Pocket Full of Kryptonite - Composition

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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.[6] 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.[7]

Pocket Full of Kryptonite

Studio album by

Spin Doctors

Released

August 20, 1991

Recorded

July–December 1990

Studio

The Power Station (New York City, New York)
RPM Studios (New York, New York)
ACME Recording Studios (Mamaroneck, New York)

Genre

Funk rock
alternative rock

Length

50:30

Label

Epic

Producer

Frank Aversa
Peter Denenberg
Frankie LaRocka
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

"Little Miss Can't Be Wrong"
Released: 1992
"Two Princes"
Released: 1992
"Jimmy Olsen's Blues"
Released: 1993
"What Time Is It?"
Released: 1993

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Chicago Tribune	[2]
Christgau's Consumer Guide	[3]
Q	[4]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[5]

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've got a pocket full of Kryptonite", Kryptonite being a fictional substance that weakens 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 are written by Spin Doctors except as noted.

No.	Title	Writer(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. 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)[8]
No.	Title	Length
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.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
11.	"Hard to Exist" (B-side of "How Could You Want Him" single)	Barron, Schenkman, Popper, Comess	4:29
Total length:			54:59

Notes

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).
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.

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.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
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
No.	Title	Writer(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, Fogel	5:48

Live tracks
No.	Title	Length
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

Weekly chart performance for *Pocket Full of Kryptonite*
Chart (1992–1993)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[9]	1
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[10]	3
Canada Top Albums/CDs (RPM)[11]	1
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[12]	13
European Albums (European Top 100 Albums)[13]	3
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[14]	5
Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ)[15]	33
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[16]	1
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[17]	2
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[18]	4
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[19]	7
UK Albums (OCC)[20]	2
US Billboard 200[21]	3
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)[22]	1

Year-end charts

1993 year-end chart performance for *Pocket Full of Kryptonite*
Chart (1993)	Position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[23]	17
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[24]	33
Canadian Albums (RPM)[25]	4
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[26]	96
European Albums (European Top 100 Albums)[27]	20
European Debut Albums (European Top 100 Albums)[28]	3
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[29]	33
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[30]	12
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[31]	33
UK Albums (OCC)[32]	11
US Billboard 200[33]	7

Decade-end charts

Decade-end chart performance for *Pocket Full of Kryptonite*
Chart (1990–1999)	Position
US Billboard 200[34]	95

Certifications

Certifications and sales for *Pocket Full of Kryptonite*
Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[35]	Platinum	70,000^{^}
Europe (IFPI)[36]	Platinum	1,000,000^*
^* Sales figures based on certification alone. ^{^} Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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"Top RPM Albums: Issue 1761". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved September 22, 2020.
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"Jahreshitparade Alben 1993". Austriancharts.at. Retrieved February 7, 2021.
"Top 100 Albums of 1993". RPM. Archived from the original on December 16, 2014. Retrieved April 19, 2022.
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v t e Spin Doctors
Chris Barron Aaron Comess Eric Schenkman Mark White Anthony Krizan Ivan Neville Eran Tabib Carl Carter
Studio albums	Pocket Full of Kryptonite (1991) Turn It Upside Down (1994) You've Got to Believe in Something (1996) Here Comes the Bride (1999) Nice Talking to Me (2005) If the River Was Whiskey (2013)
Compilation albums	Just Go Ahead Now: A Retrospective (2000)
Live albums	Up for Grabs...Live (1991) Homebelly Groove...Live (1992)
Singles	"Little Miss Can't Be Wrong" "Two Princes" "Have You Ever Seen the Rain?"
Related articles	Discography

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