Five Easy Hot Dogs

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]

Five Easy Hot Dogs
Studio album by Mac DeMarco
Released	January 20, 2023 (2023-01-20)
Recorded	2022
Length	34:48
Label	Mac's Record Label
Producer	Mac DeMarco
Mac DeMarco chronology
Here Comes the Cowboy (2019) Five Easy Hot Dogs (2023) One Wayne G (2023)

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	66/100[4]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[5]
Beats per Minute	73%[6]
Exclaim!	7/10[7]
The Line of Best Fit	7/10[8]
Pitchfork	6.0/10[9]
PopMatters	6/10[10]
The Telegraph	[11]

The album received "generally favorable reviews", according to the review aggregator Metacritic.^[4]

Track listing

Five Easy Hot Dogs track listing^[1]

No.	Title	Length
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

All tracks are written by Mac DeMarco

Charts

Chart performance for Five Easy Hot Dogs

Chart (2023)	Peak position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[12]	169
Lithuanian Albums (AGATA)[13]	83

References

1. "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. "Five Easy Hot Dogs by Mac DeMarco". Metacritic. Retrieved January 21, 2023.
5. Thomas, Fred. "Mac DeMarco - Five Easy Hot Dogs Album Reviews, Songs & More | AllMusic". Allmusic. Retrieved January 21, 2023.
6. Smirnov, Aleksandr (January 20, 2023). "Album Review: Mac DeMarco – Five Easy Hot Dogs". Beats per Minute. Retrieved January 21, 2023.
7. Hudson, Alex. "Mac DeMarco's 'Five Easy Hot Dogs' Has Chill Beats to Study/Relax To". Exclaim!. Retrieved January 21, 2023.
8. Lim, Amaya. "Mac DeMarco explores the meaning of the journey on Five Easy Hot Dogs". The Line of Best Fit. Retrieved January 21, 2023.
9. Bromfield, Daniel (January 20, 2023). "Mac DeMarco: Five Easy Hot Dogs Album Review". Pitchfork. Retrieved January 20, 2023.
10. Moura, Rob (January 19, 2023). "Mac DeMarco Leaves Himself Behind on 'Five Easy Hot Dogs'". Popmatters. Retrieved January 21, 2023.
11. 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.
12. "Ultratop.be – Mac DeMarco – Five Easy Hot Dogs" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved January 29, 2023.
13. "2023 4-os savaitės klausomiausi (Top 100)" (in Lithuanian). AGATA. January 27, 2023. Retrieved January 27, 2023.