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List Price: $15.98 | | Label: Three Car Garage
Salesrank: 39604
Released: July 24, 2007 |
| Our Price: $11.30 |
| Used Price: $8.94 |
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| Media: Audio CD |
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The Walk Track Listing:
1. Ngi Ne Themba (I Have Hope)
2. Great Divide
3. Been There Before
4. Georgia
5. Watch Over Me
6. Running Man
7. Go
8. Fire On The Mountain
9. One More
10. Blue Sky
11. Tearing It Down
12. Something Going Round
13. Your Illusion
14. Walk, The
15. Got A Hold On Me - (live acoustic bonus track)
16. I've Been Down - (live acoustic bonus track)
17. Something Going Round - (live acoustic bonus track)
Editorial Review:
It's hard to hear The Walk from end to end without wishing the brothers Hanson could go back in time and undo the career-stunting megahit that was "MmmBop." If it wasn't for that 1997 song, catchy and guilty-pleasurable as it was, the boys would be well on their way to winning over the kind of committed audience a disc as focused and fine-tuned as this one deserves. There's nothing particularly high-minded here (excepting the single "Great Divide," a downloadable track whose sales will benefit an African orphanage), but each song radiates a level of pop-rock accomplishment that surpasses most anything you'll hear on top 40 radio. Hanson, in fact, has more in common with acts like Fountain of Wayne and Amos Lee these days than anybody you'll see strutting across a TV screen in skin-tight pants. Highlights on a disc without a single dud include "Georgia," contemplatively sung by Taylor, and "Running Man," an addictive Squeeze-meets-Beatles rock ditty co-written by Zac. In its 15-year history, Hanson has won the right to talk the talk about the hardships and satisfactions of maturing musically; The Walk backs that talk up beautifully. --Tammy La Gorce
The Walk Reviews:
Hanson's The Walk 
2009-11-28 - This album is one of Hanson's best. It has some accoustical sounds with a Capella influence. It sounds live,and has a great sound quality.
Something to Love 
2009-08-28 - It's been a long time since I have been able to listen to an album all of the way through and then want to listen to it again. The music these guys put together in this cd is awesome and their message is even better. Who knew that the band I MMMboped to in the late 90's would eventually become such an amazingly artistic group of compassionate individuals?
If you sit down and listen to the lyrics, it's obvious that these guys are more than a bunch of musicians trying to sell an album. They present so much passion and truth between the catchy rock chords that advertise their message of goodwill. Before each concert, they invite their fans to walk a mile with them to raise money for shoes (with Tom's Shoes) for children in various countries who would otherwise have to walk around barefoot. Not only is this a great way to raise money for a charity but they take more time out of their lives to spend it with their fans. How many other bands do things like this?
The first song, "Great Divide" has a great guitar part throughout the verses that leads into the chorus. The guys harmonize in the chorus and their vocals are right on. The overall message of hope and peace seems appropriate for the time we find ourselves in. Taken as a whole, it is a great, uplifting song that makes you feel all warm and fuzzy inside.
"Running Man" is one of my favorites of the album. The music in this song is fun to listen to. And as a couple of reviewers have already mentioned, the lyrics/vocals are really great. The chorus is also very catchy and I'm not surprised when I find myself humming it.
"Fire on the Mountain" is also another one of my favorites. This song is a little slower than the ones I've already mentioned but the lyrics are beautiful. It's hard to imagine how young these guys actually are with the amount of wisdom that pours out of this song. And as always, the music fits the lyrics making the song uniformed in style and in structure.
"Something Going Round" has a great mixture of electric guitar, interesting snare beats and rhythmic piano. I feel as if this song is declaring that Hanson is ready for the world to take them on whether we, as listeners, are ready to accept them or not; and in the long run, they don't care as long as they get to play their music. Rather than begging their listeners to like them, they are asking everyone to just truthfully listen. Of course, this is just my opinion but the power of choice seems like a major part of this song.
Each song on this album has something to offer the listener and I really think that as a whole, the cd could attract many different types of music lovers. Buy it.
Outstanding musicians!
2009-05-16 - Wow! very few bands ever surprise me these days. Too bad these guys made that mmmbop song...
Still Amazing
2009-04-29 - I Will have to admit I still love Underneatha bit more than this. But the new hanson is my exact taste in music. I love Been there Before, Fire on the Mountain, Watch Over Me the most but its still pretty good.
Watered-Down Rock. 
2009-04-06 - It's hard to believe that Hanson is still making music after a mid-90s explosion on the pop scene with their hit-single "MMMBop." On their latest release, The Walk, Hanson has created quite a compilation of sappy piano-laden rock ballads, power pop, and watered down blue-eyed soul numbers. That makes is easy to that this album will be in the CD players of many soccer moms all across the country. And for those of you clamoring to get your paws on the Hanson's latest release you can rest assured that Walmart has it in stock.
This time around its seems the Hanson brothers have tried to deviate from their bubblegum pop past. However they've only to succumb to creating a brand of non-threatening soft-rock that unfortunately breaks no new ground. Their middlebrow adult contemporary streak can be best heard in the trudging wannabe anthem "Watch Over Me" and the Coldplay-esque "Fire on the Mountain." On another track, "Running Man" the group tries to channel their best Maroon 5 impression with a shimmying rhythm that sounds like something straight out an 70s soft rock compilation CD.
Sadly, It's not too much of a stretch to say that among the artists that emerged from the teen-pop boom that Hanson has not strayed far from their roots. And if the slick pop production isn't nauseating enough the group has managed to make an album with enough mounting piano chords and tortured soul vocals to make James Blunt look like Barry White --seriously.
