Justified

Beta heavy pop, good voice

Wasn't in mood for Justin Sorry Justin

A triumph of production over content - another white boy desperately trying to be black. Only one tiny fragment of melody caught my attention, but that was because it was shared with the Rolling Stones' Paint It Black. Otherwise I could listen to this all day and not remember a single bar. I loathe this style of music.

Yeah... some of this early 2000's pop/R&B just has not aged well.

Certainly a product of its time, and I mean this in a bad way

This is so bad other than senorita and cry me a river. So many of these were misses in so many different ways

So this album came out when I was 5. Kid me didn’t like Timberlake and kid me was right. PS. Too many whispery “girl and baby” phrases. 2/5

I don’t know why this is on the list

This is probably the most "dated" album I've heard from this list so far. It feels very early 2000's, and doesn't really have any moments that feel like they have much power twenty years later. I honestly don't remember the last time one of these songs was either on the radio or in conversation, and I was the right age when this came out. I had multiple NSYNC albums at that point. It's not bad, but it's not really good, either, especially now. Also, the CD era made albums worse. This is clearly stretched a bit. I think there are quite a few albums that work as a longer experience, but most "mainstream" albums test my attention span if they cross the hour mark.

hahaha señorita als erste track stimmt mich ja schomal positiv DE TIMBERLAKE ISCH SO FUCKING ERFOLGRICH IMMERNO??? E STUND GAHTS SALBUM ÖÖHHHÄAAAAÖÖ?? muss aber sege ich han en soft spot für de 2000er style, die gschissni frisur, de weirde background ufem cover I LOVE IT ok señorita nüt speziells hahah, er chan schono singe hahahaha oke de schluss isch iwie kinda funny, kinda major cringe ewww iwie chli grüselig BOUM DRUMMMMMS UF LIKE I LOVE YOU ok so krass ischs nöd gsi "break it down" jap danke justin poah orientalism?? he er chan scho singe aber d lieder sind eifach arschlangwilig hahaha ok cry me a river het chli charme ah und es isch halt ständig so horny wo eifach normal gsi isch achhh das jedes scheiss lied rifach mindestens 4.5 min gaht isch au eifach nöd tragbar nothin else het chlii en andere vibe, entspricht mier chli meh bruderjakobi ich schlaf jz denn ih was ischhhhh daaas es ZIEEEHT SICH es git kein grund, no 2 min lang take me nowww (noww...noww...nowww..) z singe heja ich hans ghasst aber chan schlecht es 1 geh, so schlecht ischs denn au wieder nöd gsi

I liked a few songs, but this isn't an album I'd listen to again. No strong feelings about it.

Don't get me wrong. I like JT. I think he's hilarious and talented. But, I'd rather hit my thumb with a hammer than listen to this again.

I liked Cry Me a River, and I didn't care about any other song enough to remember them

So boring. Not even nostalgic, which is the one thing I thought I could count on. It's creepy how into himself he is/was. Great production, so thanks for that, I guess. Cry Me a River is the most interesting song...but the video is creepy as hell.

The album made me feel uncomfortable…

I don’t get it.

The only reason this album is saved from a 1/5 is Rock Your Body 2/5

Not sure why this album made the list. Several of his big hits are on it; lots of radio play but overall not a huge fan.

Not a fan. I actually really don’t like his voice. If I want to listen to R&B, there is a long list of other artists I’d rather listen to.

This album sounds as if it was written and produced by AI.

I generally like Pharrell but even the hits on this album have some weird choices. The ‘guys sing this’ bit on señorita is weird. Also the beatboxing on dance with me. The weird mouth sounds and mumbling under cry me a river is like sitting next to an adhd kid. There aren’t enough good songs on here

Not for me

2.23

Maybe two decent songs the rest is candy floss

WHY IS THIS AN HOUR LONG? NOT NECESSARY.

Pretty boring overall. It has its moments but it's really just a 2000's pop album with no real appeal to me.

Some songs are a little dull and others are good until they last too long, but Cry Me a River and Rock Your Body still ring off. Why isn’t the Clipse w credited feature on the second track?

Ultimately a swagless man

"Never again" is a song title that sums up how I feel about this album. Objectively speaking, not the worst I've heard on this list. Some elements weren't bad, but overall this is one I never want to hear ever again. 2/5

The production on the tracks is more interesting than the songs. It wasn't as bad a listen as I was expecting, but nothing too enthralling.

Other than the hits I really didn't like this at all. I found the songs very boring. Was never a JT fan really. Like it's fun looking back on ones you'd hear in the club but overall didn't hold up massively

Hard to get through. Didn't hate it QUITE as much as I expected though

I actually sat through a whole Justin Timberlake album! Maybe I don't deserve a medal for enduring this torture, but I feel justified in saying this really is a piece of crap. We've probably all heard Timberlake, I have "accidently" been forced to listen his songs through award shows, comedy shows (SNL), Super Bowls, in department stores, music videos and good ol' shitty radio. What's the appeal? Clearly, I am not his audience or demographic, much like Taylor Swift in a different way, but I can appreciate a sincere attempt at songwriting and performing and Justin doesn't cut it. Justin's music is so shallow and pandering, this is purely sell-out, homogenized, privileged white boy-pop that he wants us to believe he's more mature and talented than his boy-band days. The only reason I stuck it out until the end is I didn't hate it, it didn't bleed my ears or burst my brain, he's smoooooth and silky and not screaming at the listener, so I can tune it out easier. Other than that, I can't justify why this is on the list, makes it feel maybe this list isn't as "authentic" as I had hoped.

How the fuck did this album make the list of 1,001 albums you MUST listen to before you die?!? Jesus fucking christ, this was hot garbage. I'm rating this two stars because it's recognizable as "music;" one star reviews are reserved for Velvet Underground albums

Mikähän tän pointti oli taas listalla

Aika puuduttava levy. tää nollarimeno kuulostaa nykypäivänä auttamattoman vanhentuneelta. 2/5

Thought this was terrible. Extremely horny but also totally unsexy. Awful lyrics. Embarrassing. I quite like Cry Me a River though.

It's not Black Eyed Peas bad, but it's down there. iconic album of a dreadful era

13 sophomoric songs in which Justin tries to convince girls to have sex with him. And they all sound like bad MJ outtakes.

Good beats. Back half snoozefest.

Why is he looking at me like that? Feel like the Neptunes cooked but jt is so annoying, rough listen, rock your body an undeniable banger tho.

Really didn’t expect to see this on the list but yet here it is. This is a 2000s pop album through and through. It’s got gimmicky choruses and production fitting for a divorcee. JT may have etched out a new solo role for himself but it’s not one that’s desirable. This is pretty mediocre. 5.6/10

An embarrassing relic of a bygone era. Not bad, but not welcome. Just remember some critics came together and thought "Yup. This is it. This is that good shit." and now you get the privilege of listening to corporate sexual harassment pop.

Not a JT fan. Would go elsewhere if I were in the mood for pop R&B

A rough listen in an era of his current viewpoints and the background lyrical crafting.

Not for me. Some of the songs are listenable, but many are slow and/or boring. 2/5 Won’t listen again

In 2002, the only person doing a cheaper imitation of MJ was Jackson himself.

not offensively bad but i feel like it could have been way better?

This album is better than I thought it would be. I am still not crazy about it, but when everything aligns it can be fun. Rock Your Body is easily the best song here. My 3 biggest problems with this album: 1. Some songs are just cringy, or have cringy lyrics. 2. On some songs it sounds like he is trying to impersonate someone else, especially when he tries to show off 3. The album is just a little too long and some of the similar songs could have been cut. I would give this a high 2.

I’m a poptimist in general and there are JT/NSYNC songs that I do like, but this is just not for me.

This is purely for a certain percent of the population to which I don’t belong. Well, maybe on a dance floor with a great volume of alcohol…

This is not music meant for me. Maybe it's really good at what it is, but I don't like any of it.

Perky pop vibes. Very manufactured

Yet another ex-1001 album!™ http://1001albumsyoumusthearbeforeyoudie.wikidot.com/album-artists-a-z-ex I read at the time that most of the tracks were written for Michael Jackson, but he wasn't interested. When I eventually heard this album, all I could think about was, is Justin Timberlake doing an impression of Michael Jackson? It turned out well for Justin Timberlake, album was a success. I can see why it originally made the 1001 list with all famous people involved behind the scenes, and I can see why it was removed. It's a fleeting thing, moments lost in time, like tears in the rain... cry me a river, FFS!

I don’t know why this is here but some tracks are still good pop music. But I wouldn’t consider it a must listen too.

It's more about the Neptunes than Timberlake. JT is no MJ

Not my favorite type of music but I did know a few of these songs.

A couple of good songs and a couple of godawful ones. I hate the falsetto singing. He doesn't do that all the time. Weird how right after Cry me a River, which is a genuinely great song, the next song is the atrocity that is Rock Your Body, with the singing in a different key than the music. What the hell. Favorite song: cry me a river.

I know this was Justin's first solo album, and even if I didn't read that I could tell because every song reeks of desperation to define a brand. Some of these songs sound fine, but pretty much every lyric is so basic and bland that I can't get behind this album. I'm sure the target market in 2002 would have loved it, but hearing him sing a whole album basically begging to sleep with girls sounds really tragic and offputting in Y.O.O.L 2024.

I actually wanted to be surprised by this one, but it was not to be. Every song on this thing inspires cringes, aside from the one outstanding track 'Cry Me a River'. There's a weird horniness to this one that gives me the ick, and a strange clinginess. The production is limp. He wishes he was his lover's mother at one point. Even one good track can't really redeem it.

Oh, yikes. I gave this a 2 only because JT does have a good voice, although it’s a bit too slick and breathy for me in these songs, and the album is competently produced, but seriously, this is the album David Silver would've put out on Beverly Hills, 90210, if we’d ever heard an entire album from him. Soulless cheese. I couldn’t listen to any song all the way through. Never Again did have a promising instrumental opening but even that didn’t pan out.

2.5

I was looking forward to this but it was short lived. So many noises.

Had to do a double check to make sure we weren’t accidentally listening to a Janet Jackson album. JT musta been hugely influenced by her and MJ. And this was a couple years before the wardrobe malfunction… Soft pop (2.1*s)

This album is typical early 2000's pop and I'm not really the demographic for it. There's some good beats and the production is fine, you can really hear the Pharrell, Timbaland, and Janet touch on a lot of it. I thought it was ok, nothing stood out and was a bit long. I like some JT songs but they weren't on this setlist. The slower boy band songs scattered throughout are too cheesy and take it down a notch.

Ahh high school... Nope.

Sorry bro I just read Britneys book.

Felt like NSYNC version 2.0. I didn’t like that boy band and same holds true for this album.

If you are a big boy band fan, this is for you

the instruments on some tracks were nice & enjoyed the funkier/soul sound on a few tracks. but just not a fan of JT's voice, the autotune sound, the falsetto, or the attempts to sound like Michael Jackson

I don't think I've ever listened to a whole album featuring Justin Timberlake (either solo or in a band), so there's a bit of novelty here. I do wish this 1001 albums project didn't have such a fixation on debut albums, because there's no way this is his best album (or at least I certainly hope not). But that's not Justin Timberlake's fault, I suppose. This isn't really my cup of tea, so I'm not sure how to rate it. I feel like he's got a style going on here, and it seems like a pretty well produced album, with an impressive number of collaborators and guest artists and the Neptunes' involvement, but I can't really say I enjoyed listening to it, and it doesn't sound all that distinctive. It's pretty funny that this seems to have been widely considered as Michael Jackson's album to take or leave (or he apparently left it). I'm also bummed that we didn't get songs like "All These Things That I've Done" which he lip-synched in the "Southland Tales" movie (and Justin did a solid job as a bit character in that movie too, I would say); but since that's actually by The Killers, and not by Justin, and is in no way R&B, I guess that would have been asking too much.... (2)

If all the tracks had been produced by the Neptunes and the lyrics weren’t written by a horny 16 year old, this would have potential

Album Nr. 74 Für denjenigen, welcher RMB mag ist das betsimmt ganz OK. Ich finde das aber eher langweilig. Wobei ich überzeugt bin, dass Timberlake besseres auf der Pfanne hat.

Justified Don’t really need to listen too many times to come to a conclusion on this. Señorita - I like the organ and drums and the chorus is fine but ultimately all a bit forgettable. Justin’s intro is cringe.
 Like I Love You - Great pop song, Neptunes to the fore here. (Oh No) What You Got - Percussion is good, rest is a bit dull. Take it From Here - Very poor. Musically, lyrically and melodically insipid.
 Cry Me a River - Great, great pop song.
 Rock Your Body - another good pop song, a nice disco pastiche.
 Nothin’ Else - a Bad-era Jacko rip off and not a particularly good one. Could definitely hear Paint it Black in the outro too.
 Last Night - just about elevates itself above the rest of the non singles. Still on my Brain - just feels a bit pointless.
 (And She Said) Take me Now - better, has a bit of drive and dynamism to it. (whisper it but Timbaland produced this one)
 Right for Me - the melody is ordinary although I like the little flute. Justin talking sexy isn’t that convincing to me.
 Let’s Take a Ride - Forgettable.
 Never Again - Ditto. Really dislike the classical guitar.

 Like I Love You, Rock Your Body, Cry me a River are great pop songs and stand out a mile, the rest is all a bit characterless, and there is no justification in it being over an hour long. I don’t think Justin’s voice is that great or particularly interesting and if you took the Neptunes/Timbaland production and sonic nouse away there really wouldn’t be much left. Thinking of it as a pop album if 3 or 4 tracks were trimmed off it it might make a solid 3, but there is a lot of insipid R&B in between the singles and the odd ok album track, so it’s a ⭐⭐️

Kind of THE transition album from boy bands to mid aughts top 40, with timbaland and pharrel starting to shape the sound that would define their biggest hits and the broader sound of pop radio in the following years. Dig the singles, but not quite as much as the ones from 20/20 a few years later. Just feels like this album has a few great sounds and they kind of run dry. A couple friends wrote and sang me a happy birthday parody of 'like i love you' in high school so it will always be a little special.

Aside from some catchy earworms, this is an incredibly dull album.

Outside of the 2 hits, this album is extremely mediocre. The rest of the songs don't sound bad but are so bland. They are like packing peanuts that only serve the purpose of filling space on the tracklist around Cry Me a River and Rock Your Body.

As a celebrity I really just cannot stand Justin Timberlake… the whole Janet Jackson thing, that song from the trolls movie, his face, etc… I haven’t listened to a bunch of his music and like I feel like this album isn’t that good. Seems like he’s got a lot of ideas and the execution is not very admirable. Think my hate of jt might be influencing my rating, 3.5/10 side note, that one movie w him and mila kunis is pretty good but that’s despite his presence not bc of it 🤷‍♀️

3.5/10 - Why did Justin say he wants to be my mother. Stop trying to sleep with me please. Not that bad musically but I did not enjoy the lyrics most of the time.

Pas ma came

I mean, it’s alright I guess. Even if Timberlake has a voice of silk, this RnB-influenced pop has never been my thing from its early-aughts incarnation here through to the Bruno Mars era of today. This LP feels too glossy, while Justin may dip into the raunchier side lyrically there’s nothing in the instrumentation to latch onto and it all feels quite homogenous by the end. There was a definite period in the 2000s where every artist was putting out hour-long albums, and JT didn’t really need to be among them.

Timberlake is clearly a very talented entertainer. He’s a musician, actor, he’s funny. I respect him despite this not being my type of music. However, a lot of credit is given to Justified because he was just a guy in N’Sync before it. It’s fine, a couple of hits, Cry Me a River, which I like and Rock Your Body, which I don’t. I don’t think is a lot special here, future Timberlake is a different story though 5.2/10

lahmer 00er pop

Meh

I want to give this a one but that would be unfair to timbaland and the neptunes

A trip back into time

All songs too long. CMAR is ok; not much else.

Death by beatbox.....

Two good songs, and a lot of really not good songs. Plus JT is a slime.

"Justified" by Justin Timberlake, released in 2002, showcases Timberlake's transition from his boy band image in *NSYNC to a solo artist with a more mature sound. The album features hits like "Cry Me a River" and "Rock Your Body," which helped establish Timberlake as a solo artist. While "Justified" was commercially successful and received critical acclaim for its production and Timberlake's vocal performance, some critics felt that the album lacked depth and originality. The tracks, while catchy, can feel somewhat formulaic and derivative of R&B and pop trends of the time. Overall, "Justified" is a solid pop album that served as a successful launching pad for Timberlake's solo career. However, its lack of innovation and occasional lack of substance earn it a 2/5 rating.

I actually was expecting better. Only a couple good songs on this album, the rest was meh at best.

Nah Pretty boring impression of MJ

Oh boy. Now we’re getting into uncharted territory. Ok, I didn’t hate it. It’s very much not my jam, but I was able to groove along with some of it. Certainly no stand outs to me and nothing to revisit but it was just kinda dorky and innocuous. Just went back and forth between thinking of Trolls movies and being mad he did Janet dirty.

Unmemorable. Lift music. Nothing caught my ear but it’s not actually offensive either so 2

More tolerable than I expected, probably thanks to the production. However his voice isn't actually that good, is it? I went and found the video for Señorita and ... I just don't get it. Why is he such a big deal? Anyway. It's ok. Unconvinced it belongs on this list.

I've never listened to this album, despite it being very on my radar and popular with friends. White man rnb wasn't my thing and it still isn't. Interesting that it's been bumped from my copy of The Book. I got bored and put some drum and bass on

I was kid when this was popular, Never want to hear again. That being said, It's alright

Lightweight and largely forgetable

Pop comercial. Rollazo. Un 2.

En serio, ¿uno de los mejores 1001 discos? ¿EN SERIO?

Not my style

Ну типа слушается приятно, но мне не нравится тематика -- пати гёрл пати секс пати пати гёрл сэд сэкс гёрл. Понятно, что срез эпохи, но имхо две звезды. Дослушивать альбом не хочется.

Some well-known and enduring gems (cry me a river, rock your body, never again) hidden among pretty indicative examples of early 2000s pop. Not much on here was overly listenable for me, but I tried to give it a chance. The repetitive electronic beat got on my nerves a bit. Okay, wouldn't listen again.

in generale mi piace R&B inizio anni 2000 e justin ha una bella voce. Oggettivamente, la sua canzone più famosa in questo album mi ha colpito ("cry me a river") e conoscevo già "rock your body". Okay posso dire che diverse canzoni (maggior parte) non mi piacciono, sembrano un po' tutte uguali e sono noiosine... Inoltre non so ma cerca di ricopiare lo stile di Michael Jackson con la voce, non è molto originale su questo. In generale l'album non mi è piaciuto, non lo riascolterei mai.

Like most Pop albums I’ve reviewed for this the hits are good and fun. The rest leaves me uninterested. There’s a lot of trying hard to replicate the Michael Jackson sound that just doesn’t work.

2.5

A couple bangers but overall an annoying reminder from Justin Timberlake that he definitely has sex.

I just can’t get into this version of JT

Quality music driven by a modern crooner. As good as it might be, who wants to be caught listening to Justin Timberlake?

It's hard to objective about an artist that I would have punched myself for listening to as a teenager. I did, however, find some fun gems on this record. Mainly, towards the end of the album. Notable songs: "Rock Your Body" "(And She Said) Take Me Now" "Right For Me" These songs had the most interesting composition, vocal melodies and beats. I also enjoyed the latino influence on a few songs, and the overall blues R&B aspect of the album. Things I did not like: the drum machines are sooooo bad. They truly sound like a Window 98 computer with shit plastic speakers. There's also some weird mixing, where beeping noises just go on throughout the song. Once you hear it, you can't stop. Its brutal. It actually hurts my brain. All that to say though.. Its hard to hate JT. He's got unreal charisma, and it shows through his music. Especially in this album.

Grammy of the year my ass. Classic Timbaland over-the-top production is representative of the overly-commercial lounge sound of the early 2000s. A stress on beats and inserted sound effect samples. I can hear that stupid sparkle effect in "Still On My Brain" that's in every pop song from the era. I hear neo-soul, bossa nova, and dancehall / reggaeton. It highlights Timberlake's fame and high-register voice, trying to impress audiences with how versatile his vocals could be. But what's most insulting is that it just feels like Timbaland makes something he thinks is cool, and Timberlake sings to it. It feels disjoint. The first six songs are a mixed bag but overall ok, but "Last Night" is the only song on the second side I thought was decent. Everything else sucked really bad. Especially with that exhausting hour length. Favorites: Senorita, Like I Love You, Rock Your Body

Perfectly executed, beautifully produced insubstantial pop music. A genre that for which I have little appreciation. If there was even one organic sound and one unprocesed vocal recording I might give it a half star more. But there isn't, so I won't. 2 stars

The spirit of MJ is strong in this one.

Misaligned

Cry Me a River and Rock Your Body are good. Unfortunately the rest is a pretty rough listen for me. It is all saccharine sweet waify boy singing. I know Justin Timberlake is cool now, but this is not even interesting, just a lot of samey singing over somewhat connected electronic beats.

My immediate reaction though is that this album is just boring. There are a few singles that I remeber from back when it came out (Senorita, Cry Me a River, Rock Your Body), but if a song didn't feel dated it felt slow or just not about anything. I keep finding myself checking how much time is left in a song only to discover that most tracks are roughly 5 minutes long and that the album is somehow over an hour! Mostly the music just isn't interesting to me. Nothing really catches outside of the singles, and for an album where Justin's actually solid vocals are the primary focus there are some really dumb lyrics to highlight them. Maybe this was sexy when it first came out, but for an album old enough to hit the clubs it talks about, it doesnt feel that way anymore. There are 3 or so decent, fun songs but the rest of this Hit-Clips era album is just filler. I just don't get the hype.

i’m getting really tired of these aggressively dominant metrosexual fuckboys - 4/10

Possibly the Adele of his time, while he has a decent voice and can entertain, my god was he overplayed during the time this album was doing the rounds. Not a fan, and I have to say hearing those main singles again just brought me back to the loathing I would feel everytime they got played back in the day.

It’s a classic early 2000’s pop album. I remember this album and hearing it everywhere. It’s a good album but I’m giving it a 2 because of what I now know about Timberlake. He doesn’t deserve more stars.

Meh

This is the epitome of early 2000s pop. Apparently most of the songs were written for Michael Jackson to sing, and that definitely comes through. However, this just isn't really my style of music. I'm not an R&B guy. Just isn't my cup of tea. Most songs sounded the same, although there are a couple of notable exceptions. "Cry Me a River" has some interesting Gregorian chant mixed with Arabic kind of influence. The last song "Never Again" is a nice little acoustic ballad. But everything else on the album is kind of the same.

This was from his prime "hair looks like ramen" days. I did not love it.

I liked cry me a river but overall meh

It's 2002. Boy bands are OUT, but contemporary R&B is still IN. NSYNC has, correctly, decided to cash out and Timberlake is the only one continuing to pursue music as a solo act. Bold move, Justine. Let's see if Justified earns it's name. About half of the album is aided by Pharrell Williams. In fact, the guy introduces the album to vouch for Timberlake. This is off the heels of some stellar work with Jay-Z, ODB, P. Diddy, to name a few. Despite this, it takes a while for the album to kick in. This includes the boring ballad Take It From Here; I prefer to watch paint dry. Cry Me a River has more to offer, thankfully, and it's pretty catchy aside from the off-putting beatboxing that bubble underneath the surface of the actual beat. Timberlake used to actual beatbox at shows and, God, I would want my money back if he did this on stage after I pay full price to see him. Good thing I didn't pay any money to see Justin Timberlake, except for that time I saw The Social Network in theaters where he plays the guy who founded Napster. Timberlake is actually a pretty good actor. This album shows it's age and not in a good way. Rock Your Body is a certified jam, but some of those synths...after the two singles the album just meanders on. It's more like Timberlake and Timbaland are just messing around than actually making songs. Either that or boring ballads. I'll lay it out straight: Justified was a misfire. Actually it was more of a warmup that seemed like a misfire. Timberlake would bring his A-game on his followup Futuresex/Lovesounds. Please don't be hard on yourself if you skip this album.

Music as a cash cow product, rather than music as a genuine soulful experience. JT can sing, no doubt, but this feels like a commodity rather than an artistic sonic experience. Also, not the demographic this music was aimed at.

Seems like a nice Pharrell album with solid guest vocals by Justin Timberlake. Seriously though, it's not my thing but it's very well done for what it is. I was expecting the Michael Jackson impersonation, but not as much the Stevie Wonder vibe, which I can appreciate. Way too long though. 2 stars.

The whole world sure turned on him after it was widely revealed that he was a cheating dick to Brittney Spears while they were both dating as young twentysomethings. And it turns out that he's white, which isn't exactly a huge plus these days. But I'm telling you, at the time, Justin Timberlake made women swoon, and some corners of the pop world thought he could be the next Michael Jackson. But let's be honest: Most of that goodwill stemmed from the fact that women wanted to fuck him. Take away all of his extra curriculars and just focus on his music, and it's just a big shrug. JT was never going to be MJ, let alone Bruno Mars. Maybe all the negative press he's currently getting serves as a makegood for over praising his work upon release. I find Timberlake to be a more compelling screen presence than pop star. Fifty years from now, JT will likely be best remembered for playing Sean Parker in The Social Network. No one will give a shit that he encouraged Brittney to get an abortion. Or listen to "Cry Me A River".

not gonna listen to this

It's when he does that breathy spoken word shit which completely prevents me from enjoying this, or even taking it seriously. Particularly when they stereo pan it all over the place. Almost sounds like self parody at times.

Not really something I'd listen to a whole album of.

Was never a big Justin Timberlake fan. This album goes on way too long. I recognized a couple of songs that I had not thought about in close to 20 years. I was fine with not thinking about those songs. It is better than other albums on this list and no need to revisit.

: /

My usual soul / R&B dislike for high pitched male vocals applies again. By the 2000s I can only listen to this if it’s fused with something cool. The fact it’s a new genre for JT does nothing for me.

"Rock Your Body" is a great pop-hit that doesn't grow old and Justin's delivery is bang-on. That and a couple of other barely bearable tunes save this from a 1.

JT is in the news this week for what ex Britney Spears wrote about him in her memoir. Was Timberlake justified in his actions in his relationship with Spears? Was Timberlake justified in exposing Janet Jackson at the Super Bowl halftime show? Was Timberlake justified in calling an album "FutureSex/LoveSounds?" Was "Justified's" inclusion on this list justified? Well, I can answer the last one at least. Nope. At least the later removal from the list was justified. "Cry Me a River" may have been quite the shot at Spears (who now alleges he was the one guilty of infidelity), but regardless its certainly an earworm. With the exception of the next track ("Rock Your Body"), all the tolerable tracks on "Justified" are the ones produced by Timbaland. Pharrell Williams is great, but much of his work with Timberlake is boring. And some of the lyrics are awful (including the Timbaland-produced "(Oh No) What You Got"). But at least the beats are interesting?

I think the album is supposed to make me feel like sexy time, but it just makes me feels old. The album sounds dated and some of the lyrics are just terrible. JT can sing but what’s the point if words and music are mostly meh.

Tiesin kaks nii annetaan kaks.

Pop comercial. Rollazo. Un 2.

Tja, niet best dit.

C'est en partie le genre de musique que je déteste mais la production est bonne et il y a quelque hits dont je me soubiens la sortie donc il y a peut-etre un peu de Nostalgie. La moitié de l'album semble comme si ce n'était pas écrit pour Justin Timberlake. j'ai vriament pas aimé ca

Boring…

Justin Timberlake has a few good songs, but this is pretty generic. ‘Cry Me A River’ is alright, though.

Lekkere gladjakker, die Justin! Hij glijdt alleen veel te veel binnen de lijntjes om 't echt boeiend te laten worden.

Ja, het is allemaal wel goed enzo, maar het is me toch allemaal iets té gladjes

3/10. Dude looks like Anakin Skywalker, but somehow his writing is even worse.

fine...just not my jam. Probably good for its time and audience.

trousersnake with his pervert music. i'm well out of the loop on anything but is this music the type of stuff that these days gets cancelled for being creepy, like blurred lines? the big hits on this album were the nonsense music that young not nigel had to endure when going to bars and clubs as a youngling. like some sort of coming of age endurance test.

I feel like this album is here as a time capsule to 00s pop music. Aside from two of the songs, the production is handled in turn by The Neptunes, or Timbaland with Scott Storch. I prefer the Neptunes tracks, typically (I'm not all for Storch's pseudo-Middle-East schtick), but most of the songs on the record drag out far too long, and some of the tracks wear their influences too close on the sleeve. Still, an interesting listen, if only for the glimpse into what pop would become. Favorite tracks: "Cry Me A River", "Like I Love You"

Not a huge fan of the sound, but I do like JT’s voice. I like the jazzier sound of the 2020 Experience, but this isn’t too bad and obviously Cry Me A River is a bop.

As a lot of others have mentioned, the Neptunes/Timbaland production throughout is easily the best thing about the album. The opening two songs and the two big singles all absolutely slap, but unfortunately it’s a very front-heavy album and nothing after Rock Your Body makes an impact. A lot of the songs go on for a good minute or so longer than they should, and a couple of tracks (especially Nothin Else) are just outright bad

I just can’t with this album. Maybe if I reviewed it back in 2002 the rating would be higher, but the songs all sound the same, and I find his voice to be very whiny on this album. I love his SNL skits and enjoy him as an entertainer (if you know what I mean, and I know you do!), but this album Just Indicates to me that it should be viewed similarly to seeing the Timber of the forest or murkiness of a Lake.

Grody.

Vintage JT just a little depressing song choices

En serio, ¿uno de los mejores 1001 discos? ¿EN SERIO?

I get why they added a huge pop star like Justin to the list, but it seems lazy choosing his debut which is pretty uneven. The following album Futuresex/LoveSounds is much better in my opinion.

Mediocre Justin Timberlake album. Weak songwriting. The production is nice of course, but the follow-up album is quite a bit better.

In the middle section I spotted some favourable melodies.

Wow this is garbage. Great voice though.

2.5/5. I almost wanted to play this album in a private session because I don’t want any presence of this slimy bastard on my Spotify. It’s fitting that they got him to play an even bigger scumbag than Zuck in the Social Network. He ruined Janet Jackson’s career and reputation all because he wanted to get back at his ex and did not get nearly as much flack because he’s a man. Half star is for Pharrell Williams.

2 stars

Yeah Nah. I don't really understand the hype, it's boppy it's fine, but not for me. I did enjoy Cry Me a River and Rock Your Body (probably more because I know it from Just Dance)

Nope, didn't enjoy that - the singles, of which there were far too many, got played to death when this came out. I suspect if I was hearing them with fresh ears I probably wouldn't find them too offensive. But then three or four of the non-single tracks were slowed down syrupy ballads, and those were actively offensive to the ears. Gross. Fave track - "Like I Love You" was the least aggravating single, so that one I guess, though it brought me precious little pleasure.

Throwing the inner hater a bone is totally healthy, occasionally. Best when it's by the Neptunes, and hurts even better. Justified certainly has some sounds: The obviously synthesized ones stick out like mental infection, pinning the album directly to 2002. The inability to reconcile sincerity and silliness is fascinating, the vocals ranging from Michael Jackson impersonation to acceptable. There are a few songs I could spin as sweet, but hope I always respect myself enough to keep them out of a lover's ear.

lol. nope.

Look here's my problem: these are not great records period. That they might have been hugely successful means nothing. Do they have something to say within the limitations of their genre? Do they transcend whether you like the style of music or not? The problem I have with these pop singer albums is they are completely unremarkable and it is just silly to to pretend otherwise. I vaguely know who he is, I think he was one of the folkies in Llewyn Davis, but other than that I've never heard him. Unremarkable.

Das ist jetzt nicht ernst gemeint, oder??

Unjustified.

Just awful

I can literally think of a 1001 things I would rather have been doing than listening to this before I die. 1*

The pop selection on here are just crazy choices. Yeah that's a hot mess of an album, it goes nowhere and stays on its shitty line for way too long. Plus Justin is a terrible person so, there is that.

Awful dude appropriating black music in general and Michael Jackson in particular. What's worse, he doesn't succeed despite all the massive help he has. Awful record.

what lunatic thinks anyone needs to hear this

uhh… i don’t like this guy

What a waste of the neptunes

There is nothing positive I get from this. Absolutely horrible for me. The whole time I kept thinking about "Debra" from Beck, and that just bumped it from a zero to a one.

Drivel

This list is heavily skewed towards male artists, and a significant chunk of the female artists are basically just singers, manufactured pop stars. The real cure to this would be to have more interesting and experimental female artists, but in some ways it is nice to redress the balance by featuring this album on the list, an album of 100% pure manufactured trash, without any artistic qualities or even pretensions, from a male artist. That's right, editors, show that men can be just as crap and worthless, then you can pat yourselves on the back for the next twenty white guys you put on this list who are in a forgotten proto- or post-punk band, or who were really big in Manchester around 1997, or who have guitars and something to say. Justin has no guitar and nothing to say, but so far he is unique on this list for me with this collection of trite, repetitive and artless garbage.

Nope. Didn't care for this one bit.

Fuck off

Can't really stomach this. Disney artists don't count Will I listen to again: 0%

Mir gefällt das nicht, nicht mein Style

Absolutely horrible. Sounded like if Stevie Wonder was deaf not blind, and also white and completely shit

Achei que seria melhor, mas é meio paia.

I may have to listen to the rest of this from another room. He's a fucking boy band singer FFS. The existence of this album on the list discredits the rest of the list.

Again, shitty old straigh white male music.

So boring.

Ewwww

Not for me

I need every user on here to apologize to all the weird experimental music and German shit that is the lowest rated on here and apologize. This album is the dribbling shits. Worst thing I’ve listened to

Truly God awful

Ok. Not looking forward to this one. Not digging the first track. I’m not sure why. Rhythmically I like what’s happening. It’s something with the overall sound. I’m only on track four and I’m bored with this album. It’s not doing anything for me. Was this album a big seller? It’s really boring for me. I don’t know if I’ve been happier for an album to be over. This just shows that there is something for everyone and not everyone likes everything. I know people love it. It’s just not for me. At all.

i just(in) hate him

Tråkig vibe, provocerande melodilöst, tråkiga beats. Noll existensberättigande.

Ok I know im gona hate this album but atleast its a pop record so its not gona be long rigth ? 1h of my time has just been wasted on listening to Justin fucking Timberlake and I wanna die. -0/5

No thanks, I'm good.

I hate to be the kind of guy who listens to a pop or R&B album and goes "lol this isnt REAL COCK MUSIC, 1 star". But when an album spends a full hour and 3 minutes sounding identical and bouncing completely off of me, I don't think I can really give it any higher.

No thank you

Dude, fuck off.

All the nostalgia from my childhood comes around. Butnlistening to this, now, can't really like this. Lyrics too, how okay today, really?

Was catchy but gave me the ick big time

it’s this kind of music that made 13 y/o me incredibly snobby about “only listening to classical music.” far too heterosexual

maybe I’m biased because I lowk hate this guy though

Even though this isn't my kind of music, I listened with an open mind, but it's just forgettable, weak, and derivative sounding. The algorithm suggested some decent tunes of a broadly similar genre after the album finished, such as Outkast, TLC, and No Diggity, all of which are far superior to anything on this album. Rounded down from 1.5 to 1 stars as he's a twat.

The Good: This album is Justified! The Bad: Don’t believe everything you’re told… The Ugly: The only good thing about this album is the silence after the last song… I hit skip… and skip…. though, I did try and listen to the first song… but I couldn’t. Somehow, I actually started getting aggressive towards anything pop related. Also, though the album hails from 2002, this is such a ‘90s shit-storm, it isn’t even funny…. or, my brain is just playing tricks on me. Poor Justin, he’s not getting a lot of love I guess. Off to listen to one of the other many albums I still left to rate—2 week business trips really don’t help trying to catch up… 1*

Influential on pop culture for sure, but we've got a severe case of listener/music mismatch going on when I have to white-knuckle my way through a 63 minute album over the course of three hours, taking breaks between every track. Absolutely, brutally, profoundly not to my tastes.

i do not believe the inclusion of this album was justified within this list. ugh, FINE, actual thoughts. this one hell of an early 2000s time capsule. the production from timbaland and the neptunes is good enough that if this were not justin timberlake i think this would be a decent-solid album. unfortunately we've got this goofy looking and sounding dude trying to pretend he has sex appeal. he looks and sounds like a guy i would not leave my drink unattended around you know what i mean? you're not michael jackson!!! it's unfortunate that "cry my a river" is such an incel anthem because honestly the beat on that track is shockingly good. "rock your body" likewise would go crazy hard if it was not timberlake singing this.

You are kidding me. This is a joke right. "Trolls" actor and Flop Era extraordinaire Justin Timberlake once allegedly said "Oh yeah. Fo-shiz Fo-shiz, Ginuwine. What's up, Homie?" and whilst that has never been actually confirmed, it is the exact kind of cringe channelled throughout Justin Timberlakes work. We do not need to critically reassess this man. I very nearly DNF'ed this album. If I have to give this album something its that I think Timbaland's production is pretty good here. Timbaland might nowadays is an AI grifter, but you can't say he wasn't without talent. I kinda forgot how weird Cry Me a River actually sounds. The Neptunes are also trying their hardest to make this album sound good evidenced most in "rock your body", which would be an actual great song had it not been Timberlake singing it. Idk I just don't see Justin Timberlake as cool or hot and all his music REALLY wants you to believe he is for it to work.

Nope.

I thought I knew Timberlake's work, and decided I didn't like it. Turns out I did not actually know a lot of his work. Now I can say with improved confidence that I don't like it at all. 2/10

Not for me.

It’s slick, polished, and utterly drenched in Neptunes‑era production, but beneath the glossy beats it’s basically an hour of Justin trying—very hard—to seduce someone who apparently doesn’t need a name beyond “Girl.” The cumulative effect is… well, slightly grimy. Not in a fun rock‑and‑roll way—more in a please stop whispering in falsetto way. By the time the closing track rolls around, titled “Never Again,” I found myself nodding in complete solidarity. Yes, Justin. Never again indeed.

він мене лратуж і він проблематичний тож

I tried.

Never listened to an album of his. Now I know why. So terribly, terribly boring music.

I did not need to hear this

Awful

Not my jam. Ends with ... Never again!

In 2004, I turned off the halftime show at the beginning because I thought it was boring. Ergo, I missed Janet Jackson’s boob. I still regret doing that. (SIDE NOTE: Janet got absolutely screwed there. That happening on “Gonna have you naked by the end of this song” shows that it was 100% intentional and 100% on Justin. The more you think about it, the more you realize how massive of a douchebag Justin Timberlake really is.) Slow, soulful R&B is worse when it’s sung by white people. Also loses a point because after about minute 40, this one is absolutely interminable. This does NOT need to be this long. Anything N*Sync > any JT solo material.

No voihan helvetti. Tämä on taas yksi niistä levyistä, joilla ei ole mitään asiaa tälle listalle. 63 minuuttia geneeristä poppia, jossa ei ole mitään omaperäistä tai erityisen mielenkiintoista. Justin on ihan kyvykäs laulaja, mutta tämän albumin kuuntelu oli aika työlästä. En tiedä antaisiko yhden tähden vai kaksi.

One star purely for a couple of mild bangers…

An irredeemable , horny slog of an album. I can't believe this made the list. I wish I died first. 1.5/10

I prefer his 'Dick in a Box' phase. The last track on this collection of highly produced sounds is Never Again. I agree.

Just so early 2000s pop. "Rock Your Body" is the only song on here I don't actively dislike, and even then it's kind of a "so bad it's enjoyable" vibe,

A waste of sound

Elevator music

I remember not liking Timberlake as a kid 20 years ago, let's see how he holds up.in 2026. Within 30 seconds, Justin is using his own name in 3rd person, that's a bad sign. First impression is that Senorita is an overproduced, dull affair. Has a few pop hooks but also sounds dated. Very basic melody wise, too. Like I Love you is a little better, I guess. I like the electronic melody near the end. The lyrics are still awful. Also the album doesn't flow, each song is like it's own presentation. This is more a collection of singles than an album. I just can't help but compare this to what bands like The Avalanches or Daft Punk were doing around the same time. Or other pop songs of the era Shakira, Beyonce etc. it just pales in comparison even to those. This sound is like...it sounds like an Idol contestant 3rd place getter. But JT also has a weak vocal performance. Even the big hits like Cry me a River are... passable at best. That one in particular is dull and a bit repetitive. Rock your Body is at least a bit more upbeat. Everything after that is garbage. Some of these songs are also just five whole fucking minutes of the same shitty beat. Never Again is how I feel after getting to the end of this tripe.

I tried, I really did….skip skip skip, mid album bail…

I liked him better when he was working with the Lonely Island guys.

This is the radio pop music of my youth and fits that early 2000s pop sound - a lot stemming from the r&b realm. It’s competently made, but that’s about where my appreciation ends. Of course I know a handful of the popular singles which are still engrained deep in my head somewhere, but the non-singles really add nothing unless you’re a JT super fan. Just not something I have interest in and even my 2 year old was asking me to turn it off.

Didn’t like this. It almost sounded like a Michael Jackson parody (who I don’t really like). Not very enjoyable.

moest ik alle albums op deze lijst zo snel doorspoelen als deze, dan kan ik morgen sterven

nei

This is so torturous to listen to I think the FBI could use it in some enhanced interrogation techniques. So boring and way too long

not my cuppa

Soooo dated (and shite)

Blech

Justin, stop trying to make MJ happen. It's not going to happen! Ok, see this is interesting because this one of the few albums I've gotten so far that came out when I was in high school. So looking back at it now in 2026...ugh. It's so cringey. The little breakdown in Senorita ('fellas, sing this part, ladies this part")....I'm cringing so hard. Time has not been good to Justin Timberlake. Cry Me A River has a catchy beat but feels icky after reading about what went down between him and Britney. It sounds very dated in a bad way. And what's with all the talking on this record? Like he's trying to sound sexy whispering over the music a lot and it's stupid. Plus, this album did NOT need to be 63 minutes long.

Nei

Sí, claro... El idiota de Justin Timberlake. Ni de coña escucho esto.

a bit rapey for my liking.

- Oh hooray, another Zio. - It’s that overproduced, sterile sound that I can’t get behind with his nothing voice over it all... - Yeah, this was so forgettable that I forgot I was listening to it. Nothing caught my attention, and I just wished I was listening to something good instead. And, this after getting Michael Jackson the day before didn’t help.

Not my genre

There are soft drink jingles with the sincerity and artistic impact of this album

Ho hum. This is definitely what Pharrell sounded like when Chad was still helping and that is better than what came after , but that is not enough to overcome Timberlake's MJ and Usher impressions.

Warum?

Sorry, aber nein. Einfach nein.

Of all the artists that have come up, I was the most surprised to see Justin Timberlake. The album was produced by the Neptunes with songs originally for Michael Jackson and you can really tell. That being said Justin Timberlake fucking sucks. Boring album with lifeless singing over the top. Made my train journey feel twice as long as it was. Dreadful stuff.

Maybe one good dance track. Not enough for a full album and definitely not something that needs to be heard.

God what the FUCK was this. It felt like a 63 minute parody. By the 3rd song I was having serious doubts about my commitment to this project.

Well that was awful.

I went through a phase where I really dug Timberlake's stuff, now he just annoys the piss outta me

Very ho-hum. 1.5/5

Listens: 2 Standout Tracks: Cry Me A River Yea, so Justin Timberlake along with NSync, Backstreet Boys, and 98 Degrees were borderline inescapable "bands" if you were a pre-teen/teen in the 2000s. I mean, you might have liked them as a young adult too, but I doubt, for example, my parents enjoyed them (or even tolerated them) the same way they enjoyed the Beatles or the Beach Boys. At least with those bands, they actually also played instruments. Anyways, this shit mostly sucks. Cry Me a River is interesting insofar as the underlying beat is amusing - some weird mumbling going on deep in the music, and for the fact that I love using that phrase when someone's being whiny and obnoxious. But yea, not a fan of this. Not a fan of the genre, not a fan of the history of the modern 90s boy band, not a fan of the subject matter or lyrics; Overall pretty shallow and boring. And of course, I will take any opportunity to reference or quote Futurama whenever I can: Fry: How can you guys be so blasé? Here we are in the year three-hundred-or-so, yet you're just sitting around like it's the boring time I came from. Professor Hubert Farnsworth: Boring? Wasn't that the period when they cracked the human genome, and boy bands roamed the earth? Not a direct reference to Justin Timberlake, but amusing nonetheless.

While Cry Me a River is a classic, this is honestly pretty bad. Did not finish.

Mickey Mouse effort here. There's just NOTHING here that I want to listen to - ever.

Irritating

Someone tryin to be MJ …Only one MJ dude. This shit boring and not for me. A bunch of skips.

I hated this

Wow, not a single half-decent song!

You are not michael jackson, lightweight early 2000's pop. Not my thing

Pop garbage

Appropriative and entitled 😡

It's just the same song played over and over again.

One of the 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die? Unjustified.

The singles are well known and stronger pop songs. The rest of the album to me has the vocals try to be too much and the lyrics are generally uninspiring. There's no lack of confidence here.

Entirely derivative. Sweet voice, slick production. Weak songs.

oh...

Timberlake, torna a fare In Time

IDGAF about him or this album, he's just a wanna be Michael Jackson

You know what, I hated this stuff when I was a teen. I'm really not interested in engaging with it now. Everything I don't like about the late 90s/early 2000s. Just giving it my 1 and moving on. Also, garbage album cover. Why'd they MSPaint paste him on to the moon?

Just completely unlistenable for me unfortunately. Like auditory battery acid.

I’m offended by this album. I don’t know why, I just am. I’m offended that he came to the conclusion that this piece of shit should be out there for us all to listen. This doesn’t contribute to society in any way, quite the opposite. I’d bet all my money that this album has brought more negative feelings than positive ones in general. I pity my fellow unfortunate souls who have had the unlucky fate of hearing this humdrum album. A tedious journey. Listening to this makes you feel like you’re in an empty locked room with only Justin Timberlake performing and flaunting and dancing really close to you. And you just have to sit there and watch, utterly terrified. For an hour and three minutes straight.

No. Not justified!

1 - nothing good

he should khs

murder-suicide was #justified by this album

This guy 100% grinds on a mirror and listens to his own album. The “I think I’m sexy” voice is so embarrassing.

Nope

This was really bad. The relentless funky beat did not make me want to rock my body. Some of it was catchy 20 years ago, but it was very grating today

*2002. Debut solo album. *Solo JT is not it for me - high pitched voice, latin flare with R&B but without any soul. *I can see why people would like some of it. *Flew through most tracks. Would not revisit. *Big hits - Cry Me a River + Rock Your Body RATING - 4/10

Thirteen milquetoast love songs that won’t shut up about baby. I skipped around each track for a few seconds, and almost every time I dropped in, there it was—baby, girl, or you, crooned on repeat. So thirteen tracks of ‘baby, girl, you’ on endless loop—romance Muzak with better sneakers

No Justin

A hour and 4 minutes? Really, are you kidding? Do I have to do this? I'm writing this before I listened, dreading what's to come. I would never - I repeat, never - choose to listen to this album. And, it turns out it was entirely an unpleasant experience for me. If I was had been a 14 year old girl in 2002 (I was a 37 year old man) or maybe even was one now, I might - might, I say - enjoy this. However, I have neither nostalgia nor appreciation for much of anything this is - the musical performance, the song writing, his singing, not a bit of it. And that's even with Pharrell along for the ride, whom I appreciate very much. Nope, nope, hard no thank you, do not prefer.

Thought there would be at least one track I would like but nope they all sucked.

I thought I was too hard on JT until I listed to this album.

mogao bih dati dvojku jer je ovo objektivno valjda okej, ali nisam uživao ni u jednom trenutku. naprotiv. i sve mi se vrijeme činilo ko da traje cijelu vječnost. naziv zadnje pjesme, ujedno i najpodnošljivije, idealan – "never again"

This album is not for me.

Absolutely not

You have got to be kidding me. How did this make it onto the 1001 Albums list

I wonder why this album is on this list. Just generic radiopop. Thank god AI will save us from this crap in the future...

Just shit and time hasn’t treated this shit well

90 percent is so bad that I can’t give the decent parts any star-based credit

I get that this was supposed to be objectively good, but I didn’t enjoy a second of this.

Man this was pretty brutal. An album that was far too long, full of pop with no substance. Every song is about the most seductive man on the planet saying he's going to get with the woman subject of the song. There isn't a lot to take away from this besides some ok R&B grooves. But reading the Apple Music description of the album made me laugh by stating JTs falsetto "MJ worthy" because I actually feel it's really forced sounding. This whole album just plays as fabricated. All that said, Take it from Here has some pretty cool backing music parts, notably in the bridge. Cry Me a River and Rock Your Body are not good enough songs to propel this album to enjoyable for me.

Started it for the third time this morning and... whatever. I was a teen when this dropped. I know a ton of folks who bought this album but don't know anyone who listened to anything but the singles. Bad R&B is atrocious and that's all there is to offer here.

I'm not the same person I was back when this album came out. I liked it then, now it seems like cotton candy with no substance. Also, Cry Me A River is vastly improved if you look at it as the song is actually about him, he just doesn't know it (don't act like he don't know it)

This was bad.

It wasn't kid rock, but I hurt my jaw gritting my teeth getting through this. I understand it sold well, but wow it felt tailor-made to be annoying.

Hard listen, and a hard pass. Production was good but messy. Please stop with the whiny sex voice.

Like. When they were done recording, did anyone think maybe to cut the shit songs and only put in what they knew would hit? This is a 2 star, lowered to a 1 on account of it being OVER AND HOUR LONG!