Pocket Full of Kryptonite

Pocket Full of Kryptonite
Studio album by Spin Doctors
Released August 20, 1991
August 29, 2011 (Anniversary edition)
Recorded July–December 1990 at Power Station, NYC; RPM Studios, NYC and ACME Recording Studios Inc., Mamaroneck, NY
Genre
Length 50:30
Label Epic
ZK-47461
Producer Frank Aversa,
Peter Denenberg,
Frankie La Rocka,
Spin Doctors
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: October 5, 1992
  2. "Two Princes"
    Released: January 31, 1993
  3. "Jimmy Olsen's Blues"
    Released: 1993
  4. "What Time Is It?"
    Released: 1993
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Q[2]
Robert Christgau[3]

Pocket Full of Kryptonite is the first studio album (and second release) by the American rock band Spin Doctors, released in August 1991. It peaked at #1 and #3 on Billboard's Heatseekers and Billboard 200 albums charts, respectively. It was the band's best selling album, and was certified 5x Platinum by the RIAA.[4]

It was remastered and reissued in 2011 as a twenty-year 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 reference to Kryptonite, a fictional substance from the Superman comic book series. The title is taken from the album's opening track, "Jimmy Olsen's Blues", a reference to Superman supporting character Jimmy Olsen, who is attracted to Lois Lane and jealous of her romantic feelings for Superman. The 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 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"  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, Popper12:42
Total length:50:30
Bonus tracks for European edition (Epic 468250 9)[5]
No.TitleLength
11."Yo Mamas a Pajama" (live)4:02
12."Sweet Widow" (live)11:38
13."Stepped On A Crack" (live)4:02
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

The live tracks on the European release also appear on the live album Homebelly Groove...Live (1992), and were recorded September 27, 1990, at Wetlands Preserve in New York.

Note: The track listing for the cassette release can be found inside the tape's inlay. Unlike the CD release of Pocket Full of Kryptonite, the cassettes did not feature a track listing on the back cover—only the black & white photography (as seen on the vinyl and CD releases) is depicted. The digital cassette release of Pocket Full of Kryptonite, however, featured a black & white photograph of the band instead (sans the track listing).

2011 Anniversary Edition Disc 2

All tracks 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

Members

Additional musicians

Production

Charts

Album

Year Peak position
US

[6]

US HS

[6]

UK

[7]

NOR

[8]

AUS

[9]

1992 3 1
1993 2 2 1

Singles

Year Single Peak position
US MR

[10]

US

[10]

US AC

[10]

UK

[7]

IRE NOR

[11]

1992 "Jimmy Olsen's Blues" 8
"Little Miss Can't Be Wrong" 2 17 23 27
1993 "How Could You Want Him (When You Know You Could Have Me?)" 28 102
1993 "Jimmy Olsen's Blues" 34 78 40 2
1993 "Two Princes" 1 7 24 3 5
1993 "What Time Is It?" 26 56

End of decade charts

Chart (1990–1999) Position
U.S. Billboard 200[12] 95

References

  1. Stephen Thomas Erlewine. "Pocket Full of Kryptonite - Spin Doctors". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved December 27, 2010.
  2. "Spin Doctors - Pocket Full of Kryptonite CD Album". CD Universe. Retrieved October 1, 2012.
  3. Robert Christgau. "CG: The Spin Doctors". RobertChristgau.com. Retrieved October 1, 2012.
  4. "RIAA searchable certification database". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved December 27, 2010.
  5. "Spin Doctors – Pocket Full of Kryptonite". Discogs. Retrieved March 15, 2012.
  6. 1 2 "Spin Doctors' Billboard albums history". All Media Guide / Billboard. Retrieved December 27, 2010.
  7. 1 2 "UK charts archive". Archived from the original on January 19, 2013. Retrieved December 27, 2010.
  8. "Norwegian charts archive". Hung Medien. Retrieved December 27, 2010.
  9. "Australian charts archive". Hung Medien. Retrieved December 27, 2010.
  10. 1 2 3 "Spin Doctors' Billboard singles history". All Media Guide / Billboard. Retrieved December 27, 2010.
  11. "Norwegian singles chart archive". Hung Medien. Retrieved December 27, 2010.
  12. Geoff Mayfield (December 25, 1999). 1999 The Year in Music Totally '90s: Diary of a Decade - The listing of Top Pop Albums of the '90s & Hot 100 Singles of the '90s. Billboard. Retrieved October 15, 2010.
Preceded by
Breathless by Kenny G
Australian ARIA Albums Chart number-one album
June 6–19, 1993
Succeeded by
janet. by Janet Jackson
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