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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
The Daily Princetonian(favorable)[2]
Decoy Music[3]
Ottawa XPress[4]
Q Magazine[5]
Rock Hard9.5/10[6]
Sputnikmusic[7]

Billy Talent is the debut studio album of Canadian band Billy Talent, after their first, Watoosh!, was released under their old name of Pezz in 1999. Billy Talent was certified 3 times platinum in Canada in January 2007.[8] The album was nominated for Best Rock Album at 2004 Juno Awards. The album was recorded at The Factory in Vancouver, British Columbia.[9]

Reception

In 2005, Billy Talent was ranked number 453 in Rock Hard magazine's book of The 500 Greatest Rock & Metal Albums of All Time.[10]

BT Turns 10

On August 2013, Billy Talent announced a Canadian tour for Fall of that year entitled "A Return to The Roots" which they played their entire first self-titled album live to celebrate its 10th year anniversary.[11] Soon after the tour, the band announced a 10th Anniversary reissue of the album released November 26. 2013 through Warner Bros. Records that features a bonus disc of rare demos and live recordings of the album's track list.[12]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Billy Talent

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 re-issue
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

Chart positions

Chart Position
Billboard 200 194
Heatseekers Albums 11
Canadian Albums 6
Austrian Albums 69
German Albums 97
UK Albums 124

Personnel

Appearances

  • The song "Line & Sinker" can be heard in the 2003 movie 'Grind' but is not included on the official soundtrack CD.
  • The song "Nothing to Lose" is in the Polish film 'Sala Samobójców' (English: Suicide Room).
  • The song "Try Honesty" was featured as the episode title for Degrassi: The Next Generation in season 10, episode 11 and 12 (Part 1 & 2)

References

  1. ^ Allmusic review
  2. ^ The Daily Princetonian review Archived April 27, 2005, at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Quote on decoymusic.com Review With Broken Link
  4. ^ Ottawa XPress review Archived February 27, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ Q Magazine December 2003, p. 120
  6. ^ Himmelstein, Andreas. "Rock Hard". issue 198. Retrieved 22 May 2013.
  7. ^ Boy, Davey. "Billy Talent Billy Talent". Sputnikmusic. Retrieved 1 June 2014.
  8. ^ CRIA Gold and Platinum Certifications for January 2007
  9. ^ Bliss, Karen, "Billy Talent", Access Magazine (February 2003 – March 2003)
  10. ^ [...], Rock Hard (Hrsg.). [Red.: Michael Rensen. Mitarb.: Götz Kühnemund] (2005). Best of Rock & Metal die 500 stärksten Scheiben aller Zeiten. Königswinter: Heel. p. 27. ISBN 3-89880-517-4. {{cite book}}: |last= has numeric name (help)
  11. ^ http://exclaim.ca/News/billy_talent_celebrate_10th_anniversary_of_debut_album_with_canadian_tour
  12. ^ http://exclaim.ca/News/billy_talent_give_self-titled_debut_expanded_reissue_for_10th_anniversary
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