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Released | 16 September 2002 | |||
Studio | 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) | |||
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Illumination is the sixth solo studio 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.
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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. [4]
All songs written by Paul Weller, unless stated otherwise:
The deluxe CD release featured three additional tracks:
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