Illumination (Paul Weller album)

Illumination
Studio album by Paul Weller
Released	September 16, 2002
Recorded	Black Barn Studio & Wheeler end
Genre	Rock
Length	47:39
Label	Independiente Records
Producer	Paul Weller, Simon Dine (engineered by Jan "Stan" Kybert & Charles Rees)
Paul Weller chronology
Days of Speed (2001) Illumination (2002) Fly on the Wall - B Sides and Rarities (2003)

Illumination is the sixth album by English singer-songwriter Paul Weller, released on 16 September 2002. "Call Me No.5" is a duet with Kelly Jones of Stereophonics, and "One X One" features Gem Archer on acoustic guitar and Noel Gallagher of Oasis on drums, percussion and bass.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic
The Guardian
Rolling Stone

Initial critical response to Illumination was positive. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has received an average score of 79, based on 12 reviews.

Track listing

All songs written by Paul Weller, unless stated otherwise:

1. "Going Places" - 3:34
2. "A Bullet for Everyone" - 4:11
3. "Leafy Mysteries" - 3:07
4. "It's Written in the Stars" - 3:11
5. "Who Brings Joy" - 3:30
6. "Now the Night Is Here" (Simon Dine, Paul Weller) - 3:53
7. "Spring (At Last)" - 2:28
8. "One X One" - 5:35
9. "Bag Man" - 3:22
10. "All Good Books" - 3:25
11. "Call Me No.5" (Kelly Jones, Paul Weller) - 3:28
12. "Standing Out in the Universe" - 4:50
13. "Illumination" - 3:06

Personnel

• Paul Weller -
• Noel Gallagher - bass, drums, percussion
• Simon Dine - effects, brass
• Steve Cradock - guitar
• Kelly Jones - vocals
• Gem Archer - acoustic guitar
• Jocelyn Brown - vocal
• Aziz Ibrahim - guitar, sarod, tamboura
• Carleen Anderson - vocals
• Damon Minchella - bass
• Steve White - drums

References

Preceded by Feels So Good by Atomic Kitten

UK number one album September 28, 2002 – October 4, 2002

Succeeded by ELV1S: 30 #1 Hits by Elvis Presley