Turn It Upside Down

Studio album by Spin Doctors

Released

June 14, 1994

Recorded

March 1994, Clinton Studios, NYC

Length

52:31

Label

Epic

Producer

Peter Denenberg,
Frankie La Rocka,
Spin Doctors

Spin Doctors chronology

Homebelly Groove...Live
(1992)

Turn It Upside Down
(1994)

You've Got to Believe in Something
(1996)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]
Entertainment Weekly	B−^[2]
Robert Christgau	^[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 studio follow up album the hugely successful RIAA 5x Platinum album "Pocket Full of Kryptonite". Though not as commercially or critically successful as their debut album, "Turn It Upside Down" has been certified Platinum in the US and also overseas (collectively). It also yielded 3 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.

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Spin Doctors except as noted.

No.	Title	Writer(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 Kelly	4:23
7.	"Bags of Dirt"		4:47
8.	"Mary Jane"	Barron, Bob Lewis	3:41
9.	"More Than Meets the Ear"		3:55
10.	"Laraby's Gang"	Barron	3:39
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

Members

Chris Barron - vocals, acoustic guitar
Aaron Comess - drums, organ, percussion, piano, Hammond organ, stick, clavinet, Zildjian
Eric Schenkman - guitar, background vocals, lead vocals on track 6
Mark White - bass

Additional Musicians

Mark Agostino - shaker
Andrew Commes - Hammond organ
Rich Koerner - guitar
Art Smith - guitar

Production

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

Charts

Album

Year	Chart	Position
1994	The Billboard 200	28
1994	UK Album Chart	3
1994	Norwegian Album Chart	16

Singles

Year	Single	Mainstream Rock	Modern Rock	Hot 100	UK
1994	"Cleopatra's Cat"	22	22	84	29
1994	"You Let Your Heart Go Too Fast"	8	20	42	66
1994	"Mary Jane"	-	-	-	55

Notes

Spin Doctors

Chris Barron Aaron Comess Eric Schenkman Mark White Anthony Krizan Ivan Neville Eran Tabib Carl Carter

Studio albums	Pocket Full of Kryptonite (1991) Turn It Upside Down (1994) You've Got to Believe in Something (1996) Here Comes the Bride (1999) Nice Talking to Me (2005) If the River Was Whiskey (2013)

Compilation albums	Just Go Ahead Now: A Retrospective (2000)

Live albums	Up for Grabs...Live (1991) Homebelly Groove...Live (1992)

Singles	"Little Miss Can't Be Wrong" "Two Princes" "Have You Ever Seen the Rain?"

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