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| A Beautiful Lie | 
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (based on 15 reviews)
Sales Rank: 101
Category: Music
Artist: 30 Seconds To Mars
Publisher: Virgin Music
Studio: Virgin Music
Manufacturer: Virgin Music
Label: Virgin Music
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.4 x 4.9 x 0.4
UPC: 094638868729
EAN: 0094638868729
ASIN: B000MQ55F2
Release Date: February 26, 2007
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
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| Tracks:
| • | ATTACK | | • | A Beautiful Lie | | • | The Kill (Bury Me) | | • | Was It A Dream? | | • | The Fantasy | | • | Savior | | • | From Yesterday | | • | The Story | | • | R-Evolve | | • | A Modern Myth (with hidden track) | | • | Battle of One | | • | Hunter |
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Amazon.co.uk Review
A Beautiful Lie, the second studio album from 30 Seconds To Mars, was recorded in five different countries over a period of three years, in order to accommodate vocalist/guitarist Jared Leto's acting career. Yet the album is anything but disjointed. On the contrary, it's more consistent than its predecessor, 30 Seconds To Mars, as well as more confident, more personal (lyrically), and generally more mature. True, A Beautiful Lie relies heavily on Leto's dynamic vocals to lead the way. But lead single, "Attack," illustrates the more stripped down, radio-friendly sound of the band perfectly - as do tracks "The Kill," "Was it a Dream" and "From Yesterday". The band conjure up some slower, more kaleidoscopic moments ("A Modern Myth," for example), but A Beautiful Lie is largely a punchy project with a frisky mid-tempo pace and an engagingly sonorous aura. The only criticism would be the choice of Bjork's "Hunter" as a song to cover: 30 Seconds To Mars are very far from doing the song - or themselves - justice here. However, the newly enhanced version of the album, with its re-recording of the "The Kill" and DVD featuring live performances and MTV2 moments, help make up for any occasional blips. --Danny McKenna
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| Customer Reviews: Read 10 more reviews...
 Good Musicians But Not What I Was After April 11, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
while looking for mushroomhead albums amazon suggested this album to me. really this music is not for me. far to whiney and teenage heartbreak struggel kind of music. although its well produced and is all good stuff if your into that. but if your into the more chunky/heavy guys like metallica korn and mudvaynce I doubt these guys are for you
 Uplifting December 3, 2007
I am a long (very!!) term rock and guitar misic fan. I have seen and heard many bands and albums over the years. This album has left me sure of the tradition contuinuing with the newer generations. I agree with all that has been written apart from the reviewer who wrote that 'Hunter' was the weakest song and a 'filler'.
Hunter is a cover of the brilliant and enigmatic Bjork song. If anything, it is stunning in it's ability to match the tension and individuality of the original. To cover a Bjork creation is very courageous, to do it as well as this deserves credit.
Here's to the next one guys.
Intoxicating masterpiece!! November 27, 2007
When I bought "A beautiful lie" I thought I would get a couple of singles and some mediocre songs in between, but I was pleasantly surprised.
"A beautiful lie" is a musical piece to be heard and enjoyed from end to end, not just an album of songs. And then it all just comes together as an intoxicating masterpiece. The lyrics, the guitar riffs, the music, and the vision.
Louise
 Surprisingly good November 1, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I bought this album on the back of the song "The Kill", following frequent airplay on Radio One recently, and all I can say is this album doesn't dissapoint. Jared Leto has a great voice - I do think without the quality of his vocals this would be a pretty average album. Technically the music isn't particularly the most jaw-dropping I have ever heard but there is angst and passion in spades here. Some of the songs have a distinct Deftones vibe to them (even to the point that Jared's voice sounds very similar to that of Chino Moreno) but with more melody - I think if Deftones were to ever release a mainstream album it would sound like this.
I really like A Beautiful Lie, there are some very good tracks on here. I'd say the best is possibly "The Kill" but other note-worthy tracks are "Attack" (the opener), "From Yesterday", "The Story" and "A Modern Myth", which are all pretty much on par with "The Kill". I also really like one of the untitled hidden tracks - track 11 on the album (there are two tracks not listed on the album cover). This song is possibly the heaviest song on here with Jared providing us with some well placed screams towards the end of the track.
The other hidden track (track 12) is pretty dull and definitely bares a strong resemblance to the Deftones (White Pony era) - in other words, it's a very abstract track with curious vocals and sounds. Jared sounds just like Chino throughout the track - you could easily confuse it for a track off Deftone's White Pony.
Overall, this is a very good album. Since buying it I haven't been able it remove it from my stereo. It has an epic feel to it, great vocals and plenty of passion in the songs. It has some minor faults but compared to releases from other actor-turned-singer types this is about as good as it gets..... and it is surprisingly good. It's very easy to forget Jared's main pursuit is his acting career, such is the quality of this album. Recommended - 4/5.
Good album but Mac users beware... September 29, 2007
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I don't really have anything new to add to what has been written below about the songs themselves, but feel I should post a warning to Mac users about this CD (and indeed about any others that use the OpenDisc 'interactive' element). You will NOT be able to eject this disc from your Mac without re-booting as the disc is effectively opened twice (once for the audio tracks and once for the interactive element, which I didn't even want in the first place). Even after quitting every application I had open the disc still would not eject and re-booting was the only option. Hope this is helpful!
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