Billy Talent II
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| Studio album by Billy Talent | ||||
| Released | June 27, 2006 | |||
| Recorded | 2005–2006 | |||
| Studio | The Warehouse Studio, Vancouver, B.C. | |||
| Genre | Alternative rock, Emo, punk rock, post-hardcore, pop punk | |||
| Length | 47:00 | |||
| Label | Atlantic | |||
| Producer | Gavin "Golden" Brown with Ian D'Sa | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| AbsolutePunk | (89%) |
| Allmusic |    |
| IGN | (7.9/10) |
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Billy Talent II is the second studio album by Canadian band Billy Talent, released on June 27, 2006. The album debuted at #1 on the Canadian Albums Chart, selling 48,000 copies in its first week. The album also reached #1 on the German albums chart. Despite its great success in Canada, the album was not as successful 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 general theme of this record is trust, the lack thereof or breaking up. That seemed to fuel the record.
--Jonathan Gallant speaking with the Ottawa Sun
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 Revenge, Burnout Legends, SSX On Tour, EA Sports' NHL 06, and on the Atlantic Records compilation Black by Popular Demand.
"Devil In A Midnight Mass" was the first single. A demo of the song was released on MySpace and Purevolume on Christmas Day of 2005, and the official single was released on April 20, 2006. "Red Flag" was released as the second single. A video for it was shot on July 21, 2006, in Los Angeles, California.
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