City Beach (album)

City Beach
Studio album by
Jill Cunniff
ReleasedFebruary 20, 2007
Genre
Length42:40
LabelThe Militia Group
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic52/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]
Now[3]
PopMatters2/10[4]
Rolling Stone[5]
Slant Magazine[6]

City Beach is the title of the solo album released by Luscious Jackson member Jill Cunniff. It was released on February 20, 2007 on CD.[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. 500 copies of City Beach were made available on red and yellow vinyl.[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.

Emmylou Harris appears as a guest vocalist on the album.

  1. ^ "City Beach by Jill Cunniff". Metacritic. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
  2. ^ Thomas Erlewine, Stephen. "AllMusic Review". AllMusic. Retrieved April 9, 2021.
  3. ^ Liss, Sarah (February 15, 2007). "Now Review". Now. Archived from the original on March 1, 2007. Retrieved April 9, 2021.
  4. ^ Heaton, Dave (February 22, 2007). "PopMatters Review". PopMatters. Retrieved April 9, 2021.
  5. ^ Hoard, Christian (March 7, 2007). "Rolling Stone Review". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on March 15, 2007. Retrieved April 9, 2021.
  6. ^ Gonzalez, Ed (February 7, 2007). "Slant Magazine Review". Slant Magazine. Retrieved April 9, 2021.
  7. ^ "The Militia Group". Archived from the original on 19 September 2016. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
  8. ^ "Please Log In". Retrieved 19 September 2016.
  9. ^ "JillCunniff.com". Retrieved 19 September 2016.