A Beautiful Lie

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Editorial reviews

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

review by: date: 2008-07-17 rating:
LOVE IT!!
This album is awsome, it has some fantastic songs and i have not got bored of it yet.

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review by: date: 2008-04-11 rating:
Good Musicians But Not What I Was After
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

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review by: toncol date: 2007-12-03 rating:
Uplifting
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.

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review by: date: 2007-11-27 rating:
Intoxicating masterpiece!!
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


review by: date: 2007-11-01 rating:
Surprisingly good
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.

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