Turn It Upside Down Explained

Turn It Upside Down
Type:	studio
Artist:	Spin Doctors
Cover:	Spin Doctors - Turn It Upside Down.jpg
Released:	June 14, 1994
Recorded:	March 1994
Studio:	Clinton Studios, New York City
Genre:	Funk rock^[1]
Length:	52:31
Label:	Epic
Producer:	Peter Denenberg Frankie La Rocka Spin Doctors
Prev Title:	Homebelly Groove...Live
Prev Year:	1992
Next Title:	You've Got to Believe in Something
Next Year:	1996

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. 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).^[2] "You Let Your Heart Go Too Fast" was also a minor US hit, peaking at No. 42.

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

Notes and References

Web site: Music review: Turn It Upside Down . https://web.archive.org/web/20090421095512/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,302684,00.html . Sinclair . Tom . June 17, 1994 . April 21, 2009 . December 27, 2021 . dead.
Web site: Spin Doctors full Official Chart History . . September 22, 2020.