Walk On (John Hiatt album)

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Walk On
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Studio album by
John Hiatt
ReleasedOctober 24, 1995
Genre Folk rock, heartland rock
Length68:57
Label Capitol
Producer Don Smith [1]
John Hiatt chronology
Hiatt Comes Alive at Budokan?
(1994)		Walk On
(1995)		 Little Head
(1997)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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The Encyclopedia of Popular Music Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [3]
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album GuideStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [1]
The New Rolling Stone Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [4]

Walk On is an album by singer-songwriter John Hiatt, released in 1995. [5] [6] It was his first album with Capitol Records. [7]

Contents

The album peaked at No. 48 on the Billboard 200 chart. [8]

Production

Hiatt wrote the songs while touring to promote Perfectly Good Guitar . The guitarist David Immerglück replaced Mike Ward for the recording sessions. [9]

Critical reception

The Encyclopedia of Popular Music called the title track one of Hiatt's "most infectious songs." [3] In its review, Entertainment Weekly called Hiatt "country rock’s best singer-songwriter." [10] Trouser Press wrote that Walk On "calmly returns Hiatt to the rustic folk-roots sound of his most natural habitat, with mixed but generally positive results." [7] The Chicago Tribune called it Hiatt's best since Bring the Family . [11]

Track listing

All tracks written by John Hiatt

  1. "Cry Love" – 4:20
  2. "You Must Go" – 5:01
  3. "Walk On" – 5:11
  4. "Good as She Could Be" – 3:28
  5. "The River Knows Your Name" – 4:25
  6. "Native Son" – 3:55
  7. "Dust Down a Country Road" – 4:04
  8. "Ethylene" – 4:03
  9. "I Can't Wait" – 4:25
  10. "Shredding the Document" – 5:02
  11. "Wrote It Down and Burned It" – 6:02
  12. "Your Love Is My Rest" – 4:34
  13. "Friend of Mine" – 14:22 (The song "Friend of Mine" ends at 3:22. After 2 minutes [3:22 – 5:22] begins the hidden song "Mile High" [5:22 – 14:22], included on the Capitol release but not mentioned. Listed as a bonus track on the European and BMG releases.

Personnel

Additional musicians
Production

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  2. ↑ Ruhlmann, William. Walk On at AllMusic. Retrieved 12 August 2011.
  3. 1 2 Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 4. MUZE. p. 274.
  4. ↑ The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. Simon & Schuster. 2004. p. 378.
  5. ↑ "John Hiatt | Biography & History". AllMusic.
  6. ↑ Joyce, Mike (November 6, 1995). "JOHN HIATT" – via www.washingtonpost.com.
  7. 1 2 "John Hiatt". Trouser Press. Retrieved October 18, 2020.
  8. ↑ "John Hiatt". Billboard.
  9. ↑ CATLIN, ROGER. "JOHN HIATT BACK TO MORE INTIMATE MODE". courant.com.
  10. ↑ "Walk On". EW.com.
  11. ↑ Kot, Greg. "HIATT FINDS IMMERGLUCK FOIL FOR HIS ADVENTURES". chicagotribune.com.


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