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Shpritsz is het tweede album van Herman Brood & His Wild Romance, verschenen in mei 1978. De plaat is sterk beïnvloed door de Britse pubrock van Graham Parker & The Rumour en de New Yorkse straatlyriek van Lou Reed. Bijna alle nummers hebben een up-tempo rockritme. Dit album betekende de doorbraak voor Brood. Voor het album werd een gouden plaat uitgereikt.

Shpritsz (the name derives from a colloquial German word for "syringe") is the second studio album by Dutch rock and roll and blues group Herman Brood & His Wild Romance. The album produced two singles. The first, "Rock & Roll Junkie," did not chart. The second, "Saturday Night," charted in Europe and the United States. On the Dutch album chart, the album reached No. 8 on 3 June 1978, and stayed on the chart for 28 weeks. It was certified gold in 1978, and platinum in 1980.

Shpritsz was re-released on CD in 2000 by RCA/Ariola. In a 2008 poll by Muziekkrant OOR, the leading Dutch music magazine, Shpritsz was voted the fourth-best Dutch album of all time.