[3] Cruiser's Creek was written during a period when Fall bassist and main music writer Steve Hanley was on a sabbatical from the band.

[4] As one of the earliest songs completed during the This Nation's... sessions, it further develops her introduction of melody and pop-sensibilities to the band's until then "primitive...post-punk sound".

[7] Although the track retains the repetitive and looped aspect of their earlier work, Brix's guitar part reinforces the pop sensibility she brought to the group.

Writing for The Guardian in 2014, critic Dave Simpson described the song as "leftfield and outsiderly, yet the insistent tune is surely as catchy as anything by the Beatles.

[9] The song was accompanied by a music video, directed by both Mark and Cerith Wyn Evans,[7] and stars the Australian performance artist and fashion designer Leigh Bowery wearing a polka dot dress.