Illumination (The Pastels album)

Illumination
Studio album by
Released9 September 1997 (1997-09-09)
StudioCava, Glasgow
GenreIndie pop
Length42:43
LabelDomino
ProducerThe Pastels, Gregor Reid, Ian Carmichael
The Pastels chronology
Mobile Safari
(1995)
Illumination
(1997)
The Last Great Wilderness
(2003)
Singles from Illumination
  1. "Unfair Kind of Fame"
    Released: June 1997
  2. "The Hits Hurt"
    Released: August 1997

Illumination is the fourth studio album by the Scottish band the Pastels, originally released via Domino Recording Company in 1997. The album shows the group honing in on a warmer, gentler and more subdued sound compared to their previous work. It is their last studio album to feature longtime member Annabel "Aggi" Wright as a full member before she left to concentrate on her career as an illustrator in 2000. Whilst The Pastels continued to release music, Illumination would be their last proper studio album for 16 years, until the release of Slow Summits in 2013.