Salad Days
by Mac DeMarco

Salad Days by Mac DeMarco
Year: 2014
Release date: 2014-04-01
Overall rank: 448th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
80/100 (from 817 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top 5 albums of 2014 (5th)
Award Top 100 albums of the 2010s (59th)
Award Top 500 albums of all time (448th)

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Salad Days is ranked as the best album by Mac DeMarco.

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Salad Days track list

  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 84 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Overall rank: 448th | 2010s rank: 59th | 2014 rank: 5th
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2026stangetzawayTop 26 Music Albums of 201414/263
2026 RomanelliTop 7 Music Albums of 20145/72
2026leniadTop 10 Music Albums of 20142/105
2026LittleM1971Top 100 Music Albums of 20141/1005
2026 lleon79Top 17 Music Albums of 20145/174
2026matterhornriderTop 100 Music Albums of the 2010s57/1009
2026tyleraeppsTop 100 Greatest Music Albums80/10021
2026 swedTop 100 Music Albums of the 2010s89/1002
2026saltysurpriseTop 42 Music Albums of 201417/423
2026TroutMaskGregTop 100 Music Albums of the 2010s77/1005
2026brent13Top 16 Music Albums of 201411/162
2026 cestuneblagueTop 100 Music Albums of 201464/1002
2026leniadTop 100 Music Albums of the 2010s22/10016
2026 covecoveTop 50 Music Albums of 201411/504
2026JohnnyoAlbums of the year 2014 by Obscure Sound11/21 -
2026jdizzle123456Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s93/1002
2026blueandthemoonTop 100 Music Albums of the 2010s90/1002
2026wizardalienTop 100 Greatest Overseas Albums65/100 -
2026 RepoTop 26 Music Albums of 20142/265
2026 TamthebamTop 89 Music Albums of 20147/895
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 557
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 3,777
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Average Rating: 
80/100 (from 817 votes)
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03/14/2026 15:55 Vulgarplacards  Ratings distribution  6494/100
 
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03/12/2026 14:28 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  8,15470/100
 
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03/07/2026 16:09 BoxFL  Ratings distribution  2,74651/100
 
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02/11/2026 14:44 MartinFransson  Ratings distribution  3455/100

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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 78.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 79.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.4.

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From 12/02/2023 11:52 | #300260
A perfect album
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45/100
From 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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Rating:  
60/100
From 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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100/100
From 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 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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80/100
From 12/10/2021 06:50 | #277318
81.82

Un disco calmado y que en la segunda escuchada ha crecido en comparación a la primera. La primera vez me pareció muy simple, pero en la segunda me di cuenta que logra crear un ambiente apacible, con elementos psicodélicos que me hacen visualizar la playa y en general un ambiente de relajación. Mejor canción: Salad Days.
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80/100
From 11/26/2021 18:03 | #276712
Que álbum incrível! As melodias são excelentes e brilhantismos psicodélicos!
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From 06/09/2020 10:43 | #253139
The talent this guy has is insane. One of the very, very few artists I've heard that didn't start in the 60's or 70's, and the only one who started after the 90's. So far.
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85/100
From 04/23/2020 22:58 | #250455
Favorite Tracks: Salad Days, Blue Boy, Let Her Go
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60/100
From 03/15/2020 16:53 | #248758
bland soft rock that reminds me a bit of blur, but without their quirky alternativeness.
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