Goodbye & Good Riddance


Goodbye & Good Riddance is the debut studio album by American rapper Juice Wrld. It was released on May 23, 2018, by Grade A Productions and Interscope Records. Production was primarily handled by Nick Mira, alongside several other record producers, including Benny Blanco, Cardo, CBMix, Don Rob, Dre Moon and Mitch Mula. It features a sole guest appearance from Lil Uzi Vert.

Background

In an interview with Zane Lowe on Beats 1 Radio, Juice WRLD spoke on the background of the album, stating:

Singles

The album's lead single, "All Girls Are the Same", was released on April 13, 2018. The song peaked at number 41 on the US Billboard Hot 100.
The second single, "Lucid Dreams", was released on May 4, 2018. The song peaked at number 2 on the Hot 100.
The third single, "Lean wit Me", was released on May 22, 2018. The song peaked at number 68.
The fourth single, "Wasted" featuring Lil Uzi Vert, was released on July 10, 2018, alongside a rerelease of the album, shortly after premiering on Zane Lowe's Beats 1 radio.
The fifth single, "Armed and Dangerous", was released on October 15, 2018, alongside another rerelease of the album. "Armed and Dangerous" peaked at #44 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Critical reception

Goodbye & Good Riddance received favorable positive reviews from music critics. At Album of the Year, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 62 based on four reviews.
Writing for The Young Folks, Ryan Feyre stated, "aside from a few unnecessary skits, Higgins solidifies himself as a more layered version of a drugged, lovesick artist, carrying a boatload of potential". Jay Balfour of Pitchfork described Goodbye & Good Riddance as "an adolescent breakup record that is equal parts endearing and grating", praising the album's sound: "his heart-on-his-sleeve coping sounds both ingratiating and grating. In that way at least, he's bottled up sad sap adolescence remarkably well". Bryan Hahn of HipHopDX criticized the lyricism for being "without any focus on creative stanzas or convincing in-depth first-person experiences". He later said Higgins has potential to grow as an artist, remarking "Juice's best potential songwriting is yet to come" and "Juice feels willing to keep things interesting for the sake of art and is backed by a moderate understanding in varied melodies and cadences". Anthony Fantano said: "Juice WRLD's brand of emo-infused trap can be great in small doses, but has amounted to a spotty full-length debut".

Commercial performance

Goodbye & Good Riddance debuted at number fifteen on the US Billboard 200 with 39,000 album-equivalent units in its first week. In its second week, the album moved up to number eight with an additional 45,000 units. In its third week, the album climbed the chart to number six with 42,000 album-equivalent units. On December 5, 2018, the album was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America for combined sales and album-equivalent units of over a million units. As of March 2019, Goodbye & Good Riddance has earned a million album-equivalent units in the United States.

Track listing

Credits adapted from Tidal.
Notes
Sample credits
Credits adapted from Tidal.
Technical

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Chart Position
Belgian Albums 68
Canadian Albums 19
Danish Albums 27
Dutch Albums 36
Irish Albums 46
New Zealand Albums 48
Swedish Albums 42
UK Albums 80
US Billboard 20017
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums 9

Decade-end charts

Certifications