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Jun 13, 2014With Emma Jean, Lee Fields and the Expressions have crafted a modern day soul masterpiece that could easily sit next to, if not surpass, the greatest releases of the late 1960s and 1970s.
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UncutJun 3, 2014Emma Jean is mellower, mournful and unimpeachably authentic.... A magnificent piece of work. [Jun 2014, p.76]
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Jun 3, 2014Emma Jean even stands out from its excellent predecessors in performance, arrangement, production, and inspiration.
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MojoJul 24, 2014[A] slower tempii dominate the first half of Emma Jean, leaving the lapel-grabbing soul struts until the second half of the record. [Jul 2014, p.89]
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Jun 30, 2014Fields showcases a burnished voice that quakes and quivers with the wisdom only age and experience can afford.
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Jun 3, 2014This is more than just a stroll down memory lane since the emotions and lost love laments remain timeless, as does the sound of a man who understands his musical strengths and plays to them with class, authority and soul searching intensity.
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Jun 3, 2014Even though you know just what you should be getting from an album like this, Lee Fields & the Expressions play like the stakes have never been higher: they lay it all out there, put it on the line, and make damn well sure you feel it.
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Jun 24, 2014No matter how you look at it, tales of love and loss sound better when there’s a voice like Fields guiding you along.
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