Released 22 September 2009 Label mau5trapUltraVirgin Artist deadmau5 Producer deadmau5 | Recorded 2004-09 For Lack of a Better Name(2009) 4x4=12(2010) Release date 22 September 2009 | |
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Awards Juno Award for Dance Recording of the Year Similar deadmau5 albums, Electro house albums, Other albums | ||
Deadmau5 for lack of a better name continuous mix
For Lack of a Better Name is the fourth studio album and major label debut by the Canadian record producer and DJ deadmau5, released on 22 September 2009 in the United States and Canada by Ultra Records and mau5trap and internationally on 5 October 2009 by Virgin Records. The album features collaborations with MC Flipside ("Hi Friend!") and with Rob Swire of Pendulum ("Ghosts 'n' Stuff"). The album also contains the critically acclaimed song "Strobe". It is deadmau5's first album to be released internationally on the Virgin Records label.
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In popular culture
A music video for "Ghosts 'n' Stuff" was released in August 2009. "Ghosts 'n' Stuff" was also featured on a promo for the Canadian edition of So You Think You Can Dance in 2010. The songs "FML" and "Hi Friend!" are featured on an episode of Gossip Girl where deadmau5 appeared as himself. "Strobe" as well as the track "Cthulhu Sleeps" from his next album 4×4=12 also went on to appear in an episode of Epic Meal Time, in which deadmau5 also starred.
Songs
1FML6:59
2Moar Ghosts 'n' Stuff4:57
3Ghosts 'n' Stuff - Original Mix5:28