Walk This Road (album)

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Walk This Road
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Studio album by
The Doobie Brothers
ReleasedJune 6, 2025 (2025-06-06) [1]
Genre Folk rock
Label Rhino [2]
Producer John Shanks [1]
The Doobie Brothers chronology
Liberté
(2021)		Walk This Road
(2025)
Singles from Walk This Road
  1. "Lahaina"
    Released: November 17, 2023 [3]
  2. "Walk This Road"
    Released: January 22, 2025 [4]
  3. "Call Me"
    Released: January 22, 2025

Walk This Road is the upcoming sixteenth [5] studio album by the American rock band The Doobie Brothers.

Contents

Background

The album was announced on 30 December 2024 on the band's social media profiles. [2]

Song information

Lahaina

"Lahaina" is an ode to Lahaina, a town in Hawaii that was affected by the 2023 Hawaii wildfires. [6]

Promotion

The album was previewed by three tracks, the first being Lahaina in 2023. [7] The title track and Call Me were previewed in 2025. [8] The album will be followed by an upcoming tour that will run through summer 2025, starting on 4 August 2025 and ending 19 September 2025. [9] The band will be one of the support acts for Electric Light Orchestra during ELO's BST Hyde Park 2025 performance. [10]

Reception

Rolling Stone critic Sage Anderson states that the title track "embodies a sense of hope and togetherness, in terms of searching for the right path forward." [11]

Track listing

Only four songs have their track length revealed, [12] those songs have been listed with their track listing.

  1. Walk This Road (featuring Mavis Staples) – 3:37
  2. Angels & Mercy
  3. Call Me – 3:38
  4. Learn to Let Go – 4:19
  5. State of Grace
  6. Here to Stay
  7. The Kind that Lasts
  8. New Orleans
  9. Speed of Pain
  10. Lahaina (featuring Mick Fleetwood, Jake Shimabukuro & Henry Kapono) – 4:17

References

  1. 1 2 Rapp, Allison (2025-01-22). "Doobie Brothers Announce New Album, 'Walk This Road'". Ultimate Classic Rock. Retrieved 2025-02-14.
  2. 1 2 Jenke, Tyler (2024-12-31). "The Doobie Brothers Detail New Album, 'Walk This Road'". Billboard. Retrieved 2025-02-14.
  3. ↑ "Lahaina: Single by The Doobie Brothers". Spotify . Retrieved 11 March 2025.
  4. ↑ "Walk This Road: Single by the Doobie Brothers". open.spotify.com. Retrieved 2025-02-15.
  5. ↑ Vaziri, Aidin. "Doobie Brothers announce first new original album with Michael McDonald in over 40 years". San Francisco Chronicle . Archived from the original on 2025-01-26. Retrieved 2025-02-15.
  6. ↑ "Release Radar: Walk This Road". The Second Disc. 2025-01-29. Retrieved 2025-02-14.
  7. ↑ Friedlander, Matt (2025-01-22). "The Doobie Brothers Announce Release Date for New Album 'Walk This Road'; Listen to Title Track Featuring Mavis Staples". American Songwriter. Retrieved 2025-02-14.
  8. ↑ Staff, Rock Cellar Magazine (2025-01-27). "The Doobie Brothers Share New Songs; 'Walk This Road' LP June 6". Rock Cellar Magazine. Retrieved 2025-02-14.
  9. ↑ Friedlander, Matt (2025-02-10). "Takin' It to the Road: Doobie Brothers Line Up North American Summer Tour with The Coral Reefer Band in Support of New Album". American Songwriter. Retrieved 2025-02-14.
  10. ↑ Dunworth, Liberty (2025-02-04). "The Doobie Brothers announce 'Walk This Road' summer 2025 UK tour". NME. Retrieved 2025-02-15.
  11. ↑ Anderson, Sage (2025-02-24). "The Doobie Brothers 2025 'Walk This Road' Tour: How to Get Tickets to North American Shows Online". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2025-02-27.
  12. ↑ "Walk This Road (feat. Mavis Staples)". open.spotify.com. Retrieved 2025-02-14.

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