A Beautiful Lie

A Beautiful Lie
Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 30, 2005 (2005-08-30)
Recorded2004–2005
Studio
  • Pulse Recording (Los Angeles, CA)
  • The Laboratory (Los Angeles, CA)
  • The Center for the Advancement of the Arts and Sciences of Sound (Alaska)
  • Lionshead Studios (South Africa)
  • Circle in the Square Studio (New York City)
Genre
Length56:09
Label
Producer
Thirty Seconds to Mars chronology
30 Seconds to Mars
(2002)
A Beautiful Lie
(2005)
AOL Sessions Undercover
(2007)
Singles from A Beautiful Lie
  1. "Attack"
    Released: May 3, 2005
  2. "The Kill"
    Released: January 24, 2006
  3. "From Yesterday"
    Released: November 7, 2006
  4. "A Beautiful Lie"
    Released: July 17, 2007

A Beautiful Lie is the second studio album by American rock band Thirty Seconds to Mars, released on August 30, 2005 through Virgin Records. It was produced by Josh Abraham.

A Beautiful Lie differs notably from the band's self-titled debut album, both musically and lyrically. Whereas the eponymous concept album's lyrics focus on human struggle and astronomical themes, A Beautiful Lie's lyrics are "personal and less cerebral".[2] It is the first to feature guitarist Tomo Miličević and the only one to feature bassist Matt Wachter, who left the band in 2007.[3] The album produced four singles, "Attack", "The Kill", "From Yesterday", and "A Beautiful Lie"; of which three of those four singles managed to chart within the top 30 on the US Modern Rock chart, with "The Kill" and "From Yesterday" entering the top three.

A Beautiful Lie received positive reviews from music critics, many praising the album for diverging from the sound of the band's previous work. It has been stylistically described as post-hardcore, hard rock, alternative rock and emo.[4][5] The success of the album had helped the band receive accolades for their singles such as "The Kill" and "From Yesterday".

  1. ^ Rea, Mike (12 March 2007). "A Beautiful Lie". Contactmusic.com. Retrieved September 12, 2013.
  2. ^ Redmon, Jess (May 2002). "Thirty Seconds to Mars: Welcome to their universe". Shoutweb.com: On the Record. Archived from the original on 2005-03-05. Retrieved 2006-04-06.
  3. ^ Pascarella, Tony (March 5, 2007). "Matt Wachter Leaves Thirty Seconds to Mars". AbsolutePunk. Buzz Media. Retrieved February 8, 2014.
  4. ^ Wiederhorn, Jon (October 2005). "A Beautiful Lie". Revolver. NewBay Media: 96.
  5. ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "A Beautiful Lie – Thirty Seconds to Mars". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved May 28, 2014.

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