[7] It was also released on 12" vinyl, which also includes an exclusive track co-written by author, journalist, musician and cult heroine Vivian Goldman, "Like Smoke" not available on the CD or by web download.

[8] The following is the Official Press Release taken from JillCunniff.com:[9] Jill Cunniff, ex-singer of the alternative rock, all-girl group Luscious Jackson, explained her debut solo album as a “mood record made to bring the beach to caged up city dwellers.

I hope it will also bring the city to homesick urbanites everywhere.” The twelve-track album is a breezy, earnest yet celebratory piece—aglow with motherly wisdom and metrical nods to the unassailable grit and color of urban life.

[1] In a review for AllMusic, Stephen Thomas Erlewine said: "City Beach never hits hard, never seems forced, but even if this is deliberately lazy music, that doesn't mean that it lacks hooks or structure: if anything, the best songs here are more immediate than Luscious Jackson, evidence that Cunniff's skills as a writer are sharpening.

"[2] Christian Hoard of Rolling Stone explained: "Her [Cunniff] solo debut offers something a little different: breezy indie pop underpinned with electronic beats that are usually lush and sometimes expansive.