[8] Hiatt wrote the songs while touring to promote Perfectly Good Guitar.

The guitarist David Immerglück replaced Mike Ward for the recording sessions.

[9] The Encyclopedia of Popular Music called the title track one of Hiatt's "most infectious songs.

"[3] In its review, Entertainment Weekly called Hiatt "country rock’s best singer-songwriter.

"[10] Trouser Press wrote that Walk On "calmly returns Hiatt to the rustic folk-roots sound of his most natural habitat, with mixed but generally positive results.