A Beautiful Lie

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.

This article is about the album by Thirty Seconds to Mars. For the song by the same artist, see A Beautiful Lie (song).
A Beautiful Lie
Studio album by
Thirty Seconds to Mars
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 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". It is the first to feature guitarist Tomo Miličević and the only one to feature bassist Matt Wachter, who left the band in 2007. 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 and alternative rock. The success of the album had helped the band receive accolades for their singles such as "The Kill" and "From Yesterday".

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