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8.0
102093
8.0 |
Q
Pop Lothario gets a partial rustic rebrand on intriguing fifth. Print edition only
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7.0
101821
7.0 |
Rolling Stone
Includes some of his most exploratory, genre-defiant music in years
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6.7
101824
6.7 |
A.V. Club
Musically, he remains one of the mainstream’s boldest artists. Unfortunately, Man Of The Woods’ thematic depth hasn’t quite caught up to the rest of his ambition. It’s not a fatal flaw, but it does make for a record that’s not quite as transcendent as it was built up to be
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6.7
102012
6.7 |
Consequence Of Sound
A funky, country-laced experiment that’s not nearly as bad as its early reputation suggests
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6.0
101966
6.0 |
musicOMH
Ultimately the album is three or four songs too long, but Man Of The Woods is rarely less than entertaining
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6.0
101825
6.0 |
The Independent
Timberlake isn’t re-inventing the wheel, but he solidly continues to experiment with R&B, funk, pop and soul, with Americana creating an interesting layer
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6.0
101826
6.0 |
NME
The smell of aged leather, woodsmoke and school orienteering trips might ooze flagrantly out of the soul marvel’s new look, but he’s still the funky pop magician we know and love
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6.0
101859
6.0 |
Evening Standard
Credit to him for pushing himself but it’s not always in the best direction
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5.3
101989
5.3 |
Gig Soup
If the artist trying to get us to believe he truly is a “Man of the Woods,” he definitely missed the target. This album is the vocal equivalent of glamping, and it will be hard to convince anyone otherwise
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5.0
101820
5.0 |
Slant Magazine
The further in one gets, the more the songs start to congeal together, loaded up with pop, country, and R&B signifiers until they're just one indifferent mass
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5.0
102114
5.0 |
Tiny Mix Tapes
Needlessly, unintentionally, and only occasionally, but there’s sadness somewhere in this holopop
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5.0
101823
5.0 |
Exclaim
It's hard to imagine Man of the Woods not being a hit, its tracks a steady stream for playlist fodder. But sound and feel are no substitute for soul
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4.2
101884
4.2 |
Pretty Much Amazing
A surprisingly unhandsome contribution from a great pop star
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4.0
101886
4.0 |
Sputnik Music (staff)
Maybe 2 of 2 and Man of the Woods are just a temporary low point, the equivalent of those 80s nadirs that James Brown, Bowie and all those other artists Timberlake admires seemed to hit
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4.0
101994
4.0 |
NOW
The album doesn’t sound phoned in, necessarily, but it absolutely sounds vacuous, vapid and clichéd
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4.0
102032
4.0 |
Clash
Lacking the effortless polish of previous releases, it troughs more than peaks and ends up floundering in its own ambition
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4.0
101871
4.0 |
The Observer
Failed fusion of rural rhythms
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4.0
102160
4.0 |
Drowned In Sound
Not an outright disaster but it is a significant disappointment – a record too preoccupied with image, volte face and forced “REAL” to fully engage as a coherent piece of craftsmanship
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4.0
102115
4.0 |
The Skinny
Timberlake’s new 'realness' is sold to us at fever pitch, over-produced and surprisingly chaste
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3.8
101819
3.8 |
Pitchfork
A huge misstep for the pop star. It is warm, indulgent, inert, and vacuous
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3.5
101822
3.5 |
The 405
Genuine or not, it simply doesn't work
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3.0
101879
3.0 |
PopMatters
Timberlake's worst album to date
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2.5
102147
2.5 |
Spectrum Culture
Quite possibly the worst statement by a major pop star this decade
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2.0
102048
2.0 |
Earbuddy
Taylor Swift’s Reputation may have been the worst pop album of 2017, but at least that abomination had a good song or two on it
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2.0
102101
2.0 |
State
It’s becoming more and more difficult to see a route back to genuine relevancy for Timberlake
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