Justin Timberlake: “Futuresex/Lovesounds (Gatefold 2-LP Vinyl)

Jacket Condition: NEAR MINT — Jacket is graded as “Near Mint” as there may be slight shelf wear from normal handling. Corners are clean and sharp. Record Condition: NEAR MINT — Both records appear free from any major noticeable scratches or defects. They could probably use a good cleaning as they’re a bit dirty in a few spots, notably what appear to be marks from the paper sleeve. This is how the album arrived to me and I never bothered cleaning because I did not notice any impact on sound quality. See photos. I am including a protective clear plastic jacket sleeve at no additional cost. Will be shipped in a sturdy, protective cardboard record mailer and/or in a cardboard box wrapped in bubble wrap/protective packaging.

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DESCRIPTION

Justin Timberlake Futuresex/Lovesounds on double vinyl LP!

One spin of FutureSex/LoveSounds and it's hard to believe that Justin Timberlake was ever a boy-band barnstormer — no modern-day male artist beats him when it comes to single-minded self assurance or suavity. "SexyBack," the inescapable summer sizzler of a first single off this short and thrillingly unwholesome disc, makes that clear on its own: If there was ever any question about whether sexy was in need of reviving — a doubtful proposition at best, given the sheer volume of JT's gyrating counterparts — he lays it to rest instantly over a small but insistent Timbaland-concocted beat. On that track, Timberlake's appeal is his sweet but newly thuggish-sounding voice — here's a good kid gone bad, and he's determined to convince us of it not only by tossing a few well-timed mother****ers our way but also with such lyrics as "I'll let you whip me if I misbehave."

The rest of FutureSex will feel familiar to anyone who picked up 2002's brilliantly funk-flecked Justified: "Love Stoned/I Think She Knows Me," shifts from Michael Jackson-esque paranoid trilling to pulsating guitar rock; "Chop Me Up," a collaboration with Three 6 Mafia and Timbaland, gives up the grit rap-style but still manages to recall both Prince and Stevie Wonder; "My Love," with T.I., mines classic Timberlake territory with meltaway lyrics like 'I can see us holding hands walking on the beach/Our clothes in the sand'; and the straight-up but groovy lament "Losing My Way" asks, searchingly, what may be the silliest question a squeal-inducing pop star has ever posed: "Can anybody out there feel me?" Rest assured, JT: we feel every past-, present-, and future-sexy verse.

TRACK LISTING

1. FutureSex/LoveSound

2. SexyBack

3. Sexy Ladies

4. Let Me Talk To You Prelude / My Love

5. LoveStoned/I Think She Knows Interlude

6. What Goes Around.../...Comes Around Interlude

7. Chop Me Up

8. Damn Girl

9. Summer Love

10. Set The Mood Prelude/ Until The End Of Time

11. Losing My Way

12. (Another Song) All Over Again