Faithful Man

Fields has been making southern soul since the 1960s and this record catches him at a point of genuine artistic peak — his voice has that lived-in quality that no amount of production technique can manufacture, and the Expressions play with a tightness that feels earned rather than rehearsed. 'Honey Dove' is the kind of track that makes you recalibrate what you expect from modern soul. Sits slightly in the shadow of My World in his catalog even though it's every bit as strong.

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