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{{Infobox album | name = Turn It Upside Down | type = studio | artist = [[Spin Doctors]] | cover = Spin Doctors - Turn It Upside Down.jpg | alt = | released = June 14, 1994 | recorded = March 1994 | studio = Clinton Studios, New York City | genre = [[Funk rock]]<ref name="EW">{{Cite web |url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,302684,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090421095512/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,302684,00.html |title=Music review: ''Turn It Upside Down'' |last=Sinclair |first=Tom |date=June 17, 1994 |archive-date=April 21, 2009 |access-date=December 27, 2021 |url-status=dead}}</ref> | length = 52:31 | label = [[Epic Records|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 | misc = {{Singles | name = Album | type = studio | single1 = Cleopatra's Cat | single1date = 1994 | single2 = You Let Your Heart Go Too Fast | single2date = 1994 | single3 = Mary Jane | single3date = 1994 }} }} {{Album ratings | rev1 = [[AllMusic]] | rev1score = {{Rating|2|5}}<ref>{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r202247}}</ref> | rev2 = [[Robert Christgau]] | rev2score = {{Rating-Christgau|hm1}}<ref name="RC">{{cite web |title=Spin Doctors |url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=spin+doctors |website=Robert Christgau |access-date=July 18, 2024}}</ref> | rev3 = ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' | rev3score = Bβ<ref name="EW"/> | rev4 = ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' | rev4score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20080108070841/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/spindoctors/albums/album/187278/review/5943386/turn_it_upside_down ''Rolling Stone'' review]</ref> | rev5 = ''[[Select (magazine)|Select]]'' | rev5score = {{rating|1|5|full=U+25A0.svg|empty=U+25A1.svg|rating=medal}}<ref>{{cite magazine|author=RW|url=https://selectmagazinescans.monkeon.co.uk/showpage.php?file=wp-content/uploads/2014/06/albums33.jpg|title=New Albums: Soundbites|work=[[Select (magazine)|Select]]|date=August 1994|page=89|access-date=December 20, 2024}}</ref> | rev6 = ''[[Smash Hits]]'' | rev6score = {{Rating|2|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine|first=Sylvia|last=Patterson|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/57779449@N02/53977558031/in/album-72177720320155944/|title=New Albums|work=[[Smash Hits]]|date=July 6, 1994|page=50|access-date=October 4, 2024|author-link=Sylvia Patterson}}</ref> }} '''''Turn It Upside Down''''' is the second studio album and fourth release overall by American [[rock music|rock]] band [[Spin Doctors]], released in 1994. It is the follow-up album to their successful RIAA 5Γ 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.<ref name="RIAA" /> It also yielded three minor hit singlesβ"Cleopatra's Cat", "Mary Jane" and "You Let Your Heart Go Too Fast"βin the UK, with lead single "Cleopatra's Cat" making the top 30 (No. 29).<ref name="UK">{{cite web |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/28849/spin-doctors/ |title=Spin Doctors {{!}} full Official Chart History |publisher=[[Official Charts Company]] |accessdate=September 22, 2020}}</ref> "You Let Your Heart Go Too Fast" was also a minor US hit, peaking at No. 42. ==Track listing== {{Track listing | total_length = 52:31 | all_writing = Spin Doctors except where noted | title1 = Big Fat Funky Booty | length1 = 4:15 | title2 = You Let Your Heart Go Too Fast | length2 = 3:49 | title3 = Cleopatra's Cat | length3 = 4:04 | title4 = Hungry Hamed's | length4 = 5:11 | title5 = Biscuit Head | length5 = 4:19 | title6 = Indifference | writer6 = Schenkman, Linda Kelly | length6 = 4:23 | title7 = Bags of Dirt | length7 = 4:47 | title8 = Mary Jane | writer8 = Barron, Bob Lewis | length8 = 3:41 | title9 = More Than Meets the Ear | length9 = 3:55 | title10 = Laraby's Gang | writer10 = Barron | length10 = 3:39 | title11 = At This Hour | length11 = 3:53 | title12 = Someday All This Will Be Road | length12 = 4:41 | title13 = Beasts in the Woods | length13 = 4:34 }} ==Personnel== '''Spin Doctors''' *[[Chris Barron]] β lead vocals, acoustic guitar on "Mary Jane" *Eric Schenkman β guitar, lead vocals on "Indifference", backing vocals on "Bags of Dirt", piano on "More Than Meets the Ear" *[[Mark White (bassist)|Mark White]] β bass *Aaron Comess β drums, clavinet on "Big Fat Funky Booty", piano on "Mary Jane", organ on "Laraby's Gang" '''Additional musicians''' *Andrew Comess β 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== {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" ! scope="col"| Chart (1994) ! scope="col"| Peak<br />position |- {{album chart|Austria|23|artist=Spin Doctors|album=Turn It Upside Down|rowheader=true|accessdate=September 22, 2020}} |- {{album chart|Netherlands|64|artist=Spin Doctors|album=Turn It Upside Down|rowheader=true|accessdate=September 22, 2020}} |- {{album chart|Germany4|31|id=1867|artist=Spin Doctors|album=Turn It Upside Down|rowheader=true|accessdate=September 22, 2020}} |- {{album chart|New Zealand|45|artist=Spin Doctors|album=Turn It Upside Down|rowheader=true|accessdate=September 22, 2020}} |- {{album chart|Norway|16|artist=Spin Doctors|album=Turn It Upside Down|rowheader=true|accessdate=September 22, 2020}} |- {{album chart|Switzerland|19|artist=Spin Doctors|album=Turn It Upside Down|rowheader=true|accessdate=September 22, 2020}} |- {{album chart|UK2|3|date=19940703|rowheader=true|accessdate=September 22, 2020}} |- {{album chart|Billboard200|28|artist=Spin Doctors|rowheader=true|accessdate=September 22, 2020}} |} ==Certifications== {{Certification Table Top}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=Canada|type=album|award=Gold|artist=Spin Doctors|title=Turn It Upside Down|relyear=1994|certyear=1994|accessdate=September 22, 2020}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|type=album|award=Platinum|artist=Spin Doctors|title=Turn It Upside Down|relyear=1994|certyear=1995|accessdate=September 22, 2020|refname=RIAA}} {{Certification Table Bottom | nosales=true}} ==References== {{reflist}} {{Spin Doctors}} {{Authority control}} [[Category:Spin Doctors albums]] [[Category:1994 albums]] [[Category:Epic Records albums]]
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