While(1<2)
by Deadmau5
Metascore
66

Generally favorable reviews - based on 8 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 8
  3. Negative: 0 out of 8
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  1. Billboard.com
    Jun 17, 2014
    90
    Sprawling, ambitious and mostly well-executed, While (1<2) may confuse his fan base’s Ultra-attending electro house contingent, but deadmau5’s double album undoubtedly marks his most mature and forward-thinking release to date.
  2. Spin
    Jun 23, 2014
    80
    Quality-wise, the second half of the album has a higher batting average.
  3. Consequence
    Jun 23, 2014
    75
    While(1<2) offers a more thorough understanding of the dance music culture than the main stage at Ultra has done over the last six years.
  5. Los Angeles Times
    Jun 17, 2014
    75
    Deadmau5’s double-album leviathan While(1<2), however, makes room for many new moods while playing with his genre’s formulas.
  6. AllMusic
    Jun 17, 2014
    70
    While(1<2) is a very good, very restrained, and very inspired Deadmau5 effort.
  7. Q Magazine
    Jul 2, 2014
    60
    Ultimately, while(1<2) is overlong and never quite the cohesive masterpiece it wants to be, but there's tantalising evidence of a smart brain ticking away beneath those big Disney ears. [Aug 2014, p.114]
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  8. Slant Magazine
    Jun 23, 2014
    40
    Repeating very simple, barely there melodies over spare arrangements and ghostly keys is fine when you're soundtracking a Michael Mann film, but it isn't enough to fill the long gaps between your club-crashers.
  9. Rolling Stone
    Jun 17, 2014
    40
    For his seventh album, Deadmau5 has turned from an electro-house polymath into the world's most unnecessary Nine Inch Nails tribute act.... However, erase the Reznor fan fiction from this 141-minute behemoth, and there's a solid 64-minute house record hidden in there.

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User Score
8.1

Universal acclaim- based on 87 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 73 out of 87
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 87
  3. Negative: 7 out of 87
  1. jeanmontpas6
    Jan 17, 2015
    10
    Fifteen dollars is given,
    All tracks of this album are works of art !!! I've never heard a better song than Avaritia !!! Continue like this deadmau5.
  2. PMGamer
    Jun 24, 2014
    9
    Deadmau5 shows a much deeper side of himself and his power as a songwriter, this album certainly is more experimental and less club friendlyDeadmau5 shows a much deeper side of himself and his power as a songwriter, this album certainly is more experimental and less club friendly but for his true fans it's a great and satisfying album.… Full Review »
  3. FailedStunt78
    Jul 25, 2014
    10
    Definitely Deadmau5's best effort yet. This is the first deadmau5 album that actually feels like an album and not just a compilation of songs,Definitely Deadmau5's best effort yet. This is the first deadmau5 album that actually feels like an album and not just a compilation of songs, and you can really see that in the 2nd disc.
    The highs are:

    Disc 1
    Avaritia, My Pet Coelacanth. Infra Turbo Pigcart Racer, Somewhere Up Here, Phantoms Can't Hang, and Gula

    Disc 2
    Acedia, Errors in My Bread, Rlyehs Lambet, Mercedes, Bleed, Monday, Pets, and Seeya

    My least favorite is creep, and its probably because i haven't listened to it that much or I just like the other ones more. But regardless, amazing album. Congrats Joel. Don't have your opinion based on a score or critics opinion. Have your own.
    ,    … Full Review »
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