In Canada, the album debuted at number eight on the Canadian Albums Chart. Blue Slide Park 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. On May 14, 2018, the album was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for combined sales and streams in excess of 500,000 units in the United States. As of August 2012, the album has sold 344,000 copies. 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. 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. Commercial performance īlue 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 Dogg Food (1995). 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", and "he's mostly just a crushingly bland, more intolerable version of Wiz Khalifa". XXL viewed the album's production more positively, but noted that Miller still has "room to evolve". Jon Garcia of 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".
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At Metacritic, a site that calculates an aggregate score based on a number of professional reviews, the album has received a score of 58/100 (based on 12 articles) which indicates "mixed or average reviews". Critical reception Professional ratings Aggregate scoresīlue Slide Park received generally mixed reviews from music critics. The song peaked at number 23 on the Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart. "Up All Night" was released as the third single digitally via iTunes on November 15, 2011. The song debuted at number 64 on the Billboard Hot 100. The second single, " Party on Fifth Ave.", also produced by ID Labs, was released on October 28, 2011, with an accompanying music video. At the time, it was Miller's highest charting single, surpassing " Donald Trump", which charted at number 75. The song peaked at number 60 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart. The album's first single, " Frick Park Market", was produced by ID Labs, and released alongside an accompanying music video on August 18, 2011. Blue Slide Park was released by Rostrum Records on November 8, 2011. The album cover art was designed by his older brother, Miller McCormick. The latter track was released to commemorate the album surpassing 25,000 pre-orders. The tracks "Smile Back" and "Blue Slide Park" were released as non-singles on September 23 and October 13, respectively.
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On July 5, 2011, Mac Miller announced Blue Slide Park on his YouTube channel. 6.2 United States – Blue Slide Park Tour.