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  • Summary: The Doobie Brothers first studio album to feature Michael McDonald since 1980's One Step Closer features guest appearances by Mick Fleetwood, Henry Kapono, Jake Shimabukuro, and Mavis Staples.
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  1. Uncut
    Jun 27, 2025
    80
    These septuagenarians have made a Doobie Brothers album that sounds like it was recorded by their much younger selves, and the passing years haven't blunted their vibrancy. [Jun 2025, p.36]
  2. Classic Rock Magazine
    Jun 27, 2025
    70
    Walk This Road is an album as full of joy as it is of craft. [Jul 2025, p.76]
  3. Jun 27, 2025
    60
    2025's Walk This Road, however, bridges these two eras of the Doobie Brothers, with core members Tom Johnston, Patrick Simmons, and John McFee joined in the studio by Michael McDonald, and the result is album that honors the band's rocking spirit while making room for McDonald's soul-satisfying vocal style.
  4. Mojo
    Jun 27, 2025
    60
    Walk This Road glides between cheerful boogies and sunny R&N vamps, luxuriating in the relaxed chemistry of the four surviving members. [Jul 2025, p.86]