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| label = Columbia Records| producer = Renaud Létang| prev_title = The Inevitable Rise and Liberation of NiggyTardust!| prev_year = 2007| next_title = MartyrLoserKing| next_year = 2016}}Volcanic Sunlight is the fourth solo studio album by Saul Williams.WEB,exclaim.ca/music/article/saul_williams_to_take_volcanic_sunlight_on_north_american_tour, Saul Williams to Take ‘Volcanic Sunlight’ on North American Tour, Exclaim!, Gregory, Adams, December 21, 2011, October 9, 2018, It was released by Columbia Records in 2011.The album features a different approach than his previous albums, embracing a dance-pop direction,WEB, Brown, Marisa, A Different Kind of Dance: Saul Williams’ Volcanic Sunlight, The Huffington Post, 2012-01-24,www.huffingtonpost.com/modiba/saul-williams-volcanic-sunlight_b_1225437.html, October 2, 2012, with various influences from funk, disco, ‘60s garage rock, new wave, and dubstep.

Critical reception

{{Album ratingsWORK=METACRITICCBS INTERACTIVE>ACCESSDATE=OCTOBER 3, 2018, | rev1 = AllMusic4WORK=ALLMUSICLAST=JUREK, October 3, 2018, | rev2 = OkayplayerWORK=OKAYPLAYERLAST=GRIERARCHIVEURL=HTTPS://WEB.ARCHIVE.ORG/WEB/20111119235608/HTTP://WWW.OKAYPLAYER.COM/REVIEWS/SAUL-WILLIAMS.HTML, November 19, 2011, | rev3 = PopMatters6WORK=POPMATTERSLAST=HEIGLACCESSDATE=OCTOBER 3, 2018, }}At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 73% based on 6 reviews, indicating “generally favorable reviews”.Alexander Heigl of PopMatters gave the album 6 stars out of 10, calling it “a solid, finely-tuned album that reveals new turns and tricks with every listen.” Dylan Grier of Okayplayer gave the album an 85 out of 100, writing: “this album is, in many ways, much simpler than many of his previous offerings, but may leave listeners more confounded than ever.”

Track listing

{{Track listing| all_writing = Saul Williams, except “Girls Have More Fun” by Williams and CX KiDTRONiK| title1 = Look to the Sun| length1 = 4:08| title2 = Patience| length2 = 3:52| title3 = Explain My Heart| length3 = 4:15| title4 = Triumph| length4 = 6:03| title5 = Diagram| length5 = 3:47| title6 = Girls Have More Fun| note6 = also known as “Girls on Saturn“| length6 = 2:27| title7 = Give It Up| length7 = 4:12| title8 = Dance| note8 = featuring Janelle Monáe| length8 = 3:35| title9 = Volcanic Sunlight| length9 = 3:56| title10 = Rocket| length10 = 3:52| title11 = Fall Up| length11 = 4:17| title12 = Innocence| length12 = 5:43| title13 = New Day| length13 = 5:14}}

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes.

• Saul Williams – lead vocals, songwriting, arrangement, guitar (3), bass guitar (13), keyboards (2–5, 7–11, 13), percussion (3)
• Renaud Létang – production, arrangement, keyboards (1–8, 10–13), guitar (1–5, 7, 8, 10–13), bass guitar (1, 2, 4, 8, 10, 12), percussion (3, 6), tambourine (13), piano (13), mixing
• David Sztanke – keyboards (1, 5–11, 13)
• Vincent Taeger – drums (1, 2, 4–9, 12, 13), tambourine (13)
• Vincent Taeger – percussion (1, 12)
• Lippie – backing vocals (2)
• Julien Chirol – brass (2, 9, 10, 13), trombone (3), flute (3)
• Lionel Segui – brass (2, 9, 10, 13), trombone (3), tuba (3)
• Misha Cliquennois – brass (2, 9, 10, 13), trumpet (3), horn (3)
• Mamané Thiam – percussion (3, 4)
• Denis Teste – keyboards (4)
• Saturn – backing vocals (6, 8)
• Deep Cotton – backing vocals (12)
• Janelle Monáe – backing vocals (12)
• Thomas Moulin – recording
• Howie Weinberg – mastering

References

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External links

• {{Discogs master|442905|Volcanic Sunlight}}
• {{MusicBrainz release group|mbid=8ceea044-1b47-4122-8de7-538a563317a0|name=Volcanic Sunlight}}

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