Billy Talent III

Billy Talent III is the third studio album by Canadian rock band Billy Talent. It was released on July 10, 2009, in Europe, July 13 in the United Kingdom, July 14 in Canada, and September 22 in the US. The album debuted at No. 1 on the Canadian Albums Chart, selling over 40,000 copies in its first week.[13] It also peaked at No. 107 on the Billboard 200, making it Billy Talent's highest-charting album to date. A demo version of one of the album's songs, "Turn Your Back", was released as a single in September 2008 and featured the band members of Anti-Flag, with the first legitimate single spawned by Billy Talent III is "Rusted from the Rain", which premiered May 17, 2009, on Triple J. The album version of "Turn Your Back" does not include Anti-Flag's vocals, as the single version does.

Billy Talent III
Studio album by
Billy Talent
ReleasedJuly 10, 2009
RecordedNovember 2008 – April 2009
StudioHenson Recording Studios (Los Angeles, California)
Southern Tracks (Atlanta, Georgia)
GenrePost-punk, post-hardcore, punk rock
Length43:30
47:15 (German edition)
51:14 (iTunes edition)
1:41:48 (Guitar Villain edition)
LabelWarner Music Canada, Roadrunner[1]
ProducerBrendan O'Brien
Billy Talent chronology
666
(2007)		 Billy Talent III
(2009)		 iTunes Session
(2010)
Singles from Billy Talent III
  1. "Turn Your Back"
    Released: September 16, 2008
  2. "Rusted from the Rain"
    Released: May 19, 2009
  3. "Devil on My Shoulder"
    Released: August 26, 2009
  4. "Saint Veronika"
    Released: February 1, 2010
  5. "Diamond on a Landmine"
    Released: June 21, 2010
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
BBC(favourable)[3]
Chart[4]
Drowned in Sound[5]
The Fly[6]
NME[7]
Now[8]
Q[9]
Rock Sound[10]
Sputnikmusic[11]
Uncut[12]

The second single from the album, "Devil on My Shoulder" was released on August 26, 2009.

A promotional website located at billytalent3.com[14] was launched to showcase the making of the album. Part of the promotion also included the Billy Talent Widget which allowed listeners to become the "Ultimate Billy Talent Fan". The widget rewarded users with rare tracks, videos, pictures and interviews as fans "level up" their widgets.

On June 8, 2009, the band announced on their website, the release of a special deluxe edition of the album, entitled Billy Talent III: Guitar Villain Edition.[15] The special edition includes a second disc of the album, with the guitar tracks removed so fans can play along. This edition includes also 4 additional demo songs, as well as guitar tabs for the whole album transcribed on 2 full size posters.

The band embarked on a supporting tour on February 21, 2009, starting with an Australian first leg.

In April 2010, the album won a Juno Award for best rock album of the year. Despite the commercial success, Billy Talent III received mixed to negative reviews. On Metacritic, the album earned a score of 45/100, which means "Mixed or average reviews" based on 7 critics; one review being negative and the other six being mixed.

Track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Devil on My Shoulder"3:49
2."Rusted from the Rain"4:13
3."Saint Veronika"4:09
4."Tears into Wine"4:12
5."White Sparrows"3:14
6."Pocketful of Dreams"3:21
7."The Dead Can't Testify"4:27
8."Diamond on a Landmine"4:30
9."Turn Your Back"3:22
10."Sudden Movements"3:39
11."Definition of Destiny"4:03
US digital special edition
No.TitleLength
12."Bloody Nails + Broken Hearts" (B-Side)3:37
13."Don't Need to Pretend" (B-Side)3:45
14."Devil on My Shoulder" (Demo)4:06
German edition bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
12."Don't Need to Pretend" (Musicload.de exclusive)3:45

Special Guitar Villain edition second CD

In addition to having the entire album featured without guitars (referred to as "Guitar Villain Demos") plus a Guitar Tab of the whole album, the Guitar Villain second disc also features four demo tracks:

Guitar Villain bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
12."Tears into Wine" (Demo)3:51
13."White Sparrows" (Demo)3:58
14."Pocketful of Dreams" (Demo)3:42
15."Turn Your Back" (Demo)3:22

Personnel
Billy Talent
Additional Personnel
  • Brendan O'Brien – producer, additional percussion, tambourine, hammerchord, piano, mellotron

Charts and certifications

Release history
Date Region
July 10, 2009 Belgium, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Italy and the Netherlands
July 13, 2009 France, Norway, Denmark, South Africa, UK and Ireland
July 14, 2009 Canada, Finland, Spain and Sweden
July 17, 2009 Australia and New Zealand
September 22, 2009 US
November 11, 2009 Japan

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