Salad Days
by Mac DeMarco

Overall rank: 435th | 2010s rank: 58th | 2014 rank: 5th
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2026	lanadeleswift	Top 86 Music Albums of 2014	12/86	4
2026	jdizzle123456	Top 100 Music Albums of 2014	13/100	4
2026	Hayden	Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s	37/100	13
2026	Johnnyo	50 records for 50 years of Rough Trade	39/40	-
2026	Purplepash	Top 100 Music Albums of 2014	19/100	4
2026	wizardalien	Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s	41/100	12
2026	fabm0	Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s	89/100	2
2026	ornot27	Top 4 Music Albums of 2014	1/4	5
2026	blueandthemoon	Top 42 Music Albums of 2014	9/42	4
2026	swed	Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s	89/100	2
		Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in.		598
		Total Rank Score: The total rank score.		3,843

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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 79.6/100, a mean average of 78.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 79.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.4.

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BestEverAlbums 09/01/2026 16:00 in Monthly overall chart movements

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From rafaelcalazans 12/02/2023 11:52 | #300260

A perfect album (Edited)

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45/100

From ThuramThugood 12/25/2022 22:13 | #292214

Album Rating: 45.91
(505/11)

British Columbia’s 17th best Jack Johnson tribute act.

1.Salad Days. 56
2.Blue Boy. 28
3.Brother. 51
4.Let Her Go. 48
5.Goodbye Weekend. 42
6.Let My Baby Stay. 31
7.Passing Out Pieces. 45
8.Treat Her Better. 41
9.Chamber Of Reflection. 59
10.Go Easy. 56
11.Johnny's Odyssey. 51

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60/100

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Brad1770 08/16/2022 09:22 | #288529

One of those lightning in a bottle albums where an artist comes from relative obscurity to worldwide critical and commercial acclaim never to get close again and at the same time stealing the stoner slacker crown from Pavement and carrying the torch for the 2010’s

No, your LP isn’t warped this is how ‘Salad Days’ sounds

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From jbentley3997 06/29/2022 18:39 | #286817

this album feels like a wasted summer afternoon that you keep longing for in the best possible way

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65/100

From wizardalien 01/08/2022 22:02 | #278883

Great chilled music. Not as many highlights on it as This Old Dog for me. My highlights are Blue Boy and Salad Days (what a great opening 2 tracks to an album).

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