Happy Birthday to Me (album)

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Happy Birthday to Me
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Studio album by
ReleasedMay 20, 1997
Genre Punk rock, pop punk, garage rock
Length35:37
Label Reprise
Producer Kim Shattuck
The Muffs chronology
Blonder and Blonder
(1995)
Happy Birthday to Me
(1997)
Alert Today, Alive Tomorrow
(1999)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Robert Christgau Rating-Christgau-dud.svg [2]
Entertainment Weekly B [3]
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [4]

Happy Birthday to Me is the third album by the American pop punk band The Muffs. [5] It was released in 1997 on Reprise Records. [6]

Contents

Happy Birthday to Me was vocalist/guitarist Kim Shattuck's favorite Muffs album. [7]

Critical reception

The Washington Post wrote that "the band's most convincing songs are designed for those with short attention spans and bad attitudes: Shattuck's guitar snarls, she gripes and then they're over." [8] The Los Angeles Times called the songs "concise, crisply played and melodic." [9] Salon wrote that the album "takes the listener on a blissful, blistering 45-minute joyride." [10]

Track listing

All songs written by Kim Shattuck.

  1. "Crush Me" - 1.48
  2. "That Awful Man" - 1.59
  3. "Honeymoon" - 1.55
  4. "All Blue Baby" - 2.50
  5. "My Crazy Afternoon" - 2.35
  6. "Is It All Okay?" - 3.01
  7. "Pennywhore" - 1.21
  8. "Outer Space" - 3.12
  9. "I'm a Dick" - 1.53
  10. "Nothing" - 1.28
  11. "Where Only I Could Go" - 2.09
  12. "Upside Down" - 2.42
  13. "You and Your Parrot" - 2.17
  14. "Keep Holding Me" - 3.09
  15. "The Best Time Around" - 3.18

Personnel

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