US Weekly

’90S NIGHT

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LENNY KRAVITZ / BLUE ELECTRIC LIGHT

Don’t forget the king of oversize scarves and leather pants makes music, too! If lead single “TK421” is any indication, the new LP — recorded at Kravitz’s studio in the Bahamas — will mine funk and glam rock for inspiratio­n. Think: Prince, Chic and David Bowie’s early ’80s work with Nile Rodgers. (May 24)

PEARL JAM / DARK MATTER

The craze for all things ’90s isn’t just for Friends and claw clips — it’s also for grunge. Alt-rock pioneers Pearl Jam recorded their latest album in just three weeks, and frontman Eddie Vedder’s voice is as dynamic as ever, serving as the perfect accompanim­ent to the band’s blistering drums and guitars. (April 19)

98 DEGREES / FULL CIRCLE

The nostalgia wave continues with a new album from the group, who have reunited for their first non-holiday album in more

NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK / STILL KIDS

Need more boy bands in your life? Enter New Kids on the Block and their brand-new LP. “Donnie [Wahlberg] and I pretty much cowrote the whole album,” Joey McIntyre told Us exclusivel­y. “We’ve been lucky, the five of us, to never grow up in some ways. And a lot of people look to us to go back to that happy place, and we give permission to them to just have fun.” (May 17) than a decade. Full Circle includes a mix of new tunes and rerecorded classics from their past — all with a hefty helping of those four-part harmonies they do so well. (April 5) JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE / EVERYTHING I THOUGHT IT WAS

After ’NSync reunited for a song from last year’s Trolls Band Together, fans demanded more — and Timberlake was ready to deliver with his first album in six years. The

LP includes

“Paradise,” another collab with his former bandmates, as well as the gospel-inflected “Sanctified” and the mid-tempo R&B jam “Drown,” which recalls some of his earliest solo hits. (Out now)

SHERYL CROW / EVOLUTION

Crow previously said her 2019 album, Threads, would be her last because she thought “there was no point to it,” but thankfully, she’s changed her mind. One of the most underrated artists in rock continues to prove why she’s a force to be reckoned with on Evolution, which delves further into the rootsy, bluesy sound Crow has been perfecting over the past 30 years. (Out now)

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