A Beautiful Lie is the second studio album by American alternative rock band Thirty Seconds to Mars, released on August 30, 2005 through Virgin Records. It was produced by Josh Abraham. A Beautiful Lie differs notably from the bands self-titled debut album, both musically and lyrically. Whereas the eponymous concept albums lyrics focus on human struggle and astronomical themes, A Beautiful Lies lyrics are personal and less cerebral. It is the first to feature guitarist Tomo Milievi and the only one to feature bassist Matt Wachter, who left the band in 2007. The album produced four singles, Attack, The Kill, From Yesterday, and A Beautiful Lie; of which three of those four singles managed to chart within the top 30 on the US Modern Rock chart, with The Kill and From Yesterday entering the top three.