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- Summary: The Jared Leto-led rock band releases its third album produced with Flood and Steve Lillywhite.
- Record Label: Virgin
- Genre(s): Rock, Alternative
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This Is War | |
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A warning to the people, the good and the evil This is war To the soldier, the civilian, the martyr, the victim This is war It's the moment of truth... | See the rest of the song lyrics |
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 3 out of 12
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Mixed: 7 out of 12
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Negative: 2 out of 12
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Jan 21, 2016This Is War is passionate, rousing and astonishingly focused.
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Alternative PressEven with these late-in-the-game flubs This Is War still shines as an artistic triumph for 30 Seconds To Mars. [Jan 2010, p.91]
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May 23, 2014On the unashamedly epic This Is War, Leto doesn't just shoot for the moon, he practically colonizes it.
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Q MagazineAnd while there's no escaping the notion This Is War would be easier to love could Leto decide whether he wanted to be in U2, Linkin park, or Marillion, one can't help but admire his style. [Jan 2010, p. 117]
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Produced for the most part by U2 collaborator Flood, the new album rarely operates at anything less than a frenzied fever pitch, with thundering percussion grooves, Leto's top-of-the-lungs yowl and wave after wave of Edge-style guitar theatrics.
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Full of schlocky neo-grunge howls; trite, faux-rebellious, lyrics ("from the right to the left, we will fight to the death"); and dull stadium production from Flood and Steve Lillywhite, there's little artfulness among the frequent references to a vague burgeoning conflict.
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Everything about this album smacks of contrivance and careful planning.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 22 out of 29
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Mixed: 5 out of 29
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Negative: 2 out of 29
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Oct 12, 2010
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Oct 5, 2011
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Jan 26, 2011
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EmmaGJan 8, 2010
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Jan 17, 2012
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Oct 5, 2018
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DeclanMDec 22, 2009Pompous rubbish this band wouldn't have a record label only for hte lead singer they might as well be any formula pop band.
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