Pocket Full of Kryptonite is the first studio album by American

United States

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 band Spin Doctors

Spin Doctors

Spin Doctors is an American alternative rock band formed in New York City, best known for their early 1990s hits, "Two Princes," and "Little Miss Can't Be Wrong," which peaked the Billboard Hot 100 charts at #7 & #17 respectively....

, 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.

The album's title is a reference to Kryptonite

Kryptonite

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, a fictional substance from the Superman

Superman

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 comic book

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 series. The title is taken from the album's opening track, "Jimmy Olsen's Blues", a reference to Superman supporting character Jimmy Olsen

Jimmy Olsen

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, who is attracted to Lois Lane

Lois Lane

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 and jealous of her romantic feelings for Superman. The cover, showing a phone booth, refers to Clark Kent

Clark Kent

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 frequently ducking into a nearby phone booth to change into his Superman attire.

Track listing

All songs by Spin Doctors (except where noted).

1. "Jimmy Olsen's Blues" – 4:38
2. "What Time Is It?" – 4:50
3. "Little Miss Can't Be Wrong
   Little Miss Can't Be Wrong
   "Little Miss Can't Be Wrong" is a song by the rock band Spin Doctors. It was the third track on their 1991 album Pocket Full of Kryptonite and was also its second single...
   
   " – 3:54
4. "Forty or Fifty" – 4:23
5. "Refrigerator Car" – 4:46
6. "More Than She Knows" – 2:12 (Schenkman, Lambert, Clark, Fitting)
7. "Two Princes
   Two Princes
   "Two Princes" is a song by the New York City-based pop rock band Spin Doctors. As a single, it reached #7 in the United States, #2 in Canada, and #3 in the United Kingdom. It was the band's most popular song. It also ranked at #21 on Blender magazine's list of the "50 Worst Songs Ever". It ranked...
   
   " – 4:18
8. "Off My Line" – 3:58 (Schenkman, J. Bell, Spin Doctors)
9. "How Could You Want Him (When You Know You Could Have Me?)" – 4:59
10. "Shinbone Alley/Hard to Exist" – 12:42 (Barron, Schenkman, Popper, Comess)

• Note: The track listing for the cassette release can be found inside the tape's inlay. Unlike the CD
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   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
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   release of Pocket Full of Kryptonite, however, featured a black & white photograph of the band instead (sans the track listing).

• The "European Version" (Sony | 468250 9) contains three bonus tracks:

1. "Yo Mamas A Pajama" (live)
2. "Sweet Widow" (live)
3. "Stepped On A Crack" (live)

Members

• Chris Barron - vocals
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• Aaron Comess - percussion
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  , conga, drums
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  , Hammond organ
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  , background vocals
• Eric Schenkman - guitar
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  , piano
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  , lead vocals in "Off My Line"
• Mark White - bass
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Additional musicians

• John Bush - conga
  Conga
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  , tambourine
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• John Popper
  John Popper
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   - harmonica
  Harmonica
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  , background vocals

Production

• Producers: Frank Aversa, Peter Denenberg, Frankie La Rocka, 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
• 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

Album

Year	Peak position
	US	US HS Top Heatseekers Top Heatseekers refers to either of two separate "Breaking and Entering" music charts issued weekly by Billboard Magazine: the Heatseekers Albums chart or the Heatseekers Songs chart. They were introduced by Billboard in 1993 with the purpose of highlighting the sales by new and developing musical...	UK UK Albums Chart The UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales in the United Kingdom. It is compiled every week by The Official Charts Company and broadcast on a Sunday on BBC Radio 1 , and published in Music Week magazine and on the OCC website .To qualify for the UK albums chart...	NOR VG-lista VG-listen is a Norwegian record chart. It is weekly presented in the newspaper VG and the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation program Topp 20. It is considered the primary Norwegian record chart, charting albums and singles from countries and continent around the world. The data is collected by...	AUS ARIA Charts The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling singles and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA commenced compiling its own charts in-house from the week ending 26 June...
1992	3	1	—	—	—
1993	—	—	2	2	1

Singles

Year	Single	Peak position
		US MR	US	US AC	UK UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...	IRE Irish Singles Chart The Irish Singles Chart is Ireland's music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by the Irish Recorded Music Association and compiled on behalf of the IRMA by Chart-Track. Chart rankings are based on sales, which are compiled through over-the-counter retail data captured...	NOR VG-lista VG-listen is a Norwegian record chart. It is weekly presented in the newspaper VG and the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation program Topp 20. It is considered the primary Norwegian record chart, charting albums and singles from countries and continent around the world. The data is collected by...
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	95