# Up and Crumbling

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{{Primary sources|date=October 2010}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2025}}
{{Infobox album
| name       = Up and Crumbling
| type       = ep
| artist     = [Gin Blossoms](/source/Gin_Blossoms)
| cover      = Gin_Blossoms_1991_Up_and_Crumbling_EP_cover.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = October 8, 1991
| recorded   = 1990–1991
| venue      =
| studio     =
| genre      = [Power pop](/source/Power_pop)<ref name="am">{{Cite web |last=Erelwine |first=Stephen Thomas |title=Up and Crumbling - Review |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/up-crumbling-mw0000272987 |access-date=January 30, 2022 |website=AllMusic}}</ref>
| length     = 17:46
| label      = [A&M](/source/A%26M_Records)
| producer   = [Gin Blossoms](/source/Gin_Blossoms)
| prev_title = [Dusted](/source/Dusted_(Gin_Blossoms_album))
| prev_year  = 1989
| next_title = [New Miserable Experience](/source/New_Miserable_Experience)
| next_year  = 1992
}}

{{Music ratings
|rev1 = [Allmusic](/source/Allmusic)
|rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref name="am" />
|rev2 = ''[The Rolling Stone Album Guide](/source/The_Rolling_Stone_Album_Guide)''
|rev2Score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{Cite book |last=Brackett |first=Nathan |url=https://archive.org/details/newrollingstonea00brac |title=The Rolling Stone Album Guide |last2=Christian Hoard |publisher=Simon and Schuster |year=2004 |isbn=0-7432-0169-8 |location=New York City, New York |page=[https://archive.org/details/newrollingstonea00brac/page/332 332] |url-access=registration}}</ref>
}}

'''''Up and Crumbling''''' is an [EP](/source/extended_play) released by the American [alternative rock](/source/alternative_rock) band [Gin Blossoms](/source/Gin_Blossoms) on October 8, 1991. It was released after the Gin Blossoms signed with [A&M Records](/source/A%26M_Records) and, while attempting to create a full-length album, ran into a creative drought during the recording sessions. According to the band's official website, the band recorded ''Up and Crumbling'' "on their own in hopes of rekindling the spark from ''[Dusted](/source/Dusted_(Gin_Blossoms_album))'' that had been missing from the recent recordings."<ref>The Gin Blossoms' official web site, [http://www.ginblossoms.net/band.php "Band"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040904170019/http://ginblossoms.net/band.php |date=2004-09-04 }}.</ref> "[Allison Road](/source/Allison_Road_(song))" was released as a single to promote the EP.<ref>{{cite AV media notes |url=https://www.discogs.com/release/4558035-Gin-Blossoms-Allison-Road/images |title=Allison Road Credits |type=liner notes |publisher=[A&M Records](/source/A%26M_Records) |id=7502173322 |access-date=March 16, 2025}}</ref>

The songs from this EP were remastered and included on the 2002 deluxe edition of the band's breakthrough album, ''[New Miserable Experience](/source/New_Miserable_Experience)''.

==Track listing==
#"Mrs. Rita" (Jim Swafford, [Jesse Valenzuela](/source/Jesse_Valenzuela)) – 4:25
#"[Allison Road](/source/Allison_Road_(song))" ([Robin Wilson](/source/Robin_Wilson_(musician))) – 3:18
#"Angels Tonight" ([Doug Hopkins](/source/Doug_Hopkins)) – 3:33
#"Just South of Nowhere" (Valenzuela) – 3:26
#"Keli Richards" (Hopkins, Bill Leen) – 3:04

==References==
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Category:Gin Blossoms EPs
Category:1991 debut EPs
Category:A&M Records EPs

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