The most divisive album of the year. It was also one of the most brilliantly subversive to anyone willing to get over it's coarse surface and dig deeper. In the end, "Goblin" was a love or hate proposition, and while at first it was totally cool to love it, now everyone and their overly-sensitive brother is piling on to trash it. Regardless of all the politically correct hand-wringing and critics attempting to distance themselves from Tyler, he still has plenty of kids listening. This summer I watched in awe as he drew the largest most passionate crowd that I've ever seen at Pitchfork, even in the kijillion degree heat and humidity. Likely if you are against Tyler and his crew, then nothing I could say will probably change your mind, but if you want to read my defense of the record, and why I still stand 100% behind this record, then you can read my rather lengthy original review here. The short version is that this was the most punk fucking rock record of 2011, and I love punk rock."Yonkers"
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