It's hard to find another active singer today that has the background Lee Fields does: a first release in 1969, records on thirteen different labels, and close to 47 years of music making, touring and recording. Backed by The Expressions and their incomparable soul-sound musicianship, Lee Fields will release Special Night on November 4 via Big Crown Records.
Noisey broke the news on Monday, along with a premiere of the title track and an extensive Q&A with Fields. "Special Night" is available now and you can read the full interview with Lee HERE. Special Night is also available for pre-order with the title track as an instant-grat HERE.Purchase and preview "Special Night" at Big Crown | Soundcloud | Spotify | iTunes | Apple Music!
The formula seems to be two-fold: sticking to the raucous-yet-tender voiced soul music Lee Fields has always made, yet updating it-pushing the boundaries of what it can be. The result is an unmistakable sound, something that, as Pitchfork put it, "isn't indebted specifically to Atlantic or Stax or Philadelphia International or Chess or Fame or Motown so much as it's indebted to all of them at once." This is why no one can call a Lee Fields record on Big Crown a "throwback." It has hints, sounds, and feelings that may be familiar but then there are textures, themes, and approaches that challenge the genre and stretch the sound into something else, something decidedly Lee Fields. Special Night Track List
1 - Special Night
2 - I'm Coming Home
3 - Work to Do
4 - Never Be Another You
5 - Lover Man
6 - Make This World
7 - Let Him In
8 - How I Like It
9 - Where Is The Love
10 - Precious Love
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