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At Your Birthday Party
Rock · 1969 · 9 tracks

At Your Birthday Party

Steppenwolf

A transitional psychedelic rock record where gritty biker blues meets studio experimentation. Dense organ textures and John Kay's signature growl define the mood.

March 1969 · Stateside

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A gritty, slightly paranoid blend of hard rock bravado and psychedelic uncertainty.

Tracklist · 9 Tracks
01
Don’t Cry
3:04
02
Chicken Wolf
2:51
03
Lovely Meter
3:12
04
Round and Down
3:15
06
Sleeping Dreaming
1:11
08
She’ll Be Better
5:15
09
Cat Killer
1:30
11
God Fearing Man
3:50
12
Mango Juice
3:14
Moments Worth Listening For
The sudden, jarring transition into the heavy, distorted riff of 'Chicken Wolf' after the melodic opener.
The way 'Sleeping Dreaming' acts as a brief, hallucinogenic bridge that resets the album's momentum.
The extended, bluesy instrumental interplay on 'Mango Juice' that showcases the band's tight, improvisational chemistry.
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Where This Album DepartsEach spoke is a trait. The orange shape shows where this album pulls away from — or holds to — the rest of the artist’s catalogue. Tap for more.

How does At Your Birthday Party sound next to the rest of Steppenwolf's catalogue?

Dusk+2.3σ

Dusk saturates this record far more than the artist's norm.

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