Man of the Woods
by Justin Timberlake
  • Record Label: RCA
  • Release Date: Feb 2, 2018
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6.1

Generally favorable reviews- based on 765 Ratings

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  1. Positive: 409 out of 765
  2. Mixed: 99 out of 765
  3. Negative: 257 out of 765
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  1. nikoziko
    Feb 3, 2018
    3
    what the **** is this album?? i've never been a big justin timberlake album but this album is horrible i only liked 2 tracks and pretty much disliked every other song like wtf is the production and some of these vocals are terrible ,justin's worst project yet
  2. Sarinha17
    Feb 3, 2018
    10
    Álbum maravilhoso Justin sempre provando que é o melhor tenho orgulho em ser sua fã. Sempre revolucionando o mundo da música.
  3. motwThay
    Feb 3, 2018
    10
    album incrivel
    diferente
    unico
    tenho nem palavras
    as pessoas deviam ouvir antes de julgar uma obra prima dessa slk
  4. Gabihunker
    Feb 3, 2018
    10
    Muito bom o álbum!!!!! Muito talento envolvido... Verdadeiro Príncipe do Pop!!!
  5. thayaneJT18
    Feb 3, 2018
    10
    album incrível justin se arriscou ,foi totalmente livre nesses album
    mt bom as musicas são otimas e quem dá zero aq é mt fã modinha se doendo de
    recalque
  6. Vancomycin
    Feb 3, 2018
    1
    It's disappointing when an artist like JT sells out to the sound of a performer like Bruno Mars who undeservedly sweeps the Grammy's. I would say "avoid this album" except we all know that can't happen since Justin Timberlake will be using the single largest television event of the year to push this corpulence on us.
  7. longlifeartpop
    Feb 3, 2018
    0
    This album is just a Joanne wannabe. It's maybe the worst album I ever listen
  8. manofthewoods20
    Feb 3, 2018
    10
    Really really good album! Enjoyed every single second of it. Can't wait to see him performing live!!
  9. Denski
    Feb 3, 2018
    3
    A very messy album the only good song is the new one with chris stapleton. So sad that JT gets the promo of the superbowl. This is a bad album!
  10. benaminoooooooo
    Feb 3, 2018
    5
    Errrrrr de fato é o álbum mais confuso do Justin, muitas vezes parecia que eu estava ouvindo um disco arranhado, o que aconteceu Justin?
  11. david_Dinsmore
    Feb 3, 2018
    0
    Acho que ele compôs o disco em período de caganeira, mesmo que deitar em um rio de fezes fosse mais agradável que escutar esse disco.
  12. orangeJT
    Feb 3, 2018
    10
    *** mt bom esse album topppppppppppppp mané curti mt,incrivel esse albuim sem palavras amei flanell entre as outras motw é um hino desculpa
  13. sonserina
    Feb 3, 2018
    10
    Haters gonna say it's fake... But he did save the music... Again! Trying to merge the past traditional music with a modern sound was a brilliant idea, risky but worth it. You can tell he's in a different place right now.
  14. montana12
    Feb 3, 2018
    10
    montannaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa na na na
    muito top esse album
    to viciada
    reizinho mesmo esse nosso Jt
  15. carmanchan
    Feb 3, 2018
    10
    justin timberlake never disappoints
    This album is incredible
    Too bad people love to hear loud trash
  16. dadaman
    Feb 3, 2018
    10
    flannel
    say somenthing
    higler higler
    livin the of land
    midnight summer jam
    young man
    man of the woods
  17. jt777
    Feb 3, 2018
    10
    justin timberlake nunca decepciona
    esse album tá incrivel
    pena que muita gente adora ouvir um lixo sonoro
    em vez de um album de qualidade
  18. queijo2
    Feb 3, 2018
    10
    album is incrible
    extraordinary
    congratitulations JT
    perfect
    love
    love
    love
  19. calmit
    Feb 3, 2018
    10
    muitoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
    bommmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
    haters vão dizer é fake
    album foda
  20. Suco1
    Feb 3, 2018
    10
    Haters gonna say it's fake... But he did save the music... Again! Trying to merge the past traditional music with a modern sound was a brilliant idea, risky but worth it. You can tell he's in a different place right now.
  21. marinaoliv
    Feb 3, 2018
    10
    Haters gonna say it’s fake. But the true is that this new JT album is so real.
  22. IgorCryBaby
    Feb 3, 2018
    8
    It's a great, relaxing album with a good lyrics. I don't understand the hate on this album, for me it's great.
  23. sockruhtese
    Feb 2, 2018
    0
    Who is the audience for this? That's one of the main problems with this album, or as one reviewer put it, a collection of songs released at the same time. That's what this is and that's all it is. Some songs will appeal to Timberlake's early audience but not the country/Southern audience he's trying to pull in with this album. And vice versa. This is by far Timberlake's worst album. It isWho is the audience for this? That's one of the main problems with this album, or as one reviewer put it, a collection of songs released at the same time. That's what this is and that's all it is. Some songs will appeal to Timberlake's early audience but not the country/Southern audience he's trying to pull in with this album. And vice versa. This is by far Timberlake's worst album. It is at times laughable, juvenile, fake woke, fake country, and just all around confusing. Justin seems to have confused not just us, but himself as well. He seems lost, not just on this album but in his life. Mid-life crisis?

    Songs like Livin' Off The Land and Breeze Off The Pond have a nice flow, chorus, and story. The Neptunes production is reminiscent of their hip hop and R&B work on the Justified album with the addition of a folk twist from Justin. Flannel is smooth; you can easily see him performing this at the Country Music Awards. The Hard Stuff has surprisingly meaningful lyrics which Justin is not known for. I think people were expecting the album to be more like these songs, which could have worked and stayed true to the concept Justin advertised this album to be. Unfortunately, Justin is unable to keep it up throughout the album.

    Songs like Waves and Midnight Summer Jam could have easily been on Justified; jam is a good word for the latter as it is reminiscent of Marvin Gaye's Got to Give It Up. Morning Light could have been on FutureSex/LoveSounds; it's this album's Until The End Of Time.

    Montana is a throw away track. Just filler. The lyrics are about getting a girl and letting her body tingle. What does that have to do with Montana? Again, more juvenile songwriting from Timberlake. Young Man comes off like Justin was just trying to check off a box, like "Here's my father/son song, y'all!" Typical. Will Smith did it better on Just The Two Of Us. The chorus for Higher Higher is weak; the best thing about this song is the production. Sauce is a mess. Again, who is the audience for this? Justin's juvenile penmanship shows up here again with the lyrics "I like your pink; you like my purple." OK, man of the woods.

    Now the singles. The video that introduced the album mentions outside, the woods, etc., and in the making of video Justin himself mentions country. Yet the first single Filthy is a futuristic sexual song. The second single Supplies is a juvenile concept ("I'll be the generator, turn me on when you need electricity") with a fake woke video to accompany it where Justin decides to cash in on current movements like Black Lives Matter and Time's Up; the problem is that he's simply not believable since many in the black community consider him to be a culture vulture and many in the #metoo movement have called him out for his hypocrisy for working with Woody Allen. The third single Say Something is the best so far yet the message of it being better to say nothing at all when it comes to controversial matters is a direct contradiction to the message he attempted to present in the video for Supplies. The fourth single Man of the Woods has a creative video to accompany it; the song however seems like a try-hard.

    Timberlake is wearing flannel and camouflage to promote this album. It's contrived. His attempts at country and the redneck lifestyle come off as him just trying them on like costumes. He wants us to believe that this is his roots, which is strange considering on his previous album he wanted us to believe R&B was his roots. For the most part, the Neptunes and Timbaland produced the hell out of this album. This album fails because Justin wasn't able to pull his weight. Apparently his suppli-i-ies are merely costume flannel, juvenile lyrics that prevent him from really saying something, and a man of the woods imitation that no one is buying.    … Expand
  24. andreymarinho
    Feb 2, 2018
    9
    you can see how personal this album is and it is a good one, higher higher is my fav and you can see a little bit of old Justin when you listen sauce. My opinion is: give a chance to man of the woods and you'll be taken to another level of music
  25. rafaelalmas
    Feb 2, 2018
    10
    Mais uma vez o príncipe do pop nos mostra o futuro. Enquanto alguns preferem o caminho mais fácil, JT prefere ousar e fazer algo diferente.
  26. nomaampam
    Feb 2, 2018
    1
    No mama, this album sounds tired and dated. It's like someone tried to remake FS/LS but failed terribly. He should stick to kind of acting in mediocre films by alleged child abusers. NEXT.
  27. nickolasmachado
    Feb 2, 2018
    10
    Justin show in this album the reason why he´s the best male singer from this century, and from those who don´t like all i said is Haters gonna say it´s fake.
  28. higherhigher
    Feb 2, 2018
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. MARAVILHOSO CONCEITO! PARABÉNS AO JT MAIS UMA VEZ POR ESSA OBRA BELÍSSIMA DE ARTE… Expand
  29. TrevorMcAdam
    Feb 2, 2018
    7
    A Perfectly Good Album with a majority of the tracks being great like Sauce,Higher Higher,Man of the Woods,and Morning Lights. There are some stinkers like Wave,Supplies,and Flannel but overall Man Of The Woods is a Pretty Good, Enjoyable Album
  30. smkmendez26
    Feb 2, 2018
    10
    Sauce e Higher, Higher são grandes destaques nessa gravação, que incrivelmente nos traz uma sonoridade diferente do cenário atual, e ao mesmo tempo sem sair da sua zona de conforto, Timberlake nos apresenta faixas que já soam como clássicos.
    Obrigado Justin, por nós apresentar essa obra... o Pop agradece!
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55

Mixed or average reviews - based on 29 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 29
  2. Mixed: 21 out of 29
  3. Negative: 3 out of 29
  1. Variety
    Mar 30, 2018
    60
    Although he’s not really mixing musical genres as originally promised, he’s mixing up some music and lyrics that shouldn’t really go together, which makes this one crazy peanut butter cup of an album.
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  2. Drowned In Sound
    Feb 14, 2018
    40
    Man of the Woods is 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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  3. Q Magazine
    Feb 13, 2018
    80
    Throughout, Man Of The Woods seesaws brilliantly between pop and country. [Apr 2018, p.116]
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