A Beautiful Lie : Ask Biography

Album information

Name

A Beautiful Lie

Type

Studio

Artist

30 Seconds to Mars

Released

August 16, 2005
(See release history)

Recorded

2003-2005, Pulse Recording (Los Angeles, California);
The Laboratory (Los Angeles, California);
The Center for the Advancement of the Arts and Sciences of Sound (Alaska);
Lionhead Studios (South Africa);
Circle in the Square Studio (New York City, New York)

Genre

Hard rock, emo, post-hardcore, post-grunge

Length

56:12

Label

Immortal, Virgin

Producer

Josh Abraham, 30 Seconds to Mars

Previous album

30 Seconds to Mars
(2002)

Next album

This Is War
(2009)

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'A Beautiful Lie' is the second album by American rock band 30 Seconds to Mars. It was released on August 30, 2005 through Virgin Records and was produced by Josh Abraham. 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 U.S. Modern Rock chart, with "The Kill" and "From Yesterday" entering the top three.

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." And the music, while previously atmospheric, takes on a youthful, more post-hardcore approach by introducing intense screamed vocals and deemphasizing synth effects.