Billy Talent II

Billy Talent II
Studio album by Billy Talent
Publication (s)	June 23, 2006
Label (s)	Atlantic Records ( Warner )
Format (s)	CD, vinyl LP
Genre (s)	Alternative rock , post-hardcore
Title (number)	13
running time	47:00 min
occupation	Guitar : Ian D'Sa Singing : Benjamin Kowalewicz Electric bass : Jonathan Gallant Drums : Aaron Solowoniuk
production	Gavin Brown with Ian D'Sa
chronology Billy Talent (2003) Billy Talent II Billy Talent III (2009)

Chart positions Explanation of the data

Albums

Billy Talent II   DE 1 07/10/2006 (66 weeks)   AT 4th 07/07/2006 (84 weeks)   CH 31 07/09/2006 (39 weeks)   UK 46 07/08/2006 (2 weeks)   US 134 07/15/2006 (1 week)   CA 1 07/15/2006 (9 weeks)

Singles

Devil in a Midnight Mass   UK 66 06/24/2006 (1 week) Red flag   DE 34 10/02/2006 (13 weeks)   AT 19th 10/06/2006 (21 weeks)   UK 49 09/23/2006 (1 week) Fallen Leaves   DE 35 02/05/2007 (10 weeks)   AT 34 02/02/2007 (19 weeks)   CA 73 02.2007 (3 weeks) Surrender   DE 46 07/02/2007 (9 weeks)   AT 45 06/29/2007 (15 weeks)   CA 22nd 06.2007 (13 weeks)

Billy Talent II is the second studio album by the Canadian rock band Billy Talent . It was released on June 27, 2006. It is their most successful album so far and reached the top of the album charts in Germany and Canada.

Emergence

The first single Devil in a Midnight Mass was released on June 12, 2006.

The song Red Flag is already known from the video games Burnout Revenge , Burnout Legends , SSX on Tour and NHL 06. There is also a demo version on the compilation Black by Popular Demand from Atlantic Records .

Surrender was available exclusively for download on Valentine's Day 2006 from the band's website. In an interview with MuchMusic , the band revealed that this is a love song. Radio recordings by Surrender , Covered in Cowardice , This Suffering and Worker Bees were already on the Internet a few weeks earlier.

The complete album was already available on the BitTorrent network from June 19, 2006 . On June 23rd you could hear the entire album on their official Myspace page. However, you couldn't switch the tracks forwards or backwards, you had to hear it from beginning to end.

The accompanying lyrics were illustrated by Henry Fong.

Track list

1. Devil in a Midnight Mass - 2:52
2. Red Flag - 3:11
3. This Suffering - 3:57
4. Worker Bees - 3:50
5. Pins And Needles - 3:15
6. Fallen Leaves - 3:28
7. Where is the line? - 3:50
8. Covered in Cowardice - 4:23
9. Surrender - 4:07
10. The Navy Song - 4:30
11. Perfect World - 3:08
12. Sympathy - 3:18
13. Burn the Evidence - 3:40

Bonus songs

1. Beach Balls (3:51) (Best Buy, United States)
2. When I Was a Little Girl (2:11) (Best Buy, United States; originally on the Watoosh! Album )
3. Ever fall in love? (With Someone You Know You Shouldn't've) ( Cover version of Buzzcocks , only in the iTunes version and on the EP for Red Flag )
4. Fallen Leaves (Live) (Download)

Singles

• Devil in a Midnight Mass (April 20, 2006)
• Red Flag (September 15, 2006)
• Fallen Leaves (November 19, 2006)
• Surrender (June 15, 2007)
• This Suffering (November 26, 2007)

success

Billy Talent achieved with their second studio album Billy Talent II not only successes in their home country Canada but also some successes in German-speaking countries.

The album sold over 200,000 times in Canada and has since been awarded the platinum record there twice. In addition, Billy Talent II reached number one on the charts there. In Germany, too, the album rose to number 1 in the charts and stayed in the chart rankings for 66 weeks. After more than 300,000 copies had been sold, the album was awarded gold three times in Germany. In addition, the album was once awarded the platinum record in Austria, but only one hurdle of 30,000 sold pieces had to be overcome due to the technical differences between countries. Here, too, a top chart position was achieved and Billy Talent II stayed in the charts in Austria for 84 weeks.

In the English-speaking world, the success was to a rather moderate extent. For example, Billy Talent II only made it to # 134 on the Billboard Hot 200 in the United States .

Web links

• Billy Talent II at laut.de
• Billy Talent II at Plattentests.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Charts DE Charts AT Charts CH Charts UK Charts US Charts CA
2. ↑ Devil in A Midnight Mass. On: mtv.com (English). Retrieved April 21, 2012
3. ↑ Burnout Legends soundtrack. On: about.com (English). Retrieved April 21, 2012
4. ↑ Video special: Computer Game Hits.  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. On: mtv.de. Retrieved April 21, 2012  
5. ↑ Brendan Sinclair: Yellowcard headlines Burnout Revenge soundtrack. From: gamespot.com (English), August 23, 2005. Retrieved April 21, 2012
6. ^ The Music of SSX On Tour. ( Memento of the original from August 21, 2011 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. On: ign.com, September 13, 2005. Retrieved April 21, 2012 
7. ↑ NHL 06 at giantbomb.com (English). Retrieved April 21, 2012
8. ↑ Information on Black by Popular Demand. On: discogs.com (English). Retrieved April 21, 2012
9. ^ Biography of Billy Talent. On: guitarmasterclass.net (English). Retrieved April 21, 2012
10. ↑ Live in the Lot. ( Memento of the original from May 7, 2012 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. On: muchmusic.com (English). Video no longer available. 
11. ^ Biography of Billy Talent. ( Memento of the original from June 3, 2012 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. Retrieved April 21, 2012 
12. ↑ Billy Talent II ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 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. on kulturgemein.de. Retrieved April 21, 2012 
13. ^ Billy Talent II on answers.com (English). Retrieved April 21, 2012
14. ↑ cria.ca: Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA) ( Memento of the original from November 22, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved August 30, 2009. 
15. ↑ musikindustrie.de: Bundesverband Musikindustrie: Gold / Platinum database, accessed on August 30, 2009.
16. ↑ ifpi.at: IFPI Austria - Association of the Austrian Music Industry , accessed on August 30, 2009.