Editing Walk Among Us (section)

==Critical reception==
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}<ref name=Allmusic>{{cite web |last=Raggett |first=Ned |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/walk-among-us-mw0000197473 |title=Walk Among Us – Misfits |publisher=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=November 25, 2005}}</ref>
| rev2 = ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]''
| rev2Score = 9.4/10<ref name=pitchfork>{{cite web |last=Heller |first=Jason |url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/misfits-walk-among-us/ |title=Misfits: Walk Among Us |work=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]] |date=October 31, 2017 |access-date=January 21, 2018}}</ref>
| rev3 = ''[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]''
| rev3score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}<ref name=brod>{{cite journal|last=Brod|first=Doug|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ezn8AaqFtHUC&pg=PA94 |title=Discography: Glenn Danzig|journal=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]|volume=23|issue=8|date=August 2007|access-date=September 16, 2019|page=94}}</ref>
| rev4 = ''[[Spin Alternative Record Guide]]''
| rev4Score = 8/10<ref>{{cite book|editor1-last=Weisband|editor1-first=Eric|editor2-last=Marks|editor2-first=Craig|title=[[Spin Alternative Record Guide]]|publisher=[[Vintage Books]]|year=1995|isbn=0-679-75574-8}}</ref>
}}
In his book ''This Music Leaves Stains: The Complete Story of the Misfits'', author James,<ref>{{cite magazine | url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/40-greatest-punk-albums-of-all-time-75659/the-misfits-walk-among-us-1982-174394/ | title=40 Greatest Punk Albums of All Time | magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] | date=April 6, 2016 }}</ref> Jr. writes that ''Walk Among Us'' was considered "an instant triumph" among Misfits fans upon its release, and that it was "the record everyone had patiently been waiting for since ''[[Beware (EP)|Beware]]'' and '[[Horror Business]]'."{{sfn|Greene|2013|p=44}} In a May 1982 issue of ''[[Sounds (magazine)|Sounds]]'', music journalist [[Tim Sommer]] described it as "a truly awesome album".{{sfn|Greene|2013|p=44}}<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Sommer|first=Tim|date=May 1, 1982|title=New York Noos|magazine=[[Sounds (magazine)|Sounds]]|pages=14}}</ref> ''[[Forced Exposure]]''{{'}}s review of the album stated: "Just [buy] this fuckin' record".{{sfn|Greene|2013|p=44}}<ref>{{cite magazine|date=March 1982|title=Misfits — 'Walk Among Us'|magazine=[[Forced Exposure]]|issue=2}}</ref>

Ned Raggett of [[AllMusic]] gave the album a rating of 4.5 out of 5, writing that "Nearly every song on the album – 13 total, delivered in a light-speed 25 minutes – is a twisted classic, with the band's trademark '50s/'60s melodies run through a punk/[[Heavy metal music|metal]] meatgrinder on full display".<ref name=Allmusic /> Raggett also wrote that the album "became a legendary effort of U.S. punk, the more so because it so willfully violated many [of punk's] rules" at the time of its release, noting that the album is "[u]tterly devoid of political confrontation or social uplift".<ref name=Allmusic />{{sfn|Greene|2013|p=44}}

Jason Heller of ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]'' gave the album a rating of 9.4 out of 10, praising the "insidiously catchy" nature of the songs and writing: "This album is a work of feverish imagination, but it's in no way escapist [... Danzig] sings of butchering people and keeping their body parts even as the names [[Ted Bundy]] and [[John Wayne Gacy]] sent chills down the spine of a nation. [...] Neither glorifying nor condemning, Misfits simply distilled the anxieties of the early '80s into a putrid elixir."<ref name=pitchfork /> Doug Brod of ''[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]'' gave the album 4 out of 5 stars, writing that the album's tracks "perfectly capture [the Misfits'] ''danse macabre'' before the tempos quickened and the choruses became scarce on 1983's ''[[Earth A.D.]]''".<ref name=brod /> In his book ''The Complete Misfits Discography'', author Robert Michael "Bobb" Cotter calls ''Walk Among Us'' "one of the greatest officially released punk albums of all time."{{sfn|Cotter|2019|p=25}}

Guitarist [[Jay Yuenger]] of the [[Heavy metal music|heavy metal]] band [[White Zombie (band)|White Zombie]] called ''Walk Among Us'' "the definitive statement" from the Misfits, noting its "dangerous sound with sweet melodies [...] it's just so unique, and so uniquely American. It made a huge impact on everyone I knew."{{sfn|Greene|2013|p=44}} Vocalist [[Dave Brockie]] of the heavy metal band [[Gwar]] called ''Walk Among Us'' a "nearly perfect album".{{sfn|Greene|2013|p=44}}

''[[Rolling Stone]]'' ranked the album Number 32 on its list of the 40 greatest punk rock albums of all time.<ref name=rs40>{{Cite magazine|last1=Wolk|first1=Jon Dolan,Jason Fine,David Fricke,Elisabeth Garber-Paul,Andy Greene,Will Hermes,Rob Sheffield,Douglas|last2=Dolan|first2=Jon|last3=Fine|first3=Jason|last4=Fricke|first4=David|last5=Garber-Paul|first5=Elisabeth|last6=Greene|first6=Andy|last7=Hermes|first7=Will|last8=Sheffield|first8=Rob|last9=Wolk|first9=Douglas|date=April 6, 2016|title=40 Greatest Punk Albums of All Time|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/40-greatest-punk-albums-of-all-time-75659/|access-date=March 20, 2021|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|language=en-US}}</ref>