This Is War
by 30 Seconds To Mars

This Is War by 30 Seconds To Mars
Year: 2009
Release date: 2009-12-08
Overall rank: 6,939th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
63/100 (from 128 votes)
  Ratings distribution   Average rating history
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 2009 (125th)
Award Top albums of of the 2000s (1,200th)
Award Best albums of all time (6,939th)

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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 6589 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 201.

30 Seconds To Mars album bestography « Higher ranked (6,589th)
A Beautiful Lie
This album (6,939th)
This Is War
Lower ranked (11,518th) »
Love Lust Faith + Dreams

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This Is War rankings summary
Overall rank: 6,939th | 2000s rank: 1,200th | 2009 rank: 125th  Overall chart history
(Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). (Last updated: 3 hours ago).
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2026 jeremy9Top 90 Music Albums of 200970/901
2026DJStuart79Top 100 Music Albums of 200915/1004
2026 RockyRaccoonTop 61 Music Albums of 200961/610
2026 RasmVTop 100 Greatest Music Albums52/10046
2026 videoheadcleanerTop 100 Music Albums of the 2000s93/1002
2026 paladisiactop 60r albums (60), #0001-0100*31/66 -
2026 videoheadcleanerTop 100 Music Albums of 200910/1005
2026JakorTop 50 Music Albums of 200945/501
2025 AwaitingAndrewTop 100 Music Albums of the 2000s100/1000
2025 Larcx13Top 35 Music Albums of 200933/350
2025 RasmVMost listened artists since I joined BEA100/100 -
2025 RasmVMy 100 most listened albums in 202454/100 -
2025 RasmVTop 47 Music Albums of 20092/475
2025 Patman360Top 100 Music Albums of 2009100/1000
2024 paladisiac2000s 60rating (60), #0001-0100*13/91 -
2023 RasmVTop 100 Music Albums of the 2000s18/10017
2023 paladisiacTop 100 Music Albums of 200990/1001
2022 CabronesTop 70 Music Albums of 200939/702
2022MasterOfPuppetsTop 21 Music Albums of 200921/210
2020panapsalTop 100 Music Albums of 200918/1004
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 57
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 188
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Average Rating: 
63/100 (from 128 votes)
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02/27/2024 16:15 Jakor  Ratings distribution  5,43770/100

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Rating:  
85/100
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.
Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +2 votes (2 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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60/100
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.
Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +1 votes (2 helpful | 1 unhelpful)
Rating:  
95/100
From 12/11/2013 16:09 | #97253

Um álbum fantástico, muito subestimado, merecia maior reconhecimento
Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +1 votes (1 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
Can't listen! Draining my soul! It's like a movie yet it claims to be a music album! Don't want!
Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +2 votes (3 helpful | 1 unhelpful)
Rating:  
80/100
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.
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Rating:  
50/100
From 10/23/2012 17:24 | #53224
Not good compared to the two other albums. Giving up the guitars to replacing it by commercial and artificial sound is not an evolution, but only an attempt to increase the number of fans. Pointless.
Also, the songs are too long, a one hour album is too much compared to its poor content.
I liked 'Night of the Hunter' and 'Stranger in a Strange Land'.
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This album needs time and a few listenings. There are some great moments but it's worth listen to all tracks.
Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +2 votes (2 helpful | 0 unhelpful)

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