Billy Talent (album)
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| Studio album by Billy Talent | ||||
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Publication |
September 16, 2003 |
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| Label (s) | Atlantic Records ( Warner ) | |||
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Format (s) |
CD, vinyl LP |
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Title (number) |
12 |
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running time |
41:05 |
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Gavin Brown |
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Billy Talent is the second album by the band of the same name, Billy Talent . After a few years of progressive rock, Billy Talent decided in 2003 to change their style of music to alternative rock . As a result, the album Billy Talent , distributed by the label Atlantic Records , was released , with which the band made their commercial breakthrough.
Billy Talent was awarded three times platinum by the CRIA in January 2007 and was nominated for "Best Rock Album" at the 2004 Juno Awards . It was recorded at The Factory studio in Vancouver , British Columbia .
The album contains a total of twelve songs, four of which are also available as EP. On September 22, 2003, the first single, Try Honesty, was released . On March 29, 2004, the album's second single, The Ex, was released. River Below was released as the third single on July 5, 2004. The last single was Nothing to Lose , which was released as a radio single.
background
After the release of the EP Try Honesty in 2001, the band went into the studio with Gavin Brown in 2003 to record their self-titled debut album under a new name. After Watoosh! But this was the second album that was released in 1999 under their old band name Pezz .
After the band renamed itself Billy Talent after the character of the film "Hardcore Logo", the band tried to stop using their ideas to perfection and turned away from prog rock .
Singer Benjamin Kowalewicz said: “We have tried in vain for years to find our own sound. It all only came together when we finally simply accepted each other for who we are. If you find your voice, everything else will follow by itself ”.
Guitarist Ian D'Sa noted, "When we started, it was more about relying on our uniqueness than emulating other bands." Laut.de wrote about their commercial breakthrough: "With their catchy punk rock melodies they win prizes in a row and fill concert halls all over the world."
review
laut.de criticized the album as not very innovative and judged that it was "hard alternative rock for 15-year-olds who are still in the process of finding their musical direction." However, the band is a well-rehearsed team that only adds to its name is wrong, “talent-free zone would be too much of a bad thing”. The band would know pretty well "how to build a normal alternative rocker fluidly and have been playing together for a number of years". You would hear them clearly: "Perfectly placed two-part refrains like in the Mitgröhl chorus of Cut The Curtains or the beautiful introduction of two harmonizing guitars in The Ex are not so easy to shake out ofyourfingers."
Armin Linder, on the other hand, praised the album exuberantly on plattentests.de "as if from one piece, without frills, without artificialities and without false vanities", which comes from "the gut, from the heart and with just as much brain" as it came from Rocking is necessary. “And the Canadians don't seem to care whether their debut is bursting with variety or not. No useless ballad, always to the full ".
Track list
| 1 | This Is How It Goes | 3:27 |
| 2 | Living in the Shadows | 3:15 |
| 3 | Try honesty | 4:13 |
| 4th | Line & sinker | 3:37 |
| 5 | Read | 2:58 |
| 6th | The Ex | 2:40 |
| 7th | River Below | 3:00 |
| 8th | 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 |
Individual evidence
- ↑ CRIA Gold and Platinum Certifications for January 2007 ( Memento of the original from May 26, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Billy Talent February-March 2003 ( Memento from December 12, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ laut.de biography: Billy Talent on laut.de
- ↑ Tastes like a bite into a dry cheese bread. Review on laut.de
- ↑ Fireworks review on Plattentests.de
