For Lack of a Better Name

Studio album by deadmau5

Released

22 September 2009

Recorded

2004-09

deadmau5 chronology

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(2008)

For Lack of a Better Name
(2009)

4x4=12
(2010)

Singles from For Lack of a Better Name

"Hi Friend!"
Released: 18 August 2008
"Ghosts 'n' Stuff"
Released: 24 November 2008
"Word Problems"
Released: March 2009
"Bot"
Released: March 2009
"Lack of a Better Name"
Released: 28 July 2009
"Strobe"
Released: 23 February 2010

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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 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.

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.

^*sales figures based on certification alone
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