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Oct 9, 2012Fields never gained the notoriety of Sharon Jones or Charles Bradley. That could change with Faithful Man, a set of slow burning ballads in lush string-laden arrangements.
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Mar 29, 2012Tracks like I Still Got It reaffirms that this dude, even at 61, is "cool and dangerous" – and back, back, back.
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Apr 24, 2012[The] excellent Faithful Man is a product of the dream team of producers, arrangers, songwriters and players (the house band called the Expressions) at Brooklyn's Truth & Soul Records, whose history parallels Brooklyn's better-known Daptone.
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Jun 11, 2012Fields sounds commandingly assured with songs that ache and bristle with lush convictions.
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Mar 22, 2012As strong as this set is, it still faces the originality conundrum. Rather than a group of songs individually composed and packaged under the banner of a soul album, Faithful Man can occasionally feel like one extended, vaguely monochromatic exercise in proving the vitality of a brilliant yet aging art form.
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MojoMar 22, 2012It's a classic soul album, its strength lying in Fields' gift for storytelling and his extraordinary delivery. [Apr 2012, p. 86]
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Apr 10, 2012He proves every time he's on stage and across this wonderful LP...he's got it.
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Mar 22, 2012If there's anything that keeps Faithful Man from equaling My World, aside from the occasional orchestral overkill, it's that the songwriting overall isn't quite as strong.
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Mar 22, 2012This new album feels like a lost gem recently unearthed.
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Q MagazineMar 14, 2012Field's tough but tender holler, adventurous arrangements and razor-sharp rhythms combine to ensure these breezy tributes to Motown, classic rock, and psychedelic soul always hit the right note. [April 2012, p.94]
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Mar 22, 2012What's not in doubt is how faithfully he's stuck to the core deep-soul verities, with a delivery that vaults from spoken sermonising to raw, impassioned hurt in an instant.
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UncutMar 26, 2012Great, if a little pointless. [Apr 2012, p.77]