When did Hanson become Maroon 3? As far as the Tulsa trio may seem from
their starlet-baiting, Jamiroquai-jacking counterparts, the
apple-cheeked brothers have a shockingly similar (if decidedly less
slick) funk-rock fixation. Where ''MMMBop,'' the single that put the then
adolescents on the map 10 years ago, hinged on a purer pop sound, The Walk feels like a natural progression the boys are now married (two with
children!), after all. At 14 tracks, they clearly could have cut some
bar-bandish filler, yet what remains is gratifyingly strong. B+
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