Congratulations I'm Sorry

Congratulations I'm Sorry
Studio album by Gin Blossoms
Released	February 13, 1996[1]
Recorded	1995
Studio	Ardent Studios, Memphis, Tennessee;[2] Vintage Recorders, Phoenix, Arizona
Genre	Alternative pop[3]
Length	44:29
Label	A&M
Producer	Gin Blossoms, John Hampton[2]
Gin Blossoms chronology
New Miserable Experience (1992) Congratulations I'm Sorry (1996) Outside Looking In: The Best of the Gin Blossoms (1999)
Singles from Congratulations I'm Sorry
"Follow You Down" Released: January 30, 1996 "Day Job" Released: 1996 "As Long as It Matters" Released: July 16, 1996 "Not Only Numb" Released: 1996

Congratulations I'm Sorry (typeset as Congratulations...I'm Sorry) is the third studio album by the American alternative rock band Gin Blossoms, and the follow-up album to the successful 1992 release New Miserable Experience, released in 1996 by A&M Records. The album was named in reference to the success of 1992's New Miserable Experience, followed closely by the suicide of the former band member Doug Hopkins in 1993.

Reaction to Congratulations I'm Sorry was mixed, with some critics feeling that the music lay too close to the sound of the previous album. One common complaint was that most versions of the album lacked the successful 1995 single "Til I Hear It from You", from the Empire Records soundtrack; however, some editions of the album did contain the track as its final.

The album's title, according to the lead singer Robin Wilson, came from the response band members usually received from people who both wanted to congratulate the band for the success of New Miserable Experience, while then offering apologies for their friend and former band member Doug Hopkins. The album eventually reached platinum status.