Blue Slide Park

Blue Slide Park is Mac Miller's debut studio album which was released on November 8, 2011 by Rostrum Records.
==Album Background==
On July 5, 2011, Mac Miller announced "Blue Slide Park" on his YouTube channel. The tracks "Smile Back" and "Blue Slide Park" were released as non-singles on September 23 and October 13, respectively. The latter track was released to commemorate the album surpassing 25,000 pre-orders. 
The album cover art was designed by his older brother, Miller McCormick. The album is named after a section of Frick Park (known as "Blue Slide Park") in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania near where Miller lived.
==Tracklisting==
#English Lane	1:37
#Blue Slide Park	2:29
#Party On Fifth Ave	2:53
#PA Nights	3:04
#Frick Park Market	3:17
#Smile Back	2:42
#Under The Weather	4:20
#Of The Soul	3:33
#My Team	2:25
#Up All Night	3:29
#Loitering	3:11
#Hole In My Pocket	0:35
#Diamonds & Gold	3:17
#Missed Calls	2:58
#Man In The Hat	3:16
#One Last Thing	2:58
==Chart Performance==
"Blue Slide Park" debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200 chart, selling 144,000 copies in its first week, making it the first independently-distributed debut album to top the chart since Tha Dogg Pound's 1995 album, "Dogg Food."
In its second week, the album fell to number 24 with 25,000 sales, one of the largest drops from number one at the time. Despite not being released as a single, the track "Smile Back" became Miller's highest-charting song at the time, reaching number 55 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart dated November 26, 2011.
As of August 2012, "Blue Slide Park" has sold 344,000 copies. On May 14, 2018, the album was certified gold by the RIAA for combined sales and streams in excess of 500,000 units in the United States.
The album earned 12,000 album-equivalent units in the week following Miller's death on September 7, 2018, allowing the album to re-enter the Billboard 200 at number 49.
In Canada, it debuted at number eight on the Canadian Albums Chart. On December 18, 2012, the album was certified gold by Music Canada (MC) for shipments exceeding 40,000 units in Canada.
==Critical Reception==
"Blue Slide Park" received generally mixed reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, the album has received a score of 58/100 (based on 12 articles) which indicates "mixed or average reviews".
Jon Garcia of AllHipHop.com gave the album a rating of 6.5 out of 10, criticising the production and claiming that "it's as if he hasn't found his sound yet".
XXL viewed the album's production more positively, but noted that Miller still has "room to evolve".
Jordan Sargent of Pitchfork gave the album a 1.0 out of 10 rating and wrote "Miller's world is a hermetic one, and unless it's one you inhabit, the album holds no appeal."
Category:Hip Hop
Category:2010s albums