "This Suffering" | Pierre & Francois Lamoureux | |
| 2009 | "Rusted From the Rain" | Wayne Isham |
| "Devil on My Shoulder" | Howard Greenhalgh | |
| 2010 | "Saint Veronika" | Michael Maxxis |
| "Diamond on a Landmine" | ||
| "Prisoners of Today" | Dustin Rabin | |
| 2012 | "Viking Death March" | Michael Maxxis, David Hogan |
| "Surprise Surprise"[26] | Michael Maxxis | |
| 2013 | "Stand Up and Run"[27] | Phil Harder |
| "Show Me the Way" | Alon Isocianu, Jack Kay, Chad Kroeger | |
| "Runnin' Across the Tracks" | Alon Isocianu | |
| 2014 | "Kingdom of Zod" | Sean Michael Turrell |
| 2015 | "Chasing the Sun" | Phil Harder |
| "Love Was Still Around" | Dustin Rabin | |
| 2016 | "Afraid of Heights" | Alon Isocianu |
| "Louder Than the DJ" | Aaron Solowoniuk & Dustin Rabin | |
| 2017 | "Ghost Ship of Cannibal Rats" | Jeremy Schaulin Rioux & Sarah Legault |
Notes
- ^ Billy Talent II did not enter the ARIA Albums Chart, but peaked at number 8 on the Hitseekers Albums chart.[14]
References
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- ^ a b "Chart Log UK (1994–2006) DJ T – Tzant" Zobbel. Retrieved on April 7, 2009.
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- ^ a b "Certified Awards". bpi.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2015-03-15.
- ^ "The ARIA Report: Week Commencing 10 July 2006" (PDF) (853). Australian Recording Industry Association. July 10, 2006. Retrieved August 7, 2016 – via Pandora Archive.
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- ^ "Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved December 6, 2018.
- ^ "Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved December 6, 2018.
- ^ Peak positions for Billy Talent's singles on the Canadian Alternative Rock Chart:
- For "Rusted from the Rain": "Re: Canadian Active/Alternative Charts". America's Music Charts. Retrieved June 7, 2012.
- For "Devil on My Shoulder": "Re: Canadian Active/Alternative Charts". America's Music Charts. Retrieved June 7, 2012.
- For "Saint Veronika": "Re: Canadian Active/Alternative Charts". America's Music Charts. Retrieved June 7, 2012.
- For "Diamond on a Landmine": "Re: Canadian Active/Alternative Charts". America's Music Charts. Retrieved June 7, 2012.
- For "Viking Death March": "Canadian Active Rock & Alt Rock Chart Archive: Alternative Rock - August 7, 2012". America's Music Charts. Retrieved August 7, 2012.
- For "Surprise, Surprise": "Canadian Active Rock & Alt Rock Chart Archive: Alternative Rock - November 20, 2012". America's Music Charts. Retrieved November 20, 2012.
- ^ * For "River Below" "RR Canada Rock Top 30" (PDF). p. 71. Retrieved October 7, 2019.
- For "Nothing to Lose": "Radio & Records Magazine" (PDF). Radio & Records. January 28, 2005. p. 62. Retrieved October 6, 2019.
- For "Devil in a Midnight Mass": "Radio & Records Magazine" (PDF). Radio & Records. July 7, 2006. p. 54. Retrieved October 6, 2019.
- For "Red Flag": "Radio & Records Magazine" (PDF). Radio & Records. November 10, 2006. p. 62. Retrieved October 6, 2019.
- For "Fallen Leaves": "Radio & Records Magazine" (PDF). Radio & Records. July 7, 2006. p. 54. Retrieved October 6, 2019.
- For "Surrender": "Radio & Records Magazine" (PDF). Radio & Records. June 1, 2007. p. 53. Retrieved October 6, 2019.
- For "This Suffering": "Radio & Records Magazine" (PDF). Radio & Records. February 15, 2008. p. 58. Retrieved October 6, 2019.
- For all other peaks: "Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved December 6, 2018.
- ^ "Austrian Singles Charts Search for Billy Talent" Archived October 24, 2012, at the Wayback Machine austriancharts.at. Retrieved on April 7, 2009.
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- ^ "Chartverfolgung / Billy Talent / Single" Archived 2011-07-16 at the Wayback Machine musicline.de. Retrieved on April 7, 2009.
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- "Chart Log UK (2007) Special Single-File Version" Zobbel. Retrieved on April 7, 2009.
- ^ "Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved December 6, 2018.
- ^ Billy Talent - Surprise Surprise - Official Video. YouTube. 12 October 2012.
- ^ Billy Talent - Stand Up and Run - Official HD Music Video on YouTube
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