Five Easy Hot Dogs
by Mac DeMarco
User Score
5.6

Mixed or average reviews- based on 14 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 14
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 14
  3. Negative: 4 out of 14
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  1. banjofella
    Jan 20, 2023
    8
    As a fan of Mac's prior instrumental outings, this album was a nice surprise. Definitely not as lively as Some Other Ones, but that's ok. It's different, and I'm glad to see an artist continue to try different things. Also nice to have some more Mac instrumentals on streaming services as well.
  2. Ilovehardy1
    Jan 21, 2023
    10
    This album is so beautiful I love it so much it’s amazing more people need to listen to this album multiple times and I have listened to it twice in 2 days!
  3. Nick7
    Feb 3, 2023
    10
    When I heard he was going to release a new instrumental I just hoped it would be as good as or surpass "Some Other Ones". I listened to it as soon as he released it on spotify and I admit I had a hard time finding anything nice about it. Until two days later I started doing housework, cleaning, tidying up...and I played the whole album in the background on the TV...at that moment I knewWhen I heard he was going to release a new instrumental I just hoped it would be as good as or surpass "Some Other Ones". I listened to it as soon as he released it on spotify and I admit I had a hard time finding anything nice about it. Until two days later I started doing housework, cleaning, tidying up...and I played the whole album in the background on the TV...at that moment I knew it's a great album and super recommendable to play it on loop over and over again...it's impossible to get tired of listening to it.… Expand

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#73 Best Album of 2023
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Metascore
68

Generally favorable reviews - based on 11 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 11
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 11
  3. Negative: 0 out of 11
  1. Mojo
    Feb 22, 2023
    80
    This is no holding exercise. Instead, think beautifully conceived curio. [Apr 2023, p.85]
  2. Uncut
    Feb 15, 2023
    60
    Despite the scattered and itinerant nature of the process, there's a pleasing coherence and warmth to the record. [Apr 2023, p.26]
  3. Clash Music
    Jan 23, 2023
    60
    ‘Five Easy Hot Dogs’ isn’t going to win DeMarco any more fans, nor will it distract from his past triumphs. ... This instrumental offering will, like most of his tunes, act as great company for those who just wanna lay back and disconnect from it all.
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