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Album Title Goes Here
Deadmau5 Album Title Goes Here.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 21, 2012
Recorded2007–2012
Genre
Length79:53 (physical version)
82:07 (digital version)
Label
Producer Joel Zimmerman
Deadmau5 chronology
4×4=12
(2010)
Album Title Goes Here
(2012)
While(1<2)
(2014)
Singles from Album Title Goes Here
  1. "Maths"
    Released: February 17, 2012
  2. "The Veldt"
    Released: May 8, 2012
  3. "Professional Griefers"
    Released: August 14, 2012
  4. "Channel 42"
    Released: February 10, 2013
  5. "Telemiscommunications"
    Released: March 12, 2013

Album Title Goes Here (stylized as > album title goes here <) is the sixth studio album by Canadian electronic music producer Deadmau5, released on September 21, 2012 by Mau5trap and Ultra Records in the United States and Canada and by Parlophone Records in the United Kingdom. The album is considered to be more experimental than deadmau5's previous albums (such as 4×4=12 ), and he stated in an interview with Fuse that he had been considering producing music similar to his debut album Get Scraped again. [1] It is the last studio album by deadmau5 to be released by Ultra Records, as well as his only album to be released by Parlophone.

Contents

Album Title Goes Here spawned five singles: "Maths", "The Veldt", "Professional Griefers", "Channel 42" and "Telemiscommunications". The album received a nomination for Best Dance/Electronica Album at the 55th Grammy Awards.

Background

In a livestream on Ustream, deadmau5 said that the track "Sleepless" was supposed to contain the vocals he had recorded, but he claimed to have accidentally submitted the wrong file without the vocals. This led to the instrumental version of the song to appear on the final version of the album. [2]

Promotion

A music video directed by Paul Boyd was released for "Professional Griefers", which featured both deadmau5 and Gerard Way, and was promoted by Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). A fully animated music video for "The Veldt" made by Qudos Animations was released on 25 June 2012.

Reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 59/100 [3]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [4]
Consequence of Sound Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [5]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [6]
Now 3/5 [7]
Paste 8.5/10 [8]
PopMatters 6/10 [9]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [10]
Spin 5/10 [11]
Sputnikmusic2/5 [12]
The Vancouver Sun Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [13]

At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted mean rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, Album Title Goes Here received an average score of 59, based on 13 reviews, indicating "mixed or average reviews". [3] Some critics commended the album's collaborations and excellent production value, but others criticized its lack of creativity.

Commercial performance

The album debuted at number two on the Canadian Albums Chart with first-week sales of 13,000 copies. [14]

Selling 58,000 copies in the United States in its first week, Album Title Goes Here debuted at number six on the Billboard 200 and at number one on the Dance/Electronic Albums chart, becoming deadmau5's first number-one album on the latter chart. [15] It entered the UK Albums Chart at number nine on sales of 14,325 units, his highest-charting album in the United Kingdom to date. [16]

The track "Superliminal" was featured in Season 20 Episode 4 of Top Gear where Jeremy Clarkson drives a Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG Electric Drive. The track “Professional Greifers" was featured in Asphalt 8: Airborne & FIFA 13. The track "Channel 42" was featured in Need for Speed: Most Wanted.

Track listing

CD
No.TitleLength
1."Superliminal"6:15
2."Channel 42" (with Wolfgang Gartner)4:48
3."The Veldt (8 Minute Edit)" (featuring Chris James)8:25
4."Fn Pig"8:42
5."Professional Griefers" (featuring Gerard Way)4:04
6."Maths"6:38
7."There Might Be Coffee"7:00
8."Take Care of the Proper Paperwork"6:52
9."Closer"6:58
10."October"7:10
11."Sleepless"4:06
12."Failbait" (featuring Cypress Hill)4:49
13."Telemiscommunications" (with Imogen Heap)4:03
Total length:79:53
Digital download
No.TitleLength
1."Superliminal"6:33
2."Channel 42" (with Wolfgang Gartner)4:51
3."The Veldt (8 Minute Edit)" (featuring Chris James)8:41
4."Fn Pig"8:52
5."Professional Griefers" (featuring Gerard Way)4:06
6."Maths"6:54
7."There Might Be Coffee"7:03
8."Take Care of the Proper Paperwork"7:13
9."Closer"7:12
10."October"7:23
11."Sleepless"4:15
12."Failbait" (featuring Cypress Hill)4:51
13."Telemiscommunications" (with Imogen Heap)4:07
Total length:82:07
iTunes bonus tracks [17]
No.TitleLength
14."Strobe (live version)"4:55
15."The Veldt (Tommy Trash remix)" (featuring Chris James)6:45
16."Professional Griefers (radio edit)" (featuring Gerard Way)3:02
17."The Veldt" (featuring Chris James, music video)2:54
18."Professional Griefers" (featuring Gerard Way, music video)5:33
Total length:105:19
Limited edition bonus CD (> extra <) [18]
No.TitleLength
1."Professional Griefers (instrumental mix)"6:27
2."Professional Griefers (radio edit)" (featuring Gerard Way)3:03
3."The Veldt (Tommy Trash remix)" (featuring Chris James)6:50
4."The Veldt (Freeform Five remix)" (featuring Chris James)3:12
5."Strobe (live version)"4:57
Total length:104:18
Spotify bonus tracks [19]
No.TitleLength
1."Creep"6:19
Total length:86:12

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada) [47] Gold40,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Release history

RegionDateLabel
Australia [18] 21 September 2012 EMI
Germany [48]
Ireland [49] mau5trap, Parlophone
United Kingdom [50] 24 September 2012
France [51] EMI Music Publishing
Canada [52] 25 September 2012mau5trap, Ultra Records
United States [53]
Japan [54] 26 September 2012EMI

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