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1991 studio album by Spin Doctors
Pocket Full of Kryptonite
Released August 20, 1991 (1991-08-20 ) Recorded July–December 1990 Studio
Genre
Length 50 :30
Label
Epic
Producer
"
Little Miss Can't Be Wrong " Released: 1992
"
Two Princes " Released: 1992
"Jimmy Olsen's Blues" Released: 1993
"What Time Is It?" Released: 1993
"How Could You Want Him (When You Know You Could Have Me?)" Released: 1993
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Pocket Full of Kryptonite is the debut
studio album by the American
rock band
Spin Doctors , released in August 1991. The album initially sold a respectable 60,000 copies in late 1991 due to its growing hardcore fanbase, before several radio stations (including
WEQX in Vermont) started playing the single "
Little Miss Can't Be Wrong " in mid-1992.
[10] The combined strength of the single along with the follow-up "
Two Princes " led to the album's peak at Nos. 1 and 3 on the
Billboard
Top Heatseekers and
Billboard 200 albums charts, respectively. It is currently the band's best selling album, and was certified 5× Platinum by the RIAA.
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It was remastered and reissued in 2011 as a 20th-anniversary edition, with a bonus track added to the original album and a second disc of demos previously released only on cassette, plus two live tracks.
The album's title is a quote from the opening track, "Jimmy Olsen's Blues", a humorous song sung from the point of view of
Jimmy Olsen , a character in the
Superman
comic book series. In the song, Jimmy Olsen tries to woo
Lois Lane away from Superman, stating "I got a pocket full of
Kryptonite ," referring to a fictional substance that weakens Superman. The album cover, showing a
phone booth , refers to
Clark Kent frequently ducking into a nearby phone booth to change into his Superman attire.
Track listing
Original album
All tracks are written by Spin Doctors except as noted
Title Writer(s) 1. "Jimmy Olsen's Blues" 4:38 2. "What Time Is It?" 4:50 3. "
Little Miss Can't Be Wrong " 3:54 4. "Forty or Fifty" 4:23 5. "Refrigerator Car" 4:46 6. "More Than She Knows" Eric Schenkman, Simon Lambert, Graham Clark, J.P. Fitting 2:12 7. "
Two Princes " 4:18 8. "Off My Line" John David Bell, Spin Doctors 3:58 9. "How Could You Want Him (When You Know You Could Have Me?)" 4:59 10. "Shinbone Alley/Hard to Exist" Spin Doctors, John Popper 12:42 Total length: 50:30
Bonus tracks for European edition (Epic 468250 9)
[12] Title 11. "Yo Mamas a Pajama" (live, 1990-09-27 @ Wetlands Preserve, NY) 4:03 12. "Sweet Widow" (live, 1990-09-27 @ Wetlands Preserve, NY) 11:38 13. "Stepped on a Crack" (live, 1990-09-27 @ Wetlands Preserve, NY) 4:02 Total length: 70:13
2011 Anniversary edition disc 1 bonus track Title Writer(s) 11. "Hard to Exist" (B-side of "How Could You Want Him" single) Barron, Schenkman, Popper, Comess 4:29 Total length: 54:59
Notes
2011 anniversary edition disc 2
All tracks are written by Spin Doctors except as noted
1989 "Can't Say No" Demo, recorded Aug 1989
Greene Street Studios , New York City Title Writer(s) 1. "Jimmy Olsen's Blues" 5:13 2. "Can't Say No" Schenkman 2:20 3. "Hard to Exist" Barron, Schenkman, Popper, Comess 4:30 4. "At This Hour" 5:37 5. "40 or 50" 4:39 6. "Big Fat Funky Booty" 4:00
1990 "Piece of Glass" Demo, recorded March 1990 RPM Studios, New York City Title Writer(s) 7. "What Time Is It?" 4:08 8. "How Could You Want Him (When You Know You Could Have Me?)" 5:44 9. "Hungry Hamed's" 4:39 10. "House" 4:19 11. "Two Princes" 4:41 12. "Refrigerator Car" 4:05 13. "Rosetta Stone" 6:10 14. "Freeway of the Plains" Gregg Buscaglia, Barron, Schenkman, Popper, Fogel 5:48
Live tracks Title 15. "Turn it Upside Down" (Live July 19, 1993, Kingswood Music Theater, Toronto, Canada) 4:41 16. "Little Miss Can't Be Wrong" (Live September 25, 1990, Continental Divide, New York City) 4:05 Total length: 75:15
Personnel
Spin Doctors
Chris Barron – lead vocals
Eric Schenkman – guitar, backing vocals, lead vocals on "Off My Line", piano on "Forty or Fifty"
Mark White –
bass
Aaron Comess – drums,
organ , backing vocals on "Little Miss Can't Be Wrong",
congas on "Forty or Fifty"
Additional musicians
John Popper – harmonica on "More Than She Knows" and "Off My Line", backing vocals on "Two Princes"
John Bush – tambourine on "Off My Line", congas on "How Could You Want Him (When You Know You Could Have Me)?"
Production
Producers: Frank Aversa, Peter Denenberg,
Frankie LaRocka , Spin Doctors
Engineers: Frank Aversa, Peter Denenberg, Marc Schwartz, Spin Doctors
Assistant engineers: Jeff Lippay, Motley
Mixing: Peter Denenberg, Frankie La Rocka, Spin Doctors
Mastering:
Ted Jensen at Sterling Sound, NYC
Production coordination: Jason J. Richardson
Guitar technician: Joseph Miselis
Equipment manager: John Darren Greene
Art direction: Francesca Restrepo
Photography: Paul Aresu, Paul LaRaia
Cover art: Darren Greene, Chris Gross, Nicky Lindeman
Liner notes: Cree McCree
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Decade-end charts
Certifications
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