Billy Talent discography
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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.
Studio albums7
EPs6
Live albums3
Singles31
| Billy Talent discography | |
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Billy Talent at the 2007 MuchMusic Video Awards (from left to right) Jonathan Gallant, Ian D'Sa, Aaron Solowoniuk, Benjamin Kowalewicz | |
| Studio albums | 7 |
| EPs | 6 |
| Live albums | 3 |
| Singles | 31 |
| Video albums | 1 |
| Music videos | 28 |
| Demos/unreleased tracks | 26 |
Albums
Studio albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |||||||||
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| CAN [1] |
AUS [2] |
AUT [3] |
BEL (FL) [4] |
FIN [5] |
GER [6] |
IRL [7] |
SWI [8] |
UK [9] |
US [10] | |||
| Watoosh! |
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| Billy Talent |
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6 | — | 38 | — | — | 97 | — | — | 124 | 194 | |
| Billy Talent II |
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1 | —[A] | 4 | 80 | 22 | 1 | — | 31 | 46 | 134 | |
| Billy Talent III |
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1 | 44 | 2 | — | 3 | 2 | 98 | 3 | 35 | 107 | |
| Dead Silence |
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1 | 36 | 2 | 176 | 12 | 1 | 94 | 3 | 23 | 135 | |
| Afraid of Heights |
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1 | 26 | 1 | 66 | 26 | 1 | — | 1 | 23 | —[B] | |
| Crisis of Faith |
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8 | — | 2 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | —[C] | — |
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| "—" denotes a release that did not chart. | ||||||||||||
Live albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |||||||||||
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| AUT [3] |
GER [6] | |||||||||||||
| Live from the UK Sept./2006 |
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| 666 |
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17 | 31 |
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| Live at Festhalle Frankfurt |
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| "—" denotes a release that did not chart. | ||||||||||||||
Compilation albums
Extended plays
| Title | Album details |
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| Demoluca |
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| Dudebox |
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| Try Honesty EP |
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| Try Honesty/Living in the Shadows |
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| Rusted from the Rain EP |
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| iTunes Session |
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Singles
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | |||||||||
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| CAN [19] |
CAN Rock [20] |
AUT [21] |
BEL (FL) [4] |
CZ [22] |
GER [23] |
SCO [24] |
SWI [25] |
UK [9][26] |
US Alt. [27] | ||||
| "Try Honesty" | 2003 | — | × | — | — | — | — | 84 | — | 68 | 24 |
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| "The Ex" | — | × | — | — | — | — | 74 | — | 61 | — |
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| "River Below" | 2004 | — | 12 | — | — | — | — | 88 | — | 70 | — |
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| "Nothing to Lose" | — | 15 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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| "Devil in a Midnight Mass" | 2006 | 4 | 5 | — | — | — | — | 48 | — | 66 | — |
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Billy Talent II |
| "Red Flag" | — | 10 | 19 | — | — | 34 | 40 | — | 49 | — | |||
| "Fallen Leaves" | 22 | 2 | 34 | 68 | — | 35 | 57 | 91 | —[D] | — | |||
| "Surrender" | 2007 | 22 | 9 | 45 | 60 | 68 | 46 | 86 | — | —[E] | — | ||
| "This Suffering" | 93 | 27 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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| "Turn Your Back" (Single Version) (featuring Anti-Flag) |
2009 | 23 | 19 | 50 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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Billy Talent III |
| "Rusted from the Rain" | 9 | 1 | 19 | — | — | 14 | 95 | 53 | —[F] | — | |||
| "Devil on My Shoulder" | 46 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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| "Saint Veronika" | 2010 | 62 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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| "Diamond on a Landmine" | 88 | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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| "Viking Death March" | 2012 | 69 | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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Dead Silence |
| "Surprise Surprise" | 77 | 1 | — | — | — | 77 | — | — | — | — |
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| "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 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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Afraid of Heights |
| "Louder Than the DJ" | — | 18 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Ghost Ship of Cannibal Rats" | — | 21 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "A Passage to Bangkok" (Rush Cover) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single | ||
| "Reckless Paradise" | 2020 | —[G] | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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Crisis of Faith |
| "I Beg to Differ (This Will Get Better)" | —[H] | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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| "End of Me" (featuring Rivers Cuomo) |
2021 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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| "The Wolf" [33] | 2022 | — | 13 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Limelight" (Amazon Music Original) (Rush Cover) |
2025 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single | |
| "—" 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 | |
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| CAN Rock [20] |
CZ Rock [34] | ||||
| "This Is How It Goes" | 2003 | — | — |
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| “Line and Sinker” | — | — |
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| "Pins and Needles" | 2006 | — | — |
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Billy Talent II |
| "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
- Scandalous Travelers (2004, CAN: Platinum)
Demos and non-album tracks (b-sides, covers, etc)
| Title | Year | Type | Format | Release(s) | |||
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| "You Had It All" | 2000 | Demo |  |
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| "Beach Balls" (Demo) | |
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| "Try Honesty" (Original Demo) | 2001 | |
Try Honesty EP | ||||
| "This Is How It Goes" (Original Demo) | |
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| "Cut the Curtains" (Original Demo) | |
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| "Beach Balls" | B-Side | |
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• Try Honesty EP • Try Honesty - Single • Billy Talent - Japanese Edition | |||
| "Living in the Shadows" (Industry Demo) | 2002 | Demo | |
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• Industry Demo • Billy Talent - 10th Anniversary Edition | |
| "Try Honesty" (Industry Demo) | |
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| "The Ex" (Industry Demo) | |
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| "Cut the Curtain" (Industry Demo) | |
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| "Prisoners of Today" (Industry Demo) | |
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| "This Is How It Goes" (Industry Demo) | |
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| "When I Was a Little Girl" | 2003 | B-Side | |
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• Try Honesty - Single • Billy Talent - Japanese Edition | |
| "Waiting Room" (Fugazi cover) | Live | |
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The Ex - Single | |||
| "Red Flag" (Demo) | 2006 | Demo | |
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Devil in a Midnight Mass - Single | ||
| "Devil in a Midnight Mass" (Demo) | |
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| "Ever Fallen in Love (With Someone You Shouldn't've?)" (Buzzcocks cover) |
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• 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) | |
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| "Cold Turkey" (John Lennon cover) | 2009 | Cover | |
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Rusted from the Rain - Single | |
| "Bloody Nails + Broken Hearts" | B-Side | |
Billy Talent III - Japanese Edition | ||||
| "Don't Need to Pretend" | |
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| Devil on My Shoulder" (Demo) | Demo | |
Billy Talent III - Special Edition | ||||
| "Tears into Wine" (Demo) | |
Billy Talent III - Guitar Villain Edition | |||||
| "White Sparrows" (Demo) | |
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| "Pocketful of Dreams" (Demo) | |
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| "Turn Your Back" (Demo) | |
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| "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 | |
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Afraid of Heights - Deluxe | ||
| "Afraid of Heights" (Demo) | |
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| "Ghost Ship of Cannibal Rats" (Demo) | |
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| "Louder than the DJ" (Demo) | |
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| "The Crutch" (Demo) | |
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| "Time-Bomb Ticking Away" (Demo) | |
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| "Leave Them All Behind" (Demo) | |
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| "Afraid of Heights (Reprise)" (Demo) | |
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| "Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black)" (Neil Young & Crazy Horse cover) |
2017 | Cover | |
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Warner Music Canada : Covered in Gold 5.0 - Compilation | ||
Music videos
| Year | Song Title | Song Album | Director |
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| 2003 | "Try Honesty" | Billy Talent | Sean Michael Turrell |
| 2004 | "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'Sa | ||
| 2007 | "Surrender" | Phil Harder | |
| "The Navy Song" | |||
| "This Suffering" | Pierre & Francois Lamoureux | ||
| 2009 | "Rusted From the Rain" | Billy Talent III | Wayne Isham |
| "Devil on My Shoulder" | Howard Greenhalgh | ||
| 2010 | "Saint Veronika" | Michael Maxxis | |
| "Diamond on a Landmine" | |||
| "Prisoners of Today" | Billy Talent | Dustin Rabin | |
| 2012 | "Viking Death March" | Dead Silence | Michael Maxxis, David Hogan |
| "Surprise Surprise"[35] | Michael Maxxis | ||
| 2013 | "Stand Up and Run"[36] | Phil Harder | |
| "Show Me the Way" | Alon Isocianu, Jack Kay, Chad Kroeger | ||
| "Runnin' Across the Tracks" | Alon Isocianu | ||
| 2014 | "Kingdom of Zod" | Hits | Sean Michael Turrell |
| 2015 | "Chasing the Sun" | Phil Harder | |
| "Love Was Still Around" | Dead Silence | Dustin Rabin | |
| 2016 | "Afraid of Heights" | 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" | Crisis of Faith | Liam Lynch |
| 2024 | "M&M" (Pezz) | Watoosh! |
Notes
- Billy Talent II did not enter the ARIA Albums Chart, but peaked at number 8 on the Hitseekers Albums chart.[14]
- Afraid of Heights did not enter the US Billboard 200, but peaked at number eight on the US Heatseekers Albums Chart.[17]
- Crisis of Faith did not enter the UK Albums Chart, but peaked at number 38 on the UK Album Sales Chart.[18]
- "Fallen Leaves" did not enter the UK Singles Chart, but peaked at number 43 on the UK Physical Singles Chart.[28]
- "Reckless Paradise" did not enter the Canadian Singles Chart, but peaked at number 46 on the Canadian Digital Songs chart.[32]