Pocket Full Of Kryptonite

''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. 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.

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

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

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

References

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Spin Doctors albums
1991 debut albums
Epic Records albums
Albums produced by Frankie LaRocka