30 Seconds to Mars (Album)
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| Label (s) | Virgin Records | |||
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CD |
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12 |
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53 min, 15 sec |
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Bob Ezrin , Brian Virtue , 30 Seconds to Mars |
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30 Seconds to Mars is the first studio album by the American rock band Thirty Seconds to Mars . The album was released on August 13, 2002.
reception
After its release in August 2002, 30 Seconds to Mars hit the charts: US Billboard 200 at number 107, US Top Heatseekers at number 1, France at number 142; Australia # 89 (album charts) and Australia # 12 (rock charts).
The album received mostly positive reviews from music critics . Robert Zefic rates the album 3 out of 5 stars on Laut.de and writes that the album is a good change from usual rock, and he also compares the band with greats like Pink Floyd , Tool and Brian Eno . Rolling Stone, on the other hand, only gives 2 out of 5 stars and says that the album sounds unfinished overall. Plattentests.de awards 5 out of 10 points. Critic Laura Scheiter writes about the album that the album is very ambitious, but the songs sound pretty much the same and you can't hear any real depth.
The album was mostly rated more positively by buyers. The average rating of the users of Metacritic is 88%, the users of record tests rate the album with 8 out of 10 points. Only the users of Laut.de are below the reviewer's rating with 3 out of 5 stars.
Two singles were released: Capricorn (A Brand New Name) (US Mainstream Rock Tracks # 31) and Edge of the Earth .
Track list
All songs were written by Jared Leto.
- Capricorn (A Brand New Name) - 3:53
- Edge of the Earth - 4:37
- Fall - 4:59
- Oblivion - 3:29
- Buddha for Mary - 5:45
- Echelon - 5:50
- Welcome to the Universe - 2:40
- The Mission - 4:05
- End of the Beginning - 4:40
- 93 million miles - 5:20
- Year Zero (contains the hidden track The Struggle ) - 7:53
- Anarchy in Tokyo - 7:27 am
- Capricorn (Flash video) - 3:33
- Behind the Scenes Footage (Video) - 5:52
Track 12 Japan bonus titles and 13 + 14 multimedia.
occupation
- Jared Leto : guitar and vocals except on The Struggle ; Bass except on Echelon and The Struggle ; Synthesizer except on Welcome to the Universe
- Shannon Leto : drums; Guitar and vocals on The Struggle
- Solon Bixler : Guitar on Oblivion , Edge of the Earth , End of the Beginning , 93 Million Miles and Year Zero ; Bass on echelon ; Synthesizer at 93 million miles
Additional musicians
- Dr. Nner Tesy : Synthesizer on Capricorn
- Maynard James Keenan : Backing vocals on traps
- Jeffrey Jaeger : Bass on Buddha for Mary and 93 Million Miles ; Bass and guitar on End of the Beginning
- Brian Virtue : Synthesizer on Echelon
- Exeter : Bass and Guitar on Welcome to the Universe
- Bob Ezrin : Piano on The Mission
Individual evidence
- ↑ 30 Seconds to Mars. allmusic.com (English) accessed January 15, 2012
- ↑ a b Chart positions in the Billboards charts. allmusic.com (English) accessed January 15, 2012
- ↑ 30 Seconds to Mars in the French charts. lescharts.com (French). Retrieved January 15, 2012
- ↑ 30 Seconds to Mars in the Australian album charts. (PDF; 438 kB) nla.gov.au (English) accessed on January 15, 2012
- ↑ 30 Seconds to Mars ( Memento from August 22, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) on chaos.com (English) accessed on January 15, 2012
- ↑ Rhiannon D'Averc: The five defining moments of 30 Seconds to Mars' career ( s ) AXS. July 26, 2015. Retrieved November 20, 2015.
- ↑ a b Robert Zefic: Driving guitar riffs, fast rhythms and spherical synth waves . laut.de; Retrieved January 15, 2012
- ↑ Reviews of 30 Seconds to Mars. metacritic.com, accessed January 15, 2012
- ↑ a b Laura Scheiter: The Mars Chronicles plattentests.de; Retrieved January 15, 2012
- ↑ 30 Seconds to Mars from metacritic.com (English) accessed on January 15, 2012.
- ↑ Capricorn on US Mainstream Rock Tracks. allmusic.com (English) accessed January 15, 2012
- ^ Edge of the Earth. spirit-of-metal.com (English) accessed on January 15, 2012
- ↑ 30 Seconds to Mars. discogs.com (accessed January 15, 2012)
- ↑ Contributors to the album. allmusic.com (English) accessed January 15, 2012