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A Beautiful Lie by 30 Seconds to Mars
A Beautiful Lie is an album by 30 Seconds to Mars, released in 2005. 4 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 64 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “The Kill”, on 32 lists with a best position of #2.
A Beautiful Lie, 30 Seconds to Mars' second album, came out on Virgin on August 30, 2005, and it's the Los Angeles band trading the space-age concept sprawl of their debut for something rawer and closer to the bone. Josh Abraham produced, Jared Leto sings with throat-shredding urgency, his brother Shannon pounds the drums, and new guitarist Tomo Miličević makes his first appearance, with Matt Wachter on bass for the only time.
The lyrics turn personal, and the music veers between post-hardcore bite, hard rock heft and arena-sized alternative choruses. Four singles came off it, "Attack", "The Kill", "From Yesterday" and the title track, and "The Kill" and "From Yesterday" both cracked the top three on the US Modern Rock chart. Critics welcomed the change of direction, and it's the album that made the band famous around the world.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from A Beautiful Lie on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Kill | 32 | #2 | – | 2006–2026 | |
| 2 | From Yesterday | 21 | #19 | – | 2006–2023 | |
| 3 | Attack | 8 | #18 | – | 2005–2014 | |
| 4 | A Beautiful Lie | 3 | #70 | – | 2007 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.