Love Lust Faith + Dreams
by Thirty Seconds to Mars
  • Record Label: Virgin
  • Release Date: May 21, 2013
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6.9

Generally favorable reviews- based on 143 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 95 out of 143
  2. Mixed: 22 out of 143
  3. Negative: 26 out of 143

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  1. ErickFernandes
    May 21, 2013
    6
    Good. They are back with good songs but is not their best album. Some songs are incredible but just some. Anyway, it's real and Jared's voice sounds great.
  2. Tarcar42
    Oct 17, 2014
    4
    Love Lust Faith + Dreams sees 30 Seconds to Mars take on a bombastic electro-symphonic style that feels simply feels underwhelming and uninspired. Described as a concept album around the four vague major themes it's titled after, LLFD starts off strongly with the slowly building "Birth" and the fiery electro-rock anthem "Conquistador." However it's all downhill from there, with 30STM usingLove Lust Faith + Dreams sees 30 Seconds to Mars take on a bombastic electro-symphonic style that feels simply feels underwhelming and uninspired. Described as a concept album around the four vague major themes it's titled after, LLFD starts off strongly with the slowly building "Birth" and the fiery electro-rock anthem "Conquistador." However it's all downhill from there, with 30STM using bland pop conventions on overproduced, built-for-stadium tracks. "Up in the Air" is a prime example of this, as is "The Race" and "Do or Die." The instrumental pieces ("Convergence" and "Pyres of Varanasi") don't really go anywhere and seem to be on the album for the simple purpose of being filler.
    The ballad's are arguably the lowest points of the album. Lyrically uninspired (the chorus to "End of All Days" is literally 'all we need is faith/faith is all we need') and sonically dull, "End of All Days" and "City of Angels", are also just simply boring and seem to drag on. Conceptually, there does not really seem to be any true connections between the tracks, the lyrics - just like the title or "concept" of the album - are vague enough to be about anything, however they are also dull enough to leave no actual impression on the listener. Although it seems they wanted to create a powerful and ambitious album, 30STM have actually released a collection of underwhelming, unimaginative pop anthems.    … Expand
  3. alex2542
    May 21, 2013
    4
    I've been a long time fan of this band. They aren't everyone's cup of tea and I understand that. What others call pretentious and derivative, I enjoy. But even I can only stomach so much. This just isn't a good album. Up in the Air, Conquistador, City of Angels, Do or Die, and maybe Bright Lights are the only reason to even listen...the first two being the only ones I really enjoyedI've been a long time fan of this band. They aren't everyone's cup of tea and I understand that. What others call pretentious and derivative, I enjoy. But even I can only stomach so much. This just isn't a good album. Up in the Air, Conquistador, City of Angels, Do or Die, and maybe Bright Lights are the only reason to even listen...the first two being the only ones I really enjoyed (ironically the two that got me excited for the album). It's not that they're really bad songs. They're just boring and unremarkable in general. Big fan of the band. Disappointed in this album I've been waiting so long for. Feels more like an EP with a collection of B-sides than anything else.… Expand
  4. Ansa88
    Aug 10, 2013
    4
    I've been an Echelon since hearing "This Is War", and after going to their earlier albums, I must say I love this band.
    As it is, most of the songs on this album aren't up to par to the standard they've set for themselves. I love the Mars that had lyrics that made you think, and had complex beats and layers. Honestly, Up In the Air made me doubtful at first, then when I start seeing lots    I've been an Echelon since hearing "This Is War", and after going to their earlier albums, I must say I love this band.
    As it is, most of the songs on this album aren't up to par to the standard they've set for themselves. I love the Mars that had lyrics that made you think, and had complex beats and layers. Honestly, Up In the Air made me doubtful at first, then when I start seeing lots of advertisements everywhere, I'm starting to get nervous, because things rarely live up to their hype.
    I love Northern Lights and City of Angels, because those two songs seem to embody the Mars I love, although City of Angels has lyrics that are somewhat shallow.
    Birth and Pyres of Varanasi are tracks I also liked, despite what seems to be mixed feelings among the fans. They were the better tracks, since the foreign influence seemed to come in for once and meld wit the music.
    Up in the Air is just straight up pop, and I did not like that at all. I wouldn't have learned the lyrics to the single if it wasn't a Mars song. Everything was so WRONG about it, and I was also disappointed about the music video--it seems that Mars is heading straight for the cultural "sex sells" industry.
    Debut de Dupuis is just a mess. When it started, I was thinking of country songs--no joke (and sorry to country lovers!) Then it went into a completely unrelated instrumental that wasn't needed (we have Birth and Pyres to compare it to--sorry, no cigar here.) Then the lullaby? Just a complete mess.
    I guess since I'm reviewing this on a song-by-song basis, I'll just list out the rest:
    -Do or Die: I rather liked this song though the lyrics were symplistic. It's fun to sing, but it doesn't have much depth. Still, one of the better tracks on here.
    -Bright Lights: Slow, repetitive, shallow. The theme in here about love is retch-inducing. Honestly, I skipped it, because after the parts when the lyrics start going "new new I couldn't listen anymore.
    -Conquistador: This is also fun to sing along to, yet the lyrics don't go as deeply as the usual Mars song.
    -The Race: Just okay. Really, the lyrics are shallow again, and can be fun to sing to, but nothing that would blow a fan away.
    -End of All Days: Just listened to the start, and I cannot recognize the band. Other than Leto's voice, there's nothing recognizeable from the band, because the style is so different, the lyrics are so...obvious, and the complexity isn't there. There isn't anything intense about this song, and I was ready to fall asleep from waiting for SOMETHING.

    Jared Leto's voice hasn't failed, it's just the lyrics being sung that aren't up to par.
    I can't say anything about the synthetics or guitar or background, as my main listening is to 30STM, Imagine Dragons, and Three Days Grace (with random songs thrown in.) However, the lyrics and the feel of the songs are definitely lacking to me, so I'm really disappointed by this album.    … Expand
  5. hornysoul
    Oct 6, 2018
    6
    Enfim... Eles estão de volta com boas músicas, mas este álbum não é o melhor deles. Algumas músicas são incríveis. O resto da coleção traduz-se em falta de criatividade e de sonoridades a pensar no "pop". De qualquer forma, a voz de Jared continua a soar lindamente.

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62

Generally favorable reviews - based on 11 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 11
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 11
  3. Negative: 0 out of 11
  1. Q Magazine
    Jun 17, 2013
    40
    Giant "woooaaahhs" abound but as with anything frantically chasing arena singalongs, Love Lust Faith + Dreams feels empty in the extreme. [Jul 2013, p.111]
  2. Kerrang!
    Jun 3, 2013
    80
    30 Seconds to Mars' latest collection is not cloying, expansive yet often economical, approachable without being familiar. [11 May 2013, p.52]
  3. PopMatters
    May 23, 2013
    60
    Flawed yet with some redemption, Love Lust Faith + Dreams is a mixed effort.
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