proclaimed "Illumination, Earth, Wind & Fire’s 23rd album, shows that after 35 years the R&B/funk pioneers are still shining stars.". Dave Simpson of The Guardian gave a four out of five star rating, describing the album as "an often storming return to form." With a 3 out of 5 star rating Steve Jones of USA Today noted "EWF is as vibrant as ever". Illumination was Grammy nominated in the category of Best R&B Album. The album was also nominated for a Soul Train Music Award in the category of Best R&B/Soul Album – Group, Band or Duo. As well Earth, Wind & Fire was nominated for an NAACP Image Award in the category of Outstanding Duo or Group. Uses in other media "This Is How I Feel" was featured in the movie Hitch and "Love's Dance" was featured in the feature film Robots. "Pure Gold" was featured in the movie Roll Bounce. Track listing Bonus tracks 2020 Reissue Bonus tracks Credits and personnel EWF Members and Guest Performances Marsha Ambrosius (of Floetry) - background vocals (10) Philip Bailey - lead vocals (sung by) (1-2, 4, 7-8, 10, 13), background vocals (1-2, 4-5, 7-10, 12-13), bongos (6), percussion (1, 5) Big Boi - rap vocals (6) Sleepy Brown - lead vocals (6), piano, background vocals (9) Kenny G - saxophone (13) Ralph Johnson - additional percussion (11) Myron McKinley - keyboards (11) Brian McKnight - lead vocals, background vocals, guitar, keyboards (12) Greg Moore - guitar (11) Kelly Rowland - lead vocals (6) Raphael Saadiq - lead vocals (5, 14), background vocals (5, 8), piano (8), percussion (5), bass played by (5, additional on 8), guitar (5, 7-8) Natalie Stewart (of Floetry) - lead vocals (10) Maurice White - lead vocals (1-2, 5, 8-9, 12-13), background vocals (1-2, 4-5, 7-9, 12-13), kalimba (1, 4, 10) Verdine White - bass played by (1-2, 4, 6, 8, 11) will.i.am - lead vocals, background vocals (1) Vadim Zilberstein - additional guitar (12) Horn Section Gary Bias (of EWF) - saxophone (1-2, 4-9, 13) Jeff Bradshaw - horn arrangements, trombone (10) Ray Brown - horn orchestrations (7) Matt Cappy - horn arrangements, trumpet (10) EWF Horns - additional horns performed by (13) Gary Grant - trumpet (1-2, 4, 6, 9, 13) Keith Harris - horn arrangements (1) Jerry Hey - horn arrangements (1-2, 4, 13), horn orchestrations (6, 9), trumpet (1-2, 4, 6, 9, 13)