Billy Talent II
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| Billy Talent II | ||
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| Studio album by Billy Talent | ||
| Released | June 27, 2006 | |
| Recorded | 2005-2006 | |
| Genre | Rock | |
| Length | 47:00 | |
| Label | Atlantic Records | |
| Producer(s) | Gavin Brown with Ian D'Sa | |
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| Billy Talent chronology | ||
| Billy Talent (2003) |
Billy Talent II (2006) |
Live From The UK Sept./2006 (2006) |
Billy Talent II is the second album by the Canadian band Billy Talent, released on June 27, 2006. The album immediately jumped to number 1 on the Canadian and German music charts in its debut week, but the success was not duplicated in the United States, where it peaked at #134 on the Billboard 200 music chart, selling just 7,231 units in its first week.
The included lyric book was illustrated with original artwork by Henry Fong, with each song getting its own related art.
The entire album was leaked onto BitTorrent on June 19, 2006. Perhaps in response, the band temporarily released the entire album to their MySpace page for June 23.
Beginning in the fall of 2005, songs from the new album were purposely leaked by the band to gain publicity. A demo of "Red Flag" circulated across the internet, even though it had already appeared on the soundtracks to Burnout Revenge, Burnout Legends, SSX On Tour, EA Sports' NHL 06, and on the Atlantic Records compilation Black by Popular Demand.
"Devil In A Midnight Mass" is the first single. A demo of the song was released on Myspace and Purevolume on Christmas Day of 2005, and the official single was released on April 20, 2006. "Red Flag" was released as the second single. A video for it was shot on July 21, 2006, in Los Angeles, California.[1]
"Surrender" was offered for download exclusively on Valentine's Day, 2006; it also appears on this album. According to a MuchMusic interview with the band, Surrender is supposed to be a love song. Radio recordings of that song, as well as "Covered in Cowardice", "This Suffering", and a low quality version of "Worker Bees" became available several weeks before the album's release.
The music video for their third single, "Fallen Leaves", was shot on the first two days of November 2006, in Los Angeles, CA. It was first played in Canada on Much on Demand on November 27, 2006, and worldwide the following week.
The band performed a live session for Mike Davies on BBC Radio 1's The Lockup on September 12, playing the tracks "Red Flag", "Devil In A Midnight Mass" and "This Suffering".
On November 22, the band made its American premiere on the Late Night with Conan O'Brien show, performing "Red Flag."
On January 12, 2007, the music video for Fallen Leaves was made available to watch in the UK on the Rock channels Kerrang TV, Scuzz and MTV2.
In February 2007, the video for Surrender was shot and has yet to make its debut[citation needed].
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[edit] Track listing
- "Devil in a Midnight Mass" – 2:52
- "Red Flag" – 3:16
- "This Suffering" – 3:56
- "Worker Bees" – 3:44
- "Pins & Needles" – 3:11
- "Fallen Leaves" – 3:19
- "Where Is The Line?" – 3:49
- "Covered In Cowardice" – 4:12
- "Surrender" – 4:06
- "The Navy Song" – 4:31
- "Perfect World" – 3:06
- "Sympathy" – 3:18
- "Burn The Evidence" – 3:40
[edit] Bonus tracks
- "Beachballs" – 3:51 (Best Buy purchase (US only) Bonus Track, originally released on the Try Honesty EP)
- "When I Was a Little Girl" – 2:11 (Best Buy purchase (US only) Bonus Track, originally released on the Watoosh! album)
- "Ever Fallen In Love? (With Someone You Know You Shouldn't've)" (Buzzcocks cover released with iTunes version of the album)
- "Fallen Leaves (Live)" (available only by download)
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[edit] Personnel
- Ian D'Sa - guitar, vocals
- Jon Gallant - bass, backing vocals
- Aaron Solowoniuk - drums
- Ben Kowalewicz - lead vocals
[edit] Footnotes
- ^ According to a posting on Network Records news in July 2006
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[edit] External links
- Official Billy Talent Website
- Billy Talent II MusicBrainz
- Billy Talent at MySpace
- Billy Talent at Last.fm
- Sample clips from Billy Talent II
- Billy Talent and Billy Talent II Player
| Billy Talent |
| Benjamin Kowalewicz | Ian D'Sa | Jonathan Gallant | Aaron Solowoniuk |
| Discography |
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| EPs: Demoluca | Dudebox | Try Honesty EP |
| Studio Albums: Watoosh! | Billy Talent | Billy Talent II |
| Live Albums: Live From The UK Sept./2006 |
| Singles |
| "Try Honesty" | "The Ex" | "River Below" | "Nothing to Lose" | "Devil in a Midnight Mass" | "Red Flag" | "Fallen Leaves" | "Surrender" | "This Suffering" |
| Videography |
| Scandalous Travelers |
| Label(s) |
| Atlantic Records | Warner Music Canada |
