Salad Days (studio album)
by Mac DeMarco

Salad Days by Mac DeMarco
Year: 2014
Release date: 2014-04-01
Overall rank: 448th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
80/100 (from 812 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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  Track ratingsTrack ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 84 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Average Rating: 
80/100 (from 812 votes)
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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 79.7/100, a mean average of 78.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 79.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.3.

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Salad Days comments

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100/100
From 12/02/2023 11:52
A perfect album
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45/100
From 12/25/2022 22:13
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
#292214 | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | -1 votes (0 helpful | 1 unhelpful)
Rating:  
60/100
From 08/16/2022 09:22
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
#288529 | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | 0 votes (0 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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100/100
From 06/29/2022 18:39
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
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
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
Que álbum incrível! As melodias são excelentes e brilhantismos psicodélicos!
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From 06/09/2020 10:43
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
Favorite Tracks: Salad Days, Blue Boy, Let Her Go
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From 03/15/2020 16:53
bland soft rock that reminds me a bit of blur, but without their quirky alternativeness.
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