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Discography
It was released on August 30, 2005 under Virgin Records. The album was produced by Josh Abraham and 30 Seconds to Mars.
The album produced two singles, "Attack" and "The Kill"; both songs managed to chart within the top thirty on the US Modern Rock chart.
A Beautiful Lie is different from the band's debut album 30 Seconds to Mars both musically and lyrically. Whereas the eponymously-titled debut album's lyrics focused on human struggle and the music was heavily atmospheric, the lyrics of A Beautiful Lie are "personal and less cerebral" and the music takes on a more alternative rock approach.
A Beautiful Lie was recorded on four different continents in five different countries over a three-year period to accommodate vocalist/guitarist Jared Leto's acting career. The album's title track, as well as three other songs, were composed in Cape Town, South Africa, where Leto was later met by his bandmates to work on the tracks. It was during this time that Leto conceived the album's title. (Prior to this, the album was tentatively to be released under the title The Battle of One.)
The album was leaked onto peer-to-peer filesharing networks almost five months before its scheduled release; however, the version of the album that leaked happened to be unmastered. Because of this, the band was forced to set the release date of the album back.
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This album can be described as a concept album. The album was released on August 27, 2002, by Virgin Records. The album produced two singles, "Capricorn (A Brand New Name)" and "Edge of the Earth," though neither single charted.
The overall theme of the album is of that of human struggle. However, "Revolution," a song recorded for the album, was not included because its lyrics did not fit the rest of the album thematically, and because its lyrics could be misinterpreted. Ultimately, the band chose not to include the song in light of the September 11, 2001 attacks.
Two other tracks were recorded for the album: "Phase I: Fortification" and "Anarchy in Tokyo"; the latter was included on international versions of the album while "Anarchy in Tokyo" was never formally released.
The lyrics of the hidden track, "The Struggle," were taken from Sun Tzu's The Art of War.
P. Exeter Blue I and Dr. Nner of Deadsy contribute to the album on the tracks "Welcome to the Universe" and "Capricorn (A Brand New Name)" respectively.
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