While(1 Is Less Than 2)

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While(1<2)
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Studio album by
ReleasedJune 17, 2014
Recorded2006–2014
Genre
Length130:53 (mixed)
139:17 (unmixed)
Label
Producer Joel Zimmerman
Deadmau5 chronology
Album Title Goes Here
(2012)
While(1<2)
(2014)
5 Years of Mau5
(2014)
Deadmau5 studio album chronology
Album Title Goes Here
(2012)
While(1<2)
(2014)
W:/2016Album/
(2016)
Disc 1 (unmixed)
No.TitleLength
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.TitleLength
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.TitleLength
16."Petting Zoo"7:31
Total length:77:02
Digital bonus tracks (mixed)
No.TitleLength
1."while(1<2) [disc 1]"1:07:12
2."while(1<2) [disc 2]"1:03:41
Total length:2:10:53

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Charts

Release history

Release history for While(1<2)
RegionDateFormatLabel
Various17 June 2014 [40] Digital download Mau5trap, Astralwerks, Virgin
24 June 2014 [40] CD
July 2014 [41] Vinyl

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