Lee Fields & The Expressions - Emma Jean
Critic Score
Based on 7 reviews
2014 Ratings: #86 / 1042
User Score
Based on 32 ratings
Liked by 1 person
June 3, 2014 / Release Date
LP / Format
- / Label
Soul / Genre
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CRITIC REVIEWS

90
AllMusic

Emma Jean even stands out from its excellent predecessors in performance, arrangement, production, and inspiration.

82
Paste

Throughout Emma Jean, Fields struts, croons, shouts and turns on a low, tuneful vulnerability, matched at each turn by his terrific band. 

80
American Songwriter

The same parts are in place;sharply often intricately arranged horn parts, gospel call and response female backing vocals, a band that supports and never overplays and of course Fields’ tough, tender and pleading voice.

75
Pitchfork

Even 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.

Z.Younk
79

Exactly what 2014 needed, an honest, relatable, charismatic soul album by a long-time legend. Lee Fields delivers his career-best with his loving, sonic embrace of an album with a perfectly-mixed brass and string section that allow for absolute wonderment.

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Track List

  1. Just Can't Win
  2. Magnolia
  3. Paralyzed
  4. Standing By Your Side
  5. Eye To Eye
  6. In The Woods
  7. All I Need
  8. Still Gets Me Down
  9. Talk To Somebody
  10. Stone Angel
  11. Don't Leave Me This Way
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Added on: June 3, 2014