Goblin
by Tyler, The Creator
  • Record Label: XL
  • Release Date: May 10, 2011
User Score
7.0

Generally favorable reviews- based on 258 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 170 out of 258
  2. Mixed: 63 out of 258
  3. Negative: 25 out of 258
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  1. Newstead544
    Sep 9, 2023
    10
    Easily one of the greatest albums ever made. Its genre-defying, dark and very intriguing to this day.
  2. andrilitvynchuk
    Aug 9, 2023
    6
    I liked that album when I was a kid but after maturing I guess it is just ok. Still, there are a lot of good songs
  3. ChiIIaoi
    Jul 19, 2023
    2
    Review só pra lembrar a nota que eu dei pro album:
    album ruim, agora só escrever pra passar dos 75 caracteres.
  4. All_ButTrU4
    Aug 25, 2022
    0
    Arrogance is the name of the game here and this record overflows with it. It's angry ,misogynistic and frustrating. It poses as anarchist and political when in fact it's just an edgelords attempt to set themselves apart from the crowd as misanthropic skater kid.
  5. SuperbaDMIke
    Jun 15, 2022
    6
    This album at first was great but then decent in the discography of TTC. Yonkers is the best song along with some others.
  6. JamesJennings
    May 9, 2022
    3
    Edgy for the sake of being edgy, stick it to the man and the media blah blah blah. We've all heard an album like this before. This album is the definition of growing pains. Bland production from early Tyler and lyrics that exist just to exist. I will admit that the lyricism is creative, but in the end it doesn't mean much of anything. This is one of the two sore spots in Tyler'sEdgy for the sake of being edgy, stick it to the man and the media blah blah blah. We've all heard an album like this before. This album is the definition of growing pains. Bland production from early Tyler and lyrics that exist just to exist. I will admit that the lyricism is creative, but in the end it doesn't mean much of anything. This is one of the two sore spots in Tyler's discography, along with the album that came before it. It's a shame, considering the next album and the ones to follow are such great pieces of work. If you are a fan of Tyler, the creator and haven't given this a listen, you owe that to yourself just to see how much he's grown.… Expand
  7. litvinich
    Apr 8, 2022
    7
    This album is a logical continuation of Bastard album with better instrumentals and bits. You can listen that in 2022 and think it was made several years ago
  8. maaahreeee
    Aug 26, 2021
    7
    great story and amazing album though not many standout songs, and feels week in comparison to bastard
  9. acethecreator
    Jun 18, 2021
    9
    A dark, captivating album that really shocks you - Tyler perfectly creates this atmosphere that reels you in, each song more shocking than the next. Solid album.
  10. SpartanBlood_17
    Mar 17, 2021
    3
    This album has his tracks, but some songs are just made to make the album longer. Not even the deluxe makes it good.
    Worst Tyler project.
    Not worth the listen. The only tracks to give a listen are "Yonkers", "She", "Radical", "Analog" and "Tron Cat"
    3/10
  11. Wrong_Opinions
    Dec 19, 2020
    6
    SWAG SWAG SWAG SWAG SWAG SWAG SWAG SWAG SWAG SWAG SWAG SWAG SWAG
    I can’t stand another second of this album with the horrocore lyrics talking about rape and murder and.... this is the creation of a depressed teenager and that’s all I can describe it as
  12. fabiovicencio
    Sep 26, 2020
    10
    He tell a history
    I even use this album to sleep and and i think this album revealed my homosexuality and i really can't explain why i love this album, cool album.
  13. QuintonKnight
    Jul 23, 2020
    7
    Tyler acts full on demon and I love it. Definitely some fluff in there, but its not too much of a problem. Very uncomfortable, but it's supposed to be.
  14. master_sebo
    Jun 8, 2020
    5
    TtC's Goblin is a decent, alternative hip hop record, which depicts the dark and masked psychic profile of a nineteen-year-old man, definitely shocking the listener. The album has a really good opening part, with tracks like Radicals and Transylvania, where Tyler succeeds in being a subversive, offbeat artisti, not mentioning Tron Cat or the nonconformist-love-song Her. However, the secondTtC's Goblin is a decent, alternative hip hop record, which depicts the dark and masked psychic profile of a nineteen-year-old man, definitely shocking the listener. The album has a really good opening part, with tracks like Radicals and Transylvania, where Tyler succeeds in being a subversive, offbeat artisti, not mentioning Tron Cat or the nonconformist-love-song Her. However, the second part of the record kind of disappoint the expectancies, with weak tracks like Sandwitches and Analog: furthermore, Window left me sort of deceived, due to me expecting a track with beat-shifts, or variation in the tone adopted by the artists involved (instead, we got a song that sounds the same for its whole length: 8 minutes!). Sometimes you definitely get the feeling that Tyler tried to experiment without the rationally conscious ideas necessary to create really good experimental stuff. Not a bad album, but the parts where you think "oh, that could have been done better" are way too much.… Expand
  15. C_dot
    May 22, 2019
    9
    An album that can be tough to digest at first, due to its dark beats and at times twisted lyrics. Once passed that, the greatness of the album can be seen. Tyler can be very aggressive and dark at times in the lyrics, but the album is masterfully written once one looks past the attention grabbing, horrror core lines. He weaves a fantastic story between this album, Wolf, and Bastard. TheAn album that can be tough to digest at first, due to its dark beats and at times twisted lyrics. Once passed that, the greatness of the album can be seen. Tyler can be very aggressive and dark at times in the lyrics, but the album is masterfully written once one looks past the attention grabbing, horrror core lines. He weaves a fantastic story between this album, Wolf, and Bastard. The story being told along with the excellent and unique production, and not to mention Tyler's born-to-be-a-rapper voice, and you get one of the best debut rap albums out there.… Expand
  16. Yeezyducky
    May 18, 2019
    10
    My personal favourite tyler's album, i loved wolf a lot but this one is just amazing, that's why i was really dissapointed with flower boy, i hated the wholesome vibe, and wanted more edgy and dark tyler
  17. Cavan
    Apr 27, 2018
    2
    Tyler's 2nd album Goblin is characterised by some of his weakest production, flows and the excessive amounts of unnecessary shock humour.
  18. Nardeen
    Mar 11, 2017
    8
    Both Goblin and WOLF are fantastic albums. However, I enjoyed WOLF a bit more, it had more OFWGKTA tracks and fewer themes of rape and killing. I think the reason for all the low rating on this album are because people hold Tyler's albums too high of a standard mainly because they assume that because Tyler's seen as the leader of OFWGKTA he should have better music than Frank Ocean andBoth Goblin and WOLF are fantastic albums. However, I enjoyed WOLF a bit more, it had more OFWGKTA tracks and fewer themes of rape and killing. I think the reason for all the low rating on this album are because people hold Tyler's albums too high of a standard mainly because they assume that because Tyler's seen as the leader of OFWGKTA he should have better music than Frank Ocean and Earl Sweatshirt. He is much different musically.… Expand
  19. beatledjb1
    Aug 9, 2016
    10
    This is a great album for a party containing both emo white kids and gang member black kids, so whenever i was in the hood and got funny looks, I would play this album and they'd ignore me, and when I'm surrounded by weird emo kids with weird hair I would play this album and they too would ignore me. A truly gifting album.
  20. foucauldian
    Aug 22, 2014
    10
    Must be understood in the context of Tyler's musical inspiration, such as surrealist rapper MF DOOM, who puts himself into absurd situations - only Tyler does the same with intentional meaning. Look beyond whatever potential so-called "shock value" there is.
  21. glasses1
    Nov 1, 2013
    8
    This a very inventive rap album from the underground. A very unique follow up to the great "Bastard", with it's cool flow and the genuine humor showed in the lyrics. My favorites off of this great album are "Yonkers" and "Sandwiches". The beats are better from the ones in "Bastard". This isn't an album for the easily offended, as it is quite dark. But, this album is strangely compellingThis a very inventive rap album from the underground. A very unique follow up to the great "Bastard", with it's cool flow and the genuine humor showed in the lyrics. My favorites off of this great album are "Yonkers" and "Sandwiches". The beats are better from the ones in "Bastard". This isn't an album for the easily offended, as it is quite dark. But, this album is strangely compelling for the listener and does have a message. Definitely worth a listen. Odd future is the … Expand
  22. Chaz779
    Oct 6, 2013
    10
    The way he tells this story of himself (Tyler) and his split personality (Wolf Haley) is pure genius and should go down in history of story telling in rap. Also a rap album without purely songs about weed and is always nice.
  23. simonsays
    Jun 14, 2013
    5
    When it's good, it's pretty good. When it's bad....yikes. The lows are too low for this thing to deserve any higher of a rating. Too often the beats are murky and sound like they were made by an amateur on some garbage computer program. In fact, this whole album just sounds like one long angry rant. Don't tell yourself it has a deeper intellectual meaning, because Tyler himself says inWhen it's good, it's pretty good. When it's bad....yikes. The lows are too low for this thing to deserve any higher of a rating. Too often the beats are murky and sound like they were made by an amateur on some garbage computer program. In fact, this whole album just sounds like one long angry rant. Don't tell yourself it has a deeper intellectual meaning, because Tyler himself says in interviews that it doesn't...he just likes to make music for shock value. It DOES have a few good tracks though for sure (Yonkers, Sandwitches, Analog). Bastard was better overall… Expand
  24. thugnificent2
    Mar 30, 2013
    7
    this album is mostly just ok songs that try to be funny, but there are a few songs that Tyler actually tried on. and they're really good. she is practically perfect
  25. duuuuuuuuuuke
    Dec 9, 2012
    7
    The sequel to the excellent album Bastard has very similar production and rapping like on Bastard. Tyler is still talking to his therapist Dr. TC and stills talks about rape just like on his first album. However, Goblin is to me is seen as the not as good version. The production on some songs is crappy and in some songs it sounds like Tyler is just talking about random things, but on theThe sequel to the excellent album Bastard has very similar production and rapping like on Bastard. Tyler is still talking to his therapist Dr. TC and stills talks about rape just like on his first album. However, Goblin is to me is seen as the not as good version. The production on some songs is crappy and in some songs it sounds like Tyler is just talking about random things, but on the other hand Tyler has shown his skills as a producer and a rapper. Songs like Yonkers showed good production and insane rapping. For the most part, Goblin was a pretty good sequel to Bastard.… Expand
  26. NKOAS
    Nov 17, 2012
    9
    The year
  27. Monstrosity
    Nov 9, 2012
    3
    Tyler is easily overrated. No flow, no lyrics, no style, hell the songs aren't even catchy. Shock value, shock value, Shock value. Gimmick with no substance lyrically or emotionally. I am a sucker for horrorcore but tyler has no skills period. Apparently theres some deep hidden message but who cares when the music sounds like garbage...
  28. Manik_Music
    Mar 21, 2012
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. OF TAPE 2 is too swagged out for its own good. Its needlessly high on its own swag. It gets so into itself that it canâ… Expand
  29. wololooo
    Mar 12, 2012
    5
    As with most Odd Future releases (with the exception of EARL and Frank Ocean's Nostalgia, Ultra), Goblin is inconsistant, gimmicky, and really nothing special. The lazy production and horrorcore-esque lyrics go to show that being different for the sake of being different doesn't always equate to good music.
  30. TTW107
    Feb 8, 2012
    7
    No where near as good as Bastard, Tyler's first mixtape which you could basically say was an album also. There is nothing better than the introspective nature of tyler, the creator's music, you absolutely feel the emotion he is putting through in songs like the opener goblin and she. The genius in tyler is shown in songs like yonkers, tron cat, and nightmare. And the odd future anthem isNo where near as good as Bastard, Tyler's first mixtape which you could basically say was an album also. There is nothing better than the introspective nature of tyler, the creator's music, you absolutely feel the emotion he is putting through in songs like the opener goblin and she. The genius in tyler is shown in songs like yonkers, tron cat, and nightmare. And the odd future anthem is nothing other than Radicals! One of the more interesting albums of 2011.… Expand
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72

Generally favorable reviews - based on 37 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 25 out of 37
  2. Mixed: 11 out of 37
  3. Negative: 1 out of 37
  1. Mojo
    Dec 12, 2011
    60
    Irksome and intriguing, compelling and calculated, Goblin confounds at every turn. [Aug. 2011, p. 104]
  2. No Ripcord
    Sep 20, 2011
    80
    This album then delivers anger, honesty and arrogance, all in sporadic scatter-gun fashion: the overriding feeling is confused, uncertain, often unreasonable, but ultimately well intentioned.
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  3. The Wire
    Aug 17, 2011
    60
    It's a shame that the the young skate rat seems to be so caught up in his own hype, as beneath the bluster and amped-up angst, there is something interesting going on. [Jul 2011, p.54]
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