On August 30, 2005, “Virgin” label released “A Beautiful Lie”, the second Thirty Seconds to Mars studio album. It was recorded 2004 – 2005, at “Pulse Recording” and “The Laboratory” in Los Angeles, “The Center for the Advancement of the Arts and Sciences of Sound” in Alaska, “Lionshead Studios” in South Africa, “Circle in the Square Studio” in New York City, and was produced by Josh Abraham.

Personnel:

• Jared Leto – vocals, rhythm guitar, creative direction, design
• Tomo Miličević – lead guitar, synthesizers, programming, creative direction, design
• Matt Wachter – bass guitar, keyboards, creative direction, design
• Shannon Leto – drums, percussion, creative direction, design
• Matt Serletic – piano
• Oliver Goldstein – additional synthesizer
• Steve Dress – double bass, strings contractor
• Caroline Campbell – violin
• Neel Hammond – violin
• Miguel Atwood-Ferguson – viola
• Vanessa Freebairn-Smith – cello
• Wataru Hokoyama – string arrangements
• Jeremy Rubolino – programming
• Brian Virtue – engineer
• Ryan Williams – engineer, mixing
• Brandon Belsky – engineer assistant
• Dave Riley – engineer assistant
• Sean Geyer – engineer assistant
• Tom Lord-Alge – mixing
• Femio Hernandez – mixing assistant
• Brian Gardner – mastering
• Sean Mosher-Smith – creative direction, design
• Olaf Heine – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Jared Leto, except where noted.

1. Attack
2. A Beautiful Life
3. The Kill
4. Was It a Dream
5. The Fantasy
6. Savior – Jared Leto, Shannon Leto, Tomo Miličević, Matt Wachter
7. From Yesterday – Jared Leto, Shannon Leto, Tomo Miličević, Matt Wachter
8. The Story
9. R-Evolve
10. A Modern Myth (includes hidden track Praying for a Riot)