This is the discography of Canadian rock band Billy Talent. Three releases are included from when the band was known as Pezz. These items are Demoluca, Dudebox, and Watoosh!. Besides those, this discography documents every studio album, live album, EP, DVD and single released under the name Billy Talent.
Albums Studio albums + List of studio albums, with selected chart positions and certifications Title Album details Peak chart positions CertificationsCANAUSAUT"Austrian Albums Chart Search for Billy Talent" austriancharts.at. Retrieved on April 7, 2009.BEL(FL)"Belgian Singles Charts Search for Billy Talent" ultratop.be. Retrieved on August 25, 2010.FIN"Finnish Albums Chart Search for Billy Talent" finnishcharts.com. Retrieved on April 7, 2009.GERIRLSWI"Swiss Albums Chart Search for Billy Talent" hitparade.ch. Retrieved on April 7, 2009.UK"Chart Log UK (1994–2006) DJ T – Tzant" Zobbel. Retrieved on April 7, 2009.US Watoosh!Released: July 23, 1999 Label: Dudebox Released under the name Pezz—————————— Billy Talent Released: September 16, 2003 Label: Dudebox, Atlantic 6 — 38 — — 97 — — 124 194 MC: 4× Platinum BVMI: Platinum BPI: Silver Billy Talent II Released: June 27, 2006 Label: Dudebox, Atlantic 1 — 4 80 22 1 — 31 46 134 MC: 4× Platinum BVMI: 2× Platinum BPI: Silver IFPI AUT: Platinum Billy Talent III Released: September 22, 2009Roth, Kaj. "Billy Talent 3 Out This Summer" melodic.net. Retrieved on April 7, 2009. Label: Dudebox, Warner Music Canada, Roadrunner 1 44 2 — 3 2 98 3 35 107 MC: 3× Platinum BVMI: 2× Platinum IFPI AUT: Platinum Dead Silence Released: September 11, 2012 Label: Dudebox, Warner Canada, Last Gang 1 36 2 176 12 1 94 3 23 135 MC: Platinum BVMI: Gold IFPI AUT: Gold Afraid of Heights Released: July 29, 2016 Label: Dudebox, Warner Canada, The End 1 26 1 66 26 1 — 1 23 — MC: Gold BVMI: Gold Crisis of Faith Released: January 21, 2022 Label: Spinefarm 8 — 2 — — 1 — 1 — — MC: Gold "—" denotes a release that did not chart.
Live albums + List of live albums, with selected chart positions Title Album details Peak chart positions CertificationsAUTGER Live from the UK Sept./2006Released: September 8/16, 2006 Label: Dudebox, Atlantic — — 666Released: November 27, 2007 Label: Dudebox, Atlantic 17 31 MC: Platinum Live at Festhalle FrankfurtReleased: June 16, 2023 Label: Dudebox, Warner Music Canada — 34 MC: 3× Platinum "—" denotes a release that did not chart.
Compilation albums + List of compilation albums, with selected chart positions Title Album details Peak chart positions CertificationsCANGERSWI Hits Released: November 4, 2014 Label: Dudebox, Warner Music Canada 15 64 79MC: 2× Platinum
Extended plays Title Album details DemolucaReleased: 1994 Label: Dudebox Released under the name Pezz DudeboxReleased: January 1995 Label: Dudebox Released under the name Pezz Try Honesty EPReleased: 2001 Label: Dudebox, Atlantic Try Honesty/Living in the ShadowsReleased: 2003 Label: Dudebox Rusted from the Rain EPReleased: July 28, 2009 Label: Dudebox, Warner iTunes SessionReleased: February 16, 2010 Label: Dudebox, iTunes
Singles Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album CAN CANRock* For "River Below" For "Nothing to Lose": For "Devil in a Midnight Mass": For "Red Flag": For "Fallen Leaves": For "Surrender": For "This Suffering": For all other peaks: AUT"Austrian Singles Charts Search for Billy Talent" austriancharts.at. Retrieved on April 7, 2009. BEL(FL) CZ GER"Chartverfolgung / Billy Talent / Single" musicline.de. Retrieved on April 7, 2009. SCOPeaks on the Scottish singles chart: "Try Honesty": "The Ex": "River Below": "Devil in a Midnight Mass": "Red Flag": "Fallen Leaves": "Surrender": "Rusted from the Rain": SWI"Swiss Singles Charts Search for Billy Talent" hitparade.ch. Retrieved on April 7, 2009. UK"Chart Log UK (1994–2006) Howie B – David Byrne" Zobbel. Retrieved on April 7, 2009. "Chart Log UK (2007) Special Single-File Version" Zobbel. Retrieved on April 7, 2009. USAlt."Try Honesty" 2003 — × — — — — 84 — 68 24 MC: 2× Platinum Billy Talent "The Ex" — × — — — — 74 — 61 — MC: Gold "River Below" 2004 — 12 — — — — 88 — 70 — MC: 2× Platinum "Nothing to Lose" — 15 — — — — — — — — MC: Platinum "Devil in a Midnight Mass" 2006 4 5 — — — — 48 — 66 — MC: 2× Platinum Billy Talent II "Red Flag" — 10 19 — — 34 40 — 49 — MC: 3× Platinum BVMI: Platinum "Fallen Leaves" 22 2 34 68 — 35 57 91 — — MC: 4× Platinum IFPI AUT: Platinum "Surrender" 2007 22 9 45 60 68 46 86 — — — MC: 2× Platinum IFPI AUT: Gold "This Suffering" 93 27 — — — — — — — — MC: Platinum "Turn Your Back" 2009 23 19 50 — — — — — — — MC: Gold Billy Talent III "Rusted from the Rain" 9 1 19 — — 14 95 53 — — MC: 5× Platinum BVMI: Gold IFPI AUT: Gold RMNZ: Gold "Devil on My Shoulder" 46 2 — — — — — — — — MC: 2× Platinum "Saint Veronika" 2010 62 3 — — — — — — — — MC: Gold "Diamond on a Landmine" 88 7 — — — — — — — — MC: Gold "Viking Death March" 2012 69 7 — — — — — — — — MC: Platinum Dead Silence "Surprise Surprise" 77 1 — — — 77 — — — — MC: Platinum "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 — — — — — — — — MC: Platinum Afraid of Heights "Louder Than the DJ" — 18 — — — — — — — — "Ghost Ship of Cannibal Rats" — 21 — — — — — — — — "A Passage to Bangkok" — — — — — — — — — — "Reckless Paradise" 2020 — 1 — — — — — — — — MC: PlatinumCrisis of Faith "I Beg to Differ (This Will Get Better)" — 1 — — — — — — — — MC: Gold "End of Me" 2021 — 1 — — — — — — — — MC: Gold "The Wolf" 2022 — 13 — — — — — — — — "Limelight" 2025 — — — — — — — — — — "—" denotes a release that did not chart."×" denotes periods where charts did not exist or were not archived.
Other charted and certified songs Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album CANRock CZRock "This Is How It Goes" 2003 — — MC: Gold Billy Talent “Line and Sinker”—— MC: Gold"Pins and Needles"2006—— MC: GoldBilly Talent II"Diamond On A Landmine" 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 Scandalous Travelers (2004, CAN: Platinum)
Demos and non-album tracks (b-sides, covers, etc) TitleYearTypeFormatRelease(s)7"CDDigitalStreaming "You Had It All" 2000 Demo Billy Talent Demo "Beach Balls" (Demo) "Try Honesty" (Original Demo) 2001 Try Honesty EP "This Is How It Goes" (Original Demo) "Cut the Curtains" (Original Demo) "Beach Balls" B-Side • Try Honesty EP • Try Honesty - Single • Billy Talent - Japanese Edition "Living in the Shadows" (Industry Demo) 2002 Demo • Industry Demo • Billy Talent - 10th Anniversary Edition "Try Honesty" (Industry Demo) "The Ex" (Industry Demo) "Cut the Curtain" (Industry Demo) "Prisoners of Today" (Industry Demo) "This Is How It Goes" (Industry Demo) "When I Was a Little Girl" 2003 B-Side • Try Honesty - Single • Billy Talent - Japanese Edition "Waiting Room" (Fugazi cover) Live The Ex - Single "Red Flag" (Demo) 2006 Demo Devil in a Midnight Mass - Single "Devil in a Midnight Mass" (Demo) "Ever Fallen in Love (With Someone You Shouldn't've?)"(Buzzcocks cover) Cover • Devil in a Midnight Mass - Single • Red Flag - Single "This Suffering" (Demo) Demo D2C via Myspace "Where Is the Line?" (Demo) Red Flag - Single "Surrender" (Work in Progress) D2C via Myspace "Perfect World" (Demo) "Cold Turkey" (John Lennon cover) 2009 Cover Rusted from the Rain - Single "Bloody Nails + Broken Hearts" B-Side Billy Talent III - Japanese Edition "Don't Need to Pretend" Devil on My Shoulder" (Demo) Demo Billy Talent III - Special Edition "Tears into Wine" (Demo) Billy Talent III - Guitar Villain Edition "White Sparrows" (Demo) "Pocketful of Dreams" (Demo) "Turn Your Back" (Demo) "Sudden Movements" (Fil Bucchino Dub Mix) 2013 Remix Stand Up And Run - Single "Chasing the Sun" (Demo) 2015 Demo The End Records Free Sampler 2015 "Half Past Dead" 2016 B-Side Afraid of Heights - Japanese Edition "Big Red Gun" (Demo) Demo Afraid of Heights - Deluxe "Afraid of Heights" (Demo) "Ghost Ship of Cannibal Rats" (Demo) "Louder than the DJ" (Demo) "The Crutch" (Demo) "Time-Bomb Ticking Away" (Demo) "Leave Them All Behind" (Demo) "Afraid of Heights (Reprise)" (Demo) "Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black)" (Neil Young & Crazy Horse cover) 2017 Cover Warner Music Canada : Covered in Gold 5.0 - Compilation
Music videos
YearSong TitleSong AlbumDirector2003"Try Honesty"Billy TalentSean Michael Turrell2004"The Ex"Billy Talent & Shawn Maher"River Below"Sean Michael Turrell"Nothing to Lose"2006"Devil in a Midnight Mass"Billy Talent II"Red Flag"Floria Sigismondi"Fallen Leaves"Dean Karr & Ian D'Sa2007"Surrender"Phil Harder"The Navy Song""This Suffering"Pierre & Francois Lamoureux2009"Rusted From the Rain"Billy Talent IIIWayne Isham"Devil on My Shoulder"Howard Greenhalgh2010"Saint Veronika"Michael Maxxis"Diamond on a Landmine""Prisoners of Today"Billy TalentDustin Rabin2012"Viking Death March"Dead SilenceMichael Maxxis, David Hogan"Surprise Surprise"Michael Maxxis2013"Stand Up and Run"Phil Harder"Show Me the Way"Alon Isocianu, Jack Kay, Chad Kroeger"Runnin' Across the Tracks"Alon Isocianu2014"Kingdom of Zod"HitsSean Michael Turrell2015"Chasing the Sun"Phil Harder"Love Was Still Around"Dead SilenceDustin Rabin2016"Afraid of Heights"Afraid of HeightsAlon Isocianu"Louder Than the DJ"Aaron Solowoniuk & Dustin Rabin2017"Ghost Ship of Cannibal Rats"Jeremy Schaulin-Rioux & Sarah Legault2021"End Of Me"Crisis of FaithLiam Lynch2024"M&M" Watoosh!
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