Billy Talent discography

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Billy Talent discography
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Studio albums 5
Live albums 2
Video albums 1
Music videos 17
EPs 5
Singles 20
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]
AUT
[2]
FIN
[3]
GER
[4]
SWI
[5]
UK
[6]
US
[7]
US Heat[7] IRL
[8]
1998 Watoosh![A]
  • Released: July 23, 1999
  • Label: Self-released
2003 Billy Talent
  • Released: September 16, 2003
  • Label: Atlantic
6 38 97 124 194 11
2006 Billy Talent II
  • Released: June 27, 2006
  • Label: Atlantic
1 4 22 1 31 46 134 3
  • CAN: 3× Platinum[9]
  • GER: 2× Platinum[10]
  • AUT: Platinum
  • UK: Silver[12]
2009 Billy Talent III 1 2 3 2 3 35 107 1 98
  • CAN: 2× Platinum[9]
  • GER: Platinum[10]
2012 Dead Silence
  • Released: September 11, 2012
  • Label: Warner, Last Gang
1 2 12 1 3 23 135 3 94
2016 Afraid of Heights
  • Released: July 29, 2016
  • Label: Warner
"—" denotes a release that did not chart.
A^ Watoosh! was released under Billy Talent's original name, "Pezz".

Live albums

Year Album details Chart peaks Certifications
(sales thresholds)
CAN
[1]
AUT
[2]
FIN
[3]
GER
[4]
SWI
[5]
US
[7]
US Heat[7]
2006 Live from the UK Sept./2006
2007 666
  • Released: November 27, 2007
  • Label: Atlantic Records
17 31
"—" denotes a release that did not chart.

Extended plays

Year Album details
1994 Demoluca[B]
  • Released: 1994
  • Label: Self-released
1995 Dudebox[B]
  • Released: January 1995
  • Label: Self-released
2001 Try Honesty EP
  • Released: 2001
  • Label: Atlantic Records
2003 Try Honesty/Living in the Shadows
  • Released: 2003
  • Label: Self-released
2009 Rusted from the Rain EP
2010 iTunes Session
  • Released: February 16, 2010
  • Label: iTunes
B^ Demoluca and Dudebox were released under Billy Talent's original name, "Pezz".

Compilation albums

Year Album details Chart peaks Certifications
(sales thresholds)
CAN
[1]
AUT
[2]
FIN
[3]
GER
[4]
SWI
[5]
US
[7]
US Heat[7]
2014 Hits 15 69 79

Singles

Year Song Peak chart positions Album
CAN
[14]
CAN
Alt

[15]
CAN
Rock

[16]
AUT
[17]
BEL (Fla)
[18]
GER
[19]
SWI
[20]
UK
[6][21]
US
Alt.

[22]
2003 "Try Honesty" × × 68 24 Billy Talent
2004 "The Ex" × × 61
"River Below" × × 70
"Nothing to Lose" × ×
2006 "Devil in a Midnight Mass" 4 × × 66 Billy Talent II
"Red Flag" × × 19 34 49
"Fallen Leaves" 44 × × 34 18 35 91 104
2007 "Surrender" 22 × × 45 10 46
"This Suffering" 93 × ×
2008 "Turn Your Back" (featuring Anti-Flag) 23 × × 50 "Turn Your Back" single
2009 "Rusted from the Rain" 9 1 1 19 14 53 Billy Talent III
"Devil on My Shoulder" 46 4 3
2010 "Saint Veronika" 62 4 5
"Diamond on a Landmine" 88 10 6
2012 "Viking Death March" 69 3 9 Dead Silence
"Surprise Surprise" 77 8 1 77
2013 "Stand Up and Run" 90 13 1
"Show Me the Way" 22 6
2014 "Kingdom of Zod" Hits
"Chasing the Sun"
2016 "Afraid of Heights" 22 12 Afraid of Heights
"—" denotes a release that did not chart.
"×" denotes periods where charts did not exist or were not archived.

DVDs

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"[23] Michael Maxxis
2013 "Stand Up and Run"[24] Phil Harder
"Show Me the Way" Alon Isocianu, Jack Kay, Chad Kroeger
"Runnin' Across the Tracks" Alon Isocianu
2014 "Kingdom of Zod"
2015 "Chasing the Sun" Phil Harder

References

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  13. Roth, Kaj. "Billy Talent 3 Out This Summer" melodic.net. Retrieved on April 7, 2009.
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  17. "Austrian Singles Charts Search for Billy Talent" austriancharts.at. Retrieved on April 7, 2009.
  18. "Belgian Singles Charts Search for Billy Talent" ultratop.be. Retrieved on August 25, 2010.
  19. "Chartverfolgung / Billy Talent / Single" musicline.de. Retrieved on April 7, 2009.
  20. "Swiss Singles Charts Search for Billy Talent" hitparade.ch. Retrieved on April 7, 2009.
  21. "Chart Log UK (1994–2006) Howie B – David Byrne" Zobbel. Retrieved on April 7, 2009.
  22. "Artist Chart History - Billy Talent - Single" Billboard. Retrieved on April 7, 2009.
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  24. Billy Talent - Stand Up and Run - Official HD Music Video on YouTube