This is the discography of Canadian rock band Billy Talent. Included in this discography are three items that are from 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.

Billy Talent discography
Studio albums6
EPs5
Live albums3
Singles23
Video albums1
Music videos17
Demos/unreleased tracks20

Albums

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Studio albums

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List of studio albums, with selected chart positions and certifications
Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
CAN
[1]
AUS
[2]
AUT
[3]
BEL
(FL)

[4]
FIN
[5]
GER
[6]
IRL
[7]
SWI
[8]
UK
[9]
US
[10]
Billy Talent
  • Released: September 16, 2003
  • Label: Atlantic
6 38 97 124 194
Billy Talent II
  • Released: June 27, 2006
  • Label: Atlantic
1 [A] 4 80 22 1 31 46 134
  • MC: 4× Platinum[11]
  • BVMI: 2× Platinum[12]
  • BPI: Silver[13]
  • IFPI AUT: Platinum[15]
Billy Talent III 1 44 2 3 2 98 3 35 107
  • MC: 3× Platinum[11]
  • BVMI: 2× Platinum[12]
  • IFPI AUT: Platinum[15]
Dead Silence
  • Released: September 11, 2012
  • Label: Warner, Last Gang
1 36 2 176 12 1 94 3 23 135
Afraid of Heights
  • Released: July 29, 2016
  • Label: Warner, The End
1 26 1 66 26 1 1 23 [B]
Crisis of Faith 8 2 1 1
"—" denotes a release that did not chart.

Live albums

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List of live albums, with selected chart positions
Title Album details Peak chart positions
AUT
[3]
GER
[6]
Live from the UK Sept./2006
  • Released: September 8/16, 2006
  • Label: Atlantic
666
  • Released: November 27, 2007
  • Label: Atlantic
17 31
Live at Festhalle Frankfurt 34
"—" denotes a release that did not chart.

Compilation albums

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List of compilation albums, with selected chart positions
Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
CAN
[1]
GER
[6]
SWI
[8]
Hits
  • Released: November 4, 2014
  • Label: Warner Music Canada
15 64 79
  • MC: 2× Platinum[11]

Extended plays

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Title Album details
Demoluca
  • Released: 1994
  • Label: Self-released
  • Released under the name Pezz
Dudebox
  • Released: January 1995
  • Label: Self-released
  • Released under the name Pezz
Watoosh!
  • Released: July 23, 1999
  • Label: Self-released
  • Released under the name Pezz
Try Honesty EP
  • Released: 2001
  • Label: Atlantic
Try Honesty/Living in the Shadows
  • Released: 2003
  • Label: Self-released
Rusted from the Rain EP
  • Released: July 28, 2009
  • Label: Warner
iTunes Session
  • Released: February 16, 2010
  • Label: iTunes

Singles

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Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album
CAN
[18]
CAN
Rock

[19]
AUT
[20]
BEL
(FL)

[4]
CZ
[21]
GER
[22]
SCO
[23]
SWI
[24]
UK
[9][25]
US
Alt.

[26]
"Try Honesty" 2003 × 84 68 24 Billy Talent
"The Ex" × 74 61
"River Below" 2004 12 88 70
"Nothing to Lose" 15
"Devil in a Midnight Mass" 2006 4 5 48 66 Billy Talent II
"Red Flag" 10 19 34 40 49
"Fallen Leaves" 22 2 34 68 35 57 91 [C]
  • MC: 3× Platinum[11]
  • IFPI AUT: Platinum[15]
"Surrender" 2007 22 9 45 60 68 46 86 [D]
"This Suffering" 93 27
"Turn Your Back" (Single Version)
(featuring Anti-Flag)
2009 23 19 50 23 Non-album single
"Rusted from the Rain" 9 1 19 14 95 53 [E] Billy Talent III
"Devil on My Shoulder" 46 2
"Saint Veronika" 2010 62 3
"Diamond on a Landmine" 88 7
"Viking Death March" 2012 69 7 Dead Silence
"Surprise Surprise" 77 1 77
"Stand Up and Run" 2013 90 1
"Show Me the Way" 8
"Kingdom of Zod" 2014 5 Hits
"Chasing the Sun" 34
"Afraid of Heights" 2016 1 Afraid of Heights
"Louder Than the DJ" 18
"Ghost Ship of Cannibal Rats" 21
"Forgiveness I + II" 2019 40 Crisis of Faith
"Reckless Paradise" 2020 [F] 1
"I Beg to Differ (This Will Get Better)" [G] 1
"End of Me"
(featuring Rivers Cuomo)
2021 1
"The Wolf" [31] 2022 13
"—" denotes a release that did not chart.
"×" denotes periods where charts did not exist or were not archived.

Other charted and certified songs

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Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album
CAN
Rock

[19]
CZ
Rock

[32]
"This Is How It Goes" 2003 Billy Talent
"Diamond On A Landmine" (Live) 2010 43 iTunes Session
"Big Red Gun" 2016 2 Afraid of Heights
"The Crutch" 7
"Time-Bomb Ticking Away" 50
"One Less Problem 2022 9 Crisis of Faith
"—" denotes a release that did not chart.

DVDs

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Demos and non-album tracks

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  • "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"[33] Michael Maxxis
2013 "Stand Up and Run"[34] 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
2021 "End Of Me" Liam Lynch

Notes

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  1. ^ Billy Talent II did not enter the ARIA Albums Chart, but peaked at number 8 on the Hitseekers Albums chart.[14]
  2. ^ Afraid of Heights did not enter the US Billboard 200, but peaked at number eight on the US Heatseekers Albums Chart.[17]
  3. ^ "Fallen Leaves" did not enter the UK Singles Chart, but peaked at number 43 on the UK Physical Singles Chart.[27]
  4. ^ "Surrender" did not enter the UK Singles Chart, but peaked at number 77 on the UK Physical Singles Chart.[28]
  5. ^ "Rusted from the Rain" did not enter the UK Singles Chart, but peaked at number 59 on the UK Physical Singles Chart.[29]
  6. ^ "Reckless Paradise" did not enter the Canadian Singles Chart, but peaked at number 46 on the Canadian Digital Songs chart.[30]
  7. ^ "I Beg to Differ (This Will Get Better)" did not enter the Canadian Singles Chart, but peaked at number 34 on the Canadian Digital Songs chart.[30]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved December 6, 2018.
  2. ^ "australian-charts.com – Discography Billy Talent". Hung Medien. Retrieved August 7, 2016.
  3. ^ a b "Austrian Albums Chart Search for Billy Talent" Archived October 24, 2012, at the Wayback Machine austriancharts.at. Retrieved on April 7, 2009.
  4. ^ a b "Belgian Singles Charts Search for Billy Talent" ultratop.be. Retrieved on August 25, 2010.
  5. ^ "Finnish Albums Chart Search for Billy Talent" Archived April 7, 2012, at the Wayback Machine finnishcharts.com. Retrieved on April 7, 2009.
  6. ^ a b c "Discographie von Billy Talent". GfK Entertainment. Retrieved June 11, 2021.
  7. ^ "Discography Billy Talent". irishcharts.com. Archived from the original on October 20, 2012. Retrieved January 16, 2012.
  8. ^ a b "Swiss Albums Chart Search for Billy Talent" Archived February 22, 2012, at the Wayback Machine hitparade.ch. Retrieved on April 7, 2009.
  9. ^ a b "Chart Log UK (1994–2006) DJ T – Tzant" Zobbel. Retrieved on April 7, 2009.
  10. ^ "Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved December 6, 2018.
  11. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t "Canadian certifications – Billy Talent". Music Canada. Retrieved September 18, 2023.
  12. ^ a b c d e f "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Billy Talent)" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. Retrieved September 18, 2023.
  13. ^ a b "Certified Awards". bpi.co.uk. Archived from the original on March 15, 2015.
  14. ^ "The ARIA Report: Week Commencing 10 July 2006" (PDF) (853). Australian Recording Industry Association. July 10, 2006. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 19, 2006. Retrieved August 7, 2016 – via Pandora Archive. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  15. ^ a b c d e f "Austrian certifications – Billy Talent" (in German). IFPI Austria. Retrieved September 18, 2023.
  16. ^ Roth, Kaj. "Billy Talent 3 Out This Summer"[permanent dead link] melodic.net. Retrieved on April 7, 2009.
  17. ^ "Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved December 6, 2018.
  18. ^ "Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved December 6, 2018.
  19. ^ a b * For "River Below" "RR Canada Rock Top 30" (PDF). p. 71. Retrieved October 7, 2019.
  20. ^ "Austrian Singles Charts Search for Billy Talent" Archived October 24, 2012, at the Wayback Machine austriancharts.at. Retrieved on April 7, 2009.
  21. ^ "CZ - Radio - Top 100 - Billy Talent" (in Czech). IFPI Czech Republic. Retrieved May 23, 2023.
  22. ^ "Chartverfolgung / Billy Talent / Single" Archived July 16, 2011, at the Wayback Machine musicline.de. Retrieved on April 7, 2009.
  23. ^ Peaks on the Scottish singles chart:
  24. ^ "Swiss Singles Charts Search for Billy Talent" Archived February 22, 2012, at the Wayback Machine hitparade.ch. Retrieved on April 7, 2009.
  25. ^ "Chart Log UK (1994–2006) Howie B – David Byrne" Zobbel. Retrieved on April 7, 2009.
  26. ^ "Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved December 6, 2018.
  27. ^ "Official Physical Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. February 25, 2007. Retrieved May 23, 2023.
  28. ^ "Surrender Official Charts". Official Charts Company. Retrieved September 1, 2023.
  29. ^ "Rusted from the Rain Official Charts". Official Charts Company. Retrieved September 1, 2023.
  30. ^ a b "Billy Talent Chart History: Hot Canadian Digital Song Sales". Billboard. Retrieved December 22, 2021.
  31. ^ "Billy Talent". Billboard.
  32. ^ "CZ - Radio - Top 20 Modern Rock - Billy Talent" (in Czech). IFPI Czech Republic. Retrieved May 23, 2023.
  33. ^ Billy Talent – Surprise Surprise – Official Video. YouTube. October 12, 2012. Archived from the original on December 15, 2021.
  34. ^ Billy Talent – Stand Up and Run – Official HD Music Video on YouTube