30 Seconds to Mars (album) the ancient Chinese military treatise "The Art of War", attributed to Sun Tzu. The track "Revolution", excluded from the final track listing, was considered by some critics as having an anti-American tone. Leto rejected the claim and explained that it can be taken "many different ways" and if taken literally or politically, it could be misinterpreted. He said that the band "didn't want a song like that to overshadow what we are about" and especially after the September 11 attacks, they felt it did not fit thematically with the rest of the album, stating that "it took on new dimensions".
Too Close to the Sun on 'formulas which have proved capable of attracting a steady flow of ... customers.' There seems little danger of anyone taking "Too Close to the Sun" for one of these." Ben Dowell of "thelondonpaper" commented, "Even literary giant Ernest Hemingway would be hard pressed to summon words damning enough to capture quite how appalling, risible and offensively drab John Robinson's musical – yes musical ... is." Dowell gave it a no-star rating. Too Close to the Sun Too Close to the Sun is a musical with a book by Roberto Trippini and music and lyrics by Trippini and John Robinson,