Walk This Road (album)

This article is about the album. For the song, see Walk This Road.

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

Walk This Road
Studio album by The Doobie Brothers
Released	June 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
"Lahaina" Released: November 17, 2023[3] "Walk This Road" Released: January 22, 2025[4] "Call Me" Released: January 22, 2025

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