Walking Distance (album) explained

Walking Distance
Type:	Album
Artist:	Robert Earl Keen
Cover:	WalkingDistance.jpg
Released:	October 27, 1998
Genre:	Folk
Length:	43:53
Label:	Arista
Producer:	Gurf Morlix, Robert Earl Keen
Prev Title:	Picnic
Prev Year:	1997
Next Title:	Gravitational Forces
Next Year:	2001

Walking Distance is an album by the Texas-based folk singer-songwriter Robert Earl Keen.^[1] It was released in the United States in 1998 on Arista Records.^[2]

The album peaked at No. 149 on the Billboard 200.^[3]

Critical reception

The Washington Post opined that "he's still a shaky singer but few folks are writing narrative songs as good as these."^[4] Entertainment Weekly called Keen "a gifted wordsmith, an indifferent melodist, and a flat-out non-singer."

Track listing

All tracks written by Robert Earl Keen, except where noted

1. "Down That Dusty Trail" – 3:39
2. "Travelin' Light" – 3:53 (Peter Case, Bob Neuwirth)
3. "Feelin' Good Again" – 3:17
4. "That Buckin' Song" – 2:19
5. "I'll Be Here For You" – 4:05
6. "Billy Gray" – 4:34 (Norman Blake)
7. "Theme: Road To No Return" / "Carolina" – 8:14
8. "New Life In Old Mexico" – 4:18
9. "Still Without You" / "Conclusion: Road To No Return" – 5:13
10. Silent Track – 1:00
11. "Happy Holidays Y'all" – 3:21

External links

• "Holiday Coping" by Neal Conan from NPR's Talk of the Nation December 18, 2002 (includes Keen's in-studio performance)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Robert Earl Keen. William Michael. Smith. Houston Press.
2. Web site: Robert Earl Keen Biography, Songs, & Albums. AllMusic.
3. Web site: Robert Earl Keen. Billboard.
4. Web site: ROBERT EARL KEEN 'Walking Distance' Arista . The Washington Post . 6 November 2021.