Billy Talent II is the third full-length 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 album has less anger and language than their previous self-titled album, as th...
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Billy Talent II is the third full-length 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 album has less anger and language than their previous self-titled album, as they had mellowed out and matured as men and as a band. More of the songs dealt with real-life issues, to the praise of fans and critics.
The included lyric book was illustrated with original artwork by Henry Fong, with each song getting its own related art.
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. A demo of "Red Flag" circulated across the internet, even though it had already appeared on the soundtracks to Burnout...
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