This Is War Tracklist
This is War is the violent, explosive and all-round spectacular third studio album by American alternative rock band Thirty Seconds to Mars.
Continuing the forward-push hard rock sounds of 30 Seconds to Mars and A Beautiful Lie, this album introduced frontman Jared Leto’s now famous Wall-esque leadership of the Echelon, the band’s cult following. This factors in choirs and mass choruses, and lyrics that called the Echelon into social warfare.
The album has sold nearly four million copies worldwide, and it propelled the band through 300 shows in just two years (currently the longest run of live shows on a single album cycle).
Ironically, Thirty Seconds to Mars recorded their aptly titled album while embroiled in a $30 million dollar lawsuit from label EMI.
This led to an exposure of the music industry in their documentary, Artifact. The movie premiered at the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival and won the BlackBerry People’s Choice Documentary Award.
“This Is War” Q&A
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What have the artists said about the album?
Jared Leto talked about the album in an exclusive track-by-track album preview with MusicRadar published on December 2, 2009:
With This Is War, we felt like we were ready to transform as a band, to take that giant leap that so many groups we admire have done.
Picking the right producer was crucial and we knew that Flood was the perfect choice. He’s able to work with bands and help them become something else, something larger than what they were.
He encourages artists to reveal more of themselves and to embrace the mistakes they make, because he knows that underneath is a kind of purity that rings of the truth. That proved to be so important during the making of this album.
And to cap it all off, Steve Lillywhite, another truly creative producer, was gracious to come in at the end and help arrange everything. That was a wonderful gesture on his part and it really paid off. I couldn’t be happier with the record. Hopefully, our fans will feel the same way…
