At Your Birthday Party

Infobox Album | Name = At Your Birthday Party
Type = Album
Artist = Steppenwolf


Released = 1969
Recorded = ???
Genre = Rock
Length = 41:26
Label = ABC Dunhill Records
Producer = Gabriel Mekler
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:fl5a8qctbt04 link]
Last album = "Steppenwolf the Second"
(1968)
This album = "At Your Birthday Party"
(1969)
Next album = "Early Steppenwolf"
(1969)

"At Your Birthday Party" is an album by Steppenwolf, released in 1969 (see 1969 in music) on the label ABC Dunhill Records. It was the first Steppenwolf album to feature bass player Nick St. Nicholas. Although it was less critically acclaimed than their successful first two albums, "Steppenwolf" and "Steppenwolf the Second", it contained a few well-known hits, such as "It's Never Too Late" and "Jupiter's Child", as well as the colossal "Rock Me". Still it would be their last top ten album with their last top ten hit. Even then, though, the album showcases Steppenwolf at their peak, coming out of, but not yet completely abandoning, the psychedelia of "Steppenwolf the Second" and stepping into the distinctive hard rock of their later releases, but with less weight here than later, meaning it slides faster and more furiously.

Track listing

#"Don't Cry" (Gabriel Mekler) – 3:11
#"Chicken Wolf" (John Kay, Michael Monarch) – 2:58
#"Lovely Meter" (Gabriel Mekler) – 3:10
#"Round And Down" (Michael Monarch) – 3:19
#"It's Never Too Late" (John Kay, Nick St. Nicholas) – 4:07
#"Sleeping Dreaming" (Nick St.Nicholas) – 1:07
#"Jupiter's Child" (Jerry Edmonton, John Kay, Michael Monarch) – 3:28
#"She'll Be Better" (Jerry Edmonton, Gabriel Mekler) – 5:32
#"Cat Killer" (John Goadsby) – 1:37
#"Rock Me" (Dave Grusin, John Kay) – 3:45
#"God Fearing Man" (Michael Monarch) – 3:55
#"Mango Juice" (Jerry Edmonton, John Goadsby, Michael Monarch) – 3:01
#"Happy Birthday" (Gabriel Mekler) – 2:16

Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

Singles - Billboard (North America)