Slowly Going the Way of the Buffalo is the fourth studio album released by American punk rock band MxPx in 1998.

Due to the success of MxPx's "Chick Magnet", from their previous album, Life in General, the band signed a multi-album contract with A&M.

[2] Moving away from the sound of Life in General, the band "dirtied things up a little", according to vocalist and bassist Mike Herrera, for Slowly Going the Way of the Buffalo.

[2] To generate hype, A&M picked 1,000 of the band's fans and, from April to June 1998, sent them a CD of songs from the album.

[2] Despite the band's sizable fan base, the label was not approaching the album with high expectations.