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Q MagazineJun 17, 2013Giant "woooaaahhs" abound but as with anything frantically chasing arena singalongs, Love Lust Faith + Dreams feels empty in the extreme. [Jul 2013, p.111]
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Kerrang!Jun 3, 201330 Seconds to Mars' latest collection is not cloying, expansive yet often economical, approachable without being familiar. [11 May 2013, p.52]
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May 23, 2013Flawed yet with some redemption, Love Lust Faith + Dreams is a mixed effort.
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May 22, 2013Some of the music occasionally leans toward being overwrought, but mostly Love Lust Faith + Dreams--along with its Leto-directed visuals--invests itself fully and artfully in its own vision.
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May 22, 2013With shorter songs and more restrained production it lacks the epic quality of its predecessor, and overall it is weaker for it.
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Entertainment WeeklyMay 20, 2013The album's overarching narrative is both inexplicable and pointless, but throbbing modern-rock anthems "Up in the Air" and "Bright Lights" offer visceral, hands-up hedonism. [24 May 2013, p.83]
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UncutMay 20, 2013Their brand of gut-wrenching emo, aligned to fearsome fantasy rock remains both wildly overcooked and deeply derivative. [Jun 2013, p.79]
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May 20, 2013A disappointingly tepid affair.
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May 20, 201330 Seconds to Mars are no longer afraid to dabble with disco--"Up in the Air" puts all four on the floor and there's an overall tendency to push big beats over hard attacks--and this loosening of their stylistic confines results in their boldest, brightest, most imaginative record yet.
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May 20, 2013While Leto's vocals remain as central as ever, there's only so much you can take of his constant overbearing bellowing. Love Lust Faith + Dreams was set up as a new chapter for the band. The end result just feels empty.
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May 20, 2013If Derek Zoolander made a record it would sound like Thirty Seconds to Mars: stadium rock so vapid and bombastic that if frontman Jared Leto were pulling off some kind of long-duration joke it would be genius.
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 95 out of 143
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Mixed: 22 out of 143
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Negative: 26 out of 143
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