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Pocket Full of Kryptonite
Studio album by
Spin Doctors
ReleasedAugust 20, 1991 (1991-08-20)
RecordedJuly–December 1990
Studio
Genre
Length50:30
Label Epic
Producer
Spin Doctors chronology
Up for Grabs...Live
(1991) 		Pocket Full of Kryptonite
(1991) 		Homebelly Groove...Live
(1992)
Singles from Pocket Full of Kryptonite
  1. " Little Miss Can't Be Wrong"
    Released: 1992
  2. " Two Princes"
    Released: 1992
  3. "Jimmy Olsen's Blues"
    Released: 1993
  4. "What Time Is It?"
    Released: 1993
  5. "How Could You Want Him (When You Know You Could Have Me?)"
    Released: 1993 [1] [2]
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic [3]
Calgary HeraldB [4]
Chicago Tribune [5]
Christgau's Consumer Guide (1-star Honorable Mention) [6]
Music Week [7]
Q [8]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide [9]

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. [11]

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

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
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. Fitting2:12
7." Two Princes" 4:18
8."Off My Line"John David Bell, Spin Doctors3:58
9."How Could You Want Him (When You Know You Could Have Me?)" 4:59
10."Shinbone Alley/Hard to Exist"Spin Doctors, John Popper12:42
Total length:50:30
Bonus tracks for European edition (Epic 468250 9) [12]
No.TitleLength
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
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
11."Hard to Exist" (B-side of "How Could You Want Him" single)Barron, Schenkman, Popper, Comess4:29
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
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Jimmy Olsen's Blues" 5:13
2."Can't Say No"Schenkman2:20
3."Hard to Exist"Barron, Schenkman, Popper, Comess4:30
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
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
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, Fogel5:48
Live tracks
No.TitleLength
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

Certifications

Certifications and sales for Pocket Full of Kryptonite
Region Certification Certified units/sales
Australia ( ARIA) [39] Platinum 70,000^
Europe ( IFPI) [40] Platinum 1,000,000*

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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