Justin Furstenfeld co-wrote several songs with Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan, who came up with melodies.

[1] The song "The Girl Who Stole My Heart" was conceived after Justin heard an instrumental demo from the 1990s by the band Idaho that had been posted on instagram.

Although the two parts of the album were released separately on different dates, it is considered a cohesive piece of art.

The vinyl version of Part 1 of the album was released in three different variants - the standard version being red swirl, as well as a limited run of 600 blue swirl records, and 300 pressings of a limited edition black record with gold smoke inlay, which sold out the first day it was for sale.

Part 2 was also released in three different vinyl variants, with the standard version being green, a limited edition blue, and 300 orange creamsicle color discs.

[20] Upon release, Spinning the Truth Around (Part 2) debuted at #1 on the iTunes Top Alternative Rock Albums chart.

A third installment Spinning The Truth Around (Part 3) was originally planned to be a collection of remixes of songs from Blue October's past five albums.