Walk Together, Rock Together

{{Infobox album

| name = Walk Together, Rock Together

| type = EP

| artist = 7 Seconds

| cover = WalkTogetherRockTogether.jpg

| alt =

| released = 1985

| recorded =

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Hardcore punk

| length =

| label = BYO{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/7-seconds-mn0000573241/biography|title=7 Seconds | Biography & History|website=AllMusic}}

| producer = Ian MacKaye{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/walk-together-rock-together-mw0002897261|title=Walk Together, Rock Together - 7 Seconds | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic|via=www.allmusic.com}}

| prev_title = The Crew

| prev_year = 1984

| next_title = Ourselves

| next_year = 1988

}}

{{album ratings

|rev1 = The Encyclopedia of Popular Music

|rev1score = {{rating|3|5}}{{cite book |last1=Larkin |first1=Colin |title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |date=2006 |publisher=MUZE |volume=7 |page=356}}

}}

Walk Together, Rock Together is a studio album by hardcore punk band 7 Seconds, released in 1985. The album was originally released as an EP, but was later expanded into a full-length album.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PFJjCwAAQBAJ&dq=Walk+Together%2C+Rock+Together+7+seconds+1985&pg=PA356|title=American Hardcore (Second Edition): A Tribal History|first1=Steven|last1=Blush|first2=George|last2=Petros|date=October 19, 2010|publisher=Feral House|isbn=9781932595987|via=Google Books}}{{cite book |last1=Cogan |first1=Brian |title=Encyclopedia of Punk Music and Culture |date=2006 |publisher=Greenwood Press |page=195}}

Background

Walk Together, Rock Together was originally released as an EP in 1985. In 1986, it was expanded into a full length by adding live songs to the albums B-Side.{{cite web | url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/walk-together-rock-together-mw0002897261 | title=7 Seconds - Walk Together, Rock Together Album Reviews, Songs & More | AllMusic | website=AllMusic }} The studio tracks were produced by Minor Threat singer Ian MacKaye,{{cite web | url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/walk-together-rock-together-mw0002897261 | title=7 Seconds - Walk Together, Rock Together Album Reviews, Songs & More | AllMusic | website=AllMusic }} who also provided backing vocals, and mixed by Bad Religion guitarist Brett Gurewitz.{{cite web | url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/walk-together-rock-together-mw0002897261/credits | title=Walk Together, Rock Together - 7 Seconds | Credits | AllMusic | website=AllMusic }}

Critical reception

AllMusic called the album "an essential chapter of early hardcore." Maximum Rocknroll wrote that "all the pleasant harmonies and sing-alongs are present in full form, and the well thought-out lyrics that make this band what they are."{{Cite web|url=http://maximumrocknroll.com/review/mrr-24/walk-together-rock-together-12/|title=Walk Together, Rock Together 12}} Trouser Press wrote that the album "demonstrates an early interest in slowing things down and tuning them up along positive Clash/Pistols lines."{{cite web |title=7 Seconds |url=https://trouserpress.com/reviews/7seconds/ |website=Trouser Press |access-date=2 January 2021}}