This Is War
by 30 Seconds To Mars
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30 Seconds To Mars bestography
This Is War is ranked 2nd best out of 7 albums by 30 Seconds To Mars on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by 30 Seconds To Mars is A Beautiful Lie which is ranked number 6634 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 199.
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This Is War track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 69 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
This Is War rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 5 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  RockyRaccoon | Top 62 Music Albums of 2009 | 62/62 | 0 |
| 2026 |  RasmV | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 52/100 | 45 |
| 2026 |  videoheadcleaner | Top 100 Music Albums of 2009 | 10/100 | 5 |
| 2026 |  paladisiac | top 60r albums (60), #0001-0100* | 31/66 | - |
| 2026 |  jeremy9 | Top 90 Music Albums of 2009 | 70/90 | 1 |
| 2026 | Jakor | Top 50 Music Albums of 2009 | 45/50 | 1 |
| 2026 | videoheadcleaner | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | 94/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | DJStuart79 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2009 | 15/100 | 4 |
| 2026 | steve397 | Top 77 Music Albums of the 2000s | 77/77 | 0 |
| 2025 | RasmV | Most listened artists since I joined BEA | 100/100 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 58 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 186 | |||
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This Is War ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 09/10/2026 15:33 | thenamesbaka | 78 | 85/100 |
| ! | 06/19/2026 05:28 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,702 | 70/100 |
| ! | 12/23/2025 20:51 | RasmV | 2,614 | 73/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 62.6/100, a mean average of 61.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 61.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 21.3.
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This Is War forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 09/25/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5446): By RasmV BestEverAlbums 08/03/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5393): By videoheadcleaner
Patman360 02/18/2022 10:52 in What album are you listening to right now?This Is War comments
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A great turning point in the style of the band, leaving the guitar-driven songs from the first album and the emotional lyrics in A Beautiful Lie for a more electronic (and commercial) sound. To fully appreciate the good moments on this record you should listen to it without thinking that this isn't good because it's commercial music. It's maybe the greatest effort in putting together a strong album by the band. The production is maybe a bit overdone: strings and choirs are too prominent on some tracks, but the direction the band took with this was right imo.
Mdemauri 06/09/2014 19:56 | #114112 | TOP COMMENT
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Trying to be important and sounding way too bloated - The orchestration, the children's choirs, etc. Could've been better if they toned it down a notch.
Can't listen! Draining my soul! It's like a movie yet it claims to be a music album! Don't want!
I shouldn't like this album. But I do. It's consistently fun throughout, the music is well done, the production is well handled and the lyrics are quite good. It isn't very complicated, and that's why I love it. Just simplicity.
This album needs time and a few listenings. There are some great moments but it's worth listen to all tracks.
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