upon release, "things falling apart" was released to critically panning reviews. among the album's detractors was "nme", who rated it 10 out of 10 as a joke in contrast to the text describing the magazine's dislike of the album. "10 miles high" is the only song that was a b-side to a nine inch nails single to be included on the album. it was only released on the vinyl version of "the fragile", while appearing as a b-side to the band's 1999 single "we're in this together".