Volcanic Sunlight
Volcanic Sunlight is the fourth solo studio album by Saul Williams. It was released by Columbia Records in 2011.
The album features a different approach than his previous albums, embracing a dance-pop direction, with various influences from funk, disco, '60s garage rock, new wave, and dubstep.
Critical reception
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."
Personnel
Credits adapted from liner notes.- Saul Williams – lead vocals, songwriting, arrangement, guitar, bass guitar, keyboards, percussion
- Renaud Létang – production, arrangement, keyboards, guitar, bass guitar, percussion, tambourine, piano, mixing
- David Sztanke – keyboards
- Vincent Taeger – drums, tambourine
- Vincent Taeger – percussion
- Lippie – backing vocals
- Julien Chirol – brass, trombone, flute
- Lionel Segui – brass, trombone, tuba
- Misha Cliquennois – brass, trumpet, horn
- Mamané Thiam – percussion
- Denis Teste – keyboards
- Saturn – backing vocals
- Deep Cotton – backing vocals
- Janelle Monáe – backing vocals
- Thomas Moulin – recording
- Howie Weinberg – mastering