The 20/20 Experience (Deluxe Version)

AlbumMar 15 / 201312 songs, 1h 19m 32s
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8.4 / 10

On Justin Timberlake's first album in seven years, the pop superstar reunites with longtime producer/collaborator Timbaland for an album that seamlessly conflates the last 40 years of pop, soul, and R&B into a series of ambitious, long songs.

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Justin Timberlake is many things—singer, dancer, actor, dependable SNL host, all-around entertainer—but above all he is canny as hell. He would have to be to transcend the Orlando kiddie-entertainment cabal that birthed Timberlake’s career, to shake off his teenybopper past to the point where it’s not only become a…

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A highly inventive musical statement and a wealth of fresh, inspired beats, but ultimately bogged down by the weight of their own excess and extravagance.

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From Mouseketeer to boy band heartthrob to MJ disciple to Timbaland sidekick to "Dick in a Box" crooner, Justin Timberlake…

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You can count on one hand the number of artists who have made the breakthrough from teen-baiting boy band member to important, acclaimed darling of the critics.

<p>Justin Timberlake's third album is an orchestral funk opus notable for producer Timbaland's best work in a decade, writes <strong>Kitty Empire</strong></p>

The 20/20 Experience is all impeccable tailoring with little lining inside.

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One-time boybander Justin Timberlake's sonic intrepidness is giving him a longer career than anyone could have predicted – but maybe it's&nbsp;time to lay off the porny lyrics, writes <strong>Alexis Petridis</strong>

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Justin Timberlake - The 20/20 Experience review: Claims of revolutionism aside, it is very nice to hear Justin Timberlake sing again.

Justin Timberlake's new album, The 20/20 Experience, feels at once sleek, spacious and expensive, but relaxed and intimate, says Helen Brown.

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