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Billy Talent III by Billy Talent
Billy Talent III is an album by Billy Talent, released in 2009. 5 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 10 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Rusted from the Rain”, on 3 lists with a best position of #7.
Billy Talent III, the third album from the Mississauga, Ontario, four-piece, arrived in the summer of 2009 through Atlantic and Roadrunner, with Brendan O'Brien producing. The band had spent 20 months on the road behind their second record, and the lineup was the same one that had been there from the start: Benjamin Kowalewicz on vocals, Ian D'Sa on guitar, Jonathan Gallant on bass and Aaron Solowoniuk on drums.
O'Brien gives them a bigger, cleaner, arena-sized sound, and D'Sa's guitars ring out in wide, glassy arcs while Kowalewicz still sings like he's picking a fight. "Rusted from the Rain" and "Devil on My Shoulder" carry the load. Critics were lukewarm to sour on it, but at home it didn't matter: it went straight to No. 1 on the Canadian Albums Chart, with more than 40,000 sold in week one, and took the Juno for rock album of the year in April 2010.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Billy Talent III on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rusted from the Rain | 3 | #7 | – | 2009–2010 | |
| 2 | Devil on My Shoulder | 4 | #38 | – | 2009–2011 | |
| 3 | Diamond on a Landmine | 1 | #45 | – | 2010 | |
| 4 | Saint Veronika | 1 | #57 | – | 2010 | |
| 5 | Turn Your Back | 1 | #63 | – | 2008 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.