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Five Easy Hot Dogs
Studio album by
Mac DeMarco
ReleasedJanuary 20, 2023 (2023-01-20)
Recorded2022
StudioMac's road trip from Los Angeles to New York
Length34:48
LabelMac's Record Label
ProducerMac DeMarco
Mac DeMarco chronology
Here Comes the Cowboy
(2019) 		Five Easy Hot Dogs
(2023) 		One Wayne G
(2023)

Five Easy Hot Dogs is the fifth studio album by Canadian musician Mac DeMarco. A departure from the previous studio albums in DeMarco's discography, the album is entirely instrumental and was recorded during a road trip from Los Angeles to New York.[1][2] It was announced on January 4, 2023, and released on January 20.[3]

Background

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DeMarco recorded the album in 2022 during a road trip from Los Angeles and New York.[1] During the road trip, he stopped smoking and drinking, which he said that it was "pretty fucking difficult".[4] He booked multiple hotels during the trip, in which he stayed and recorded the songs in.[5] For recording equipment, he used a Lynx Aurora interface, eight API 312 preamps, dynamic microphones, a old Neumann U47, and two Genelec monitors.[6]

Critical reception

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Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic68/100[7]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[8]
Beats per Minute73%[9]
Exclaim!7/10[10]
The Line of Best Fit7/10[11]
Pitchfork6.0/10[12]
PopMatters6/10[13]
The Telegraph[14]

On Metacritic, the album received a 68, which indicates "generally favourable reviews", based on 11 reviews.[7] In a positive review by Mojo, "This is no holding exercise. Instead, think beautifully conceived curio."[7]

Beats Per Minute wrote, "Five Easy Hot Dogs is an incredibly addictive record that entices with its lightheartedness and almost weightlessness, which is aided by the absence of vocals and lyrics. It allows the listener to attribute their own meaning to these 14 compositions, while also being able to imagine DeMarco’s trip, driving town to town."[15] Exclaim! Magazine writer Alex Hudson wrote "It's certainly not going to produce the next "Viceroy" or "Chamber of Reflection," but it's an exceedingly pleasant listen — the kind of thing that's the perfect soundtrack for working and studying, or to make chores a little more tolerable."[16]

Pitchfork writer Daniel Bromfield wrote "Though each track is named for where it was recorded, there’s not much to distinguish one stop from another, and though you could connect the locations into a journey, these tracks don’t form an arc but play as if stacked atop one another."[17]

Point of view

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In a Document interview, DeMarco said this about the album

So many things are made with sample packs, with MIDI, on the computer—but I knew the record would sound like me. I only used the instruments I brought on the road. To me, the record sounds like an Ewok village.[18]

Track listing

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All tracks are written by Mac DeMarco

Five Easy Hot Dogs track listing[1]
No.TitleLength
1."Gualala"2:43
2."Gualala 2"2:26
3."Crescent City"2:27
4."Portland"3:05
5."Portland 2"2:12
6."Victoria"2:41
7."Vancouver"2:37
8."Vancouver 2"2:02
9."Vancouver 3"2:47
10."Edmonton"2:23
11."Edmonton 2"2:43
12."Chicago"2:24
13."Chicago 2"2:12
14."Rockaway"2:06
Total length:34:48

Charts

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Chart performance for Five Easy Hot Dogs
Chart (2023) Peak
position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[19] 169
Lithuanian Albums (AGATA)[20] 83

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Mac DeMarco Announces New Album Five Easy Hot Dogs". Pitchfork. January 4, 2023. Retrieved January 4, 2023.
  2. ^ "Mac DeMarco Announces New Album 'Five Easy Hot Dogs'". Stereogum. January 4, 2023. Retrieved January 4, 2023.
  3. ^ Blistein, Jon (January 4, 2023). "Mac DeMarco's Next Album 'Five Easy Hot Dogs' Chronicles an Epic Road Trip". Rolling Stone. Retrieved January 4, 2023.
  4. ^ Dazed (January 31, 2023). "Mac DeMarco: 'I'd like to feel some kind of peace'". Dazed. Retrieved November 29, 2024.
  5. ^ Five Easy Hot Dogs by Mac DeMarco on Apple Music, January 20, 2023, retrieved November 29, 2024
  6. ^ "Mac DeMarco: "I like to respect the way that recordings come to be"". MusicTech. Retrieved November 29, 2024.
  7. ^ a b c "Five Easy Hot Dogs by Mac DeMarco". Metacritic. Retrieved January 21, 2023.
  8. ^ Thomas, Fred. "Mac DeMarco - Five Easy Hot Dogs Album Reviews, Songs & More | AllMusic". Allmusic. Retrieved January 21, 2023.
  9. ^ Smirnov, Aleksandr (January 20, 2023). "Album Review: Mac DeMarco – Five Easy Hot Dogs". Beats per Minute. Retrieved January 21, 2023.
  10. ^ Hudson, Alex. "Mac DeMarco's 'Five Easy Hot Dogs' Has Chill Beats to Study/Relax To". Exclaim!. Retrieved January 21, 2023.
  11. ^ Lim, Amaya. "Mac DeMarco explores the meaning of the journey on Five Easy Hot Dogs". The Line of Best Fit. Retrieved January 21, 2023.
  12. ^ Bromfield, Daniel (January 20, 2023). "Mac DeMarco: Five Easy Hot Dogs Album Review". Pitchfork. Retrieved January 20, 2023.
  13. ^ Moura, Rob (January 19, 2023). "Mac DeMarco Leaves Himself Behind on 'Five Easy Hot Dogs'". Popmatters. Retrieved January 21, 2023.
  14. ^ Akinfenwa, Jumi (January 20, 2023). "John Cale resists nostalgia, Måneskin are making rock fun again – the week's best albums". The Telegraph. Retrieved January 21, 2023.
  15. ^ Smirnov, Aleksandr (January 20, 2023). "Album Review: Mac DeMarco – Five Easy Hot Dogs". Beats Per Minute. Retrieved November 29, 2024.
  16. ^ "Mac DeMarco's 'Five Easy Hot Dogs' Has Chill Beats to Study/Relax To │ Exclaim!". Mac DeMarco's 'Five Easy Hot Dogs' Has Chill Beats to Study/Relax To │ Exclaim!. Retrieved November 29, 2024.
  17. ^ Bromfield, Daniel. "Mac DeMarco: Five Easy Hot Dogs". Pitchfork. Retrieved November 29, 2024.
  18. ^ "The winding path to Mac DeMarco's 'Five Easy Hot Dogs'". January 26, 2023. Retrieved November 29, 2024.
  19. ^ "Ultratop.be – Mac DeMarco – Five Easy Hot Dogs" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved January 29, 2023.
  20. ^ "2023 4-os savaitės klausomiausi (Top 100)" (in Lithuanian). AGATA. January 27, 2023. Retrieved January 27, 2023.
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