The nineteen track album was released on compact disc and digital download with Eyeball Records, on November 26, 2001.

It features Frank Iero in "full berserker mode," with screaming, howling, and raging vocals.

[3] On recording for Heartbreak in Stereo, Iero says "I tried not to hold anything back, [which is] the way I feel about music and performing."

In November 2020 the band re-released a limited edition vinyl version of the album through Kingsroad Merch, along with a CD pressing.

On November 16, 2020, the band announced they would be releasing the album digitally with Frank Iero's B.CALM Press and Neil Sabatino's Mint 400 Records.