While(1 Is Less Than 2)

while(1<2)
Studio album by deadmau5
Released	17 June 2014
Recorded	2006, 2008, 2014
Genre	Progressive house electro house trip hop downtempo ambient
Length	130:53 (mixed) 139:17 (unmixed)
Label	mau5trap Astralwerks Virgin EMI
Producer	Joel Zimmerman
deadmau5 chronology
Album Title Goes Here (2012) while(1<2) (2014) W:/2016ALBUM/ (2016)
Singles from while(1<2)
"Avaritia" Released: 20 May 2014 "Seeya" Released: 27 May 2014 "Infra Turbo Pigcart Racer" Released: 3 June 2014 "Phantoms Can't Hang" Released: 10 June 2014

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	66/100[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]
Billboard	[3]
Consequence of Sound	B[4]
Los Angeles Times	[5]
The National	[6]
Q	[7]
Rolling Stone	[8]
Slant Magazine	[9]
Spin	8/10[10]

while(1<2) (pronounced as While (1 Is Less Than 2)) is the seventh studio album by the Canadian electronic music producer deadmau5, released on 17 June 2014 by mau5trap and Astralwerks in the United States and Canada and by Virgin EMI Records internationally. It is his first studio album to be released by Virgin EMI and Astralwerks. 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.^[11]

Background

On 7 January 2014, deadmau5 announced on Twitter that his 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.^[12] On 10 May 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 17 June 2014 with a physical release on 24 June.^[13]

Singles

The first single "Avaritia" became available for purchase on 20 May 2014.^[14] One week later, the second single "Seeya", featuring singer Colleen D'Agostino from the band The Material, was made available for purchase on iTunes.^[15] On 2 June 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.^[16][17] 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 10 June 2014.^[18][19]

Track listing

Disc 1 (unmixed)
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Avaritia"	6:42
2.	"Coelacanth I"	2:46
3.	"Ice Age (deadmau5 Remix)" (by How to Destroy Angels)	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 (deadmau5 Remix)" (by Nine Inch Nails)	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) [disc 1]"	1:07:12
2.	"while(1<2) [disc 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)[20] 9 Australian Dance Albums (ARIA)[21] 2 Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[22] 36 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[23] 36 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[24] 52 Canadian Albums (Billboard)[25] 5 Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[26] 25 Dutch Albums (MegaCharts)[27] 36 French Albums (SNEP)[28] 165 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[29] 31 Irish Albums (IRMA)[30] 25 Italian Albums (FIMI)[31] 52 New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[32] 25 Scottish Albums (OCC)[33] 13 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[34] 25 UK Albums (OCC)[35] 14 UK Dance Albums (OCC)[36] 1 UK Digital Albums (OCC)[37] 7 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	17 June 2014[41]	Digital download	mau5trap, Astralwerks, Virgin
	24 June 2014[41]	CD
	July 2014[42]	3× vinyl

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