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while(1<2)
Studio album by deadmau5
Released June 17, 2014
Recorded 2006–14[1][2]
Genre Electronic, IDM
Length 130:53 (mixed)
139:17 (unmixed)
Label mau5trap, Astralwerks, Virgin EMI
Producer Joel Zimmerman
deadmau5 chronology

7
(2013)		 while(1<2)
(2014)		 At Play Vol. 5
(2014)
Singles from while(1<2)
  1. "Avaritia"
    Released: May 20, 2014
  2. "Seeya"
    Released: May 27, 2014
  3. "Infra Turbo Pigcart Racer"
    Released: June 3, 2014
  4. "Phantoms Can't Hang"
    Released: June 10, 2014
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source Rating
Metacritic 66/100[3]
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [4]
Billboard [5]
Consequence of Sound B[6]
Los Angeles Times [7]
The National [8]
Q [9]
Rolling Stone [10]
Slant Magazine [11]
Spin 8/10[12]

while(1<2) is the seventh studio album by Canadian producer deadmau5. It was released on June 17, 2014 by mau5trap, Astralwerks and Virgin EMI Records.

Many of the songs on the album were originally uploaded to deadmau5's SoundCloud account, before they were removed from the site in early 2014.[13]

Promotion

On January 7, 2014, deadmau5 announced on Twitter that his upcoming seventh album was completed. He also announced that it was a double album containing a continuous mix for each disc and that the album as a whole, minus the mixes, would contain 25 tracks.[14] On May 10, 2014, while(1<2) was officially unveiled by deadmau5 through his subscription service live.deadmau5.com and also announced the album's digital release date of June 17, 2014 with a physical release on June 24.[15] The album title is a reference to a computer programming language phenomenon known as an infinite loop, as well as a reflection of the two-disc nature of the album.

The first single "Avaritia" became available for purchase on May 20, 2014.[16] One week later, the second single "Seeya", featuring singer Colleen D'Agostino from the band The Material, was made available for purchase on iTunes.[17] On June 2, 2014, the third single "Infra Turbo Pigcart Racer" premiered on mau5trap's SoundCloud page. It was made available for download on iTunes and Beatport the next day.[18][19] The album's fourth single, "Phantoms Can't Hang", was also premiered through SoundCloud the day before its release on iTunes and Beatport, which was on June 10, 2014.[20][21]

Track listing

Disc 1 (unmixed)
No. Title Length
1. "Avaritia"   6:42
2. "Coelacanth I"   2:46
3. "Ice Age" (by How to Destroy Angels) (deadmau5 Remix) 6:51
4. "My Pet Coelacanth"   8:15
5. "Infra Turbo Pigcart Racer"   9:36
6. "Terrors in My Head"   8:37
7. "Creep"   5:37
8. "Somewhere Up Here"   5:10
9. "Phantoms Can't Hang"   9:15
10. "Gula"   6:56
Total length:
 69:46
Disc 2 (unmixed)
No. Title Length
1. "Acedia"   6:25
2. "Invidia"   3:16
3. "Errors in My Bread"   5:17
4. "Survivalism" (by Nine Inch Nails) (deadmau5 Remix) 3:37
5. "Silent Picture"   3:38
6. "Rlyehs Lament"   4:48
7. "Superbia"   2:14
8. "Mercedes"   9:38
9. "Bleed"   4:00
10. "Ira"   2:38
11. "Monday"   3:45
12. "A Moment to Myself"   3:28
13. "Pets"   7:31
14. "Coelacanth II"   2:36
15. "Seeya" (featuring Colleen D'Agostino) 6:40
Total length:
 69:31
Disc 2 bonus track
No. Title Length
16. "Petting Zoo"   7:31
Total length:
 77:02
Digital bonus tracks (mixed)
No. Title Length
1. "while(1<2) [part 1]"   1:07:12
2. "while(1<2) [part 2]"   1:03:41
Total length:
 2:10:53

Some physical copies of the album, including the vinyl version, feature the full version of "Infra Turbo Pigcart Racer", which is 10:36. The promotional single for the song also features this full version.

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2014)
  • Peak
  • position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[22] 9
Australian Dance Albums (ARIA)[23] 2
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[24] 36
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[25] 36
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[26] 52
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[27] 5
Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[28] 25
Dutch Albums (MegaCharts)[29] 36
French Albums (SNEP)[30] 165
German Albums (Official Top 100)[31] 31
Irish Albums (IRMA)[32] 25
Italian Albums (FIMI)[33] 52
New Zealand Albums (Recorded Music NZ)[34] 25
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[35] 25
UK Albums (OCC)[36] 14
UK Dance Albums (OCC)[37] 1
US Billboard 200[38] 9
US Dance/Electronic Albums (Billboard)[39] 1

Year-end charts

Chart (2014) Position
US Dance/Electronic Albums (Billboard)[40] 9

Release history

Region Date Format Label
Worldwide June 17, 2014[41] Digital download mau5trap, Astralwerks, Virgin EMI
June 24, 2014[41] CD
Mid-July 2014[42] 3× vinyl

References

  1. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDlp5fdKvto
  2. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NY24gKYqmNU
  3. ↑ http://www.metacritic.com/music/while12/deadmau5
  4. ↑ Jeffries, David. "Deadmau5: While(1<2) Review". Retrieved 14 September 2014.
  5. ↑ Medved, Matt (June 17, 2014). "deadmau5, 'while(1<2)': Track-By-Track Review". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved March 19, 2015.
  6. ↑ Staples, Derek (June 23, 2014). "deadmau5 – while(1<2)". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved March 19, 2015.
  7. ↑ Brown, August (June 17, 2014). "Tiesto and Deadmau5 make full albums, stretch attention spans". Los Angeles Times. Tribune Publishing. Retrieved March 19, 2015.
  8. ↑ Bouyamourn, Adam (July 7, 2014). "Album review: Deadmau5 – While (1<2)". The National. Mubadala Development Company. Retrieved March 19, 2015.
  9. ↑ Q. July 2, 2014. August 2014 edition, p. 114.
  10. ↑ R. Weingarten, Christopher (June 17, 2014). "Deadmau5 White (1<2) Album Review". Rolling Stone. Wenner Media. Retrieved March 19, 2015.
  11. ↑ Sullivan, Blue (June 21, 2014). "deadmau5: white (1 < 2)". Slant Magazine. Retrieved March 19, 2015.
  12. ↑ Kamps, Garrett (June 22, 2014). "Deadmau5 Disrupts EDM With the Sprawling, Awesome 'While (1<2)'". Spin. SpinMedia. Retrieved March 19, 2015.
  13. ↑ Tregoning, Jack (January 12, 2014). "Deadmau5 deletes his SoundCloud after 33 million plays". inthemix.
  14. ↑ Tregoning, Jack (January 7, 2014). "In other Deadmau5 news, his two-disc, epic-length album is done". inthemix. Retrieved January 14, 2014.
  15. ↑ Meadow, Matthew. "Update: Deadmau5 Announces Album Title And Release Date". Your EDM. Retrieved May 10, 2014.
  16. ↑ http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00K7JTHWG
  17. ↑ https://twitter.com/deadmau5/status/471165067464290305
  18. ↑ http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/hear-deadmau5s-odyssey-infra-turbo-pigcart-racer-premiere-20140602
  19. ↑ http://www.beatport.com/release/infra-turbo-pigcart-racer/1307584
  20. ↑ http://radio.com/2014/06/10/listen-deadmau5-reveals-new-9-minute-epic-phantoms-cant-hang/
  21. ↑ http://www.beatport.com/release/phantoms-cant-hang/1307607
  22. ↑ "Deadmau5 – While (1<2)". Australiancharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved June 21, 2014.
  23. ↑ "ARIA Dance – Week Commencing 23rd June 2014" (PDF). ARIA Charts. Pandora Archive. p. 17. Retrieved December 17, 2014.
  24. ↑ "Deadmau5 – While (1<2)" (in German). Austriancharts.at. Hung Medien. Retrieved July 4, 2014.
  25. ↑ "Deadmau5 – While (1<2)" (in Dutch). Ultratop.be. Hung Medien. Retrieved June 28, 2014.
  26. ↑ "Deadmau5 – While (1<2)" (in French). Ultratop.be. Hung Medien. Retrieved June 28, 2014.
  27. ↑ "Deadmau5 Album & Song Chart History" Billboard Canadian Albums Chart for Deadmau5. Retrieved July 4, 2014.
  28. ↑ "Deadmau5 – While (1<2)". Danishcharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved June 20, 2014.
  29. ↑ "Deadmau5 – While (1<2)" (in Dutch). Dutchcharts.nl. Hung Medien. Retrieved June 20, 2014.
  30. ↑ "Deadmau5 – While (1<2)". Lescharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved June 28, 2014.
  31. ↑ "Deadmau5 – While (1<2)". Officialcharts.de. GfK Entertainment. Retrieved July 4, 2014.
  32. ↑ "GFK Chart-Track Albums: Week 25, 2014". Chart-Track. IRMA. Retrieved July 4, 2014.
  33. ↑ "Album – Classifica settimanale WK 25 (dal 16-06-2014 al 22-06-2014)" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. Retrieved June 26, 2014.
  34. ↑ "Deadmau5 – While (1<2)". Charts.org.nz. Hung Medien. Retrieved June 20, 2014.
  35. ↑ "Deadmau5 – While (1<2)". Swisscharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved June 28, 2014.
  36. ↑ "2014-06-28 Top 40 UK Albums Archive". Official Charts Company. Retrieved June 22, 2014.
  37. ↑ "2014-06-28 Top 40 Dance Albums Archive". Official Charts Company. Retrieved July 4, 2014.
  38. ↑ "Deadmau5 Album & Song Chart History" Billboard 200 for Deadmau5. Retrieved July 4, 2014.
  39. ↑ "Deadmau5 Album & Song Chart History" Billboard Dance/Electronic Albums for Deadmau5. Retrieved July 4, 2014.
  40. ↑ "Dance/Electronic Albums: Year End 2014". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved December 17, 2014.
  41. ↑ 41.0 41.1 "deadmau5 | News | while(1<2)". www.deadmau5.com. June 17, 2014.
  42. ↑ https://twitter.com/deadmau5/status/478686297226485760