Billy Talent (album)

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Billy Talent
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Studio album by
Billy Talent
ReleasedSeptember 16, 2003
RecordedDecember 2002
The Factory, Vancouver [1]
Metalworks, Mississauga
Genre Punk rock, post-hardcore, pop punk, alternative rock, emo
Length41:04
Label Atlantic
Producer Gavin "Golden" Brown
Billy Talent chronology
Try Honesty / Living in the Shadows
(2003)		Billy Talent
(2003)		 Billy Talent II
(2006)
Alternative cover
BT10THANNIVERSARY.jpg
Cover of the 10th anniversary edition
No.TitleLength
1."This Is How It Goes"3:27
2."Living in the Shadows"3:15
3."Try Honesty"4:13
4."Line & Sinker"3:37
5."Lies"2:58
6."The Ex"2:40
7."River Below"2:59
8."Standing in the Rain"3:20
9."Cut the Curtains"3:50
10."Prisoners of Today"3:53
11."Nothing to Lose"3:38
12."Voices of Violence"3:10
Disc 2 – 10th anniversary edition reissue
No.TitleLength
1."This Is How It Goes" (demo)3:08
2."Living in the Shadows" (demo)3:15
3."Try Honesty" (demo)4:05
4."Line & Sinker" (live at Nova Rock Festival)4:51
5."Lies" (live acoustic)3:05
6."The Ex" (demo)2:36
7."River Below" (live at the Orange Lounge)3:00
8."Standing in the Rain" (live at Metalworks)3:34
9."Cut the Curtains" (demo)3:38
10."Prisoners of Today" (demo)3:43
11."Nothing to Lose" (live at Phillipshalle)3:59
12."Voices of Violence" (live at Norwegian Wood Festival)3:20

Members

Chart positions

ChartPosition
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [14] 38
Canadian Albums (Billboard) [15] 6
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [16] 97
UK Albums[ citation needed ]124
US Billboard 200 [17] 194
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard) [18] 11

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada) [19] 4× Platinum400,000‡
Canada (Music Canada) [20]
10th Anniversary Edition 		Gold40,000‡
Germany (BVMI) [21] Platinum200,000^
United Kingdom (BPI) [22] Silver60,000‡

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. ↑ Bliss, Karen, "Billy Talent", Access Magazine (February 2003 – March 2003), archived from the original on June 12, 2010
  2. ↑ AllMusic review
  3. ↑ "The Daily Princetonian review". Archived from the original on April 27, 2005. Retrieved December 26, 2019.
  4. ↑ Quote on decoymusic.com Review With Broken Link
  5. ↑ Ottawa XPress review Archived February 27, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
  6. ↑ Q Magazine December 2003, p. 120
  7. ↑ Himmelstein, Andreas. "Rock Hard". issue 198. Retrieved May 22, 2013.
  8. ↑ Boy, Davey. "Billy Talent Billy Talent". Sputnikmusic. Retrieved June 1, 2014.
  9. ↑ "Billy Talent debuts in Top 10". Archived from the original on November 7, 2004. Retrieved April 21, 2020.
  10. ↑ "NIELSEN MUSIC & BILLBOARD PRESENT CANADA 150 CHARTS" (PDF). bdsradio.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 2, 2020. Retrieved January 12, 2020.
  11. ↑ Best of Rock & Metal – Die 500 stärksten Scheiben aller Zeiten (in German). Rock Hard. 2005. p. 27. ISBN   3-89880-517-4.
  12. ↑ "Billy Talent Celebrate 10th Anniversary of Debut Album with Canadian Tour". exclaim.ca. Retrieved December 26, 2019.
  13. ↑ "Billy Talent Give Self-Titled Debut Expanded Reissue for 10th Anniversary". exclaim.ca. Retrieved December 26, 2019.
  14. ↑ "Austriancharts.at – Billy Talent – Billy Talent" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved July 28, 2020.
  15. ↑ "Billy Talent Chart History (Canadian Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved July 28, 2020.
  16. ↑ "Offiziellecharts.de – Billy Talent – Billy Talent" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved July 28, 2020.
  17. ↑ "Billy Talent Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved July 28, 2020.
  18. ↑ "Billy Talent Chart History (Heatseekers Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved July 28, 2020.
  19. ↑ "Canadian album certifications – Billy Talent – Billy Talent". Music Canada . Retrieved January 6, 2022.
  20. ↑ "Canadian album certifications – Billy Talent – Billy Talent 10th Anniversary Edition". Music Canada . Retrieved May 23, 2023.
  21. ↑ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Billy Talent; 'Billy Talent')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie . Retrieved January 6, 2022.
  22. ↑ "British album certifications – Billy Talent – Billy Talent". British Phonographic Industry . Retrieved January 6, 2021.
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