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 BillboardTop 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 Supermancomic 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
"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 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
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 BillboardTop 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 Supermancomic 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
"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 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