Pocket Full of Kryptonite by The Spin Doctors

Pocket Full of Kryptonite, the debut album from the Spin Doctors, came out on Epic in August 1991, and for a while it looked like it would sink without a trace. The band had a small, devoted following, but the first 60,000 copies were a letdown for a major-label act. Then, by the middle of 1992, radio stations started spinning "Little Miss Can't Be Wrong", and everything changed.

It's easy to hear why. This is loose, limber alternative rock with a funk-rock wiggle in its hips, the sound of a bar band that can really play, all rubbery grooves, chattering guitars and a singer who never met a syllable he couldn't stretch. "Little Miss Can't Be Wrong" struts and sulks at the same time, and "Two Princes", the follow-up single, is a bouncing, goofy, irresistible sing-along that sounds like it was built for summer car stereos. The album takes its title from a line in the opening track, "Jimmy Olsen's Blues", a jaunty shuffle.

Riding those two singles, the record topped the Billboard Heatseekers chart and climbed all the way to number three on the Billboard 200. It went on to be certified five times platinum, the best seller the band ever had, and it was dusted off for its 20th birthday in 2011, adding an extra song, a disc of demos once available only on cassette, and two live cuts.

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