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Turn It Upside Down
Studio album by
Spin Doctors
ReleasedJune 14, 1994
RecordedMarch 1994
StudioClinton Studios, New York City
Genre
Length52:31
LabelEpic
Producer
Spin Doctors chronology
Homebelly Groove...Live
(1992) 		Turn It Upside Down
(1994) 		You've Got to Believe in Something
(1996)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Entertainment WeeklyB−[2]
Robert Christgau(1-star Honorable Mention)[3]
Rolling Stone[4]

Turn It Upside Down is the second studio album and fourth release overall by American rock band Spin Doctors, released in 1994. It is the follow-up album to their successful RIAA 5× Platinum album Pocket Full of Kryptonite. Though not as commercially or critically successful as their debut album, Turn It Upside Down was certified Platinum in the US.[5] It also yielded three minor hit singles—"Cleopatra's Cat", "Mary Jane" and "You Let Your Heart Go Too Fast"—in the UK, with lead single "Cleopatra's Cat" making the top 30 (No. 29); "You Let Your Heart Go Too Fast" was also a minor US hit, just missing out on the Top 40, peaking at No. 42.[6]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Spin Doctors except where noted

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Big Fat Funky Booty" 4:15
2."You Let Your Heart Go Too Fast" 3:49
3."Cleopatra's Cat" 4:04
4."Hungry Hamed's" 5:11
5."Biscuit Head" 4:19
6."Indifference"Schenkman, Linda Kelly4:23
7."Bags of Dirt" 4:47
8."Mary Jane"Barron, Bob Lewis3:41
9."More Than Meets the Ear" 3:55
10."Laraby's Gang"Barron3:39
11."At This Hour" 3:53
12."Someday All This Will Be Road" 4:41
13."Beasts in the Woods" 4:34
Total length:52:31

Personnel

Spin Doctors

  • Chris Barron – lead vocals, acoustic guitar on "Mary Jane"
  • Eric Schenkman – guitar, lead vocals on "Indifference", backing vocals on "Bags of Dirt", piano on "More Than Meets the Ear"
  • Mark White – bass
  • Aaron Comess – drums, clavinet on "Big Fat Funky Booty", piano on "Mary Jane", organ on "Laraby's Gang"

Additional musicians

  • Andrew Comess – organ on "You Let Your Heart Go Too Fast" and "Mary Jane"

Production

  • Producers: Peter Denenberg, Frankie La Rocka, Spin Doctors
  • Engineer: Peter Denenberg
  • Mixing: Peter Denenberg
  • Mastering: Ted Jensen

Charts

Album

Chart (1994) Peak
position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[7] 23
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[8] 64
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[9] 31
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[10] 45
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[11] 16
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[12] 19
UK Albums (OCC)[13] 3
US Billboard 200[14] 28

Singles

Title Year US
Hot
100
[15] 		US
Main.
Rock
[16] 		US
Mod.
Rock
[17] 		UK
[6]
"Cleopatra's Cat" 1994 84 22 22 29
"You Let Your Heart Go Too Fast" 42 8 20 66
"Mary Jane" — — — 55

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)[18] Gold 50,000^
United States (RIAA)[5] Platinum 1,000,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. ^ Turn It Upside Down at AllMusic
  2. ^ Entertainment Weekly review
  3. ^ Robert Christgau Consumer Guide
  4. ^ Rolling Stone review
  5. ^ a b "American album certifications – Spin Doctors – Turn It Upside Down". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved September 22, 2020.
  6. ^ a b "Spin Doctors | full Official Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved September 22, 2020.
  7. ^ "Austriancharts.at – Spin Doctors – Turn It Upside Down" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved September 22, 2020.
  8. ^ "Dutchcharts.nl – Spin Doctors – Turn It Upside Down" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved September 22, 2020.
  9. ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Spin Doctors – Turn It Upside Down" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved September 22, 2020.
  10. ^ "Charts.nz – Spin Doctors – Turn It Upside Down". Hung Medien. Retrieved September 22, 2020.
  11. ^ "Norwegiancharts.com – Spin Doctors – Turn It Upside Down". Hung Medien. Retrieved September 22, 2020.
  12. ^ "Swisscharts.com – Spin Doctors – Turn It Upside Down". Hung Medien. Retrieved September 22, 2020.
  13. ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved September 22, 2020.
  14. ^ "Spin Doctors Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved September 22, 2020.
  15. ^ "Spin Doctors Chart History: Hot 100". Billboard. Retrieved September 22, 2020.
  16. ^ "Spin Doctors Chart History: Mainstream Rock". Billboard. Retrieved September 22, 2020.
  17. ^ "Spin Doctors Chart History: Alternative Airplay". Billboard. Retrieved September 22, 2020.
  18. ^ "Canadian album certifications – Spin Doctors – Turn It Upside Down". Music Canada. Retrieved September 22, 2020.
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