First new Lee Fields in a minute and he comes back doing the same damn thing as usual; adding to a track record that has basically made him the best male vocalist this modern funk movement has seen. I'll even give that a "hands down"- dude is an injection of real deal soul in a world that is sometimes all too paper thin. Seriously, what a voice! The instrumentation on "You Don't Know What You Mean (To A Lover Like Me)(1)" is typically keyed-in and textbook tight, but the presence of Lee turns it into GOOD MUSIC. Period. And side B sees a much welcome throwback to the JB-style tortured ballad with "Could Have Been(2)."

reviewed by the mgmnt