At Your Birthday Party

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At Your Birthday Party
Studio album by Steppenwolf
Released	1969
Recorded	???
Genre	Rock
Length	41:26
Label	ABC Dunhill Records
Producer(s)	Gabriel Mekler
Professional reviews
All Music Guide (3/5) link
Steppenwolf chronology
Steppenwolf the Second (1968)	At Your Birthday Party (1969)	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. 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.

[edit] Track listing

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

[edit] Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

Year	Chart	Position
1969	Pop Albums	7

Singles - Billboard (North America)

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1969	"It's Never Too Late"	Pop Singles	51
1969	"Rock Me"	Pop Singles	10